“The Self (Atma) has infinite energy, similarly the energy of the non-Self complex (pudgal) is also infinite. It is through the energy… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Scriptural knowledge is achetan (inanimate; lifeless), nevertheless it still it takes one towards chetan (animate, the eternal pure Soul). And Gnani’s [the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Aaropit bhaav (false attribution of the belief ‘I am Chandubhai’) is vikalp bhaav (wrong belief that ‘I am Chandubhai’ and all the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“One should learn to know one’s own Self. And if one does not know that, then he should know dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The Self is not what people believe it to be, or what the intellect can grasp. It is immeasurable. Where there is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“From where have kashay (anger-pride-deceit-greed) come into existence? From vishay (sensual pleasure). It is not the fault of vishay, but it is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“You do not have to renounce anything. The path of liberation is not one of acquisition or renunciation at all. Acquisition and renunciation are… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Whose fault is it? The one who is suffering. Which fault? The belief that ‘I am Chandulal’, verily is your mistake. It… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The ‘Self’ (Purush) and ‘Relative-Self’ (Prakruti), are two separate things. Self (Purush) is the Pure Soul (Shuddhatma) and ‘Relative-Self’ (prakruti) is ‘pudgal’… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“True faith has to be with the awareness of the Self (I am Pure Soul). But here one goes around with the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Bear ‘beating’ in this world. Therein is the taste of the Soul [the Atma]. There is no taste [feeling of goodness, happiness]… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Discussions should be twofold; those about the relative (vyavahaar) should be in accordance with the relative viewpoint and those about the Real… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What is the essence of the world? Normality. Above normal is poison, and below normal is poison. Come to normality. Normality in… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“When certain circumstances of the body tend to happen, the time for insolvency begins. Everything indeed is going to go into insolvency.… — 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
“Moksha (ultimate liberation) does not come; moksha is understood. ‘You’ are yourself moksha [the nature of the Self is liberation], but you… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“That which does not affect or obstruct anyone is called the Self. It does not obstruct even ignorance! Ignorance obstructs It, It… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Through the direct darshan (devotional viewing) of a living enlightened One, One can become apramatt (with constant applied awareness as the Self); whereas through… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“After getting the body to fast, We [as the Self] should remain in Our upayog (applied awareness of the Self). The purpose… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Where Knowledge of the Self (Gnan) prevails and where dispassion for worldly life (vairaag) reaches its pinnacle, that is when the state… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“In Akram (the stepless scientific path to moksh), we do not look at anyone’s worthiness at all. If we were to look… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The nature of the Atma, the Self (Soul) is bliss indeed. So it does not want unpleasant feelings at all, does it?… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Where there is no attachment for the good and abhorrence for the bad is called the state of equanimity. The one without… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“In scriptures, there is knowledge about the different methods, it does not have the knowledge of the ultimate goal (to experience Pure… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Each person has a crazy ego within. That crazy ego makes the good appear to be bad. The crazy ego even makes… — 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
“What is the Soul like? It is in the form of projected imagination. When one falsely believes ‘I am Chandubhai’, that additional… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What is the difference between darshan (vision) and gnan (knowledge)? Vishesh bhaav (special or additional intent) of darshan (vision) is gnan (knowledge).… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“All the subjects of the world can be included in the kashays of anger-pride-deceit-greed. Anger and deceit are the ‘protectors’. They have… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To be 'correct in the Real' means it is the eternal element and to be 'correct in the relative' means they are… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“A worldly outlook (sansaarbhaav) means (to have) a sense of 'I-ness' (ahambhaav) plus 'my-ness' (mamatbhaav). A non-worldly outlook (asansaarbhaav) means (to have)… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Jalebi (dessert) makes tea taste bland [tasteless]. Similarly, when one tastes the happiness of the Self, it makes worldly happiness bland. One… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“If you remain in the state of ‘I am Pure Soul’, then despite activities, you are inactive (non-doer) and if [your belief… — 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
“Where there is doubt (shanka), there is misery. The moment one begins to doubt the knowledge that, 'I am Chandubhai,' misery arises.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Some people claim, ‘I am the Knower-Seer (Gnata-Drashta)’. Hey! What do you mean you are ‘Knower-Seer’? ‘You’ are still ‘Chandubhai’? The Knower-Seer… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Agnan (ignorance) is gnan (knowledge) also. Agnan is nothing else- it is not darkness. But it is a light to illuminate the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Dehadhyas (the belief that ‘I am the body’) will leave only when the belief of 'I am Pure Soul' prevails. Dehadhyas does… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Moksha is natural and spontaneous [sahaj], straightforward [sarad] and easy [soogam], but difficult to attain. Because a moksha-swaroop purush - One who… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“So long as one has not met the Gnani Purush, until then it is 'worth doing' vyavahaar (worldly interaction); and after having… — 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