The Medium of Mental expression through Manas

The psychology of worship and all kinds of mental states are manifested by consciousness and are jointly produced by the six consciousnesses. For all thoughts of the mental faculty to be expressed and realized, there must be tools and media available for utilization; without such media, the mental faculty is powerless.

By utilizing media such as the consciousness, the five sense consciousnesses, and the body, the mental faculty can produce all dharmas, express all emotions, mental states, thoughts, plans, intentions, and so forth. Without these media, it can accomplish nothing. In reality, the mental faculty makes extensive use of the eighth consciousness, though it itself is unaware of this, and the eighth consciousness is equally unaware of being utilized. Even if it knew, it would not mind, possessing a vast mind. If, through Buddhist practice, the sixth and seventh consciousnesses develop a mind as vast as the eighth consciousness, then it has reached the ultimate state, and no further practice is needed. If consciousness fails to express itself clearly or comprehensibly, the mental faculty loses patience and chooses to remain silent.