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THE WAY OF LIFE The other disciples of Jesus asked him, "Why did you do so ?” Jesus replied, "In that village, I removed infatuation from the mind of Matthew. Here I advised him to carry out his duty. Man has to carry out his duties after freeing himself from his infatuations”.
The notable point here is that on both the occasions. Matthew did not argue with Jesus. Jesus was his Guru (spiritual head). He had implicit confidence in Jesus' intelligence, knowledge and sagacity. So, Jesus was Matthew's Kalyanmitra (a noble friend who wished for his spiritual welfare). You should not argue with spiritual heads.
When a man's intelligence attains perfection, it attains all the eight qualities. It grows upto the level of Tatvabhinivesha (the determination of doctrines). That means, he will accept and receive the scriptural doctrines which are above all doubts. A man who possesses that kind of intelligence does not use it to disgrace others; on the contrary, he uses his intelligence to make others also enlightened. He does not feel proud of his intelligence; nor does he scoff at the intelligence of others.
Exceptional intelligence is essential to attain Samyaginan (the right knowledge), Samyak darshan (the power of right vision or faith) and to adore and attain Samyak charitra (the right character). Exceptional intelligence is also essential to carry out successful endeavours in respect of Dharma, Artha and Kama. Therefore, you should never underestimate the importance of intelligence in your life as grihasthas. You must always be cautious to save your intelligence from being paralysed by ignorance and infatuation. My auspicious aspiration for you is that you should attain exceptional intelligence and use it to achieve success in your worldly activities as grihasthas' and to achieve spiritual elevation and purification.
This is enough for to-day.
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