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Self Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

779 Self quotes by Dada Bhagwan

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A person stuck at a self‑service pump is a vivid way to show how doubt can trap us in misery. Bhagwan’s quotes stress that anger, pride, deceit, and greed keep us bound to worldly life, while true knowledge comes from direct experience of the soul. They also say that dissolving the ego opens a divine path.

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

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“When ownership of speech ends, there is the end of ‘us’ (relative self).”

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“If you take care of the relative, then the relative itself will help you entirely.”

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“What causes Conflict? Agnan (Delusionary knowledge, Knowledge other than the True Self).”

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“To practice the religion of the Soul that is Self religion.”

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“You do not have to go to moksha; you have to become your own (True) Self.”

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“To say that someone is 'wrong', is equivalent to throwing dirt on one's own Soul.”

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“To know ‘who I am and who I am not’ is called Gnan (Absolute knowledge).”

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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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“Bhavnindra (asleep to the Self) means sleeping in one’s true self’s nature. And in that other sleep (sleeping at night), one is…

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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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“Moksha (ultimate liberation) means to purify the vision. Bondage means impure vision. Because of flawed vision only, there exists conflicts and difference…

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“Moksha is indeed one’s own nature. When (one’s) knowledge-vision-conduct become enlightened (samayak,becomes right), that is called moksha.”

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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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“Seeing something on a broad level (generally) is considered darshan (vision), and seeing it in specifics is considered Gnan (knowledge).”

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“The One whose body, mind and speech become saiyamit (under his control), He Himself has become the absolute Self (Parmatma)!”

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“When parparinati (the belief that 'I am doing' in what are the results of the non-Self) ceases and one happens to remain…

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“As long as one has the awareness that, 'I am the doer,' he has not realized even one fraction of the Self…

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“If the kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) decrease, it is called a religion; and if the kashays increase, it is called irreligion. When the kashays…

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“What does 'community service' mean? It destroys 'my' (sense of attachment for specific things, especially oneself) for the most part. If 'my'…

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“Without attaining Gnan (Absolute Knowledge) through the path of yog, one cannot go to moksha. Without attaining Gnan, through the path of…

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“If one can exactly see the world ‘as it is’; if one can exactly see the ‘relative’ and the ‘real’, it is…

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“It is difficult to know agnan (all other knowledge other than the knowledge of the Self, Worldly Knowledge), and easy to know…

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“I am myself an Absolute Supreme Self (Parmatma)’, if one attains this awareness, he can attain moksha (ultimate liberation). Otherwise he cannot…

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“How does the Gnani’s (enlightened one’s) antahkaran (the inner component of the mind, intellect, chit and the ego), work?’ If the ‘Self’…

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“The knowledge of this world is not considered knowledge, it is worldly knowledge. Scriptural knowledge is considered as instrumental knowledge. Knowledge of…

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“Good (shubha) is considered ekantik (one sided view point); pure (shuddha) is considered anekant (all inclusive viewpoints). Moksha (ultimate liberation) is through…

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“Even though [an ascetic] may wear white or ochre attire, yet vikalp (the belief that ‘I am Chandubhai’ and all the relative…

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“Is there a Parmatma (Absolute Supreme Soul)? There definitely is, and the Parmatma is within you. Why are you searching for it…

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“This ‘prakruti’ (relative self, made of inherent traits) seems to be alive, but it is not alive in reality. Whatever interactions or…

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“Gnan (knowledge) of every living being of the entire world exists in a Soul. However, only the Gnan that is able to…

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“To first get to know what One's own inherent nature is like, to set the conviction (pratiti) for that, that is known…

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“Where saiyam (a state free of anger-pride-deceit-greed, attachment and abhorrence) does not leave a clear impression, there the vitaraag dharma (the religion…

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“No effort is needed for each and every thing to revert back to its inherent natural state. Effort is required to take…

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“The Lord used to See His own penance Himself! ”

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“The pudgal (the non-Self complex) is a jail for the Atma (the Self).”

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“If you are only ‘moral’ or only ‘sincere’, even then you will go to moksha!”

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“I am Chandulal’ is the greatest blunder. Mistakes can be forgiven, but not the blunders.”

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“Gnan [True Knowledge] means the Guru's experiential talks.”

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“Moksha (Liberation) is to become free from gathering & dispersing of circumstances.”

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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…

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“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’.”