{"id":10668,"date":"2012-07-11T08:02:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T07:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=10668"},"modified":"2012-07-11T08:03:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T07:03:19","slug":"who-is-intelligent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=10668","title":{"rendered":"Who is Intelligent?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Abhaya Mudra Dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMaterial intelligence so vastly differ from spiritual intelligence that even a materially intelligent person is perceived as unintelligent when measured by spiritual standards. The reason is that what we call intelligent in the material world has nothing to do with spiritual intellect. Only after recognizing that intelligence is not a personal asset but that it is an all-pervasive form of the Supreme Lord can we receive the blessings of spiritual intelligence.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe Supreme Lord Shri Krishna divides into four forms (chatur vyuha) that enter in the different divisions spiritual spheres first. These forms are also the all pervasive deities of the (1) soul (Vasudeva), (2) mind (Anruddha), (3) intelligence (Pradyumna) and (4) false ego (Sankarshana) in the material world:<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe three types of egotism (ahankara<\/em>) are technically known as vaikarika<\/em>, taijasa <\/em>and tamasa.<\/em> The mahat-tattva<\/em> is situated within the heart, or c<\/em>h<\/em>itta<\/em>, and the predominating Deity of the mahat-tattva<\/em> is Lord Vasudeva (Bhag. 3.26.21). The mahat-tattva is transformed into three divisions: (1) vaikarika, egotism in goodness (sattvika-ahankara), from which the eleventh sense organ, the mind, is manifest and whose predominating Deity is Aniruddha (Bhag. 3.26.27-28); (2) taijasa, or egotism in passion (rajasa-ahankara), from which the senses and intelligence are manifest and whose predominating Deity is Lord Pradyumna (Bhag. 3.26.29-31); (3) tamasa, or egotism in ignorance, from which sound vibration (shabda-tanmatra) expands. From the sound vibration, the sky (akasha) is manifest and, the senses, beginning with the ear, are also manifest (Bhag. 3.26.32). Of these three types of egotism, Lord Sankarshana is the predominating Deity… (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta – Madhya 20.276 Purport)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tFrom these statements we understand that intelligence is a product of passion. Further the functions of intelligence are described thus:<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDoubt, misapprehension, correct apprehension, memory and sleep, as determined by their different functions, are said to be the distinct characteristics of intelligence. (SB 3.26.30)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tWomen are generally considered less intelligent because they lack the first function of intelligence, namely doubt. They blindly accept things due to their compassionate and simple nature. Without protection women tend to get in trouble due to tendency to accept facts without evaluation. But when blind acceptance is applied to spiritual realization this can be an advantage. According th Shrila Prabhupada, doubting the spiritual authority is misuse of intelligence:<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDoubt is one of the important functions of intelligence; blind acceptance of something does not give evidence of intelligence. Therefore the word samshaya<\/em> is very important; in order to cultivate intelligence, one should be doubtful in the beginning. But doubting is not very favorable when information is received from the proper source. In Bhagavad-gita<\/em> the Lord says that doubting the words of the authority is the cause of destruction… (SB 3.26.30 Purport)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe other important function of intelligence is memory that is fed by sleep:<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t…Smriti<\/em> means “memory,” and svapa<\/em> means “sleep.” Sleep is also necessary to keep the intelligence in working order. If there is no sleep, the brain cannot work nicely. (SB 3.26.30 Purport)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tIn the material world education is based on memory. It the modern slaughterhouses we call schools, students are given good or bad grades based upon how adept they are at remembering facts. This abolity alone encompasses the primary consideration as to why one gets promoted. If he lacks memory he is considered stupid. But the real function of intelligence is to be able to properly remember Shri Krishna. Remembrance and forgetfulness come from Shri Krishna and the main function of intelligence is to provide the facility to constantly remember Shri Krishna (Bg 15.15). The true spiritual smriti<\/em> is smarana<\/em> or constant remembrance of the activities and names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A person who always remembers Krishna is truly intelligent.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tShri Krishna is the source of remembrance and of forgetfulness as well. To forget in the material world is considered a disadvantage or a negative effect of the limited existence. But in the spiritual sense forgetfulness has an absolute function. When the liberated living entity forgets he does not forget Shri Krishna. The forgetfulness in the Absolute World feeds the taste to always want to relish the same pastime of Shri Krishna again and again as if it has never been experienced before. When we train out intelligence to remember and forget in the absolute sense we can relish Krishna’s Names always wanting for more. The taste to always chant Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare is the proof that someone is spiritually intelligent.<\/p>\n

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\"HareBy Abhaya Mudra Dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Material intelligence so vastly differ from spiritual intelligence that even a materially intelligent person is perceived as unintelligent when measured by spiritual standards. The reason is that what we call intelligent in the material world has nothing to do with spiritual intellect. Only after recognizing that intelligence is not a personal asset but that it is an all-pervasive form of the Supreme Lord can we receive the blessings of spiritual intelligence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}