Dada Bhagwan Quotes

The one with karma is known as mortal (jiva) and the one without karma is known as Soul (Self, immortal).

~ Dada Bhagwan

Dharma (function or properties) of the mind, dharma of the intellect, dharma of the chit, dharma of the ego – when all these dharma and the dharma of the Self (Soul) come into their own dharma (functions); that is known as Gnan (Knowledge of Self). And if we (self) insist upon any one’s dharma; it becomes ignorance (agnan).

~ Dada Bhagwan

Chit impurity is due to the relative vision. When the vision becomes real (enlightened), purification of chit occurs.

~ Dada Bhagwan

When a man’s trust is violated, he will leave even his friend. Hey, you shouldn’t leave him! There is the energy of the absolute Self within and if the knowledge of the Self is attained, one may even attain the state of the absolute-Self!

~ Dada Bhagwan

If the Soul were perceivable through the senses, there would have been no need to look for God; He would have been visible the moment one is born. Where the senses don’t work, the mind doesn’t work, the intellect doesn’t work, where nothing works; God is seen. That is why it is said, ‘I am indeed in your heart. Deceit (kapat) creates the veil and that is why He cannot be seen.

~ Dada Bhagwan

There is Soul within you and if you have the faith in It, everything in this world will be available to you.

~ Dada Bhagwan

After coming into the human life form, if one stays as the Self [Soul] and does not interfere in the discharging karmas, he will indeed go to moksha. And if he interferes, he will incarnate in a different life form.

~ Dada Bhagwan

By one fact, the Self [Soul] is the creator [of new karma]. From another fact, the Self [Soul] is not the creator.

~ Dada Bhagwan

The mind-speech and body remain ‘effective’, the outer environment is also ‘effective’ and when the Self (Soul) remains ‘un-effective’; that is the ultimate stage!

~ Dada Bhagwan

The by-product that is created while following the religion of the Self [Soul] is the worldly life. It is gained free of cost.

~ Dada Bhagwan

These are all ‘ghosts’. If you are afraid, the ghosts will possess you. If there is inner fear of ‘what if they hang me?’; then one should say, ‘yes, that is correct’. The Soul can never be hung; nothing [worldly] can touch the Soul. All the doings are that of the pudgal (matter; non-Self). The noose for hanging is pudgal and the one doing hanging (the hangman), is also pudgal. The Soul has never been hung. This [fact] does not fit one’s vision and that is why he has fear. But once his vision becomes like the Gnani’s [the enlightened one], then it’s over! For that, one has to stay in touch with the Gnani [the enlightened one].

~ Dada Bhagwan

One achieves the Self-state (swa-artha) while searching for the highest truth (param-artha). The search for the highest truth is solely for the purpose of attaining the Self, and once the Self is attained there is no need to search for the highest truth.

~ Dada Bhagwan

A true swarthi (interested in the Self) will become the absolute Self! This is considered paraartha (for the non-Self). A swarthi will attain the ‘Self’.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Where the Self [Soul] is forgotten, that place is not ours.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Knowledge that brings closure [settlement] to the mind in every way is Absolute Knowledge and it indeed is the all encompassing Knowledge that always gives complete closure [settlement, solutions].

~ Dada Bhagwan

One is said to be enlightened with the Right Knowledge when his conduct is appropriate in any situation.

~ Dada Bhagwan

One who does wrong is considered illusioned (mithyatvi - ignorance of the Self). One who does right is considered enlightened (samkit).

~ Dada Bhagwan

When the tendencies (vruti) that were wandering around since time immemorial come within & enter into the Self’s (Soul’s) abode, it is known as freedom from all wanderings (nivruti).

~ Dada Bhagwan

In order to make the egoism non-existent [zero], the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] establishes the awareness of the Pure Soul within.

~ Dada Bhagwan

The mind is the foundation for the next life. The foundation of the body will diminish [in this life itself].

~ Dada Bhagwan

The person whose attention is in the ‘pure Soul’ is known as a renowned person. No one in the past had been celebrated as a famous person, they were called renowned persons. To be famous is the result of an ‘above normal’ state.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Life is there to attain Liberation while going through the experience of it. It should not be ‘above normal’ or ‘below normal,’ it should be ‘normal’.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Worshipping ‘Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one] is equal to worshiping the Pure Soul and it is indeed same as the worship of absolute supreme Self (Parmatma). And it is the main cause for moksha [final liberation].

~ Dada Bhagwan

Chit’s tendencies can become pure [transparent] in front of God, but people don’t have this knowhow. The easiest solution to purify chit’s tendencies is to associate with a person who has the least amount of desires and the ultimate solution to make them pure is the inner visual contemplation (niddidhyasan) of the Vitarag (the enlightened ones who are free of all attachments).

~ Dada Bhagwan

What is the nature of the Self (Soul)? To ‘see’ the dharma (function) of everything, to see ‘who is performing what function, and how that function is being performed.’ To ‘see’ it, is called the function of the Self (Soul).

~ Dada Bhagwan

Why is there so much problem just to know one’s own Soul? The Soul resides in one’s own abode (body), but one doesn’t know it and then he says, ‘I know this and I know that so’. Instead why don’t you get to know your own ‘Self’?

~ Dada Bhagwan

One enjoyed the mental pleasures through ignorance (of the Self), and that is cause of the worldly life. Only the bliss of the ‘Knowledge’ [of the Soul, one’s True Self] is to be enjoyed.

~ Dada Bhagwan

As long as one is involved in worldly interactions, there is pleasure of the mind; and after knowing the Self (Soul), there is bliss of the Soul.

~ Dada Bhagwan

If one were to worship the Soul (self) for even a moment, he will attain moksha without fail. Such is the elegance of the body-complex (paudgalik ramanta) in this world!

~ Dada Bhagwan

Once the bliss of the Soul (Self) is attained, it never leaves you. Bliss of the Soul (Self) is eternal.

~ Dada Bhagwan

What does ‘experience of the soul’ mean? It is a state of constant eternal bliss.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Samkit’ (right belief) means knowing the Soul (self).

~ Dada Bhagwan

The greatest wonder of this world is the “Soul”. Once It is realized (attained), everything is attained!!!

~ Dada Bhagwan

Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one] has become ‘Soul’ (Atma, Self) while staying with the body.

~ Dada Bhagwan

To ‘us’, nothing except the Soul (Atma) is beautiful, and there is indeed no such thing as bad in this world. Bad is to deviate from one’s own ‘boundary’ (to not remain as the Self).

~ Dada Bhagwan

When unity of the mind, speech and body occurs, God has called that the ‘foremost’ religion. If they do not remain in unison, you should maintain the intent of ‘I want to keep them in unison’; then some day it will come into fruition if this resolve is there.

~ Dada Bhagwan

The Soul’s doership has arisen due to ignorance. Because of this, the inner working components of antaskaran [mind, intellect, chitta and ego] have arisen, and so has the relative-self [prakruti].

~ Dada Bhagwan

Once you understand the innate nature (relative self, prakruti) of the other person, you can remain in an attachment-free state with that person. It is Knowledge (Gnan) to understand the innate nature of a person, and once Knowledge arises, so will conduct.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Once a person starts seeing his own mistakes, he starts to become Parmatma, (absolute supreme Self)!

~ Dada Bhagwan

As long as one finds faults with the world, he won’t be able to find anything about the Soul (Self). He who sees his own faults is the Soul (Self) himself!

~ Dada Bhagwan