How to Make the Manas Accept the Persuasion and Education of the Mind Consciousness?

If a person knows that he is wrong, what path to take and how to deal with the mistake—on what does this depend? After the mind consciousness knows the mistake, the manas must also be made to know the mistake; once the manas knows the mistake, things become easy to handle. The mind consciousness must convey its mistake completely and in full detail to the manas, and then the manas will begin to deliberate (manasikāra) on right and wrong.

After the mind consciousness has known something simply and roughly, it must still engage in contemplative practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) and come to know it in finer detail. In this process, the manas is easily influenced through habituation and can begin its own deliberation. The mind consciousness must contemplate and understand in a fine and detailed way, with more conclusive evidence; only in meditative concentration (samādhi) can it contemplate in a detailed and thorough manner. For the manas to deliberate clearly and distinctly, it must be in meditative concentration, free from interference.

The mind consciousness knows that it must use itself to influence and permeate the manas, but at this time the manas does not necessarily know that the mind consciousness wants to permeate it and is permeating it. First, it depends on whether the manas has the wisdom to understand the mind consciousness's thoughts and ideas; second, it depends on whether the mind consciousness can deeply understand the content of the Dharma principles in the mind and contemplate them very clearly; third, it depends on whether the manas, in ordinary times, understands the mind consciousness well, and whether the two communicate and coordinate effectively.

When the manas discovers that the mind consciousness wants to influence and change it, if the manas's habitual tendency of self-grasping is very heavy, and the mind consciousness's ideas severely contradict the manas, the manas will be displeased, feel uncomfortable inside, and may even want to avoid and resist. If the mind consciousness's ideas do not contradict the manas too much, the manas can accept them. Once the manas has been subdued, the more it understands principles, the more easily it will accept influence, persuasion, and instruction.