“Karmic bondage is through bhaav (inner intent), not through dravya (the action of mind, body, speech).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Syadvaad means no religions’ foundation is hurt. It does not point out a ‘direct’ mistake of any religion.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“When 'parbhaav' (intent of being other than Pure Soul) ends, samadhi (enlightened bliss) will occur.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“It is called Purusharth (real spiritual effort) if it certainly becomes fruitful!” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Obliging each other, that is the only enjoyment to be derived from having a human life.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The absence of conflict creating intent is itself Moksh (liberation).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“If you look at the one who is awe inspiring, (then) your inner intent (bhaav) and your thoughts will change.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“All actions conducted with the falsely projected belief (of ‘I am Chandubhai’) will all be fruitful. Meaning, the fruit will (invariably) come.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To believe that happiness lies in temporary things and to not understand Your own permanent happiness, is a wrong belief, it is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There is no problem if one does not know anything about the worldly life, but he should know how to ‘adjust’. Others… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“You have brought with you (in this life) the ritual actions. The Knowledge (Gnan) part has to be done. Pure ritual is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Giving a donation is an effect (prarabdha – effect of past lives deeds), and the (illusory) self effort (cause for next life)… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There are two types of purushartha (self effort): those with wrong beliefs have self effort (purusharth) with illusory vision and the enlightened… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“When sinful inner intent does not arise at all, that is considered a beginning of Godly state. And when sinful inner intent… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Actually, even in the stage of delusion (absence of self realization), one should protect the weak and fight a powerful one. But… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The Gnani Purush does not have any culmination in worldly life (sansaar-parinati) even for a moment, nor does He have any worldly… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“You’ have to ‘see’ what ‘Chandubhai’ is doing; that is prurshartha (real independent Self effort). What is illusory effort? ‘What inner intent… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Circumstances will continue to change. They will not adjust to you; you will have to adjust to them. Circumstances do not have… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The path of moksha (ultimate liberation) has to be understood. This study of the self, doing penance, doing chanting is being done… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What is the violent intent (bhaav-hinsa)? Violence (hinsa) against your real Self through anger-pride-deceit-greed; meaning anger-pride-deceit-greed that causes bondage to your Self,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The world is in its inherent nature (swabhaav). Satyug (era of the time cycle that is characterized by unity in thoughts, speech,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“One may not have Gnan (Self-realization), but if he decides that he does not want to allow any “leakage” (weakness; straying away… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To follow one’s own viewpoint, to insist that one’s viewpoint is only correct is called ekantik (one sided view point). The religion… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Worldly life means it is ever changing. So where is the need for [worrying] ‘this will happen’ or ‘that will happen’? Why… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To say, "I did it" is in the form of an 'evidentiary doer' (nimit), it is (to be understood) 'as an evidentiary… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Gross circumstances (that which can be seen) are illusory, subtle (sookshma) circumstances are mechanical, and circumstances of the speech are in the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The one with form (sakaar; self) will have to be made formless (nirakaar, Self). The Self is formless. However, opinions about it,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“I am Pure Soul’, that intent is pure intent, and that indeed is absolute humility [param vinaya].” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To never hinder our progress after attaining the path of Liberation should be our goal.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Syadvaad means to remain as one as Atma (in the real) and to remain with different intents (in the relative, physically).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Honesty and an ‘obliging nature’ towards each other; that is all which is required.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There is tremendous energy in the word ‘yes’ and tremendous weakness in the word ‘no’.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“It is said that a person has attained knowledge, he knows, when difference of opinion does not arise with anybody.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“One with pure applied awareness does not have the inner intent of kashay whatsoever!” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“I do not even ask you to do intent. I ask you to understand. To know ‘this is wrong’ is Knowledge.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Money is not the only way to ‘oblige’ others with; that depends upon the capacity of the giver. You simply have to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What is saiyam parinaam? It is when the Self (Atma) does not become one in with the non-Self (pudgal); It continues to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Not becoming engrossed in worldly intents is the intent of liberation (the intent that I am free from all miseries, pain-pleasures, everything);… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Negative’ does not become ‘positive’ and ‘positive’ does not become ‘negative’. Because both are dualities and ‘one’ is beyond duality.” — 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Remaining absolutely non-acquisitive (aparigrahi) amidst all possessions is the ultimate ‘test examination’.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share