12/30/2023 0 Comments War of the gods ustream![]() You need to have higher vision and know also that it is possible to achieve that higher goal with the help of spiritual experiences. You need to also connect to day-to-day life and its responsibilities. And bookish knowledge alone is not enough. SSRS: Highly regarded spiritual gurus should not be thought of as being too highbrow and impractical. TOI: How does one reconcile higher spiritual goals like enlightenment with the responsibilities of daily life? The most important thing is to be always positive. We try to discipline our negative desires through positive thoughts. MWK: The desire to control is a positive desire. Similarly, one desire of the highest helps overcome lower carnal desires and then dissolves itself. SSRS: Don’t you put alum in water to clean the water? After it cleans the water, the alum dissolves itself. TOI: But isn’t the desire to control desires also a desire? To control one’s desires with the help of spirituality is the gist of all religions. ![]() You have to win over yourself by seeking guidance in divine knowledge enshrined in the Quran. According to Islam every individual must inculcate spirituality in himself / herself to control his/her desires. That is the mind you need to wage war with before dealing with outer war.īefore getting into outer war Sri Krishna said to Arjuna: There is Daivi Sampath and Asuri Sampath - those that take you to higher evolution and those that take you down - the Divine versus the demonic aspects in you. The mind you have no control over is frustrated and so is self-destructive. The mind is the cause of your bondage and liberation. When you have control over your mind it is your friend when you don’t have control the mind is your enemy. Our own mind behaves as both friend and enemy. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna said to Arjuna, The perpetual enemy of an enlightened person is agyaan or ignorance and desires. So doing jihad with the help of the Quran means to try to achieve one’s goal through an ideological struggle. (25:52) As you know the Quran is a book of ideology it is not a weapon of any kind. The Quran has this to say: “Do jihad with the help of the Quran”. Jihad is to discipline your own behaviour. The Prophet of Islam has said: “Do jihad against your own desires” That is, doing jihad against yourself. Jihad is to achieve a positive goal in life through peaceful means. Literally it means to struggle, to strive. Jihad is an Arabic word which neither has any mysterious meaning nor is it related to any sacred duty. MWK: Let’s discuss the misunderstanding about the term jihad. TOI: What do the Qur’an and the Bhagavad Gita say about violence and conflict resolution in the context of Jihad and Kurukshetra? The dialogue was moderated by Narayani Ganesh. Inter alia, they talk about jihad in the Qur'an and Kurukshetra in the Bhagwad Gita. 2, 2009 | įollowing is the transcript of a dialogue between Islamic scholar and peace advocate Maulana Wahiduddin Khan and Hindu spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. The Times of India's Crest Edition | Saturday, Week Sept 26 - Oc t. Coverage on Maulana Wahiduddin Khan in all Editions of Navbharat Times.
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