Dada Bhagwan Quotes

What is the greatest weakness? ‘Egoism’. No matter how virtuous one may be, as long as the egoism is present; it is all useless. A virtuous person is only of use if he is humble.

~ Dada Bhagwan

There is no problem if there is ‘egoism’. But, it should be ‘normal’. ‘Normal’ egoism means that it does not hurt anyone.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Why does one ruminate about the past? He is treating his wounded egoism.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Egoism and Money [Goddess of wealth; Lakshmi] are very much at odds [have great enmity]. There should be just enough egoism to accomplish one’s work. Beyond that, any expanded egoism and money have great enmity. Money (Lakshmi) stays away from it.

~ Dada Bhagwan

One simply goes around doing egoism and then ultimately he ends up on the wood of the funeral pyre; such is the pitiful state. And if one is a very good person, he will be cremated with sandalwood. But it is all wood in the end. The true victor is the one who never dies.

~ Dada Bhagwan

There is no value to anything in this world, at the same time there is no need to ‘devalue’ anything.

~ Dada Bhagwan

What has more value in this world? That which is in shortage.

~ Dada Bhagwan

The rupee becomes cheap [of less value] and is that why man becomes expensive [valuable] and when the rupee becomes expensive, man becomes cheap. At present, man has become cheap; he will become expensive again.

~ Dada Bhagwan

How beautiful are these bangles! But if you put them on a man, he will not like it because he has assessed his own worth. One cannot be the ‘thermometer (gauge)’ as well as the ‘fever’, both cannot be one.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Do not keep control over household affairs. The one who keeps control has to wander around. The unusable money [torn notes, ruined coins] are offered as homage in prayer rituals! ‘Live’ as a ‘friend’ with the ‘wife’. You are her ‘friend’ and she is your ‘friend’.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Whether you practice craftiness in your business, you will have profit and if you do not practice craftiness, then also you will have [same] profit. Craftiness creates a liability for the next life. So God had said not to do craftiness. There is no benefit in it and there is infinite suffering.

~ Dada Bhagwan

When the vision becomes right [correct], one sees only his own faults and when the vision is wrong [incorrect], he sees others at fault.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Everything is happening according to the ‘drawing’ [past causes], You just have to ‘see’ them. Desires are ‘drawings’ too.

~ Dada Bhagwan

One has thieving intention himself, otherwise no one can ever steal from him; no one can ever rob him. One’s own intention does the stealing; the thief is simply instrumental (nimit) in that. Really, the account is one’s own.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Anything you strive to correct, it will increasingly become wrong. So just let go of that which does not turn out right.

~ Dada Bhagwan

We’ (the Gnani Purush, the enlightened one) do not have the time to prove that ‘ours’ is correct; nor do ‘we’ have the time to make you correct as well.

~ Dada Bhagwan

No matter what the other person says, then take the bottom line out of it, everything in this world is ‘vyavasthit’ [result of scientific circumstantial evidences]. So don’t tell anyone, ‘you did wrong’. Not only should you not say this, you should not even think it.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Gnani’ [the enlightened one] is He who gives proof of whatever He says. He would not say, ‘All that I have said is correct; you will have to accept it’.

~ Dada Bhagwan

The world’s existence is with common intent. No one has ownership of it. One may do whatever suits him. You cannot criticize him; you cannot say, ‘This is wrong’. You cannot even think it. Everything is under nature’s management.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Mantras are to be recited together. Mantras are an instrument to please the celestial deities.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Saints guide people on the path of religion [dharma] and the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] grants ‘liberation’ (moksha).

~ Dada Bhagwan

The greatest religion [dharma] is that we keep everyone pleased.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Moral conduct in the worldly life [vyavahaar charitra] is to behave in a way that hurts no woman and to not look at a woman lustfully.

~ Dada Bhagwan

What is addiction? Only those that have been kept secret, are addictions. Those that are openly visible cannot be called addiction.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Nothing in this world is ‘by chance’. There are “covered causes” (hidden) within. ‘By chance’ is also the result of an effort.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Even brahmins [people belonging to the caste who follow ritual practices] will not delve in the past and yet these intellectuals keep remembering, ‘This person cheated me. This man called me stupid!’ The flow of speech is like the flow of water. How can we ask it, ‘How did you come here tumbling down?

~ Dada Bhagwan

Who is considered a person [vyakti]? The one who has manifested (expressed) a little in the embodied self [vyakt] can be known as a person [vyakti]. If he is manifested (expressed) completely, he is known as a special person.

~ Dada Bhagwan

The saints have to ‘drink poison’ (worldly suffering) and the world has to ‘drink nectar’ (worldly pleasures). Because people are weak.

~ Dada Bhagwan

In a place of purity, if one does not follow the conduct of that place, there will be tremendous (karma) bondage. He will bind a life in hell!

~ Dada Bhagwan

Every person has to prepare himself to the point where no place would be burdensome for him. The place may get bored with him, but he will not get bored; he has to get prepared to that extent. Because otherwise these are infinite places; there is no end to the places. Infinite places are there.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Know the other person’s viewpoint first and then talk. To Talk after comparing it or mixing it with our viewpoint is an offence.

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All your future needs are ready for you, because within [us] resides the Supreme Lord. Provided there is no interference from [our] mind-speech-body!

~ Dada Bhagwan

Of what use are the instruments [religious practices] if they do not help one attain their goal?

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To change from inauspicious [bad] to auspicious [good] can be done, through egoism. But egoism is not required to come to pure-state from auspicious-state. From there, one will not be able to know where to find the staircase to climb up the steps! That’s why, all this has stopped from going further.

~ Dada Bhagwan

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.

~ Dada Bhagwan

In this life, you only need to do this much: You must know that the other person is instrument (nimit, in bringing you the results of your own karmas) so you must remain silent. Do not let the mind spoil in the slightest. If it does, then ask for forgiveness: ‘Dear Instrument! You are simply an instrument. I ask for forgiveness for spoiling my mind.’ You have to do only this much! That is the effort [purusharth]!

~ Dada Bhagwan

Everyone is born with the nimit (karmic evidentiary instruments). I too, am born with nimit. With this body, so and so number of tasks [work] will be done by him, such is the nimit!

~ Dada Bhagwan

One man told me, ‘My tooth is hurting’. Why would ‘your’ tooth hurt you? This is considered a contradicting statement. What is yours, it will never give you pain and what is not yours will always give you pain. If you expound on this, you will have the solution!

~ Dada Bhagwan

Patience is not something that you keep, patience is something that you learn. How is patience learnt? By sitting with those who have patience and by observing those who have patience.

~ Dada Bhagwan

If the outside [our outside circumstances] has become spoilt so be it, don’t let the inside [our inner intent] spoil. If you don’t have the money to pay off your debt, keep the intent pure within that you want to pay it off. Because you did not let the inner intent spoil, the time to pay off the debt will come.

~ Dada Bhagwan