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Illusion Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

83 Illusion quotes by Dada Bhagwan

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The moment illusion departs, truth appears and ignorance of the Self fades. The quotes explain that egoism and attachment are roots of illusion, and that intellectual knowledge can be uncertain while real knowledge frees the mind. They encourage removing focus from worldly objects to see beyond the false self.

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“Sex is an illusion of an illusion.”

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“Real Religion is the one in which there is no illusion (bhranti).”

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“Illusion means to weigh true and false with the same scale.”

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“Worldly knowledge (laukik gnan) is called illusion (bhranti).”

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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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“No one in this world is a ‘doer’. To say that ‘I am doing,’ is egoism. Illusion continues to prevail under the…

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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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“As long as there is a doer, there is no liberation. The doer is himself an illusion.”

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“To lose awareness of what is helpful or harmful in the worldly life is moha (illusory attachment).”

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

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“To do anything is known as wrong belief (bhranti) and to Know is considered as 'Knowledge of the Self' (Gnan).”

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“What is the meaning of difference of opinions? It is to clash (bump) with a wall. If we hit our head, is…

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“Illusory vision (mithyatva) shows inconvenience and Right vision (samyak drashti), the vision of the Self (atma drashti) turns inconvenience into convenience.”

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“Once the illusion (branti) goes away, one can see ‘as it is’, and that is why ignorance goes away. When ignorance goes,…

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“You have endured so much misery. If you take note of that, even then moha (infatuation due to illusion) will go away.…

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“Do you want to remove your chit (focus) from worldly objects? Who can remove it? You, can, right? You meaning Chandubhai? How…

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“Raag-dwesh (attachment-abhorrence), krodh-maan-maya-lobh (anger-pride-deceit-greed), they all cause misery. That is called kashaya (inner enemies that gives pain to soul).”

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“It is very difficult to know the Living Conscious Self (Soul). What you have known is living non-conscious self. Living non-conscious self…

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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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“The one whose self-interests (selfishness) in this world goes away, he will become the Absolute Supreme Self (parmatma), provided he does not…

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“The Lord himself called it kusang (company of bad people)! He did not do it out of abhorrence. Nor has he called…

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“Worldly efforts (laukik purusharth) are all an effect (prarabdha – effect of past life causes). To work in one’s profession is an…

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“No one does any deed independently; one has to do it due to dependency. One is guilty only when he does something…

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“Whole belief has arisen due to darshan mohaniya (illusion caused by wrong vision of the Self, right belief deluding karma) and that…

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“Illusion is an intellectual knowledge (buddhijanya). Intellectual knowledge is vikalpi (uncertain, with wrong belief of the self). Whereas, the Real Knowledge (Gnan)…

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“Weakened anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashays – the ones that gives pain to soul) is called religion and absence of anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashays) is called (True)…

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“The Vitarags (attachment-free enlightened one’s) say, ‘Make whatever intents that are suitable to you. If you get sensual intents towards Me, then…

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“People of the world say that, "Absolute Knowledge (Keval Gnan) is a thing to 'do'." No, it is something to be known!…

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“As much longing there is for the worldly pleasure of five senses, that much less is the spiritual development.”

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“Any kind of misery there is in the worldly life; the cause of it all is moha (illusory attachement).”

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“The belief of ‘I am the doer’ is an illusory effect; it is not a factual result. The fact is that the…

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“Wherever moha (infatuation due to illusion) is involved, there is misery there.”

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“Not seeing the “Original Self (the true self)”, but seeing something else; that is called maya (illusionary vision).”

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“One should get as much pleasure from spending money as one gets from earning it. But at that time, one says, ‘I…

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“To not be able to see ‘as it is’ and to see it in some another form is called illusion (bhranti).”

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“Freedom from the spectacles of illusion (wrong belief) and freedom from the realization of ‘I am the doer’; that is called the…

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“It is considered ignorance of the Self (ignorance of I am the soul) where intoxication (that “I Know”, “I am something”) increases.”

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“Maya (illusionary vision) means ignorance of the (eternal) ‘elements’ of the ‘things’.”

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“In this world, ‘I am the doer’ and ‘I know it’’ - that which brings these two inner intents together is called…

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“That which is actually there cannot be seen and that which is not there is seen, that is called Moha (illusory attachment)!”

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“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…

“If one does not know how to read the account (karmic) book, then he will start to have doubts, and doubts lead to unhappiness.”

“Skills (learning) or lack of skills is all egoistic knowledge (ego based knowledge). Ego-free Knowledge is called (true) Knowledge [Gnan].”

“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…

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

“Suppose you want to go to Juhu (suburb in Mumbai) from here, and you come across two paths, which of the two paths is…

“The Soul (our true Self) has to be experienced, the Soul known through scriptures will not do. Work will not be completed through scriptural…

“If God were the doer, when will there be an end?! (If) God is the creator and he made us, we become his toys,…

“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’.”