Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Where to begin to become wise

“Maulana, you spoke about wisdom in today's talk. My question is, if I want to become wise, then from where should I begin?”Asked by Usman, Ahmedabad

He answers at 45:58 in Fear of God · 2 min 17 sec

His answer, in his own words
45:58
Maulana, yeh sawal aaya hai Usman Sahab ka Ahmedabad se, aur unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, you spoke about wisdom in today's talk. My question is, if I want to become wise, then from where should I begin? Is reading of the books enough to become wise?
46:21
Please advise." دیکھیں، wisdom کیا ہے؟ میں کہ کہتا ہوں کہ wisdom کوئی acquire کرنے کی چیز نہیں ہے، woh all ready aap ke andar hai. jo Quran mein kaha gaya hai: "Al Fitrah" yaani paida karne wale ne aap ko paida kiya hai Al Fitrah par, right nature par.
46:50
isi right nature, is liye is right nature mein sab kuch bhara hua hai, sara wisdom, sari hikmah is mein maujood hai. to asal problem paida hota hai kis se? Conditioning se. to main sochta hoon ke conditioning se apne ko bacha to sakta nahin.
47:18
kyun ke conditioning shuru hoti hai bachpan se. is liye karna yeh hai ke jab aap maturity ke umar ko pahunchen to apni deconditioning shuru kar den. main samajhta hoon ke koi bhi shakhs, koi bhi shakhs conditioning se bach nahin sakta. to har aadmi apni Al Fitrah par parda daal deta hai conditioning ke zariye.
47:47
is liye beginning yahi hai, beginning ke apni study kijiye, apna introspection kijiye, apna muhasbah kijiye, aur bar bar apni deconditioning kijiye. to deconditioning is the beginning. mere tajrube ke mutabiq to yahi hai ke deconditioning jo hai, wahi wahin se process ka aaghaz hota hai.
48:16
maulana, agla sawal kya hai miss naghma siddiqui ne, dilli se, aur unhone likha hai: "While we
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