Why Do Our Wishes Come True

The fulfillment of wishes—having things happen as one thinks—is accomplished by the tathāgatagarbha impelled by the manas; it is the realization of the manas's wishes. Within this, there is the mind consciousness's thinking, and there is also the manas's thinking. The mind consciousness's thinking must pass through the manas's determination (adhimokṣa) and review; once the manas agrees, the manas comes to have the same thought, and then the tathāgatagarbha accords with this thought and brings about the fulfillment of what the manas has thought. If the mind consciousness's thinking fails to win the manas's approval, and the manas does not want it, then the thinking is in vain—useless effort. As for the manas's thinking on its own, the mind consciousness may not be aware of it, yet it can still come to fruition; and when it comes to fruition, the mind consciousness may still not know that it was thought into being—this is the mind consciousness's ignorance.