How Does the Mind Consciousness Cooperate with the Manas in Contemplative Practice (Vipaśyanā-caryā) on the Five Aggregates?

When the mind consciousness engages in contemplative practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) of the five aggregates (pañcaskandha), the information from the contemplation is simultaneously transmitted to the manas. The manas may not understand it the first time, nor the second, but over time it can come to understand and be nurtured by it, agreeing with the results of the mind consciousness's contemplation—this is the result of the manas activating its own distinctive capacity for deliberation (manana) and judgment. When meditative concentration (samādhi) is present, the manas can also, following the line of thought from the mind consciousness's contemplation and reflection, engage in deliberation on its own—either deliberating together with the mind consciousness, or deliberating independently. The more evidence the mind consciousness gathers and the more clearly it explains the principles, the more deeply the manas is nurtured, and the more capable the manas becomes of deliberating on its own, thereby together with the mind consciousness eliminating self-view (ātma-dṛṣṭi) and jointly realizing the fruits of the path.