Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Balancing material life and spiritual goal

“Maulana sahib, our daily material life, like job, family life, social circle, comes in conflict with our spiritual goal. How to resolve this?”Asked by فیروز خان, مراد آباد

He answers at 42:24 in Spiritual Goal · 1 min 46 sec

His answer, in his own words
42:24
maulana, pehla sawal lete hain jo moradabad se bheja hai firoz khan sahab ne aur unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahab, our daily material life, like job, family life, social circle, comes in conflict with our spiritual goal. So will giving up worldly life help us reach our spiritual goal faster?
42:48
What is your advice to all of us? "dekhen, spiritual goal jo hai, is ka safar alag alag nahi hota. isi duniya mein hota hai. har cheez mein spiritual item hai.
43:21
har cheez mein is spiritual item ko discover karna aur is ke mutabiq apni zindagi banana, yahi spirituality hai. woh jo maine qissa bataya, the monk who sold his prayer, woh koi spirituality ka rasta nahi hai. Spirituality ka rasta insanon ke darmiyan se guzarta hai, bar bar nahin. Aap itna zyada intellectually awakened hon ke baaton ko gehrai mein pakrein, spiritual life item jo nectar ki
43:54
tarah har jagah maujood hai, us ko daryaft karen. Yahi hai spiritual life. Ji, Maulana sahib, agla sawal lene se pehle aa kuch comments parhna chahein ge.
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