Which mind is the remorseful and self-blaming mind?

In the morning when waking up, one mind wanted to get up, and another mind did not want to get up; in the end, one did not get up, and as a result an important matter was delayed. Then came anger, vexation, and self-reproach. Who exactly was vexed, who was reproaching themselves, who was angry?

The mind consciousness has rationality, while the manas lacks rationality; it is greedier than the mind consciousness, greedy for flavors and greedy for feelings. After waking up in the morning, the mind consciousness, being rational, feels that one should get up, tidy up early, and go out to take care of matters. But the manas, because it craves flavors, appears rather lazy and does not decide to get up, clinging to comfortable feelings. Eventually the mind consciousness's rationality grows stronger and stronger, continuously hinting to the manas that it should get up; finally the manas understands that it must get up and prepare, that it cannot keep clinging, and so it has no choice but to decide to get up and get dressed. The tathāgatagarbha carries out this decision, and the six consciousnesses cooperate to get up. From this example, one can see that the manas has feeling, and it is not necessarily neutral feeling (upekṣā-vedanā).

Because getting up late delayed matters, the one who is initially angry, vexed, and self-reproachful must be the mind consciousness, because the mind consciousness has strong deliberation (manasikāra) ability and knows what matter was delayed and how important it was. After the mind consciousness is vexed and reproaches itself, the manas also comes to know its own fault and may also regret and reproach itself. If the manas does not regret or reproach itself, and only the mind consciousness regrets alone, the manas will not change, and next time it will commit the same mistake, likewise lingering in bed and refusing to get up.

Many people make mistakes, repent, and reproach themselves, yet afterwards they still commit them—that is the mind consciousness repenting and reproaching itself while the manas does not repent, so the mistakes are committed over and over again, repeatedly, without learning the lesson. Committing a mistake and then correcting it, then committing it again—that is the mind consciousness; no longer easily making mistakes in the future—that is the manas having learned the lesson. "The flesh changes but the bones do not change" indicates that the change is superficial, on the level of the mind consciousness, while the manas does not change and does not admit any fault.

When the mind consciousness understands some principle and wants to accomplish it, it cannot be the master; it must persuade the manas to agree with its idea, or force the manas to agree. Once the manas agrees, the decision is made, and thus it is accomplished. If the manas reluctantly agrees while still being unwilling in its heart, the same thing may not necessarily be accomplished next time. If the manas has not understood the principle and is frequently forced by the mind consciousness, the manas will harbor resentment in its mind; that resentment will sooner or later burst out, and if it does not burst out, the mind will remain deeply depressed. When the mind consciousness has not persuaded the manas, once supervision is relaxed, the manas's original habitual tendencies will manifest. Therefore, when the mind consciousness puts on an act, it cannot last long; there will always come a time when the truth is exposed.