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Art of Thinking May 07, 2006 Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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58 sec
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intuitive test for recognizing genuine prophetic scripture
“You know the Bible contains words of the prophets”
1 min 16 sec
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petrol as God's silent sign of prepared energy
“God placed petrol in the earth — prepared energy”
5 min 33 sec
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nature's silent signs, the prophetic quote, and human thrill
“God placed petrol in the earth — prepared energy”
1 min 48 sec
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the Arabic line: we piped, you did not dance
“The Arabic wording I love: anna zamarna lakum”
45 sec
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we piped for you but you did not dance
“When I read this line, my state becomes strange”
1 min 24 sec
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no artist can improve on nature's perfect designs
“No artist could ever design grass better than grass”
55 sec
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girl dances for pop music but not for God
“I once heard a girl on radio talk about music”
1 min 12 sec
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a tycoon's sudden death as a lesson on impermanence
“Every day such events happen that should make you weep”
2 min 52 sec
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Rashtrapati Bhavan story: a magnificent world built to leave
“New Delhi holds a huge lesson if you look closely”
5 min 59 sec
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Rashtrapati Bhavan story leads to meaning of true religion
“New Delhi holds a huge lesson if you look closely”
1 min 15 sec
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Persian couplet: every leaf is a book of God
“A poet said: every green leaf holds a register”
41 sec
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religion defined as intellectual and spiritual growth, not ritual
“Religion is not the name of some ritual or form”
50 sec
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pleasure from desire can never be stored
“Think about your desire — good food, anything you love”
2 min 22 sec
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why enjoyment from desires can never be stored
“Think about your desire — can you store the pleasure?”
5 min 50 sec
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unstorable pleasure, paradise as a sample, pairs in creation
“Any thing you enjoy — did its pleasure ever last?”
1 min 36 sec
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worldly pleasure as just a small sample of paradise
“In Hindi there's a word for a small taste: bangi”
2 min 40 sec
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everything in creation exists in pairs, except desire
“Everything in the world is created in pairs”
39 sec
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the one thing in creation with no matching pair
“There is only one exception in this entire world”
1 min 27 sec
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American dream ends in a hospital bed, story
“A man told me his big dreams of coming to America”
5 min 52 sec
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unfulfilled desires in this life find their pair in paradise
“A man told me his big dreams of coming to America”