Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Balancing spirituality and worldly life

“How can spirituality and worldly life be balanced without tilting too much either on spirituality or worldly life?”Asked by Malik, Ahmedabad

He answers at 31:59 in Spirituality in Simple Living, High Thinking · 4 min 27 sec

His answer, in his own words
31:59
Maulana, ab sawal lena chahenge. Yeh sawal Ahmedabad se Malik sahib ne bheja hai. Unhone aapse poocha hai ke: "My question is: how spirituality and worldly life be balanced without tilting too much either on spirituality or worldly life?" Maulana sahib, what is your advice for all of us? Pehli baat toh yeh hai ke main balance ko ek false formula manta hoon, FALS E, false formula. Jo log balance ka ke aap
32:49
aapas mein jeete hon, woh kabhi spirituality wali life nahi attend karenge, kabhi nahi. Balance koi cheez nahi hai, balance is nothing. yeh to ek jhoota formula hai jo pata nahi kis ne yeh banaya tha. aap kabhi bhi balance ka term mat use kijiye. aap
33:27
sirf yeh dekhiye ke management ka working formula aap ke liye konsa aaya? management ka working formula asal ahmiyat working formula ki hai,
33:54
asal ahmiyat working formula ki hai jo work kare, jo work kare. balance koi formula hi nahi hai, woh to ek dhoke ki cheez hai. asal cheez hai workable hona chahiye. aap koi bhi business karein, shadi karein to work workable daira mein kar, aap sab kuch manage karein. workable daira mein yeh hai sahi formula.
34:39
maulana, workable daira ka matlab kya ke h according to ones capacity? kya yeh keh sakte hain? ab capacity lafz to theek hai, lekin log apni capacity ka daira barha lete hain. misal ke taur par woh sochte hain ke qarz le lo, sabhi log qarz lete hain aur kaam chalne ke baad adha kar dena to bazahir lagta hai ke in ko koi workable hai. workable ka lafz hi bohat clear nahi hai mere khayal se. hmm.
35:33
maulana, agla comment lena chahenge. yeh bheja hai doctor naghma siddiqui ne dilli se. unho ne likha hai: "you have given the most compact meaning of spirituality today. indeed, self control through simple living, high thinking is the clear method to live a spiritual life. this makes you content happy and peaceful." miss amna nasreen ne bangalore se likha hai: "maulana sahib, i think this was the best explanation of spirituality. thank you." miss shabina ali ne kolkata se likha hai: "how beautifully you have explained with so many examples and with such great wisdom the definition of spirituality in broad sense. simple living and high thinking is the super formula of self management which makes the man the richest person." maulana, ab agla sawal lena chahenge.
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