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This is the sufi story, that is the real love. Love for God is not when he gives a laddu. When he throws stones at me, I should love him. Repression, ridicule will all come, then respect will come. The concept of respect is not there in case of Laila Majnu story. It is always a question of defeat, disgrace, and defamation. These are Laila’s gifts to Majnu. Inspite of it, he was always loving her, that is what real love means. Real love is one which doesn’t expect any reward from the other side. It is not like I give a gift to you and you give a gift back. Or that you have given half of the gift back as we do when we go to the temple expecting half the coconut back. It is neither bhakti nor prema. It is complete selfishness
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