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you render service to-day, you can become intelligent tomorrow. Until you acquire intelligence, you must live in accordance with the guidance given by the spiritual heads who are enlightened and intelligent. That means, you have to live according to the commands of the spiritual heads.
You must render service to spiritual heads with a plain heart and with a whole-hearted devotion. You should not render such service to all sorts of preceptors. You must render that service only to those spiritual heads who possess outstanding intelligence. The intelligence that you acquire by your politeness towards the Gurudev is called the Vainayiki intelligence. The great author and sage says in his grantha entitled 'Upadeshapada
भत्तिए बुद्धिमंताण तहय बहुमाणओय एएसि ।
अपओसयसंसाओ एयाण वि कारणं जाण ॥ १६२ ॥ Here three methods are mentioned by means of which the intelligence can be sharpened. 1. By showing devotion to men of outstanding intelligence. 2. By honouring men of outstanding intelligence. 3. By praising men of outstanding intelligence.
Of course, intelligence acquires incisiveness if you show devotion to men of great intelligence but you should know how you have to show devotion to such men.
From the Audience: Whom shall we consider intelligent? Shall we consider sadhus or grihasthas as men of intelligence? To which kind of intelligent men should we show devotion?
Maharajashri : Of course, now we are talking only of showing devotion to sadhus who are men of intelligence but you may come across some shravaks and shravikas, some fellow-members of your faith who possess outstanding intelligence. You have to show devotion to such people. You have to honour them and praise them.
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