Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Saving oneself from bad habits

“How can a person save oneself from bad habits?”Asked by Arun, Ghaziabad

He answers at 1:24:06 in The Road to Paradise · 1 min 49 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:24:06
maulana, agla sawal ghazi abad se hai, mister arun ka. unhone likha hai: "how can a person save oneself from bad habits? " is ke bare mein bataein. determination se bache ga in ka. koi doosra kiya kar sakta hai? aap jab jante hain ke ye bad habit hai to bas decide kijiye ke bas ab aaj se chhodna hai is ko. aaj se chhodna hai. jaise cigarette peena hai, misaal ke taur par. to ek sahab se meri mulaqat hui to un se bohat se logon ne kaha tha: "cigarette mat piyo, mat piyo, mat piyo".
1:24:50
to main ne kaha ke dekhen, unhone aap ko doosre andaaz mein kaha hoga. main aap se kehta hoon ke cigarette jo hai, wo distraction hai. is ko main ne explain kiya ke cigarette kis tarah distraction hai aur distraction aadmi ke development mein rukawat hai. to isi waqt unhone kiya kiya ke un ke paas jo packet tha, wo jala diya aur unhone kaha ke aaj cigarette nahi piyoon ga. to agar aap ke andar aye, yani soch ke ye cheez galat hai, yani strong way mein, to aap ye ek cigarette mein tay kar sakte hain ke main aaj se mujhe ye habit ko chhodna hai. koi mushkil nahi. lekin strong soch to nahi aati hai, is liye aadmi phansa rehta hai, phansa rehta
1:25:40
hai. to sirf strong soch hi ko develop karna hai aur kuch nahi. strong soch nahi hai to jari rahe gi. aur strong soch hai to aap ek cigarette mein chhod sakte ho is ko. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, maulana farhad ahmad sahab ka.
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