Inexplicable Anger Is That of the Manas

When one becomes angry, one constantly tries to control one's emotions in the mind; the mind consciousness may control it for an hour, yet the manas still cannot be brought under control—this shows that the manas is indeed not easy to regulate. Very often, after anger arises, one does not even know why one became angry; being angry without knowing why means it is not the mind consciousness that is angry, for the anger of the mind consciousness can always be traced to a cause and a reason. As for the anger of the manas, the mind consciousness does not understand it; the mind consciousness thinks that the anger has no cause, and not knowing why, it considers it groundless. In fact, the cause of the manas's anger is something the mind consciousness cannot know; unable to accurately grasp the psychology of the manas, it is ignorant of the manas, and all the emotions of the manas seem to the mind consciousness inexplicable and unreasonable. Only when the mind consciousness gives rise to great wisdom and comes to understand the characteristics of the manas can it master the mental state of the manas and subdue the afflictions of the manas.