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Prabhupāda:

[Bg. 10.4]

So we have to understand these qualifications. Intelligence. Buddhiḥ means intelligence. Jñānam means knowledge. Asammohaḥ means freedom from illusion. Kṣamā. …

Abhāva. Abhāva means death. Bhayam, fear, and abhayam, fearlessness. Ahiṁsā, nonviolence; samatā, equality; tuṣṭiḥ, satisfaction; tapaḥ, penance; dānam, charity; yaśaḥ, …

Because Kṛṣṇa has declared already, aham ādir hi devānām, maharṣīṇāṁ ca sarvasya [Bg. 10.2].

He is the original cause of everything. Now... Then He must be the cause of all good qualification and bad …

Take for example buddhi. Buddhi means intelligence. And what is that intelligence? Real intelligence? Real intelligence is to know, to …

That is material intelligence for earning our bread. Real intelligence is sukhārtha, the finer sentiments to understand the finer activities …

Just like a child. A child sees that a nice motorcar runs in the street, he thinks that the motorcar …

Grossly seeing, that is not intelligence. Oh, man is working; man is living; man is writing books, oh, wonderfully. He …

Sir Isaac Newton, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Sir P. C. Raya and so many scientists all over the world, they …

The scientist is working, the philosopher is working, not out of his own accord; it is working under the spell …

[Bg. 3.27]

Prakṛti... By nature's law he's working. Why not everybody scientist? Why not everybody? If it is accidental and it is …

Oh. Kṛṣṇa says, "Under My direction this prakṛti is working." The prakṛti, nature, is the agent. Real worker is Kṛṣṇa. …

So people do not understand it. Ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā. By false ego he is thinking, "Oh, I am scientist," "Oh, I am …

That is the distinction between intelligent and foolishness. Jñānam. Jñāna means knowledge. Now, so far knowledge is concerned, here is …

I'll give you one very nice example. This is practical. In my youthhood I was manager in a big chemical …

Then the managing director, Dr. Bose—he was very intelligent man—he at once went to another firm. They were also chemical. …

And even in bird you'll find. They have got some sort of specific intelligence or knowledge. That is not knowledge. …