Youth attraction to materialism over spirituality
“Why is it that today's younger generation is more attracted towards materialism than spirituality?”Asked by فیروز, چنئی
He answers at 57:37 in Man and Paradise · 1 min 29 sec
57:37Maulana, agla sawal Chennai se hai, Feroz sahib ne kiya hai. unhon ne poocha hai aap se ke "Why is it that today the young generation is more attracted towards materialism than spirituality?" nahin, aisa nahin hai. aap sab se bari ghalati hai jo Aristotle aur Plato chal rahi hai aaj tak ke majmoo'ay ko le kar woh raah banate hain. majmoo'a dekhen, majmoo'a Khuda ka nishana hi nahin hai, individual Khuda ka nishana hai. youth log to bohat bare paimane par spirituality ki taraf mail hain. hamari mission mein dekhiye, sab youth lage hue hain. shayad hi koi boodha aadmi laga ho.
58:22sari ghalati yeh hai ke log hamesha majmoo'ay ko dekhte hain. yani sare logon mein kya ho raha hai, bas yeh us ko dekhte hain. yeh nahin dekhte ke individual mein kya ho raha hai. main to samajhta hoon ke bohat ziyada yani naujawanon mein kaam ho raha hai, bohat ziyada response naujawanon ki taraf se mil raha hai. lekin individual level par aap dekhiye, tab yeh baat samajh mein ayegi. aap majmoo'ay ko le kar sochenge to kuch samajh mein nahin ayega.
58:56main ne bar bar yeh baat kahi hai ke Khuda ka jo creation plan hai, woh individual based hai, woh majmoo'a based nahin hai. Maulana, agla sawal Kolkata se hai, Miss Shagufta Ansari ka. unhon ne likha hai: "What is the difference between the spirit and the form of a ritual?