Gnan Quote by Dada Bhagwan Download Open image ““Why can jiva (living being) not attain the self? It is because agnan is dear to it.”” — Dada Bhagwan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gnan Ignorance Knowledge
Jiva (individual soul) is the conscious ruler of this body, in whom the five life principles come into unity, and yet that very Jiva… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Gnan (knowledge of the Self) can never become agnan (ignorance of the Self). It is considered agnan only when the upayog (applied awareness as… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“It is difficult to know agnan (all other knowledge other than the knowledge of the Self, Worldly Knowledge), and easy to know Gnan [knowledge… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“That which does not allow one to enter into agnan (worldly knowledge) is called Gnan [Knowledge of the Real Self, the Soul]. When agnan… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Agnan will not let one know 'Who he is,' and Gnan lets one know his own Self.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Agnan (ignorance of the Self) too is a kind of a light. But it shows relative or worldly happiness, and Gnan (knowledge of the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The one who attains the 'Akram' path, will have his spiritual work done. (On this path), you have neither been made to give up… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“When can one say that he has attained the Soul? It is when worries does not occur to him. Even amidst mental, physical and… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“One forgets agnan (worldly knowledge) when he remains in Gnan (Knowledge of the Real Self, the Soul). Man can be in only one place.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
But the jiva [living being] is endowed with ego and his knowledge is limited, whereas Ishwar is without ego and is omniscient. — Adi Shankara Copy Share Image
“Agnan (ignorance of the Self) creates vibration, and the Gnan (Knowledge of the Self) stops the vibration.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“It is known as Gnan (Knowledge of the Self) when equanimity (samata) prevails in adverse conditions.” — 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 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 in only an ‘elevator’. There is no… — 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 self. Everything in the worldly life is nothing but intoxication. The food is intoxicating, the senses are intoxicating. [Therefore] Go to the one, who is without mada (pride), the one who has destroyed all intoxication. There… — 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 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
“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
“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
“Every living being is driven by his mind; the mind makes him ‘do’ things and till the end of the intellect, there is nothing… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“This ‘Knowledge’ manifested in 1958! That day I became a ‘Gnani’ (the enlightened one)! The day before that, ‘I’ too was agnani (ignorant of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The Knowledge (Gnan) is itself the absolute Self (Parmatma). Gnan (Knowledge) never becomes agnan (ignorance), but the applied awareness changes and that is what… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Anything that has been established as truth has reached its conclusion. It does not need to be established again. That truth which has been… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“An 'established principle' is the one which will never become untrue, irrespective of time.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“We are 'chetan' (Soul, eternal element), while obstacles are 'nis-chetan' (non-living). Therefore, 'chetan' will ultimately win!” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“How can one go from good [auspicious state] to pure (state)? There are no words for it. It will happen when the Gnani Purush… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“We' (Gnani Purush) have Seen the facts as they are, in our Knowledge, and that is what I speak about. There is no superior… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Gnan (Knowledge) that is realized and experienced is called ‘Gnan’ [(Real) ‘Knowledge’ (Knowledge with experience of the Self, The Pure Soul)]. Gnan (Knowledge) that… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“It is difficult to know agnan (all other knowledge other than the knowledge of the Self, Worldly Knowledge), and easy to know Gnan [knowledge… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
![“It is difficult to know agnan (all other knowledge other than the knowledge of the Self, Worldly Knowledge), and easy to know Gnan [knowledge of the real self, the soul]. There is no end to agnan.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/97c/dada-bhagwan-31_gnan_it-is-difficult-to-know-agnan-all-other_310466.jpg)
![“That which does not allow one to enter into agnan (worldly knowledge) is called Gnan [Knowledge of the Real Self, the Soul]. When agnan [worldly knowledge] begins to arise, Gnan becomes present and tells him, ‘This is that!” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3a2/dada-bhagwan-31_gnan_that-which-does-not-allow-one-to-enter-i_742671.jpg)
![“But the jiva [living being] is endowed with ego and his knowledge is limited, whereas Ishwar is without ego and is omniscient.” quote by Adi Shankara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cd4/adi-shankara-23696_ego_but-the-jiva-living-being-is-endowed-wit_2128537.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)
![“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)
![“How can one go from good [auspicious state] to pure (state)? There are no words for it. It will happen when the Gnani Purush (the enlightened one) gives the awareness of the Self; it will happen when He bestows God’s grace upon you.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e9c/dada-bhagwan-31_enlightened_how-can-one-go-from-good-auspicious-stat_269702.jpg)
![“Gnan (Knowledge) that is realized and experienced is called ‘Gnan’ [(Real) ‘Knowledge’ (Knowledge with experience of the Self, The Pure Soul)]. Gnan (Knowledge) that is not realized is called agnan, (knowledge with ignorance of the Self). Measure of knowledge is that it is realized.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7d3/dada-bhagwan-31_gnan_gnan-knowledge-that-is-realized-and-expe_306834.jpg)