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Education means to develop the intelligence. That is education

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"Education means to develop the intelligence. That is education"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1974 Conversations and Morning Walks

The soul is there in every living entity, but according to the development of the body, evolution of the body, the intelligence becomes manifest. Otherwise, what is the meaning of education? Education means to develop the intelligence. That is education.

Prabhupāda: We are superior to animals by superior intelligence, not by . . . just like a human child. His father is superior than the child because the father has got superior intelligence, not that the child has no soul. The child talks so many nonsense things, but we take it, "After all, it is child." Nobody cares whether it is symmetrical or not, because his intelligence is not developed. So even the animals have no developed intelligence, that does not mean it has no soul.

Italian man (1): It does.

Prabhupāda: Yes. The evolution of different types of body means evolution of intelligence. Just like a flower: in the bud stage, the flower is there, but the fragrance or the beauty has not yet developed. So unless the things are there, how it can develop? Similarly, the soul is there in every living entity, but according to the development of the body, evolution of the body, the intelligence becomes manifest. Otherwise, what is the meaning of education? Education means to develop the intelligence. That is education.

Italian man (1): Are you thinking of formal education now?

Prabhupāda: Any education. You train a child to the standard of that education and he will develop his intelligence. A child who does not know what is what, the father says: "This is . . . my dear child, it is watch." Once, twice, thrice, you call, "Watch, watch, watch," he learns, "This is watch." (aside) Jaya. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Daktar saheb kidhar gaya? Aa gaye hai? (When is the doctor coming? Oh has he arrived?) So one has to awaken the intelligence. So that supreme intelligence is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. When one comes to the point of supreme intelligence, that is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Just like a rose flower, when it comes to the full blooming stage, it is very beautiful, fragrant, like that. So when a living entity comes to the understanding of his constitutional position—what he is actually—and acts like that, that is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Then it is full development. That is called buddhi-yogam. Buddhi is there, intelligence is there, and when it is fully developed for understanding Kṛṣṇa, that is called buddhi-yogam.

Italian man (1): Buddhi-yogam.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Buddhi-yogam. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is described, buddhi-yogaṁ dadāmi taṁ yena mām upayānti (BG 10.10). Buddhi-yogam means the intelligence, but . . . (aside) Don't come near. The intelligence which gets the living entity back to home, back to Godhead. That is called buddhi-yogam. Any yoga system means connecting link with the Supreme. When we speak of buddhi-yogam, that is the ultimate yoga. That is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā, yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gata antar-ātmanā (BG 6.47). All different types of yoga practice, the most important and topmost yoga practice is to think of Kṛṣṇa always within oneself. That is being practiced. (aside) Hare Kṛṣṇa. The topmost yoga system. (japa) (break) You are experienced. Try to understand the philosophy and give it to your country. Your country is a most important country in Europe. Roman civilization.

Page Title:Education means to develop the intelligence. That is education
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2023-02-13, 07:58:10
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1