Manas

Lit., "the mind", the mental faculty which makes of man an intelligent and moral being, and distinguishes him from the mere animal; a synonym of Miihat). Esot( ricalh/, however, it means, when unqualified, the Higher Ego, or the sentient reincarnating Principle in man. When qualified it is called by Theosopliists Buddhi-Manas or the Spiritual Soul in contradistinction to its human reflection — KamaManas. Manas, Kama (Sk.). Lit., "the mind of desire". With the Buddhists it is the sixth of the Chadayatana {q.v.), or the six organs of knowledge, lienee the highest of these, synthesized by the seventh called Klichta, the spiritual perception of that which defiles this (lower) Manas, or the "Human-animal Soul", as the Occultists term it. While the Higher Manas or the Ego is directly related to Vijndna (the 10th of the 12 Nidanas) — which is the perfect knowledge of all forms of knowledge, whether relating to object or subject in the nidanic concatenation of causes and effects; the lower, the Kama Manas is but one of the Indriija or organs (roots) of Sense. Very little can be said of the dual Manas here, as the doctrine that treats of it, is correctly stated only in esoteric w»rks. Its mention can thus be only verjsuperficial.