The Manas Becomes Constant Only After Being Perfumed

If reciting the Buddha's name and reciting sutras has not successfully permeated the manas, and the manas has no mental thought of reciting the Buddha's name or reciting sutras, and does not remember the Buddha and the sutras, then it would be impossible for the mind consciousness to wake up and discover that it is still reciting the Buddha's name and reciting sutras, or to finish its work and turn back to find that it is still reciting the Buddha's name and reciting sutras. The mind consciousness reciting the Buddha's name and reciting sutras unconsciously is all actively led by the manas; it is the manas's spontaneous mental activity. The manas likes reciting the Buddha's name and reciting sutras, and the mind consciousness, directed by the manas, does not forget to recite the Buddha's name and recite sutras no matter what it is doing. Therefore, the manas must possess the mental factor of mindfulness (smṛti), must have memory, and must also possess determination (adhimokṣa); otherwise, the manas would not be susceptible to permeation and would not constantly want to recite the Buddha's name and recite sutras. From another perspective, the manas must also be in accord with meditative concentration (samādhi), having turned it into a habit. Persisting in one thing is concentration (samādhi); only in this way can the mind consciousness continuously engage in one thing.