The Difference Between Awareness-Contemplation-Thinking and Manifesting-Object Names and Words

Initial application and sustained examination (vitarka-vicāra) are the initial application and sustained examination of the mind consciousness, and deliberation is also the deliberation of the mind consciousness. The mind consciousness also has the function of being able to reveal the realms of the six sense objects through written words and spoken language. From initial application and sustained examination, deliberation can arise; deliberation can give birth to language and words; with language and words, realms can be expressed and revealed. However, the initial initial application and sustained examination are without language and words, and the subtlest initial application and sustained examination are also without language and words. Deliberation that involves language and words is relatively coarse and superficial, not refined. When the mind consciousness is without language and words, without initial application, sustained examination, and deliberation, it is extremely difficult to distinguish it from the wordless state of the manas; the two are mixed together like light and darkness, and it is almost impossible to tell which is which.