What Are the View of Self and the Attachment to Self?

Within all views of self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi) there is self-grasping. Whatever the mind entangles itself with and cannot let go of, cannot renounce, or cannot see through—these are all self-grasping. The view of self means that I believe there is an "I" that can see forms, hear sounds, smell scents, and taste flavors; or that I believe the functions of seeing forms, hearing sounds, smelling scents, and tasting flavors belong to me; that there is an "I" that can deliberate, analyze, and judge; that there is an "I" that can feel; that there is an "I" that can walk, sit, and lie down; or that I believe all these functions belong to me. At the same time, the material body is also taken as the self, or the functions of the material body are taken as belonging to me. All of these are the roots of birth-and-death and should all be eradicated. Among them, the "I" that I believe in is the seventh consciousness, the manas; the "I" that sees forms, hears sounds, smells scents, tastes flavors, deliberates, analyzes, and judges is the six consciousnesses. The manas takes the functions of the six consciousnesses as self and as belonging to self—this view of self must be eradicated.