The Wisdom of the Manas Truly Represents a Person's Wisdom

Question: When we speak of attaining realization of the fruits, does it mean that after the mind consciousness attains the fruit, the manas still needs to ratify it? Just like a year-end work summary that requires the official seal of one's workplace to be recognized? Also, wisdom is attached to the mind consciousness; after the wisdom is acknowledged by both the mind consciousness and the manas (as habit-energy seeds), it can be stored in the tathāgatagarbha as seeds. Is the wisdom of the manas precisely these habit-energy seeds?

Answer: When the mind consciousness alone understands clearly, it does not count as realization; only when the manas simultaneously understands clearly is it realization. Because the so-called "self" is the manas; the mind consciousness is subordinate to the manas, while the manas is the leader playing the dominant role. The elimination of self-view (ātma-dṛṣṭi) must be the elimination of the manas's self-view; it is not enough to eliminate only the self-view of the mind consciousness, the subordinate. The mind consciousness is merely a function that obeys the self of the manas.

There is the wisdom of the mind consciousness, and there is also the wisdom of the manas. Only the wisdom of the manas truly represents a person's wisdom. Because the wisdom of the mind consciousness is temporary, unstable, and cannot be the master. Only when the manas gives rise to wisdom can there be wisdom at all times; only then is the person a person of wisdom. Only the wisdom of the manas can truly store seeds, which can continue to function in future lives. The manas fully accords with seeds, whereas the mind consciousness contains that portion representing the conditioning of the acquired environment. The manas has habit-energy, both wholesome and unwholesome habit-energies, and the wisdom of the manas belongs to wholesome habit-energy.