Dada Bhagwan Quotes

He insulted me’ -this knowledge binds one with terrible demerit karma.

Your pride will be uprooted when a person who insults you appears to be your benefactor. The person who insults should be considered a benefactor, instead people get depressed when they are insulted.

In the worldly life, self-serving pride (swa-maan) is considered a good quality and arrogant pride (abhimaan) as a bad quality.

In the ignorant state, there is a ‘limit’ for good qualities, it is known as the self-pride. Self-serving pride (swa-maan) is the limit of virtues in the realm of ignorance.

If one man gets excessive maan (importance from others) higher than a certain point, he will get tired of it, and if he gets excessive insults higher than a certain point, he gets agitated.

One will become shameless if he does not fear insults in the worldly life. And in nischay [determination in the spiritual life] if one does not fear being insulted, he becomes independent.

One cannot have the same love for getting insulted (apmaan) as he does for getting importance (maan), can he? He cannot love loss as much as he loves profit, can he?

For how long will insult hurt a person? For as long as he covets self-importance. For as long as one covets temporary [non eternal] things.

There is no problem to relish pride when people praises you but at the same time, one must also be of the opinion that ‘this should not be so’.

As long as man has pride, he will appear unattractive and no one will be attracted to him. He may have a handsome face, his pride makes him unattractive.

The slightest awareness of ‘my-ness’ is indeed egoism.

Who is considered as reputable in God’s language? The one who can do ‘world’s salvation’ just through his eyes!

Illusory attachment (moha) is indeed what will keep on biting you until the point of your demise!

What is attraction (akarshan) in this world? It is open fire and one should be aware of it. Attraction is the open fire. The root of illusory attachment (moha) is indeed attraction.

Who is free from illusory attachment (nirmohi)? The Gnani Purush (the enlightened one). He can see flesh and bones, through and through.

Abhorrence is the cause for conflicts. God has said, ‘Do no abhorrence. If you don’t like it, ignore it’.

Moksha (Liberation) is to become free from gathering & dispersing of circumstances.

As illusory attachment (moha) spread, one sunk deeper and deeper into the pit.

It is the nature of the circumstances to disperse. If there is attachment with the circumstance, there will be abhorrence when they get dispersed.

When attachment increases too much, dislike will arise.

True religion is that which does not let you stumble.

Only one kind of religion cannot give peace to everyone. Whatever ‘degree’ one is sitting at, that ‘degree’ of religion he requires.

Religion begins from the time man starts to give happiness to others.

This’ is not called a religion, ‘This’ is called a science (vignan). Religion keeps changing, science does not change.

Religion means researching the true Eternal thing with Deluded world view (with wrong belief) and ‘this’ (akram vignan) is a science itself.

When others try to provoke (instigate) you and you don’t get provoked, it is known as a spiritual victory.

Who is considered a great man is the one who can be the smallest of the small.

The world will praise you one moment and defame you the next. So why should we care for praise or defamation?

Every man should care (be concerned) about these three things: Which station have I come from? Which station did I get off? Which station am I going to?

To see happiness of others, that is what is our religion.

The mud of this body-complex (pudgal - that which charges and disharges) is such that the harder one tries to get out, the deeper and deeper he sinks into it.

There can never be suffering in the home of a person who is working for world's salvation.

The inner intent one has of ‘may everyone attain salvation’, will bring salvation to himself first.

He whose speech, behavior and humility captivates people’s minds, becomes worthy of worship by people.

It is the body-complex that eats and one just does the egoism of ‘I ate.’ He is not aware that there is another entity. One simply takes on the suffering of another.

Who can go beyond the mind? The one who has conquered the mind.

Those vibrations that we created have indeed fall upon us. Only those acts that were done in the ignorant (Self unawareness) state, that has given us reactions.

The worldly life has persisted due to imitation of worldly movements and by opposing them, one becomes free.

The mind can be won over if it is kept separate from things that appeal to it.

As many numbers of people as are there, there are that many varieties of egoisms.

No one is a doer in this world. To claim, ‘I am doing’ is egoism. Illusion continues to prevail under the umbrella of egoism.

The rule is that when one’s mind is controlled in a specific subject, he can control the other person’s mind in that subject.

Where our own mind doesn’t listen to us, how can other’s minds follow what we say? One should not have such expectation at all.

When there is no venom (poison) of any kind in your eyes, when a liberated smile is seen, then people will do your darshan (will come to see you with intent of worship).

Thought is actually something that is dead, it is not a living thing. If ‘oneself’ gets engrossed in what is dead, then it will become alive.

When there is no argument [dispute] over a talk, it is called ‘Principle’.

That which never attains a state of non-principle [non-truth] is known as the principle.

Only the ‘Right belief’ gives rise to non-contradicting principle and that which is free from contradiction is known as ‘Principle’.

I know’, is a big ghost. ‘This is mine’, is a huge demonic possession!

When the mind gets a solution [settlement], it is considered religion. It is considered irreligion when the mind does not get a solution.