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Ignorance Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

169 Ignorance quotes by Dada Bhagwan

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When one believes "I know it," a veil of ignorance appears and blocks spiritual inquiry. The quotes say that delusional knowledge creates conflict, while true knowledge is the self‑awareness of the pure soul. Ignorance of the self is presented as the main obstacle to inner work.

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“Result of agnan (ignorance) is ego.”

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“Things do not give unhappiness, ignorance (of one’s real Self) does.”

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“It is the greatest egoism to say that "I do not accept"!”

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“Ignorance of the Self (agnanta) is indeed fear.”

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“Desire of the material things is all parigraha (acquisitiveness).”

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“Worldly Nature means complete weakness.”

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“What causes Conflict? Agnan (Delusionary knowledge, Knowledge other than the True Self).”

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“How is intoxication (that “I Know”, “I am something”) recognized? It is when one says, ‘Yours is wrong’.”

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“You see someone coming and going in the world but no one comes or goes. It is a deluded vision that makes…

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“Freedom from agnanta (ignorance of the one’s own Real Self) is moksha (the ultimate liberation).”

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“One time quarrel is tantamount to incurring a loss of five thousand rupees.”

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“I am Chandulal’ is the greatest blunder. Mistakes can be forgiven, but not the blunders.”

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“Where will you attain Gnan, without a Gnani? One has turned agnan (ignorance) into gnan (knowledge). Now make Gnan of the Gnan.”

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“The understanding that gives rise to intoxication (that “I Know”, “I am something”); that is not the talks of the enlightened one’s…

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“What do people say? They say count every karma and destroy them. When can that be ever accomplished? It is ‘our’ scientific…

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“It is difficult to know agnan (all other knowledge other than the knowledge of the Self, Worldly Knowledge), and easy to know…

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“All these people get married for happiness, but the poor people become miserable within. That is because it is not under one’s…

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“To say ‘I am’, while being the Self (The Soul), is not egoism. But to say ‘I’ while being in the non-self,…

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“Without the attainment of Soul (Self-realization), there is no place that is worth having a fanatic attachment to a viewpoint. It is…

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“This worldly life is nothing but an entrapment. So then, where can one go? If one is stuck in a mire then…

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“Buddhi (intellect) makes one emotional. What would happen if this train were to become emotional? It will cause accident and kill many…

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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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“Is there a Parmatma (Absolute Supreme Soul)? There definitely is, and the Parmatma is within you. Why are you searching for it…

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“What is the whole world under the control of? Gnanis (enlightened ones) are under the control of the Gnan (absolute knowledge), and…

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“The Secret Knowledge (absolute knowledge) is not in the attention of this world. But everyone is aware of the knowledge of ignorance…

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“After any thing has come into Knowledge, it can never revert back into ignorance; contradictions do not arise. By helping every established…

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“When all the circumstances come together and the work gets done, it is called prarabdha (ordained effect of previous lives causes). And…

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“Energy of pudgal [that which charges and discharges, complex of intake and output] is used in knowing the knowledge of ignorance based…

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“What is the violent intent (bhaav-hinsa)? Violence (hinsa) against your real Self through anger-pride-deceit-greed; meaning anger-pride-deceit-greed that causes bondage to your Self,…

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“To say that Knowledge of the Self (Gnan) is exactly the same as that other knowledge is considered as speaking contrary to…

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“The world is not an impediment, it is your ignorance (of the Self) that impedes you. When does ignorance (of the Self)…

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“To take a beating and then forget. To take yet another beating and forget is called ‘Moha’ (Illusory attachment)!”

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“When one believes, ‘I know it’, a veil of ignorance arises and it breaks one’s inclination towards spiritual inquiry.”

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“There is no one in this world that can influence You. [However] If someone does ‘ignite’ you, then you are a ‘stove’!”

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“If you go to 'do' anything, then bondage will happen there. Wherever you 'do', there is bondage and with understanding, there is…

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“Who got the wrong belief? It is he who becomes the owner of that belief.”

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“Who gives you pain? Your anger, pride, deceit and greed. Where is the fault of nature in all this?”

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“This world is such that it will let one live in whatever way he wants. But his own weakness does not let…

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“Not knowing one’s real Self is the greatest of maya (deceit; illusion). Once this ignorance is removed, the illusion departs.”

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“Gnan’ (knowledge) is to know your own Self, and to not know that, is agnan (ignorance).”

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“A variety of difficulties will come your way. But at the time of difficulty, you will be able to find a ready made medicine…

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“For those people whose association is harmful to the Self (kusangi), there is no better respectful fear (taap) than that of satsang (spiritual company).”

“Forgiveness is not to be given by speaking. Forgiveness is natural and spontaneously there. Spontaneous forgiveness is a sign of having attained the Self…

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