“Science (vignan) means that which frees one just by ‘knowing’. Nothing needs to be done. Knowledge that keeps working on its own… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Through steadiness in the Self (sthirata), Conduct as the Self (Charitra) manifests and through awakened awareness (jagruti), the level of understanding (Darshan)… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Agnan (ignorance of the Self) too is a kind of a light. But it shows relative or worldly happiness, and Gnan (knowledge… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What makes Gnan (Knowledge that frees) work is the pragna shakti (energy and power of the Pure Soul), and what makes one… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“That which gives results is Gnan (practical and experiential knowledge). That which does not give results is theoretical knowledge (shooshka-gnan).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To have seen something means it has come into one’s understanding. To have known something means it has come into one’s knowledge.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“By acquiring Gnan (true worldly knowledge) one can tell 'what is right' and 'what is wrong', it makes one have discretion between… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There are two types of knowledge. One is about what is right and wrong, what is helpful and harmful in this world,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The one whose ‘alochana (confession of mistakes), pratikraman (asking for forgiveness) and pratyakhyan (avowal to never repeat the mistake)’ are true (done… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The Gnani’s (enlightened one’s) antahkaran (inner complex of mind, intellect, chit and ego) becomes just like the pure Soul. The chit stops… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Decision that is taken, it is intellect (buddhi) that does it, till then there is the influence of the mind (which gives… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Energy of pudgal [that which charges and discharges, complex of intake and output] is used in knowing the knowledge of ignorance based… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Where there is no solution, there One should keep Seeing-Knowing. If one has not attained Atmagnan (Knowledge of the Self), even then… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“People in the world ask for forgiveness, but [true] ‘pratikraman’ does not happen by doing that. That is like when people casually… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To know gneya-gnan (the knowledge regarding the object to be known) is referred to as scriptural knowledge and to Know Gnata-Gnan (the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There are three types of talks: 1. Knowledge based talks. 2. Intellect-based talks 3. Talks void of intellect. The world is running… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Worship without ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] will give material pleasures in the world and worship accompanied by ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] is known as… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“When can it be considered as Knowledge of the Self (AtmaGnan)? When it comes into effect. Otherwise, by saying, "I am a… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“People take worship (bhakti) into the relative plane. They consider singing religious songs as worship. Worship [bhakti] can never be without knowledge… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“It is knowledge (gnan) indeed that runs everything. All the actions (kriyao) are actually carried out by the knowledge (gnan). The result… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Knowledge (gnan) is that which tells you ‘it is’ to ‘that what it is’ and ‘it is not’ to ‘that what is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Scriptures have been written for one to Know. Nothing needs to be done for that which is to be Known. ‘I cannot… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“As much upayog (applied awareness) as one can keep, that much authority has been created. If one can keep upayog for five… — 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
“With the support of the knowledge of Vyavasthit (result of Scientific Circumstantial Evidence) and the awakened awareness (jagruti) of One's own Real… — 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
“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
“When the realization of what is beneficial and harmful in worldly life sets in, meaning the awareness of all aspects of what… — 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
“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
“Complete understanding’ is considered ‘Absolute Vision’ (keval darshan) and when it manifests in one’s conduct, it is considered ‘Absolute Knowledge' (keval gnan).… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Akram (non-sequential) path’ and ‘kramic (step by step) path’ are two different paths. They are the same with reference to Knowledge (Gnan),… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Is Gnan (knowledge) not to be ‘known’? No, nothing has to be known; it simply needs to be understood. Understand what ‘I’… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Action is bondage in itself. Action is not needed to attain moksha (liberation). Gnan kriya (activity of the Self to See and… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Dispassion for worldly life (vairaag) will persist only if there is discretion (vivek) between that which is appropriate and that which is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Gnan (Knowledge) that is realized and experienced is called ‘Gnan’ [(Real) ‘Knowledge’ (Knowledge with experience of the Self, The Pure Soul)]. Gnan… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“I am doing' is referred to as parparinati. To believe any results of the non-Self (parparinam) to be one's own, is parparinati.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Despite knowing and seeing through the senses, if one remains free from attachment-abhorrence, it is called knowledge beyond the senses (atindriya-gnan). But… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The Self is not [in the form of] Knowledge, it is in the form of Science (Vignan swaroop). This world can be… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Worldly knowledge (laukik gnan) is understood through the intellect (buddhi). Knowledge of that which is beyond the world (alaukik gnan) cannot be… — 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
![“Energy of pudgal [that which charges and discharges, complex of intake and output] is used in knowing the knowledge of ignorance based knowledge [agnan, all other knowledge other than knowledge of the self], and prayer is required to be done to know the knowledge of Gnan [Knowledge of the Soul…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2c7/dada-bhagwan-31_energy_energy-of-pudgal-that-which-charges-and_2689259.jpg)
![“People in the world ask for forgiveness, but [true] ‘pratikraman’ does not happen by doing that. That is like when people casually say ‘sorry’ or ‘thank you’. There is no significance in that; the significance is of ‘alochana-pratikraman-pratyakhyan’ (acknowledgement of the mistake, repentance and…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4f7/dada-bhagwan-31_acknowledment_people-in-the-world-ask-for-forgiveness_245419.jpg)
![“Worship without ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] will give material pleasures in the world and worship accompanied by ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] is known as ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] which gives the result of moksha [ultimate liberation].” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a92/dada-bhagwan-31_freedom_worship-without-gnan-true-knowledge-will_913624.jpg)
![“When can it be considered as Knowledge of the Self (AtmaGnan)? When it comes into effect. Otherwise, by saying, "I am a diamond," the diamond cannot be 'attained' [realized]. In the same way, in order to realize the Knowledge of the Self, the Self has to be Known with its intrinsic functional…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cd0/dada-bhagwan-31_identity_when-can-it-be-considered-as-knowledge-o_847043.jpg)
![“People take worship (bhakti) into the relative plane. They consider singing religious songs as worship. Worship [bhakti] can never be without knowledge (gnan). Worship will make one become the one who he worships.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5ad/dada-bhagwan-31_knowledge_people-take-worship-bhakti-into-the-rela_2965471.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)
![“Gnan (Knowledge) that is realized and experienced is called ‘Gnan’ [(Real) ‘Knowledge’ (Knowledge with experience of the Self, The Pure Soul)]. Gnan (Knowledge) that is not realized is called agnan, (knowledge with ignorance of the Self). Measure of knowledge is that it is realized.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7d3/dada-bhagwan-31_gnan_gnan-knowledge-that-is-realized-and-expe_306834.jpg)
![“I am doing' is referred to as parparinati. To believe any results of the non-Self (parparinam) to be one's own, is parparinati. After attaining this Akram Gnan [Knowledge of Self-realization] parparinati does not arise at all.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/340/dada-bhagwan-31_gnan_i-am-doing-is-referred-to-as-parparinati_1490704.jpg)
![“The Self is not [in the form of] Knowledge, it is in the form of Science (Vignan swaroop). This world can be known through Science. As it is, the world cannot be known through Knowledge. 'We' are saying, "All of this is a natural phenomenon!" after having Seen this Science. 'We' are not speaking…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1d5/dada-bhagwan-31_gnan_the-self-is-not-in-the-form-of-knowledge_1091884.jpg)
![“Worldly knowledge (laukik gnan) is understood through the intellect (buddhi). Knowledge of that which is beyond the world (alaukik gnan) cannot be understood through the intellect. That is understood through ‘Gnan’ [Knowledge of the Real Self].” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/380/dada-bhagwan-31_knowledge_worldly-knowledge-laukik-gnan-is-underst_2610332.jpg)
