Where Does the Merit of Attaining Fruition in a Past Life Manifest?

Only when the mind consciousness has eliminated self-view (ātma-dṛṣṭi) but the manas has not eliminated self-view—since the manas has not undergone perfuming, it remains the manas of an ordinary being (pṛthagjana). When entering the womb in a later life, the mind consciousness ceases; upon rebirth as a human, neither the mind consciousness nor the manas has eliminated self-view, and the manas manifests exactly the same as the ordinary being's manas of the previous life, without any difference. So where would the merit of attaining the fruit in the previous life manifest itself?

In fact, for those who in a previous life truly attained the fruit and awakened to the true mind and saw its nature, because their manas has undergone perfuming, upon rebirth as a human their mental conduct is decidedly different from that of ordinary beings. The longer they cultivated in their previous life, the purer their mental conduct becomes, and the greater the difference from ordinary beings. Before studying Buddhism, the mind consciousness did not even know why it was different from other people; when scolded as a fool, the mind consciousness still felt distressed. Sometimes it wanted to be like everyone else, to keep pace with society, and to be equally greedy, hateful, and deluded, yet the manas was unwilling to do so.