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Communication Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

50 Communication quotes by Dada Bhagwan

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Dada Bhagwan teaches that the world is built on aggression through thought, speech, or action, and that true power comes when we stop mocking others. He urges clearing the belief that the body or mind belongs to us, and stresses that speech should never cause harm. He also describes truth as a state where conduct, thoughts, and words are constantly changing yet harmless.

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“Karmic bondage is through bhaav (inner intent), not through dravya (the action of mind, body, speech).”

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“People make you retract spoken words but they do not understand [know] that speech is a record, so how can anyone retract…

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“When someone is using negative speech, do not ruin your own speech.”

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

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“Worries occur because one has believed the phases of the body complex (pudgal – the mind, body, speech…) as his own.”

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“It is a sense of possessiveness and inner attachment (parigraha) for speech to ask, "How did I speak?”

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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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“What does syadvad (speech that does not hurt the ego of any living being) speech say? Speak in such a way that…

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“Who would have power in his speech that gives results (vachanbud)? It is the one who does not have any worldly desires,…

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“Where there is partiality (pakshapaat), there is violence (himsa); it is speech that hurts (himsak vani). Where there is impartial speech (nishpakshapati…

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“Atikraman’ [aggression through thoughts, speech or action] happens naturally. To do 'pratikraman' is our own spiritual effort (purusharth).”

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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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“It is necessary for those who are sensitive to remain silent. However, rather than remaining silent, it is much better if it…

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“Syadvaad (accepted by all, and accepting of all) is referred to that speech through which nothing within the body opposes. The mind…

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“Vitrag speech begins when one attains Samyakatva (the right belief that I am Pure Soul), and it becomes absolute when Keval Gnan…

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“Even God is not willing to protect the humans of Kaliyug (the current era of the time cycle, which is characterized by…

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“A disciplined mind (saiyamit mun), a disciplined body (saiyamit deha) and a disciplined speech (saiyamit vani), these three will not allow You…

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“Without sheelvan (the highest state of conduct in worldly interactions, free of the intent to hurt, free of sexuality and charaterized by…

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“What is nature like? It does not allow any living being to do what it wants even to the slightest extent. But…

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“The mind, speech, and body are effective, so the effect that one experiences, he believes as ‘this effect is mine’. This creates…

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“The world is in its inherent nature (swabhaav). Satyug (era of the time cycle that is characterized by unity in thoughts, speech,…

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“Dehabhaav (the belief that 'this is my body') has to be cleared entirely. Manobhaav (the belief that 'this is my mind') has…

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“Except for pure Soul (Shuddhatma), the mind, speech, body, intellect is all subject to vyavasthit (energy that runs the world). It is…

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“Ownership of speech is the greatest ego. Ownership of the body prevails naturally, but the main self prevails in speech.”

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“The circumstances of these three - conduct, thoughts and speech, are constantly changing from moment to moment. ”

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“By not hurting anyone through one's mind, speech and action, all the vows (vrat) are encompassed in this!”

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“Gnanyog (Union with true Knowledge) is the ‘Established Principle’, while Triyog (union with mind, speech and body) is ‘non-principle’.”

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“How can the power of speech remain when you lie for your own ‘safeside’?”

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“When the mind is not spoilt, the speech is not spoilt, the conduct is not spoilt, that is absolute humility [param vinaya].”

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“Besides the Vitaraag Lords (absolutely detached Ones) and the speech of the Vitaraag Lords, there is indeed no other path that will…

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“Who is God? He who, despite having a body, is not the owner of the body, not the owner of the mind,…

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“Inner intent’s resolve of the ownership-state (of one’s mind, body, speech, etc.) through attachment- abhorrence (raag-dwesh) is called parigraha (owning things other…

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“Sugar-coated words used in worldly speech make one slip (spiritually), and melodious speech which accepts all viewpoints and never hurts anyone’s viewpoint…

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“When will money not come to one? It is when he speaks ill of others and scandalizes. Money will come to the…

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“We’ are “asang” (the Self is non-attached; free from mind, body, speech). That which does not let you experience ‘this’ is all…

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“Gross circumstances, subtle circumstances, circumstances of speech are of the non-Self and they make us dependent; In addition they are in the…

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“Without purification of worldly interactions, speech that accepts all viewpoints and does not hurt anyone's viewpoints (syadvaad vani) will not come forth.”

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“Whatever is being spoken by me, it is not ‘I’ (the true self) who is speaking it. It is the “original tape…

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“Where there is speech that accepts all viewpoints and does not hurt anyone's viewpoint (syadvaad vani), there is Knowledge of the Self…

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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’.”