FAQ on Meditation 033
How does meditation increase one's intelligence?
It increases one 5 intelligence by reducing the level of defilements in the mind. Take an analogy - the nature of the mind is clear and bright but it has defilements in it which, like the mud and pollution in clear water, make it clouded and dull. Meditation is a process which allows the impurities to settle-out. Meditation precipitates the defilements of the mind, and allows the nature of the mind which is bright and clear, to reveal itself. One of the natural qualities of the mind is 'intelligence', in the absence of combination with anxiety, passion, enmity, folly or hatred. The natural mind is full of wisdom and compassion.
It increases one 5 intelligence by reducing the level of defilements in the mind. Take an analogy - the nature of the mind is clear and bright but it has defilements in it which, like the mud and pollution in clear water, make it clouded and dull. Meditation is a process which allows the impurities to settle-out. Meditation precipitates the defilements of the mind, and allows the nature of the mind which is bright and clear, to reveal itself. One of the natural qualities of the mind is 'intelligence', in the absence of combination with anxiety, passion, enmity, folly or hatred. The natural mind is full of wisdom and compassion.