How to Achieve No-Thought in the Mind Consciousness While the Manas Engages in Meditative Inquiry

The mind consciousness needs to deliberate on the question carefully, understand it clearly, and condense it into a single point, deeply suspended in the mind—this is how the question is handed over to the manas. The mind consciousness may deliberate, or it may not deliberate; sometimes deliberation is needed, sometimes it is not. It can be busy with other affairs, or it can remain quiet; ideally, it should cooperate with the manas and not scatter its attention. Because when the mind consciousness is busy with other affairs, it will inevitably transmit information to the manas, increasing the manas' burden, so that it cannot concentrate and is unable to deliberate out a result.