Meditation Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

“Any act which is done for others is considered as dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation).”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Importance is not of ‘discharge’ (of karmas) that occurs; but the importance is that of the ‘dhyan’ (internal state of being) at…

— Dada Bhagwan

“The fruit of practicing dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation, to not hurt anyone, to give happiness to others) is samyak darshan (enlightened vision).”

— Dada Bhagwan

“To see one at fault when he is without fault is raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation that hurts the self and others).”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Does one have to do dhyan (meditation) to reduce his attachment- abhorrence (raag-dwesh)? No, one needs to know the science of the…

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“Except for shukladhyan (contemplation as the Self, Pure Soul), engrossed involvement in any other forms of dhyan (contemplation), gives rise to the…

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“The lesser the artadhyan (mournful contemplation hurting the self) and raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation hurting the self and others); lesser are the worldly…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Doing Kashaya[anger, pride, deceit and greed] means to stumble. If artadhyan (adverse meditation) and raudradhyan (wrathful meditation) occurs, it is called stumbling.”

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“Awareness of the body should not go away in Samadhi (state of inner bliss). There should be awareness of all the (five)…

— Dada Bhagwan

“To connect the meditator (dhyata) to the object of meditation (dhyeya) is Purusharth (spiritual effort to progress as the Self) and meditation…

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“It is considered as artadhyan (adverse internal state that results in hurting the self) only when the mind and the Self (Soul)…

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“This ‘Dada’ gives two paths. To those who find happiness in the worldly life, he gives the path of dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation/to…

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“What stops artadhyan (mournful contemplation hurting the self) and raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation hurting the self and others) is dharma (Religion of the…

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“Waiting for anyone is a cause for a tremendously bad life ahead. When the electricity is gone and you wait for it,…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Greatest dharma (one’s greatest religion) is to stop artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self) and raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation that hurts the…

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“If misery results within you, it is artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts one’s own self) and when someone suffers from painful result…

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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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“Artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self) and raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation that hurts the self and others) occur as long as one…

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“In shukladhyan (Internal state that renders the constant awareness of ‘I am pure Soul'), entire world begins to be perceived as faultless.…

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“The result of the discharging of karma tagged with shukladhyan (Internal state that renders the constant awareness of ‘I am pure Soul’)…

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“From which moment is it considered saiyam (a state free of anger-pride-deceit-greed, attachment and abhorrence)? What is the beginning of saiyam? From…

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“Not having the slightest abhorrence towards any nimit (instrumental doer) is dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation).”

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“Concentration (ekagrata) is that which is with egoism,whereas meditation (dhyan) is that which remains untouched (nirlep) by the ego.”

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“When the Self (Atma) becomes engrossed (tanmayakar) in the resultant states of the mind, then meditation (dhyan) arises.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Where there is dhyan (meditation; internal state of being), there is no egoism and where there is egoism, there is no dhyan.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“The Samadhi (state of inner bliss) that prevails amidst mental, physical and external afflictions is the Samadhi (state of inner bliss) of…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Dhyan (meditation) is an effect. An effect cannot be 'done', it arises; it comes about naturally.”

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“Misery is an unpleasant painful experience (ashata vedaniya); result of misery is artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self).”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Worrying about not having food to eat today; is called artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self). And worrying about not having…

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“Only when there is dharmadhyan (absence of adverse internal state of being that hurts the self and others) in the body, there…

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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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“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 artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self) to complain and cry about one’s own misery and it is raudradhyan (wrathful…

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“When the intents of like and dislike arise in sensual pleasures (of 5 senses), keeping tolerance in it, (and) to not put…

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“Whatever one’s belief arises, he will find tools corresponding to his beliefs. With the belief of the ‘Self’, there is only one…

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“Whatever actions that are seen in this world, are the discharging of karma that has previously been charged. A person has nothing…

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“For the one whose adverse internal meditation that results in hurting the self (artadhyan) and  adverse internal meditation that results in hurting the self and…

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“One should learn to know one’s own Self. And if one does not know that, then he should know dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation,…

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“Wherever there is ego, meditation (dhyan) does not exist. The inherent nature of the ego is such that dhyan does not exist…

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“Anything you do to prevent inauspicious contemplation (durdhyan, to hurt others by mind,body,speech,etc.) is dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation, to not hurt anyone, to…

— Dada Bhagwan