Asmi mana

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asahi
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Asmi mana

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Hi Pali teachers ,

I read in the post that says asmi mana is self view and as conceit or i am , is it right self view is sakkaya not the mana ?
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Self view, personality view, person-pack view, embodiment view, etc., are all different ways of translating sakkāyadiṭṭhi.

"I am conceit" is nowadays the usual way that asmi-māna gets translated. "Self view" wouldn't be a good translation because māna and diṭṭhi are two distinct mental factors.
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.


In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
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