Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Becoming wise and its starting point

“How can a person become wise? I want to know what should be the starting point.”Asked by Tabish, Kanpur

He answers at 1:04:58 in Spiritual Goal · 3 min 40 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:04:58
ji, maulana, agla sawal bheja hai tabish sahib ne kanpur se. unhon ne likha hai ke maulana sahib "How can a person become wise? I want to know what should be the starting point." Dekhen, main apna experience arz karta hoon. Wisdom jo tha, wisdom mera subject tha. What is wisdom? mera apna mani yeh hai ke wisdom ki bohat hi sahi definition koi kar nahi saka poori history
1:05:35
mein, jahan tak mera apna tajurba hai. to wisdom ki lafzi definition bhi mile hi nahi kehen. phir sehat rasool jo hai, is ka maine gehra mutala kiya. تو صحت رسول پوری کی پوری a blood wisdom ہے۔
1:06:02
poori ki poori har cheez mein wisdom hai. صحت رسول کا دوسرا نام میں سمجھتا ہوں کہ applied wisdom۔ tu agarche definition ki term jo hai, is mein mujhe koi hadith nahi maloom, lekin sehat rasool mein mein ne wisdom ka essence daryaft kiya.
1:06:29
Wisdom ka essence hai. phir is ko mein ne phrase surat di, aik phrase banaya. tu yeh jo phrase mein ne banaya, yeh definition woh derived hai sunnat rasool se, lekin lafzan nahi balkeh ma'nan. woh hai "Wisdom is the ability to discover the relevant by sorting out the irrelevant." mein ne dekha,
1:06:56
yehi wisdom hai. is wisdom ko janne ke liye aap ko study karni pare gi. aur study bohat hi ziyada honestly. mera tajurba yeh hai ke study karte hain log, lekin honestly ke sath study nahi karte.
1:07:24
apne mind ke sath parhte hain. apne mind set ko jab tak aap alag alag na karein, tab tak study aap ke kaam nahi aye gi. apne mind set ko alag kar ke, apne ko empathy mind bana kar ke study karein ge, tab samajh mein aye ga.
1:07:51
tu aap jo aur cheezein parhna chahte hain, parhein. sehat rasool ko is wajah se parhiye ke sehat rasool mein kis tarah se wisdom ka assessment maujood hai. har cheez mein wisdom, har cheez mein wisdom. tu aap bhi isi tarah daryaft karein ge jis tarah se mein ne daryaft kiya.
1:08:18
is ke baad is ko follow karne ki baat hai. tu wisdom ko follow karna, yeh aik yeh daryaft ke baad shuru hota hai. is ka safar tu pehle aap daryaft kijiye, phir inshallah aap is ko follow karne wale ban jayein ge. maulana, agla sawal doctor farida khanam ne dilli se bheja hai.
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