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Life Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

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Where there are kashays—anger, pride, deceit, greed—there is worldly life, notes Dada Bhagwan. He explains that these negative emotions drive our actions and keep us tangled in worldly concerns. Bhagwan also teaches that the mind creates our suffering, and that true peace comes when we let go of such attachments.

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“Wherever there is any unsteadiness (restlessness), there is worldly life (sansaar) there.”

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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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“A person who goes along with everything is reffered to as a renouncer [of worldly life] (tyaagi).”

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“In the worldly life, what is misery? It is the pain created from wrong suspicions.”

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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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“In this worldly life, one is possessed by the three ghosts of the mind, speech and the body.”

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“If every action of one’s entire life is seen like a movie, then not a single action will affect one.”

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“On what basis is the entire worldly life in existence? It is due to conflicts.”

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“By bowing down to a body, one will achieve sansar (wordly life); and by bowing down to Soul, one will attain moksha…

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“Actually, this 'life' has become fractured entirely. One does not even have the awareness of whether he is living to 'extract the…

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“Kashay (anger-pride-deceit-greed) is the cause for the next life and vishay (sensual pleasure) is the result of the previous life!”

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“The happiness of worldly life lies in normality. When there is neither scarcity nor surplus, that is known as happiness.”

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“Is there not some arrangement (neutral gear) in the car, where the wheels do not turn, but the car keeps running? Similarly,…

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“Without the Knowledge of One's real form as the Self and Its realization, anything that is being done will cause that living…

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“If in the laukik (worldly life), one attains the vision of alaukik (beyond the world), his work is accomplished.”

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“Relative’ worldly life is Short-lived [going to end one day]. To claim one’s self to be in that which is going to…

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“For infinite lives, one has been wandering around, and once in a while, he will attain a human birth. But there his…

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“What do ‘we’ say? ‘You’ are free if you know the ‘science’ (vignan). If you know the ‘science’, ‘You’ yourself are Absolute…

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“In whatever work that you do in this world, the work has no value. You will be ‘binding responsibility’ for next life…

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“Wordly life is like a container of boiling water! God does not interfere in it. Even 'we' (the Gnani Purush) do not…

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“For the one who indulges in illicit sex, the sexuality will make him wander in worldly life. There is no liberation for…

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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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“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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“If a person who has dispassion for worldly life (vairaag) attains an instrument such that it helps him aquire the Knowledge of…

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“On what foundation is the world remaining in existence? It is on the foundation of agnan (ignorance of the Self). Are the…

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“People are preoccupied only with money. They are looking to see where they can get it from. Hey, why are you looking…

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“No matter how hard one tries, samadhi (state of inner bliss) cannot be maintained even for a minute, in this worldly life.…

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“There are two types of worldly life: renouncing [tyaag] is a worldly life and family life [gruhasti] is also a worldly life.…

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“Worldly life is a path of evolutionary development for all embodied living beings. It is a very long path. So in the…

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“Worldly life means it is ever changing. So where is the need for [worrying] ‘this will happen’ or ‘that will happen’? Why…

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“The foundation of this world is indeed knowledge (gnan). It is on the basis of knowledge that living beings function! Is it…

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“If one sides with pickpockets by saying, ‘what’s wrong with what he is doing? He doesn’t have any food so of course…

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“How can one be free from miseries?’ – this life has to be lived to know only this.”

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“A person can live his life exactly the way he wants to live it.”

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“The moment one’s belief becomes ‘I am Chandubhai’; then immediately it gives rise to the worldly life.”

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“Obliging each other, that is the only enjoyment to be derived from having a human life.”

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“All who die, are all worldly beings (sansari – believing the worldly life to be real).”

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“By saying ‘this is wrong’, one is selling (wasting away) an invaluable human life!”

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“Fruit of effort is the worldly life and fruit of understanding is moksha [the ultimate liberation].”

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“The worldly life means a factory of pain and pleasure.”

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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’.”