Four Types of Intelligence

person

Buddhist texts speak of four types or qualities of intelligence: great intelligence, swift intelligence, clear intelligence, and penetrating intelligence. Because we must analyze the subject matter carefully, we need great intelligence; because we cannot naively conclude that something is the case except on the basis of a meticulous analysis, we needs [sic] clear intelligence; because we need to be able to "think on our feet," we need swift intelligence; and because we need to pursue the full implications of a line of inquiry, we need penetrating intelligence.

HHDL's The Middle Way, p. 15

This is just an odd bit of TB classification that I remember hearing at one point. There was a very brief discussion about types of intelligence on another thread and I thought I'd post.

In general I think it helpful to understand what differing people's dispositions are in order to tailor our message to be most helpful and meet people where they are.

federica

And they're not mutually exclusive of course; they should all be up and running simultaneously.