Material intelligence has the function of assisting the mind and senses in fulfilling their demands, in other words, the intelligence is acting subservient to the mind, ‘ascertaining the nature of objects’ to give the best pleasure to the mind and senses. However, spiritual intelligence is guided by superior knowledge from elevated persons and teachings (guru and sastras), and this ‘spiritualized intelligence’, when properly trained, can act superior to the mind and control the mind.
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