On Self-Cognition (svasaṃvitti) and Self-Validating Cognition (sva-saṃvitti-saṃvitti-bhāga)

When I say the Master is a good Master, that is the conscious mind's self-validating cognition (sva-saṃvitti-saṃvitti-bhāga). If I hold this view with great certainty, without any doubt, then simultaneously there is also the manas's self-validating cognition. The manas's self-validating cognition belongs to direct perception/valid direct cognition, whereas the mind consciousness's self-validating cognition is not necessarily direct perception. The manas's self-cognition (svasaṃvitti) is also direct perception, but the mind consciousness's self-cognition is not necessarily direct perception. That which is direct perception is absolutely without doubt, without the slightest suspicion. Erroneous cognition/non-valid cognition most easily gives rise to doubt and disbelief; with inference, the mind also does not settle, and doubt still persists unceasingly—therefore these do not count as actual realization. The result of investigating Chan includes the perceiving-aspect and self-cognition of both the mind consciousness and the manas, as well as the object-aspect. The result of investigating Chan is the manas's self-cognition, not its self-validating cognition. Self-validating cognition is used to validate oneself, not to validate other dharmas.