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Spirituality Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

334 Spirituality quotes by Dada Bhagwan

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Dada Bhagwan advises continuing your path while letting go of attachment, and to move on when something sticks. He teaches that the mind drives all actions, but firm decisions are the only thing that bears fruit. He also says that seeing the pure soul in everyone is an act of friendship that can lift others.

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“Where there is no peace, there is no religion at all.”

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

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“Only ‘he’, who becomes free from his intellect, can become sarvagna (Omniscient).”

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“What is exact meaning of 'relative'? Superfluous [that which is superficial].”

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“How can the body become Bhagwan (God)? The body is a ‘temple’ and Bhagwan (God) is Bhagwan (God) only.”

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

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

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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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“The Lord says, ‘use your mind, speech, body and the soul (the relative self, the worldly self) for others. Then if you…

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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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“By scolding, one will not tell you the truth and use deceit. All this deceptions in the world are created due to…

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“Seeing the Pure Soul (Shuddhatma) in everyone is itself an intent of friendship towards the entire world.”

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“Egoism is alive because of buddhi (intellect). That is why ‘we’ tell you to become abuddha (free of intellect).”

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“That which does not do anything is Living Conscious Self (Soul). All it does is ‘sees’ and ‘knows’. These are the only…

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“Where there is True Knowledge, there Artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self) and raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation that hurts the self and…

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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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“Who is doing this? Who am I? What is all this? Who is the doer? Who is the nimit (instrumental doer) of…

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“In religion, when is it considered that 'One has Known'? When not only does the adverse internal state of being that hurts…

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“If you can afford to live in this worldly life, then there is nothing you need to understand further, and if you…

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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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“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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“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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“Besides the Self [Soul], what is everything else? It is all worldly interactions (vyavahar). And worldly interaction is dependent on the non-Self…

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“All the energy is destroyed due to conflict. That is why the infinite energy of the soul does not manifest (is not…

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“If you say, ‘Now I look like an old man’, you will start to look like an old man. If you say,…

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“Purusharth (spiritual effort to progress as the Self) is such that it can only happen after attaining Purush (the Self). In fact,…

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“When circumstantial evidences come together, the mind gets involved in thoughts. The one that has the thoughts is the mind. At that…

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“If the fascination towards material objects leave, the loss in spirituality also leaves!”

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

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“Happiness that comes and never leaves is called the bliss of the Soul.”

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“Where there is even the subtlest desire, the ‘Eternal Thing’ (Soul) cannot be attained.”

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“What is Akram Vignan (Stepless Science)? It is to disclose everything ‘as it really is’.”

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“If there is so much effect of the wrong beliefs, then how much effect would the right belief have !!!”

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“If you understand the relative (vyavahaar), then you will understand the Real (Nischay).”

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“Worldly intent is bound just like that, that is called bhavnindra (asleep to the Self).”

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“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’.”