The Medium Through Which the Manas Reveals Its Own Mental States

The psychology of worship and all kinds of mental states are manifested through the mind consciousness, and are 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 sense faculties, the manas can create all dharmas and express all emotions, states of mind, 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, yet He Himself does not know it; the eighth consciousness, even more, does not know that it is being used—and even if it knew, it would not mind, for its mind is vast. If, through studying Buddhism and cultivating practice, the sixth and seventh consciousnesses could have a mind as vast as that of the eighth consciousness, then that would be the end—there would be no more need to cultivate. If the mind consciousness cannot express something clearly or understandably, the manas loses patience and chooses not to speak.