Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Elaboration on simple living high thinking

“You have always advised us to adopt simple living and high thinking. I want to request you today to please elaborate on it.”Asked by Mr. Rakesh Sharma, Bangalore

He answers at 1:04:45 in Pillars of Western Thought · 3 min 34 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:04:45
maulana, agla sawal bangalore se aaya hai. mister rakesh sharma ne kiya hai. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, you have always advised us to adopt simple living and high thinking. i want to request you today to please elaborate on it." dekhiye, simple living, high thinking dono ek doosre se interconnected hain. jab simple living hogi, tab hi high thinking hogi. aur high thinking agar hogi to simple living apne aap ho jayegi. dekhiye, simple living ka matlab kya hai? to save yourself from all kind of distraction.
1:05:21
bas jab aap simple living par na hon to har waqt aap distract hote rahenge. har waqt distract hote rahenge. aur simple living se kya hota hai? aap distraction se bach jate hain. jaise meri zindagi bilkul hi saada hai. aakhri had tak main saada zindagi guzarta hoon. to meri zindagi mein koi distraction hi nahi. to main 24 ghante, yani agar padhun, likhun, sochun to mere paas time hi time hai. jo log simple living nahi ikhtiyar karte, saada zindagi nahi ikhtiyar karte, to bar bar woh distract hote rehte hain.
1:06:04
to phir un ko time nahi hota padhne likhne ka, intellectual development ka. high thinking kahan se aayegi? to main yeh nahi kehta ke simple living, jo hai, koi koi farz hai. yeh main nahi kehta. main yeh kehta hoon ke agar aap chahte hain apne andar high thinking develop karna, apna personality develop, apni personality ko develop karna, intellectual development, yeh sab cheezein agar aap chahte hon to lazim hai ke aap simple living ikhtiyar karen. warna mumkin nahi hoga.
1:06:39
yeh main keh raha hoon. yani simple living ko main koi is maane mein nahi leta hoon ke jaise namaz farz hai to yeh bhi farz hai. lekin main yeh sirf keh raha hoon ke simple living ke baghair aap ko time hi nahi milega ke aap apni shakhsiyat ko develop karen. yeh mera manna hai. maulana bhopal se shakeel sahib ne sawal kiya hai. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, main aap se yeh janna chahta hoon ke main apne andar universal outlook ka zehan kaise banaun?" quran parhiye.
1:07:19
quran mein aap dekhiye, bar bar "eha naas, eha naas, eha naas". yani saari insaniyat ko quran khitab karta hai. quran ko agar aap bar bar parhein, samajh kar ke to apne aap hi aap ke andar nuqta nazar aa jayega. pehli ayat dekhiye: "alhamdulillah rabbul alameen". yani rabb, yani allah ka jo is mein tasawwur diya gaya hai, woh sare alam ka rabb hai. pehli ayat aap ko universal bana degi. yani rabbul muslimeen nahi, quran mein rabbul alameen hai.
1:07:59
to mein samajhta hoon ke sab se acha nuskha hai universal zehan banane ka ke aap quran ko samajh kar parhein. samajh kar bas is ke baad sab masla hal ho jayega. waise meri aik kitab bhi hai, "deen insaniyat" is ka naam hai. is ko aap parh sakte hain. aap is mein bhi is tarah ki baatein hain. maulana chennai se agla sawal kiya hai. mister sameer mehta ne
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