“I am doing good deeds (punya)', 'I am doing bad deeds (paap)'; both (beliefs) are egoism.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“As long as the egoism is there, how can one attain the true religion?” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“I did this’, this gives rise to egoism. ‘This is mine’, it gives rise to attachment (mamta).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Ego means to live in an imaginary form (illusionary form) outside of one’s own real Self.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Ego has given rise to the bhedbuddhi (divisive intellect) within the Self (Soul). That is the impediment of it.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“No one should be hurt in the slightest’ - such should be one’s egoism. That is a ‘positive’ ego.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There is no problem if there is ‘egoism’. But, it should be ‘normal’. ‘Normal’ egoism means that it does not hurt anyone.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“If egoism is there, the benefit of the Self cannot be obtained and if the Self is there, the benefit of egoism… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Humans exercise egoism and nature strikes blows to bring them down. Nature says, "I am the one doing (all this), and what… — 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
“If you are with egoism then you are the doer and if you are egoless, then vyavasthit (scientific circumstantial evidence) is the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“On One’s Own, ‘Who Am I’ cannot be understood. If egoism goes away, then ‘Who Am I’ can be understood. But how… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“You attain a ‘temporary life’ through ‘egoism’ and an ‘eternal life’ without ‘egoism’. ‘Egoism’ is like the string that is wound around… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Aropit bhaav (the belief ‘I am Chandubhai’) is karma and suffering is karma-effect. Aropit bhaav (the belief ‘I am Chandubhai’) indeed is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Worry is the greatest seed (cause) for the worldly life because worrying is the greatest form of egoism. If the egoism leaves,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Intellect (buddhi) is indirect light (of the Self, Soul), and Gnan (Knowledge, that which knows the real & relative) is the direct… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Egoism is not required to run sansar (worldly life). Egoism is required to create our next life. If you do not want… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“A king will say 'I killed thousands of people'. He is simply doing egoism; he is taking pleasure in taking credit of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“People exercise egoism that "I cannot maintain control" for that which is in the form of 'discharge'. It is also egoism to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Gnan (knowledge) of every living being of the entire world exists in a Soul. However, only the Gnan that is able to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Dehadhyas (the belief that ‘I am the body’) does not leave without [the grace of] the Gnani Purush (the Self-realized One, who… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The nature of pudgal (non-Self body complex, complex of intake and output) is to go down and the nature of the Self… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Once the egoism has gone (stopped), all the worldly ‘matter’ of the body-complex [pudgal] are renounced! Where there is egoism, there is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There is no support - support-taker relationship in the Self. The support - support-taker relationships apply to worldly self’s ‘temporary’ things. The… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The one who wants to endure the worldly life, he should carry the weapon of the ego, and the one who wants… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What causes obstructions on the way to moksha (ultimate liberation)? Opinion. Leaving aside talk of Gnan (knowledge of the Self), Opinion does… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“If this ego did not exist, then the world would not be this crazy. It is due to the ego that there… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“In renunciation, egoism is present; [but] there is no egoism in saiyam (a state in which there is absence of anger, pride,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“One type of happiness comes from myness and the other type comes from the egoism. They are both mortal happiness & happiness… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“All this entrapment is due to the impediment called the egoism. Because of the hook of ‘egoism’, when the engine moves, it… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What is egoism? It is that which runs away from God. As egoism goes on increasing, then stubbornness (aadayee), pride (maan), pride… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The worldly life exists because of ‘egoism’. Karmic bondage is because of ‘egoism’. If egoism can be stopped in any of the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Pure Ego (shuddha ahankar) and Pure Soul (shuddha chetan), they are both the same. Pure ego means that there is no anger-pride-deceit-greed… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The worldly life runs easily due to the egoism which is the by-production of the worldly life. By increasing the egoism there,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There are two things in the world: feeding the ego or breaking it. Everyone’s ego is either being fed or being shattered… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Do not try to improve anyone, but try and improve your own self. Even the Tirthankars (Omniscients) had not done egoism of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What do people say? They say count every karma and destroy them. When can that be ever accomplished? It is ‘our’ scientific… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To say ‘I am’, while being the Self (The Soul), is not egoism. But to say ‘I’ while being in the non-self,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Your life is built on egoism only. How can you get rid of it? You have to tell ‘us’ (the Gnani Purush… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Without the attainment of Soul (Self-realization), there is no place that is worth having a fanatic attachment to a viewpoint. It is… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 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
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Remaining absolutely non-acquisitive (aparigrahi) amidst all possessions is the ultimate ‘test examination’.” — 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].” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b36/dada-bhagwan-31_egoism_skills-learning-or-lack-of-skills-is-all_9081.jpg)
![“A king will say 'I killed thousands of people'. He is simply doing egoism; he is taking pleasure in taking credit of doership (garva ras). They were killed by those who were on the battle field. Why does the king needlessly take on the liability [of new karmic causes]? In doing so, those who did…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/41f/dada-bhagwan-31_doership_a-king-will-say-i-killed-thousands-of-pe_1662131.jpg)
![“Dehadhyas (the belief that ‘I am the body’) does not leave without [the grace of] the Gnani Purush (the Self-realized One, who can help others realize the Self). The Gnani Purush is vitaraag (one who is free from all attachment). He constantly remains in Swa-parinati (the natural state of the…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/612/dada-bhagwan-31_belief-that-i-am-the_dehadhyas-the-belief-that-i-am-the-body_76247.jpg)
![“Once the egoism has gone (stopped), all the worldly ‘matter’ of the body-complex [pudgal] are renounced! Where there is egoism, there is my-ness and where there is my-ness, there is a hidden egoism. When ‘Knowledge of the Self’ is attained, egoism and my-ness goes away. Only the dramatic…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c45/dada-bhagwan-31_body-complex_once-the-egoism-has-gone-stopped-all-the_2701216.jpg)
![“In renunciation, egoism is present; [but] there is no egoism in saiyam (a state in which there is absence of anger, pride, deceit, greed and attachment-abhorence).” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b47/dada-bhagwan-31_ego_in-renunciation-egoism-is-present-but-th_3038076.jpg)
![“The worldly [spiritual] science is methodic (kramic) in nature; one progresses “step by step”; one has to ascent one step at a time. Whereas this here, is Akram Vignan, a path of step-less spiritual science; it is a science that has arisen after 10 Lac (a million) years. In this path, one travels…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/78b/dada-bhagwan-31_akram-vignan_the-worldly-spiritual-science-is-methodi_1477.jpg)
![“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 self. Everything in the worldly life is nothing but intoxication. The food is intoxicating, the senses are intoxicating. [Therefore] Go to the one, who…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2b3/dada-bhagwan-31_absolute_in-the-worldly-life-due-to-maadakta-into_3662.jpg)
![“Through the grace of a thief, one can become a thief and through the grace of a Gnani [the enlightened one], one can become a Gnani [the enlightened one].” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/102/dada-bhagwan-31_enlightened_through-the-grace-of-a-thief-one-can-bec_4725.jpg)
![“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 whether one is an ascetic or a family man. And where anger-pride-deceit-greed are absent, one is regarded as being asansaari…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7ec/dada-bhagwan-31_anger_where-there-are-kashays-anger-pride-dece_5756.jpg)
