“There is no such thing as happiness or unhappiness. Happiness and unhappiness are a result of one’s ignorance about one’s real Self.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Scriptures are as ‘helping problem’. Scriptures only give directions. Scriptures are like a thermometer. Can you grind a thermometer and give it… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Actually, even in the stage of delusion (absence of self realization), one should protect the weak and fight a powerful one. But… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Where does an agnani (non-self-realized person) get happiness from? It is from intoxicated state of happiness (unconsciousness about the reality).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“When will the Soul be realized? As long as the wrong understanding of, ‘I am the doer, ’There are things I can… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The nature of the senses (indriya) is that they only seek out sensorial (indriyagamya) pleasures and the nature of that which is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The whole worldly life is in the form of net (which catches us). One frees himself from nylon net and becomes entangled… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The whole world does not know God. The energy that runs the world is what people believe to be God. In fact… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Worldly life increases with artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self) and raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation hurting the self and others), and worldly… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The whole world is indeed trapped by misery. What is the misery about? Due to ignorance of one’s own Real Self (agnanta).… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“No one has been able to attain the state of ‘Jitendriya-Jin’ (one who has attained victory over all senses) through the medium… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Two lines, a line of knowledge and a line of action, run separately. But if you mix tea and buttermilk, it becomes… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Rather than the one who gets angry, the world is more afraid of the one who does not get angry. Why? When… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“We' (Gnani Purush) have Seen the facts as they are, in our Knowledge, and that is what I speak about. There is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Merit Karma (punya) has made one wander in the worldly life. Merit Karma brings together sensual pleasures (of 5 senses), from which… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The present (time) is a very subtle thing. On one side there is the past and on the other side there is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The relative is based on support. When you say, ‘I am Chandubhai’ the relative remains standing. When you attain the awareness that,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“When agnan (ignorance) goes away, root cause of worldy life. How does one know that ignorance of the Self (agnan) is gone?… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“If you have a flawless vision, then see through that vision. Otherwise, do not see anything else at all. If you see… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What makes our mind and chit go astray and wild is all kusang (negative association; anything that takes you away from the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“You do not have to get rid of (any) thing [vastu], just extract the interest [ras] out of it. The entire world… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Bhaav (intent) created through agnan (knowledge with ignorance of the True Self) has to be filtered through Gnan (Knowledge of the True… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The Self has been impacted by the non-Self complex. Vibrations have been formed from vibrations. ‘We’ give the Knowledge on how to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To cause terrible harm to one’s own Self is known as ignorance of the Self (agnan). Knowledge of the Self (Gnan) is that which removes all… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The one who attains the 'Akram' path, will have his spiritual work done. (On this path), you have neither been made to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The actions carried out with ignorance of the Self [agnan bhaav, ignorance intent] is all bondage. Every action done with the awareness… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Whatever you do in your worldly life, is all worldly vision. Until the line of demarcation (between the real and relative vision)… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Bondage of worldly life cannot tie us down; such is the knowledge of Vitrag (Enlightened One). Our ‘Self’ is such that it… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To say both, 'I am doing' and 'I am Knowing' is known as gross ignorance of the Self. You ('Chandubhai') are actually… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“When one says, ‘my opinion’, it creates a veil. Due to the veils of his opinions, one does not understand the opinions… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“A person tastes the sweet pride of doer-ship by saying ‘I did this so well’. The taste of this subtle pride seems… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Chandu’ is man (nar) and You, the Self are God (Narayan). So man and god (nar-narayan) are a pair. People go to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Scriptures are instruments, and to know how to use these instruments is itself a science. One has wandered for infinite lives because… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Where there is inner intent of ‘my-ness’, there is parigraha (acquisitiveness). When one says, ‘this is mine’, there is parigraha there. And… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Ignorance of one’s own Self’ is indeed the cause of the worldly life. No benefit is gained from one getting rid of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“In the state of Gnan (Knowledge of the Self), the Atma (Self) is the non-doer (akarta), in the state of ignorance of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The Knowledge (Gnan) is itself the absolute Self (Parmatma). Gnan (Knowledge) never becomes agnan (ignorance), but the applied awareness changes and that… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There is a very big 'college' about how a man and a woman should interact with each other after marriage. However, people… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“You should not be suspicious about anyone’s conduct, it is very dangerous. How can you see faults in women, when women have… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The worldly life is like an ocean of ignorance! And one is born in this, and dies in this! If one can… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Where there is doubt (shanka), there is misery. The moment one begins to doubt the knowledge that, 'I am Chandubhai,' misery arises. Once one… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“The worldly [spiritual] science is methodic (kramic) in nature; one progresses “step by step”; one has to ascent one step at a time. Whereas… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“In the worldly life, due to maadakta (intoxication of the ego of ‘I am Chandubhai’), one has completely lost awareness of everything about one’s… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“Through the grace of a thief, one can become a thief and through the grace of a Gnani [the enlightened one], one can become… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“Where there are kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed), there is worldly life. As long as anger-pride-deceit-greed exist; one is a sansaari [living a worldly life] regardless of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“If one does not know how to read the account (karmic) book, then he will start to have doubts, and doubts lead to unhappiness.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“Skills (learning) or lack of skills is all egoistic knowledge (ego based knowledge). Ego-free Knowledge is called (true) Knowledge [Gnan].” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“Continue with whatever it is that you have been doing, except for attachment-abhorrence. If ‘we’ stay in our state of Pure Soul, attachment-abhorrence will… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“A variety of difficulties will come your way. But at the time of difficulty, you will be able to find a ready made medicine… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“Suppose you want to go to Juhu (suburb in Mumbai) from here, and you come across two paths, which of the two paths is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“The Soul (our true Self) has to be experienced, the Soul known through scriptures will not do. Work will not be completed through scriptural… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“If God were the doer, when will there be an end?! (If) God is the creator and he made us, we become his toys,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“For those people whose association is harmful to the Self (kusangi), there is no better respectful fear (taap) than that of satsang (spiritual company).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“Forgiveness is not to be given by speaking. Forgiveness is natural and spontaneously there. Spontaneous forgiveness is a sign of having attained the Self… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
“Remaining absolutely non-acquisitive (aparigrahi) amidst all possessions is the ultimate ‘test examination’.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share
![“You do not have to get rid of (any) thing [vastu], just extract the interest [ras] out of it. The entire world is struggling to get rid of things. Things will not go away, they are preordained. Only the interest in them needs to be removed.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c10/dada-bhagwan-31_ignorance_you-do-not-have-to-get-rid-of-any-thing_1268037.jpg)
![“Bhaav (intent) created through agnan (knowledge with ignorance of the True Self) has to be filtered through Gnan (Knowledge of the True Self). Each word will have to be filtered, only then will the [spiritual] work be accomplished.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/03c/dada-bhagwan-31_gnan_bhaav-intent-created-through-agnan-knowl_2601049.jpg)
![“The actions carried out with ignorance of the Self [agnan bhaav, ignorance intent] is all bondage. Every action done with the awareness of I am pure Soul [gnan bhaav, knowledge intent], will grant liberation.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0e9/dada-bhagwan-31_freedom_the-actions-carried-out-with-ignorance-o_674672.jpg)
![“Ignorance of one’s own Self’ is indeed the cause of the worldly life. No benefit is gained from one getting rid of his ignorance of the scriptures. When one attains the realization of one’s own self; that is it. It [the work] is finished.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7dd/dada-bhagwan-31_bible_ignorance-of-one-s-own-self-is-indeed-th_192351.jpg)
