The Manas as the Medium for Revealing One's Own Mind

The worshipful mentality and various other mental states are all expressed through the mind consciousness, jointly created by the six consciousnesses. For any thought of the manas to be expressed or realized, there must be usable tools and media; without media, the manas can do nothing about it.

Using media such as the mind consciousness, the five sense consciousnesses, and the physical body, the manas can create all dharmas and express all emotions, mental states, thoughts, plans, intentions, and so on; without these media, He can accomplish nothing. In fact, the manas makes use of the eighth consciousness as much as possible, though He Himself does not know it; the eighth consciousness certainly does not know that it is being used, and even if it did, it would not mind—its mind is vast. If, through studying Buddhism and practicing, the sixth and seventh consciousnesses could become as vast in mind as the eighth consciousness, then it would be the end—no further practice would be needed. If the mind consciousness cannot express something clearly or does not understand it, the manas loses patience and chooses not to speak.