Sentient Beings Sink into Birth and Death Due to the Delusive Thoughts of the Manas

Because of which delusive thought do sentient beings sink in birth and death? They sink in birth and death because of the deluded thinking of the manas. Who is the accomplice in this sinking into birth and death? The manas's tools for committing the deed are the six consciousnesses, and the six consciousnesses in turn foster the manas's deluded thinking and ignorance; thus there will be no end to birth and death. Someone has to awaken first—who can awaken first? The mind consciousness has no innate clinging, its ignorance is not so deeply rooted, it has strong powers of analysis and deliberation, its thinking is quick and flexible, and it easily accepts new things. Gambling is also a new thing: the mind consciousness accepts it first, and then permeates the manas. Once the manas becomes habituated to gambling, it is very hard to quit. All the bad deeds of the world are like this.