“Who we are’ and ‘what is our own’ that we have to understand; it is not something we have to tell others.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“That which comes into understanding is darshan (vision) and that which comes into experience is Gnan (knowledge).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The understanding that gives rise to intoxication (that “I Know”, “I am something”); that is not the talks of the enlightened one’s… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What is worth doing and what is not worth doing in this world? What is worth knowing and what is not worth… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“If you go to 'do' anything, then bondage will happen there. Wherever you 'do', there is bondage and with understanding, there is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Fruit of effort is the worldly life and fruit of understanding is moksha [the ultimate liberation].” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There is happiness in “pure” understanding and unhappiness in “impure” understanding.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Who is the 'mother' of Gnan (knowledge)? It is understanding. Where can that understanding be acquired from? Understand that from a Gnani… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Kramic means doership. 'Akram Vignan' only needs to be understood. That which has arisen through lack of understanding, will be dispelled through… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Renunciation is actually a result of the unfolding karma, whereas saiyam, a state in which there is absence of anger-pride-deceit-greed and attachment-abhorrence, is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The nature of the Atma, the Self (Soul) is bliss indeed. So it does not want unpleasant feelings at all, does it?… — 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
“Understanding is the conduct. “I” tell you not to bring it into conduct. Nothing will be gained from teaching forced conduct. To… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Initially, you grasp [knowledge] through the ‘light’ of the intellect and then the understanding arises, and thereafter a state in which there is absence of anger-pride-deceit-greed… — 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
“If you follow the understanding of a person who is free (from worldly bondages), you will become free. If you follow the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The wrong understanding is unhappiness and the right understanding is happiness. One has to see which kind of understanding he is getting.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Whatever one does in this world, he does it out of compulsion; so it is indeed our lack of understanding when we… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“When will final Liberation [Moksha] occur?! It is when your knowledge, your understanding [darshan] becomes mistake-free. You have been stuck because of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“In saying the word ‘Sachchidanand’ [sat-chit-anand, eternal knowledge and vision leading to bliss], it has great ‘effect’. There is an ‘effect’ even… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“One with higher 'revolutions' of intellect has a higher power of understanding. He will understand before explanation becomes necessary. Laborers do not… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Samkit (enlightened view; right belief) is not Knowledge (Gnan); it is an understanding.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“One has proceeded according to people’s understanding therefore he is bound (to the worldly life). The one who proceeds according to Gnani’s… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The understanding of knowledge that increases intoxication (of ‘I Know’) is terrible ignorance. Intoxication (of ‘I know’) is dissolved with (right) knowledge.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“It is said to be an understanding when one accepts other’s dialogs of wisdom. How can there be dialogs of wisdom in… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“I do not even ask you to do intent. I ask you to understand. To know ‘this is wrong’ is Knowledge.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“With true understanding, intoxication (that “I Know”, “I am something”) will come down. Intoxication will not come down with wrong understanding.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What one understands is darshan (vision) and to give that understanding to others (so that he also understands) it is Gnan (knowledge).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Whatever knowledge a person acquires, that is how one ends up functioning. If right knowledge is acquired, then that is how 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
“The conduct [of today] is ignorance of the past [life] whereas understanding (samjhan) is the stock carried forward from many past lives!” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Satsang (association with the Self) means to understand, 'What this world is and what it is not.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“If one 'understands' his own Self, he is himself a Parmatma (Absolute Supreme Soul).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Understanding always makes one contented [absorbed]. At the last degree of contentment, there is Moksha [Liberation]. Intellect causes one to overflow and… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Intent of complete surrender (devotion) is worship itself. Complete surrender with (full understanding and real) knowledge is a very high level of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The worldly life is created through wrong understanding and is dissolved through understanding. The Gnani Purush (Enlightened One) gives all types of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Your worldly interactions would be commendable if you conducted them with the understanding that you don’t know anything. And they will be… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The crying that is done in this world is due to wrong understanding and the laughing is also due to wrong understanding.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“However much understanding one has, that much contentment he has done. As much contentment he does, that much liberation he has. It… — 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
![“Fruit of effort is the worldly life and fruit of understanding is moksha [the ultimate liberation].” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a4d/dada-bhagwan-31_freedom_fruit-of-effort-is-the-worldly-life-and_2342977.jpg)
![“Initially, you grasp [knowledge] through the ‘light’ of the intellect and then the understanding arises, and thereafter a state in which there is absence of anger-pride-deceit-greed and attachment-abhorrence arises.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/69a/dada-bhagwan-31_anger_initially-you-grasp-knowledge-through-th_2573015.jpg)
![“When will final Liberation [Moksha] occur?! It is when your knowledge, your understanding [darshan] becomes mistake-free. You have been stuck because of these mistakes. One says, ‘I am Chandulal. I am the husband of this woman. I am this boy’s father. I am eighty years old’. So many such mistakes…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/054/dada-bhagwan-31_learning_when-will-final-liberation-moksha-occur_1284028.jpg)
![“In saying the word ‘Sachchidanand’ [sat-chit-anand, eternal knowledge and vision leading to bliss], it has great ‘effect’. There is an ‘effect’ even when it is said without the understanding [of it’s meaning]. When it is said with the understanding, there is tremendous benefit. Saying these words…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fd2/dada-bhagwan-31_dreams_in-saying-the-word-sachchidanand-sat-chi_2028846.jpg)
![“The conduct [of today] is ignorance of the past [life] whereas understanding (samjhan) is the stock carried forward from many past lives!” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/436/dada-bhagwan-31_ignorance_the-conduct-of-today-is-ignorance-of-the_667578.jpg)
![“Skills (learning) or lack of skills is all egoistic knowledge (ego based knowledge). Ego-free Knowledge is called (true) Knowledge [Gnan].” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b36/dada-bhagwan-31_egoism_skills-learning-or-lack-of-skills-is-all_9081.jpg)
![“Understanding always makes one contented [absorbed]. At the last degree of contentment, there is Moksha [Liberation]. Intellect causes one to overflow and understanding causes one to become contented.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8e1/dada-bhagwan-31_freedom_understanding-always-makes-one-contented_769422.jpg)
![“The crying that is done in this world is due to wrong understanding and the laughing is also due to wrong understanding. This world is not worth the crying or laughing. This world is beautiful [which one needs to know and see].” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d53/dada-bhagwan-31_laughter_the-crying-that-is-done-in-this-world-is_2645262.jpg)
![“However much understanding one has, that much contentment he has done. As much contentment he does, that much liberation he has. It is indeed here that liberation is experienced. To remain in contentment means to be in moksha; to become contended [absorbed] in one's own Self [Soul].” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/630/dada-bhagwan-31_freedom_however-much-understanding-one-has-that_1930628.jpg)
