Reflections for the Soul: Pearls of Vedic Wisdom Reflections for the Soul: Pearls of Vedic Wisdom | Page 74

Intelligence
An intelligent person does not
take part in the sources of misery,
which are due to contact with the material
senses. O son of Kunti, such pleasures have
a beginning and an end, and so the wise
man does not delight in them.
- BG 5:22 -
Intelligence refers to the power to analyze things in their proper
perspective, and knowledge refers to understanding what is spirit
and what is matter. - BG 10:4-5, purport -
The wise man is he who can discriminate between matter and
spirit, between God’s superior and inferior natures.
- BG 10:38, purport -
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