58 Quotes by Dada Bhagwan about Intellect
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Initially, you grasp [knowledge] through the ‘light’ of the intellect and then the understanding arises, and thereafter a state in which there is absence of anger-pride-deceit-greed and attachment-abhorrence arises.
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In reality, the outer instruments (hands, feet, eyes, etc) are not the hindrance (for liberation); it is the inner instrument (mind, intellect, chit and ego) that is obstructive.
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Only ‘he’, who becomes free from his intellect, can become sarvagna (Omniscient).
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Every living being is driven by his mind; the mind makes him ‘do’ things and till the end of the intellect, there is nothing but botheration. God has no doer-ship in it at all. God has no doer-ship in intellect; His doer-ship is in Knowledge (Knowing) only.
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Who is the main ‘minister’ (component) responsible for proposing a resolution in the antahkaran (inner working complex comprised of the mind, intellect, chit and ego)? There is no main component in there. When the circumstances arise, any one of the four will become the main component to propose a resolution.
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Decision that is taken, it is intellect (buddhi) that does it, till then there is the influence of the mind (which gives thoughts). The chit shows you all the attributes of the existence of whatever it sees. Hence is shows gnan (knowledge) and darshan (vision). But the decision of that is made only by the intellect.
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Ego is considered one’s own wealth. Profit or loss of endless lifetimes comes into ego. Whatever is one’s ego, that is how his medium will be and that is the kind of light of his intellect he will continue to get. If his merit karma (punya) is high, his buddhi (intellect) will be high.
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How can we call anyone’s view point as being wrong? Can we tell a blind man off if he bumps into a wall? Hey, he bumped into the wall because he was blind.
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Some kind of mistake is remaining (within us) due to which conflicts are being created (by us). It is not as if only the Gnan (right knowledge) can destroy conflicts; they can be removed even through the intellect (buddhi).
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