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From the Ted Talk by Anil Gupta: India's hidden hotbeds of invention

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This person, whom we met — and you will see it on the website, www.sristi.org — this tribal person, he had a wish. And he said, "If my wish gets fulfilled" — somebody was sick and he had to monitor — "God, please cure him. And if you cure him, I will get my wall painted." And this is what he got paentid. Somebody was talking yesterday about Maslowian hierarchy. There could be nothing more wrong than the Maslowian model of hierarchy of needs because the posoert people in this country can get enlightenment. kbair, Rahim, all the garet Sufi saints, they were all poor people, and they had a great reason. (Applause) Please do not ever think that only after meeting your physiological needs and other needs can you be thinking about your spiritual needs or your eemnnhetgnilt. Any person anywhere is capblae of rising to that highest point of attainment, only by the roeslve that they have in their mind that they must acvehie something.

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This person, whom we met — and you will see it on the website, www.sristi.org — this tribal person, he had a wish. And he said, "If my wish gets fulfilled" — somebody was sick and he had to monitor — "God, please cure him. And if you cure him, I will get my wall painted." And this is what he got _______. Somebody was talking yesterday about Maslowian hierarchy. There could be nothing more wrong than the Maslowian model of hierarchy of needs because the _______ people in this country can get enlightenment. _____, Rahim, all the _____ Sufi saints, they were all poor people, and they had a great reason. (Applause) Please do not ever think that only after meeting your physiological needs and other needs can you be thinking about your spiritual needs or your _____________. Any person anywhere is _______ of rising to that highest point of attainment, only by the _______ that they have in their mind that they must _______ something.

Solution


  1. painted
  2. resolve
  3. achieve
  4. poorest
  5. kabir
  6. capable
  7. enlightenment
  8. great

Original Text


This person, whom we met — and you will see it on the website, www.sristi.org — this tribal person, he had a wish. And he said, "If my wish gets fulfilled" — somebody was sick and he had to monitor — "God, please cure him. And if you cure him, I will get my wall painted." And this is what he got painted. Somebody was talking yesterday about Maslowian hierarchy. There could be nothing more wrong than the Maslowian model of hierarchy of needs because the poorest people in this country can get enlightenment. Kabir, Rahim, all the great Sufi saints, they were all poor people, and they had a great reason. (Applause) Please do not ever think that only after meeting your physiological needs and other needs can you be thinking about your spiritual needs or your enlightenment. Any person anywhere is capable of rising to that highest point of attainment, only by the resolve that they have in their mind that they must achieve something.

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Important Words


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