Dada Bhagwan Quotes

The one, whose worldly entanglements have gone, is called the ‘Absolute Person’ (Sampoorna Purush).

If there is true ‘Selfishness, ’ then there is ‘liberation of the Self’, and that indeed is one’s own form (the Self).

Nothing is free in this world. That which comes before you is your very own.

When monetary dealing in religion stops, the religion will manifest its splendor!

What spreads the stench of bad conduct? It is the egoism and other ‘flaws’.

All that is ‘free of cost’ is compulsory (farajeeyat).

The Right Knowledge reduces pain-and-suffering, and increases happiness. If we fall short of having acquired the Right Knowledge, the faults is ours’, isn’t it?

One cannot see one’s own mistakes in matters where his interest lies.

If one is destined to go wrong, he will not believe the truth but will believe something else altogether.

This world is not at fault, the world is beautiful. If your understanding is wrong, what can the world do?

If there is wrong [ill] on the inside, the outside will appear wrong. Therefore, you should inquire within ‘why am I bothered, when others are not? So there must be wrong within me only.

As long as this belief, ‘I am the doer’ is not gone, one has not yet attained an iota of exact religion. He is still in the auspicious-inauspicious [shubh-ashubh] state.

If one takes responsibility for the mistakes, he is the true person, isn’t it? Do not insist. Instead of insisting, instead of blaming others, take the responsibility of the mistakes on your head!

Religion [dharma] originates where there is doer-ship [to do], Moksha [ultimate liberation] originates where there is understanding (to understand).

That which frees one from bondage is the right religion.

Why should I care?’ – The one who says this is the greatest offender of nature.

There is no insistence where there is pure love. Insistence is infatuation (deep attachment).

The person who tolerates ‘exactly’ (with understanding) hands over his ‘case’ to nature. There is no need to punish anyone. Nature itself will punish him.

Tolerance is an attribute of egoism.

There is no Gnan (True Knowledge) where there is ‘egoism’ and where there is Gnan, there is no ‘egoism’.

Someone may have a broken heart or someone may have a broken ego. Such people will have to suffer tremendously because of that.

What does the world teach you? It teaches you (to do) egoism. Then, from that egoism, arise many many phases!

The chit is semi-animate (half-alive) and the mind is completely physical.

What is the value of the Gnani’s [the enlightened one’s] feet? It is a value that is immeasurable. The Gnani’s feet is one & the only solvent to dissolve egoism.

As long as there is the egoism of ‘I-ness’ (hoonpanu) and the partiality towards ‘my-ness’ (marapanu), how can there be liberation till then?

If you say a word against a ‘sensitive’ person, it will have an immediate effect. In reality, words are simply a ‘record’ playing.

Getting rid of the wrong understanding and attaining the right understanding is indeed bliss.

What is the difference between disrespect (avinay) and despise (viradhana)? Disrespect (avinay) means one shows lack of respect and to despise (viradhana) means one becomes an adversary (opponent).

Flaw laden intellect shows faults in others. If you deviate even slightly in the wrong direction, you will see everyone at fault.

Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one] has the [knowledge of the-Self] essence of all religions.

One becomes bad himself when he sees or calls others bad. When others appear good to him, he will become good himself.

To see others’ faults is a terrible mistake!

Despise (viradhana) of a Gnani [the enlightened one] creates hindrance in (acquiring right) Knowledge-Vision-Conduct (Gnan-Darshan-Charitra).

One will bother you only if you have a karmic account with him. No one can bother you without your signature (karmic cause). All this is due solely to your signature.

To worship means to go higher. If you join the one who has gone higher, you will go higher and if you speak ill of that person, you will fall down.

In this world, it is not worth finding anyone’s faults. One becomes bound (by karma) by finding faults.

The way in which the twists were entangled to knot up the mind-speech-body and the innate nature (relative self, prakruti), is the manner in which they will be untwisted.

One gets recurrent thoughts about things he had insisted upon and about matters he formed opinions!

Once an opinion is formed, there will be attachment-abhorrence. A person without opinion is also without attachment-abhorrence.

One can give ‘correct’ opinion only if one has an open mind.

Quarrels and differences of opinions are solely due to a flawed-vision.

When one sees his own faults, he will not have the time to see the others’ faults.

All this has been created from self-fault and self-imagination!

This is one place an opinion has to be made: that this body is a betrayal.

One should become free of mistakes so that there will be no superior over him.

Where there is love, there are no faults. Where the love of give-and-take (dealer) arose, all faults will be seen there.

Where there is insistence, there is tenacity and where there is tenacity, there is anguish.

In this world, there is nothing that is right. Anything that people raise objection to, is wrong. Do people raise objection in every matter?

As long as there is insistence of the truth, one cannot know the Vitarag Lord [the enlightened one].

Where there is insistence, there is worldly life.