Freedom Quote by Dada Bhagwan
![“Worship without ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] will give material pleasures in the world and worship accompanied by ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] is known as ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] which gives the result of moksha [ultimate liberation].” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a92/dada-bhagwan-31_freedom_worship-without-gnan-true-knowledge-will_913624.jpg)
““Worship without ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] will give material pleasures in the world and worship accompanied by ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] is known as ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] which gives the result of moksha [ultimate liberation].””
About This Quote
Source Teaching: Discourses on Moksha, 2005
True knowledge leads to liberation; worship without it yields only material pleasure.
In simple terms: Knowledge brings liberation.
Key Takeaway
Seek true understanding.
Themes
spirituality
knowledge
liberation
Mood
contemplative
inspired
Type
spiritual
didactic
When to use this quote
- meditation
- study
- ethical living
Key Concepts
moksha
gnan
materialism
Questions to Reflect On
- What does true knowledge mean to you?
- How can you balance material life and spiritual growth?
A Different Perspective
Knowledge alone may not guarantee liberation.
![“Gnan’ [True Knowledge, Knowledge of one’s own self], is freedom itself. It keeps one in Moksha [liberated state] and prevents [karmic] bondage.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e19/dada-bhagwan-31_freedom_gnan-true-knowledge-knowledge-of-one-s-o_3107183.jpg)
![“We can never have Knowledge (Gnan) without worship (bhakti). Such knowledge would be considered shushka-gnan [unproductive knowledge]. It cannot be considered True Knowledge.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7be/dada-bhagwan-31_knowledge_we-can-never-have-knowledge-gnan-without_3016352.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)
![“Gnan [True Knowledge] means the Guru's experiential talks.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/398/dada-bhagwan-31_knowledge_gnan-true-knowledge-means-the-guru-s-exp_1270199.jpg)
![“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…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/78b/dada-bhagwan-31_akram-vignan_the-worldly-spiritual-science-is-methodi_1477.jpg)
![“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…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2b3/dada-bhagwan-31_absolute_in-the-worldly-life-due-to-maadakta-into_3662.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)
