How to Distance Oneself from False Appearances and Discover the Truth

To discover the truth, the manas must discover the true reality of the Dharma realm; only when the manas realizes it can one then depart from false appearances. Only the manas can direct the six consciousnesses to not acknowledge false appearances and to depart from them; the conscious mind does not have this authority. Once the manas realizes false appearances, it can at the same time take charge and depart from them. If only the mind consciousness realizes it, it is useless—the manas is together with false appearances at every moment, every second, every instant; how could the mind consciousness depart from false appearances?

The manas is like a hitching post for horses: even if the mind consciousness is allowed to run east and west, it must still run around the pillar of the manas and is not permitted to run far. If the manas hitching post keeps moving and shifting about everywhere, can the wild horses of the six consciousnesses stay fixed in one place without moving, unmoved by the manas?