The Regret of the Mind Consciousness and the Manas

When karmic force manifests, it is the manas that is creating and controlling everything, without giving the mind consciousness any chance to offer a defense—the deed simply happens. But after the matter has passed, who is it that feels regret?

After the event, the mind consciousness feels regret first. Because the mind consciousness can observe and analyze its own bodily, verbal, and mental actions, and knows whether they are right or wrong, it is able to feel regret. The content of the mind consciousness's regret can, at the same time, be discerned by the manas. If the manas accepts the mind consciousness's regret and itself regrets the preceding bodily, verbal, and mental actions, then the manas will be able to correct its bodily, verbal, and mental actions thereafter; if the manas does not accept the mind consciousness's regret, then the manas will not feel regret, and will continue as before without changing its bodily, verbal, and mental actions. The mind consciousness's regret then fails to have its due effect, and one will still have to comply with the manas's habitual tendencies as before.