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.
