Category:Intellect
Theme Analysis
This category defines the Intellect as the subtle layer of understanding that assists the mind in determining "what to reject and what to accept." While the Intellect belongs to the body and is inferior to the soul, human beings possess a specially developed intellect capable of understanding the great spiritual mission of life: knowing God, the cosmic manifestation, and the ultimate aim of existence. The proper use of the Intellect involves receiving the teachings of Lord Caitanya, scrutinizingly judging Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and learning how to utilize everything in connection with Kṛṣṇa’s energy. The ground of all true intelligence, however, is the soul.
- The Position: The intellect is finer than the mind and the senses, serving to guide the mind's actions, but is ultimately a creation of nescience (ignorance).
- The Highest Function: The highest function of the intellect is to understand one's true identity, what God is, and the aim of life—transcending the body concept.
- The Criterion: A truly intelligent person uses his intellect to judge the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and utilize everything as the energy of Kṛṣṇa.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Utilizing Intellect for Spiritual Judgement.
Pages in category "Intellect"
The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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- Even if we change our body, still we can find out our means of living by that inherent intellect. That is advertised as intuition. But this intuition is previous experience only
- Everyone is not of the same intellect. You may be more intelligent than me, another may be more intelligent than you, but that varieties of intelligence does not mean missing the real point
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- In the Caitanya-caritamrta it is said that one should receive the teaching of Lord Caitanya with intellect and full senses so that one can logically understand the great mission
- In your own heart, through your intellect, you will always see Me, the supreme self-effulgent soul dwelling within the hearts of all living entities. Thus you will achieve the state of eternal life, free from all lamentation and fear
- It is beyond intellectual. The intellect also belong to the body. But understanding of the soul is beyond intellectual
- It is out of nescience only that the empiric philosophers try to approach the Supreme Truth on the strength of their own intellect
- It was the responsibility of the royal order to see that the citizens were following the regulative principles of the four varnas (namely brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra) and the asramas - namely brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa
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- The mind's position is accepting and rejecting. Intellect helps the mind what to reject and what to accept. And that intelligence is of the soul. That ground of intelligence is the soul
- Those who are impersonalists, they cannot have varieties of enjoyment; therefore they come down again on this material platform & use their intellect for philanthropic or humanitarian work. Again they become entrapped by philosophy & knowledge and so on
- Those who are on the mental platform, they're writing poetries and philosophical speculation to satisfy the mind. Similarly, there is intellectual platform. But soul is above intellect
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- We have got from Bhagavad-gita that the gross understanding are the senses, though the still finer understanding is the mind, and then intellect, and then the soul
- We put this philosophy (Krsna consciousness) to your judgement, and you judge it scrutinizingly with your all intellects, and you'll find it sublime. And if you find it sublime, then why not put it to the world?
- When a devotee is put into distress, he accepts this as God's mercy and offers Him repeated obeisances with his body, mind and intellect. An intelligent person, therefore, should be always satisfied, depending on the mercy of the Lord
- When one's intelligence is properly utilized, both the intellect and the intelligent person enjoy one another with great satisfaction
- When people (who are bereft of spiritual intellect) come under the influence of Sankaracarya's Mayavadi (impersonalist) philosophy before beginning the most confidential Vedanta-sutras, their natural tendency toward obedience to the Supreme is checked
- When we compare the laborer class of men with intellect, intellectual class of men, there is difference. But both of them are important factors to maintain this body. That is called varnasrama-dharma
- When we see the matter is energy of Krsna, that is not materialism. That is spiritualism. So it is our intellect how we can utilize everything with Krsna
- With the help of this knowledge and his intellect, he tried to control his lusty desires, but because of the force of Cupid within his heart, he failed to control his mind