The Wisdom of Man (1980)
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Each of us who came here with wisdom must learn from this school. Heaven does not come from building beautiful churches, mosques, and temples. Man must build his church, mosque, and temple within himself. The house of God must be built within. The place of worship must be seen within. The completeness of God must be built within the self. If man can understand his story and the story of God and then build a church within himself, that is victory.
— Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Each of us who came here with wisdom must learn from this school. Heaven does not come from building beautiful churches, mosques, and temples. Man must build his church, mosque, and temple within himself. The house of God must be built within. The place of worship must be seen within. The completeness of God must be built within the self. If man can understand his story and the story of God and then build a church within himself, that is victory." in the context of "The Wisdom of Man (1980)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (died 8 December 1986) was a Tamil-speaking teacher and Sufi mystic associated with the Qadiriyyah order from the island of Sri Lanka who first came to the United States in October 1971 and established the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship of North America in Philadelphia. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen authored over twenty-five books, although he himself did not read or write. These books were created from transcriptions of audio and video recordings of his discourses and songs, taken in the United States, totaling about 10,000 hours.
About Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (died 8 December 1986) was a Tamil-speaking teacher and Sufi mystic associated with the Qadiriyyah order from the island of Sri Lanka who first came to the United States in October 1971 and established the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship of North America in Philadelphia. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen authored over twenty-five books, although he himself did not read or write. These books were created from transcriptions of audio and video recordings of his discourses and songs, taken in the United States, totaling about 10,000 hours.
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