The Sunday Guardian

Soul’s energy can’t be diminished

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | August 28, 2016

Richard Allen (b. 1963) is the drummer for the English hard rock band DefLeppard. Since an early age he showed great interest in playing drums. At the age of fifteen he joined the band DefLeppard, which was in search of a drummer. However, in 1984 at the age of twenty-one Allen met with a very fatal car accident. The result was that his left arm was seriously injured and had to be amputated.

Manage ego for a better social life

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | August 21, 2016, p. 12

Ego is an innate faculty of every human being and has a very important role to play in the personality of every man and woman. Ego is the source of self-consciousness. Ego is the source of conviction, confidence and determination. In this sense, ego is a great strength of every human being and a healthy phenomenon. In the absence of the ego, one cannot do anything, and as far as great achievement is concerned it is wholly impossible without the ego.

Remove negativity from your heart

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | August 7, 2016, p. 12

A milkman, deeply influenced by Gautam Buddha insisted that the Buddha visit him and share his nuggets of wisdom. In lieu of this, the milkman offered to present milk to the Buddha. He agreed. When the Buddha set out to visit the milkman he took with him a container in which he intentionally put some mud.