Many pride themselves on being intellectuals. But what knowledge makes an intellect truly great? Bhagawan reminds us of the quintessential quest of life.

Prahlada, as a student, had spoken to his classmates thus, “There is neither sanctity nor divine glory in it; Why this misery of birth, death and rebirth? A great intellect seeks the path of no birth and death.” We have been watching all along. People are dying. People are taking birth. What is the goal? “Seek the path”, he said. What is this path? The real path is the same path by which we had come. We are searching because we forgot the route and the root. We forgot the origin because of the delusion of worldly pleasures. You are aware that the child, as soon as it is born, cries, “Kva Kva”, meaning ‘what is my origin?’ This quest stays only until the child comes in contact with this external atmosphere. Thereafter, the child takes this world as everything and gets fully immersed in it. In regard to this delusion or forgetfulness, the Vedanta cautions us, “A great intellect must seek the path”. It pleads, “How long do you want to camp in this place?” The animal intellect forgets, while a reformed intellect seeks the right path.