Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to develop a universal outlook

“You always emphasize on developing a universal outlook. Please tell me how one can develop a universal outlook.”Asked by محمد سلیم, احمد آباد

He answers at 47:21 in Realistic Approach · 1 min 53 sec

His answer, in his own words
47:21
maulana, agla sawal ahmedabad se kiya hai muhammad saleem sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, you always emphasize on developing universal outlook. please tell me how one can develop a universal outlook." dekhiye, har cheez mein jaise kalma hai: la ilaha illallah. yani pehle nafi hai, phir is baat hai. pehle aap yeh kehte hain ke koi doosra khuda nahi hai, tab kehte hain ke Allah rab ul alameen khuda hai. yahan bhi wahi cheez hai. apni ghalti ko daryaft kijiye, apni deconditioning kijiye. apne aap ko opposites se bahar laiye.
48:06
tab naya aaghaz ho ga. is ke baghair koi aaghaz nahi hai. aap chahen ke jo mazi se jo aap ko mila hai, yani wirsa, usi mein jeete bhi rahen, usi mein fakhr bhi karte rahen, aur naya aaghaz bhi ho jaye to yeh namumkin hai. pehle apne, yani jo conditioning ko todiye. jo zehen ban gaya hai aap ka, us zehen ko todiye. aur nayi soch apne andar laiye. to pehle la ilaha ho ga, phir illallah ho ga. pehle nafi ho gi, phir is baat ho ga. maulana roomi ka jo masnavi hai, woh ka ek sher isi mani mein hai ke: "chun banaye kahna abadah kunand, awalan taameer raawiran kunand." yeh misri maulana roomi ka sher hai: "chun banaye kahna abadah kunand, awalan taameer raawiran kunand." yeh yeh matlab hai is sher ka.
49:14
maulana, agla sawal yusuf sahib ne kiya hai bhopal se. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, in one of your sunday sessions you spoke about دعویٰ work
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