Intelligence means
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 4
- teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ
- bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam
- dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ
- yena mām upayānti te
"To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me."
Real intelligence means linking with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When this is done, the Supreme Personality of Godhead from within gives one the real intelligence by which one can return home, back to Godhead.Good intelligence means going back home, back to Godhead. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (10.10):
- teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ
- bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam
- dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ
- yena mām upayānti te
"To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me."
One who offers prayers to the Lord to fulfill his different desires must know that the highest perfectional fulfillment of desire is to go back home, back to Godhead.Lectures
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1972 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: (break)...a cheater is not disqualification in this country.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: It's a good qualification.
Prabhupāda: (laughs) Good qualification.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Biggest cheaters are in control, in charge.
Prabhupāda: What is the disqualification? Not to become cheater?
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes, then they will be stupid.
Devotee (10): To be an honest man.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: See, then they call you stupid.
Prabhupāda: Oh. So standard is different, completely. Human intelligence means you must be a big cheater.So the real intelligence means you have to find out where there is no danger. That is the... Where there is real happiness.
1973 Conversations and Morning Walks
1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Yadunandana: The reason why the western world is so much involved in science is because the religions that have been presented here in the West have cheated the people economically...
Prabhupāda: No, why cheated? The Christian religion says God created.
Devotee (4): But the followers do not practice this idea. The original idea is very nice.
Prabhupāda: No, they became over-intelligent by so-called education.
Bahulāśva: Over-intelligent?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Bahulāśva: How is that?
Prabhupāda: Over-intelligence means rascal. Intelligence is good, but over-intelligence means rascal.1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Page Title: | Intelligence means |
Compiler: | Madhavananda |
Created: | 28 of Oct, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=3, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=8, Con=11, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 22 |