Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to manage unlimited human desires

“How can we manage our unlimited desire?”Asked by Mehtab Ahmed, Dhampur

He answers at 1:21:59 in The Road to Paradise · 4 min 13 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:21:59
Maulana, agla sawal Dhampur se Mahtab Ahmed sahib ne kiya hai. Unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke Maulana sahib how can we manage our unlimited desire bohat aasan hai. Apne tajrube se seekhein, apne tajrube se seekhein ke unlimited desire aap ke haan is se milta kya hai? Aap ko milta kya hai? Roz aise log barhte hain jo apne bare bare ghar banate hain.
1:22:24
Abhi, abhi mein ne dekha woh jo Spain aata hai, America se ek parcha to us mein Spain mein nikalta hai kai language mein. Ameriki parcha to us mein bohat sare shandar ghar ki tasveerein theen. Mehal, ghar ka mehal tha, us mein likha hua tha palace presidential palace to America mein jo sadar
1:22:49
hota hai, to har sadar ek mehal banata hai. Ek area hai America mein, bohat hi shandar area hai. To har sadar ka wahan mehal hai, lekin koi sadar is mehal mein reh nahi saka. Bana diya hai, bas rehta hai white house mein, marta hai hospital mein.
1:23:14
Yaani zindagi bhar is ki ambitions hoti hain ke mere paas ek shandar ghar ho, woh bana dalta hai woh ghar. lekin hota kya hai? rehta hai white house mein, marta hai hospital mein. to faida kya hai? is tajrube se seekhiye ke jab hum desire ko fulfill nahi kar sakte to
1:23:39
is mein dorne se faida kya hai? is ke phir jab hum desire ko fulfill nahi kar sakte to is mein dorne se kya faida hai? to content jis ko kehte hain qana'at, content best policy hai. hai! mein ne apni zindagi mein bohat se shandar ghar dekhe hain. sab se bare ghar dekha mein ne Adam World mein.
1:24:04
Raja ek the wahan par, Raja Harkal. bohat zabardast kothiyan banai theen unhon ne. lekin kya hua? idhar ghar ban kar tayyar hue, idhar bhar gaye. wo reh nahi sake.
1:24:29
aise bohat si shandar kothiyan dekhein mein ne, mahal dekhe jis mein koi banane wala reh nahi saka. to sawal yeh hai ke apne experience se seekhna chahiye aadmi ko ke jo daulat ka pahaar mere kaam na aaye, jo mahal mere kaam na aaye, jo political stage aakhir kar mere kaam na aaye, to mein is ke peeche daurrun kyun? mein kyun daurrun is ke peeche? mein apne liye daurrun ga,
1:24:54
apne spiritual development ke liye, apne intellectual development ke liye, apne peace of mind ke liye. Unachievable goal ke liye kyun daurrun ga? jo achievable hai, us ke liye kyun na kaam karun ga? ji, Maulana sahib, aap ne ek baar yeh kaha tha ke peace is in contentment and not in abundance. Haan, sahi hai. So we will end this session now. If you want to join CPS International, please write to us on info@cpsglobal.org. We will be back next Sunday, same time. Thank you.
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