Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Differentiating Greed from Need

“How can we differentiate between material greed and material need?”Asked by سلمان صاحب, احمد آباد

He answers at 1:16:07 in Journey of History · 1 min 10 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:16:07
maulana, ahmedabad se salman sahib ka sawal hai. inhone aap se poocha hai: "how can we differentiate between material greed and material need?" bohat asan hai. yeh to bohat hi asan hai. har aadmi jaan sakta hai ke meri need kahan khatam ho gayi, meri need kahan khatam ho gayi. yeh to koi mushkil nahi hai. koi aap ko bataye, koi doosra tab jaane. is ki zaroorat nahi hai. koi bataye, tab jaane. is ki zaroorat nahi hai.
1:16:45
aap pani peete hain to ek had par lagta hai ke aap ki pyas bujh gai. aap khana khate hain to ek had par lagta hai ke aap ka pet bhar gaya. aise hi woh mamla hai. yeh kisi yeh intezam mat chahiye ke koi bataye to aap janiye. khud aap sochiye, aap soch kar jaan lenge ke kahan meri need khatm ho gai aur kahan se meri greed shuru ho rahi hai. yeh bohat aasan hai. is mein koi mushkil baat nahi hai.
1:17:18
maulana, agla sawal mis salma ka hai dilli se. unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "maulana sahib, how can one pacify ones ego?" is ke bare mein
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