Enlightened-one Quote by Dada Bhagwan

“To believe 'the relative' as 'real' is known as illusion (bhranti). The One who refers to 'the relative' as 'relative' is a Gnani!”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Real means elemental (tattva). Relative means circumstantial (avastha). With elemental vision (tattva drashti), the value of circumstances disappears. If the elemental vision is attained,…

— Dada Bhagwan

“The entire worldly interaction is simply 'relative', it is subject to external factors such as scientific circumstantial evidences (paradhin). Everything that is 'relative' is…

— Dada Bhagwan

“The 'real' has to be revered, and 'the relative' has to be known; One has to dwell in 'the real'.”

— Dada Bhagwan

The real sustains the same relation to the ideal that a stone does to a statue - or that paint does to a painting.…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

One will meet, for example, the virtual assumption that what is relative to thought cannot be real. But why not, exactly? Red is relative…

— Charles Sanders Peirce

Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.

— Federico Fellini

So much of this world is based on illusion, temporaries, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest relationships reflect what is…

— Gillian Anderson

“The relative (vyavahaar) is taught by one's mother and the Real (Nischay; the Self) is given by Gnani. Thereafter, nothing else remains to be…

— Dada Bhagwan

“The relative (vyavahaar) is all [based on] societal norms, whereas the Real (Nischay) is [based on] oneness.”

— Dada Bhagwan

In the reason that the contrast between the absolute and the relative is so terrible is because we believe so fully in ourselves as…

— George Saunders

“The Prakruti (Relative Self) is dependent on external power, not dependant on the Real Self (Soul). He who understands the ‘prakruti’ becomes the Absolute…

— Dada Bhagwan