How Does the Manas Cease?

When the manas no longer craves the three realms, no longer gives rise to attention (manaskāra), no longer deliberates or chooses to perceive dharmas, has no desire to perceive dharmas, and no desire to create karma, the five universal mental factors (sarvatraga-caitasika) cease to manifest, and the manas must inevitably cease. Therefore, when the manas no longer gives rise to attention, contact, feeling, perception, and volition, the tathāgatagarbha will no longer cooperate in generating dharmas. When the manas has no craving or thought toward the three realms, it will inevitably not give rise to attention, contact, feeling, perception, and volition; the consciousness-mind can no longer operate, and the functions of the five aggregates (pañca-skandha) do not arise. In this way, the manas ceases.