Dada Bhagwan Quotes

The world is not worthless but one should know how to get work done from it, because everyone is God, they all have different work to do. Therefore do not have dislike for anything in this world.

One is worthy as a son when he removes all his father’s troubles.

It is natural for a person to make a mistake (commit a fault). What is the way to become free from that? Only the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] can show it, (which is) ‘Pratikraman’.

One first celebrates a ‘silver jubilee’, then a ‘golden jubilee’, then a ‘diamond jubilee’, but even then he goes back again into a pile of wood (cremation).

A thing or one’s eyes are not maya (deceit), but the attraction that occurs due to the sense is maya!

When one conducts himself in the wrong direction, he goes downward and his conduct in the right direction will take him upward!

The intellect perpetuates the worldly life.

Illusion (maya) cannot enter where there is ‘light’ (enlightenment, awareness). Once darkness falls, illusion will enter there. The Gnani Purush can arrange for your illusion to go away permanently.

The one who has developed a habit of taking a lot of respect from others [relish pride], will get cheated.

Till the chit is in blissful state, the world does not come in one's remembrance (one forgets the world till that time).

A circumstance is not easy to come by and when it does, there are causes behind it. Therefore I do those things which bring an end to all the causes.

The true instrument is that, with the help of which, the egoism and my-ness goes away.

Scriptures are as ‘helping problem’. Scriptures only give directions. Scriptures are like a thermometer. Can you grind a thermometer and give it as medicine?

Ego will always conduct itself to make sure that it does not appear bad.

What is it that doesn’t allow you to go to moksha? Obstinacy!

Illusion (moha) is to take a beating and then forget, to take another beating and then forget again.

Equanimity means that one does not do abhorrence at the time of abhorrence (generating incidents) and one does not do attachment at the time of attachment (generating incidents).

Egoism devours all the energy, and in addition it makes one suffer.

Where there is even the subtlest desire, the ‘Eternal Thing’ cannot be attained.

Obstacles (antray) are indeed due to desires. As desires keep on decreasing, so do the obstructions (antray) keep on getting destroyed. Then, everything is acquired (at that stage).

Why is it that ‘we’ (the Gnani Purush, the enlightened one) do not have any obstruction (antray)? It is because ‘we’ are in a desire-free state (Nirichchhak dasha).

We’ (the Gnani Purush, the enlightened one) have only one desire, and that too is a discharging desire of doing ‘Jagat kalyan’ (world’s salvation).

One who speaks ‘completely’ negative creates karmic obstructions (antray) and ‘positive’ does not create any obstruction (antray).

Self Effort (Purushartha) is that which will bear fruits, without fail.

Imaginary happiness has an “end” and real happiness is “permanent”.

Moksha (ultimate liberation) cannot be attained until purity arises. To attain purity one has to realize ‘Who am I?

Worry is the destroyer of understanding.

The person who knows how to adjust to others, he will not have any suffering. ‘Adjust everywhere’.

The suffering that is there in this world is such that it will fall off (go away), but people give support to it.

If you want to travel on the path of moksha (ultimate liberation), ‘You’ (the Self) do not have to ‘do’ anything. And if you want to wander in the worldly life, ‘You’ have to ‘do’ everything.

This’ path is not to be followed through force. It is to be followed through understanding.

To misuse wealth is a great fault.

Absence of worldly misery - that is called eternal bliss.

One is not to win the world, he has to win the home (family).

If we clash with anyone, then it is our own weakness only.

When you walk around with a long face in the house, that is called conflict.

As much longing for worldly happiness (of 5 senses) there is, that much less is the spiritual development.

Gnani Purush’ (The Enlightened one) is pure, so one becomes pure by just seeing him.

Where slightest of conflict exists, there is neither God nor Religion.

While following religion, where ‘any thing’ is required, they are all called ‘relative’ paths.

Gnani (The Enlightened one) means without Ego.

Difference of opinion is a clash, and to clash is a ‘weakness’.

Absence of conflict creating intents is itself Moksh (Ultimate Liberation).

Worry is the greatest seed [cause] for the worldly life because worrying is the greatest egoism. If the egoism leaves, then worries will go away.

Moksha (ultimate liberation) means that you just have to change your vision.

Gnan (knowledge of the Self) can never become agnan (knowledge other than the self, of relative world). It is called agnan only when the focused applied awareness of the Self changes.

To say that, “I will not agree (will not accept)” is great egoism!

To have a desire means to have dependency.

This is not suitable for me”- to say this is indeed madness, it is nothing but egoism. To say ‘will not suit’ is an offense.

We’ win over ‘negative’ with ‘positive’.