Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to resist external influences and live simply

“Maulana sahib, I have been trying to live simple life as you have advocated it personally to me number of times, but sometimes due to external influences, I'm not able to implement it in complete sense. Kindly guide how can we save our self from getting influence from the surrounding environment.”Asked by Aamer Mori, Goa

He answers at 46:07 in Spirituality in Simple Living, High Thinking · 2 min 22 sec

His answer, in his own words
46:07
Maulana, agla sawal Aamir Mori sahab ne Goa se kiya hai. Unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana sahib, I have been trying to live simple life as you have advocated it personally to me number of times, but sometimes due to external influences, I am not able to implement it in complete sense. Kindly guide how can we save our self from getting influence from the surrounding environment." Bhai, yeh to pehli condition hai
46:49
ke environment ka jo influence hota hai, us ko aap. Us se aap ignore karen, us se aap influence na hon. yeh to rahi to kuch bhi nahi, wohin se to condition shuru hoti hai aur conditioning ka koi hal nahi hai siwaye de conditioning ke. aap excuse agar lenge to aap conditioning ko de condition kar nahi sakte. to yeh to aap ko karna hi karna hai.
47:31
environment se ke influence se bachne ke liye to aap ko merciless de conditioning karni padegi, is mein koi doosri baat nahi hai. merciless de conditioning, mein ne Allah ke fazl se apni merciless de conditioning ki hai,
48:08
is ki bohat example mere paas hai. to yeh to yeh to koi excuse chalega nahi. wahan to wohi hai ke ya to hai ya nahi, beech ka koi rasta nahi hai. maulana, agla sawal Muhammad Abdullah sahib ne bheja hai Kolkata se. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, through your guidance of simple living, we can save us from lot of distractions to attain spirituality.
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