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Attachment Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

54 Attachment quotes by Dada Bhagwan

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Dada Bhagwan talks about letting go of attachment. He says staying non‑possessive and free from fear shows true freedom. When illusion and ignorance fade, material things stop feeling like a burden. He also mentions that a pure soul does not cling to anything, and that the test of life is to remain unattached even while living among many possessions.

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“Where the attachment and abhorrence does not occur is cosidered to be the path of moksha (ultimate liberation).”

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“Remaining absolutely non-acquisitive (aparigrahi) amidst all possessions is the ultimate ‘test examination’.”

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“Moha (illusory attachment) will indeed keep on stinging you until you are completely exhausted!”

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“I did this’, this gives rise to egoism. ‘This is mine’, it gives rise to attachment (mamta).”

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“Knowledge’ that removes attachment and abhorrence is a path beyond the world (alaukik).”

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“How long should one accumulate material things? As long as they do not become a burden.”

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“In this world, there is nothing that ‘I’ like, nor is there anything that ‘I’, dislike!”

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“Apart from One's own real form (swaroop), anything else that remains in memory, is attachment.”

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“Where there is no attachment for the good and abhorrence for the bad is called the state of equanimity. The one without…

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“What is considered Sheel? It is when one does not respond to anger with anger, does not respond to pride with pride,…

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“Like-dislike is a ‘discharge moha’ (illusory attachment that is dissipating and not binding new karma), while attachment-abhorrence is a ‘charge moha’ (illusory…

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“Causes for attachment are formed at the same time that abhorrence is occurring. Acquaintance up to a certain point will result in…

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“You can be considered vitrag (free from attachment, enlightened one), only if you remain in the ‘real’. Raag-dwesh (attachment-abhorrence) occur when you…

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“My-ness' is itself parigraha (possessiveness). An object is not parigraha. A Gnani (enlightened one) does not have 'my-ness', he has eternal element…

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“What is attraction in this world? It is open fire; one should stay cautious there. Attraction is indeed the root of moha…

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“In whatever work that you do in this world, the work has no value. You will be ‘binding responsibility’ for next life…

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“The mind, speech, and body are effective, so the effect that one experiences, he believes as ‘this effect is mine’. This creates…

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“Renunciation and saiyam are two different things. Renunciation is where one gives up all marital ties, parental ties, financial ties and material possessions. What…

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“Attachment (raag) is also karmic stock filled in the past life (bharelo maal) and so is dispassion for worldly life (vairaagya). The…

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“In unfavorable circumstances, kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) occur, and in favorable circumstances, more kashays occur. However, the kashays of favorable circumstances are cold. Those…

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“What is the definition of ‘remaining untouched in the worldly life’? It means that one finds pleasure upon seeing something nice, but…

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“If a person were to get stuck in attachment induced entrancement for any worldly thing for just one hour, then it will…

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“The whole world is indeed trapped by misery. What is the misery about? Due to ignorance of one’s own Real Self (agnanta).…

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“The world has not seen the equanimity (sambhaav) of the Gnanis (enlightened Ones) at all. In fact, the Gnani has a state…

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“Worldly life means it is ever changing. So where is the need for [worrying] ‘this will happen’ or ‘that will happen’? Why…

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“When is one considered a vitarag (free of attachment)? It is when he has no fear of anything in this world.”

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“If you learn to like, what you dislike, you will find the solution.”

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“When abhinivesh [firm attachment to one’s own view] leaves, one becomes a Parmatma.”

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“Until the ignorance of the Self does not move away, moha (illusory attachment) will not leave.”

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“Raag (attachment) is a seed for dwesh (abhorrence), and dwesh (abhorrence) is a seed for raag (attachment).”

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“Everything in the world is vitrag (free from attachment), but one ‘himself’ has become attached through attachment-abhorrence (raag-dwesh), and then he says,…

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“No matter how wise a person is, but that is still an attribute of the non-Self, isn't it? And if one becomes…

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“There is no way out other than ‘staying at the Gnani’s feet’ (being surrendered to the Enlightened one). The vision of the…

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“The whole worldly life is of the non-Self complex (pudgal). But to have attachment-abhorrence in that non-Self complex, is called karmic bondage,…

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“The marriage and all other worldly occasions have to be dealt with. You do it and so do ‘I’. You deal with…

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“Continue with whatever it is that you have been doing, except for attachment-abhorrence. If ‘we’ stay in our state of Pure Soul,…

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“When one knows this world as ‘wrong’, there is abhorrence (dwesh) and when he knows it as ‘right’, there is attachment (raag).…

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“Equanimity is when abhorrence does not arise during the circumstances of abhorrence and attachment does arise during the circumstances of attachment.”

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“Saiyam parinaam (a resultant state free of anger-pride-deceit-greed and attachment-abhorrence) is not an activity of the Self. It is an intermediate state. The…

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“Nature is so beautiful and so full of elegance that it is beyond words! But because man has focused its beauty to…

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“Remaining absolutely non-acquisitive (aparigrahi) amidst all possessions is the ultimate ‘test examination’.”