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The book aims at developing a spiritual bent of mind in its reader. The
           author believes that to attain spirituality one does not need to retire to
          the jungles, rather one must live in the midst of all the activities of the                            Leading
         world and develop the ability to convert material events into non-material
           or spiritual events. According to the author, “If you want to live as a
          spiritual person, learn the art of extraction. That is, you have to be able
                    to extract spiritual content from material things.
           This will give you spiritual food, and thus you will be able to develop
                            yourself as a spiritual person.”                        Leading A Spiritual Life  A Spiritual Life
         Spiritual living is the greatest need of the day and in the various chapters
          of the book, the author enlightens the reader on how to deal with day-to-
                day problems of failure, stress, unhappiness and conflict.


          “Converting revenge into forgiveness and anger into peaceability is the highest
          form of spirituality.”                                                                   A spiritual person is like the flowers that can live
          “Success brings you  contentment, and this eventually  brings to a halt your
          thinking processes. On the other hand, failure makes you discontented, and                 with fragrance in the neighbourhood of thorns
          discontent is the greatest source of continuous effort in life.”
          “The best formula in life is not to concern oneself with what has been lost, but
          by wise planning, to avail of what is still extant. Sooner or later, you will emerge
          as a super-achiever. This holds true for both nations and individuals.”
          “At the time of a controversy, if you choose to fight, you will need arms but
          when you opt for the spiritual method, you don’t need any arms.”
          “Challenges come into our lives in order to train us, to increase us in wisdom
          and to strengthen us. The difficulties that we face in life are experiences, and
          without going through such experiences one cannot become a more complete
          person.”                                                                  Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

                             Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is the founder of Centre
                             for Peace and Spirituality, New Delhi. The Maulana
                             believes that peace and spirituality are two sides
                             of a single coin: spirituality is the inner content
                             of peace and peace is the external manifestation
                             of spirituality. The Maulana is the author of
                             The Prophet of Peace, Quranic Wisdom, Islam and World
                             Peace, and numerous best-selling books on Islam. He
                             has been internationally recognized for his contributions
                             to world peace.

                                              ISBN 9789351791515
                                                                                                    Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

                                              9 789351 791515
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