Spiritual Quotes Quotes

At the time of death, one says, ‘Dear Lord, extend my life for two more hours, so that a Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] comes and I can do his darshan.’ He complains in this way. Do not complain now. Why are you pleading now? When you had the control, you didn’t do anything and now that you no longer have the control, you are making demands?

~ Dada Bhagwan

To believe the control is in your hands when it is in the hands of some other power, is indeed a wrong belief (bhranti, illusion). If one were to understand even this much, he will find a solution. When people begin to understand that the power is in the hands of something else, then the wrong belief [illusion] will go away to a little extent.

~ Dada Bhagwan

People lose their powers (siddhi) by nagging; therefore know ‘as it is’. Know all these relations as being worldly (laukik, of the non-Self), and do not believe them to be beyond-worldly relations (alaukik, of the Self). Discover that something whereby you experience peace amidst the puzzle. This discovery is indeed within you.

~ Dada Bhagwan

We’ (the Gnani Purush, the enlightened one) would never say to anyone, ‘listen to me!’ because that is indeed not under his control.

~ Dada Bhagwan

The one who does not have the control for even a minute, he does not have the control forever.

~ Dada Bhagwan

If one attains awareness of own’s own Self’s authority [power], even for a moment, he can become a Parmatma (Absolute Supreme Self).

~ Dada Bhagwan

To see things (vastu) ‘as it is’ in its purest form, is called samkit (enlightened view; right belief), and to see it any other way is called mithyatva (wrong belief).

~ Dada Bhagwan

The one who has enlightened view (right belief; samkiti), he indeed does not have any problems, anywhere. He remains only the Knower-Seer everywhere. As long as there is any problem or objection, it cannot indeed be called samkit (enlightened view, right belief).

~ Dada Bhagwan

Civility (sabhyata,) is the sign of one with the right belief (enlightened view, samkit) and etiquette is the sign of one with a wrong belief (deluded view, bhranti).

~ Dada Bhagwan

Where there is even a trace of etiquette, there is no religion of moksha [ultimate liberation] there, nor any other religion. Religion is to be found in naturalness (saahajeekta)

~ Dada Bhagwan

Civility must be a natural thing, all the rest is considered etiquette. The path of moksha [ultimate liberation] means there must be simplicity. There should be no ‘ghosts of etiquette’ there.

~ Dada Bhagwan

When the servants break the cups and saucers, a ‘puzzle’ arises within. Who really breaks the cups and saucers? Who runs this world? One does not know that and inbetween, the ‘guest’ (of this world) does worries.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Is there not some arrangement (neutral gear) in the car, where the wheels do not turn, but the car keeps running? Similarly, one should do something, whereby worldly life continues and (karmic) ‘causes’ stops.

~ Dada Bhagwan

The worldly life means a factory of pain and pleasure.

~ Dada Bhagwan

All who die, are all worldly beings (sansari – believing the worldly life to be real).

~ Dada Bhagwan

Worldly life (sansar) means to get tired and to rest.

~ Dada Bhagwan

As long as there is (worldly) selfish interest, there is no unity. Unity is attained with the ultimate intent of the Self [the intent of attaining self-realization, liberation].

~ Dada Bhagwan

He who has conquered his internal enemies, to such an Arihant, I bow down to them. Learn to recognize the inner enemies. Anger, pride, deceit and greed are the inner enemies.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Those who have become vitarag (free from all worldly attachments), will have no intent of ownership (maliki bhav).

~ Dada Bhagwan

One creates ownership and then does egoism towards it, that is why suffering arises. No one is a boss/owner of anyone. Whose things and whose goods? However many fishes one catches from the sea, they are his. After he catches them, he gives rise to its ownership, he creates a liability for it.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Wherever there is ownership, there is upadhi (externally induced problems).

~ Dada Bhagwan

Anything you assume ownership of, it will strike back at you. Ultimately, even at the time of death, whomever you've had excessive intent of ownership, it will all become painful.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Misery will not come to the one who does not deceive his own Self. Miseries arise because one deceives one’s own Self.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Rather than the one who gets angry, the world is more afraid of the one who does not get angry. Why? When anger ceases, grandeur of authority (pratap) arises. Such is the law of nature. Otherwise there would never be any protection for those who don't get angry. Anger provides protection during one’s conduct in ignorance of the self.

~ Dada Bhagwan

During anger, the parmanus (subatomic particles) are fiery and fierce and during greed, there are parmanus (subatomic particles) of attraction towards money.

~ Dada Bhagwan

If you become angry with someone today, it is a discharge kashaya (karma effect of anger-pride-deceit-greed). But in that [discharge karma] your intent is for it, which “charges” a [new] karmic seed.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Getting angry means setting fire to your own wealth.

~ Dada Bhagwan

You will not realize the absolute supreme Self (parmatma) unless the weakness departs. Anger, pride, deceit and greed are the weaknesses.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Understanding spirituality means that every day anger, pride, deceit and greed continue to decrease, will not increase.

~ Dada Bhagwan

One's liberation begins once he does the darshan of kashaya-free (absence of inner anger, pride, deceit and greed) Gnani purush [the enlightened one]. Who is considered kashaya-free? The one whose state is that where there was no kashaya, there is no kashaya, and there never will be any. The one who is never in the state of the non-Self. Doing darshan of such a One brings ultimate well being.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Doing Kashaya[anger, pride, deceit and greed] means to stumble. If artadhyan (adverse meditation) and raudradhyan (wrathful meditation) occurs, it is called stumbling.

~ Dada Bhagwan

What do worldly (non Self-realised) people do? They feel uneasy the moment a guest arrives. The husband tells his wife, 'you just show that you are upset, so then he will leave!' You get upset or even if you verbally abuse him, the guest will not leave. How can he when it was meant to happen [it is decided]? By getting upset, you are gathering stock (of karma) for the next life, you’ll need something to spend in your next life [won’t you]?

~ Dada Bhagwan

No one should feel hurt by you, you should make everyone happy and leave.

~ Dada Bhagwan

We have to help the one who has fallen, we should not question ‘why did you fall?

~ Dada Bhagwan

When does one qualify (for moksha)? It is when he never has any conflict in the worldly life.

~ Dada Bhagwan

This [worldly life] is a huge entanglement; every sub-atomic particle of it is an entanglement and it is impossible to break free from it. Which is why the Lord has said, ‘If you encounter a Gnani Purush [the enlightened one], remain with Him’.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Only those with whom you have bound karmic accounts, in the past life, will be able to live with you together.

~ Dada Bhagwan

If in the laukik (worldly life), one attains the vision of alaukik (beyond the world), his work is accomplished.

~ Dada Bhagwan

Everyone in this world perform their ‘duty’. But when one performs the ‘duty’ and he also intimidates [scolds] someone in the process, he will reincarnate in the animal life form. If he carries out his duties with understanding, he will return to the human life form. And if he performs them with humbleness, he will reincarnate into the celestial world.

~ Dada Bhagwan

From the moment you realize, ‘I am the most worthless person in this world’; you become valuable.

~ Dada Bhagwan