  In the canonical literature, afflictive tendencies resulting from the accumulation of residual habits are seen as a pervasive aspect of the mental life even for the Buddhist adept. In the Majjhima-Nikāya  (I, 433), for instance, we see the Buddha instructing his disciples about the latent nature of such afflictive underlying dispositions as the ‘self-view’ (Pāli sakkāyadiṭṭhi, Skt.  satkāyadṛṣṭi). The example given here is that of an infant who has a latent disposition toward manifesting the view of personhood despite presently lacking such a notion. Using  this example, the Buddha then contrasts the state of the infant with  that of a mature person who, not having learned about the not-self  doctrine, habitually holds the view that she is or has a personality. 