What Is Direct Realization?

Many people talk about actual realization every day, but what does "actual" mean? Actual means the real, and the real is the direct perception realm of the manas. Whatever realm the manas reaches, that is the level of one's cultivation. The realm of the mind consciousness is illusory, vanishing in the blink of an eye, like flowers in the sky that never touch the ground. The manas is the master consciousness that governs the bodily, verbal, and mental actions of the six consciousnesses. The understanding of the mind consciousness is not actual realization, because the mind consciousness cannot be the master over bodily, verbal, and mental actions.

Actual realization requires the manas to realize it, and for the manas to realize it, meditative concentration (samādhi) is indispensable. If meditative concentration is insufficient, the manas cannot realize it; there can only be the mind consciousness's understanding. Therefore, apart from meditative concentration, do not talk about actual realization. And when the mind consciousness understands but the manas does not realize, that is virtue unworthy of one's position.