The Self-Authenticating Part of Manas

Question: When the mental faculty persists in and clings to its own views, which function among the four parts is at work? When the mental faculty repents, which function among the four parts is at work? What does it mean to persist in one's own views? Why should one repent?

Answer: If the mental faculty persists in and clings to its own views, it means the mental faculty recognizes and understands its own perspective, deems it correct, and thus insists on not changing it. This is the function of the self-witnessing part of the mental faculty. If it is repentance by the mental faculty, it means the mental faculty recognizes its own faults and thus wishes to repent. This is also the function of the self-witnessing part of the mental faculty.

"Self" refers to oneself, and "one's own views" refer to one's personal perspective, which is the self-witnessing part. To persist in one's own views, one must first be aware of one's own perspective; this is the self-witnessing part. Knowing one's mistake yet refusing to correct it is also the self-witnessing part. Whenever one is aware of anything pertaining to oneself, it is the self-witnessing part.