The Eight Object-Attending and Deliberating Minds

The mind that conditions and deliberates refers to the eight consciousnesses; all eight consciousnesses are minds that condition and deliberate. The eye consciousness conditions forms and has the nature of discrimination, knowing, and deliberation; the ear consciousness conditions sounds and has the nature of discrimination, knowing, and deliberation; the nose consciousness conditions scent objects and has the nature of discrimination, knowing, and deliberation; the tongue consciousness conditions taste objects and has the nature of discrimination, knowing, and deliberation; the body consciousness conditions touch objects and has the nature of discrimination, knowing, and deliberation; the mind consciousness conditions mental objects and has the nature of discrimination, knowing, and deliberation; the manas also discerns mental objects, having the nature of discernment and deliberation. The eighth consciousness conditions the sense faculties, the material world, and all dharmas, knows the mental activities of the seven consciousnesses, knows the karmic seeds, and has the functioning of the mental volition (cetasika); therefore it can both condition and deliberate.