Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Glamour's appeal over knowledge and wisdom

“Why are people more attracted to glamour than to knowledge and wisdom?”Asked by Mr. Vikrant, Pune

He answers at 1:18:23 in Journey of History · 1 min 48 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:18:23
maulana, agla sawal pune se hai mister vikrant ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "why areing more attracted to glamour than knowledge and wisdom?" mein samajhta hoon ke aaj kal jo TV hai is ka yeh fitna hai. hamare bachpan mein to yeh sab kuch tha nahi. koi glamour ka kuch janta bhi nahi tha ke duniya mein glamour hai. hamare bachpan mein, nojwanai mein yeh sab hum kuch bhi nahi dekhte the. lekin ab yeh TV jo hai is ne logon ko. to aap ko janna chahiye ke TV jo hai source of distraction hai.
1:19:05
is ko discover kijiye aur bajaye is ke ke TV aap ko guide kare, aap khud apne aap ko guide kijiye. aaj kal mujhe nojwanon ka haal yeh hai ke bas TV un ko guide karta hai. yahan par galti hai. khud sochiye, apni rah khud banaiye, khud apne guide baniye. mujhe to TV se koi mein TV dekhta bhi hoon, lekin ek percent bhi mein use koi asar nahi leta. ek percent bhi nahi. to asal cheez yeh hai ke apne ko aap ko distraction se bachana hai. chahe TV ho ya koi doosri cheez hai, jo cheez distract kare us se bachiye.
1:19:53
yeh to karna hi karna hai aap ko. yeh to yeh to test hai. test thori aisa hota hai ke test abolish to nahi ho sakta. test to baqi rahega. agar aap chahe ke test free life mil jaye aap ko, yeh to possible nahi hai. maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle ek comment parhna chahenge jo bangalore se aya hai maulana inayat umri
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