What Does "The Manas Grasps the Seeing Part of the Eighth Consciousness as the Self" Mean?

The eighth consciousness can perceive all dharmas, and the mental faculty, following the eighth consciousness, can also perceive all dharmas. However, the aspects of all dharmas perceived by the mental faculty and the eighth consciousness differ; their perceived contents are distinct. The eighth consciousness perceives non-mundane aspects, while the mental faculty perceives mundane aspects of dharmas. Relying on the perceiving division of the eighth consciousness, after perceiving all dharmas, the mental faculty considers all these dharmas to be the self and to belong to the self—this is the view of self. Because of this view of self, the mental faculty clings to all these dharmas, refusing to relinquish them, and universally discriminates and clings. Thus, the mental faculty is also known as the universally discriminating consciousness. First arises the view of self, and then follows the clinging to self. Due to ignorance, the mental faculty does not understand that all dharmas are produced by the eighth consciousness, all belong to the eighth consciousness, and all possess the attributes of the eighth consciousness. Relying on the eighth consciousness to perceive all dharmas, it mistakenly regards all dharmas as its own and belonging to itself. This misunderstanding has persisted from beginningless kalpas until the present. If this misunderstanding is not eliminated, the view of self cannot be severed, the suffering of birth and death cannot be extinguished, and the cycle of rebirth will not cease.