Dada Bhagwan Quotes

#1. When someone is using negative speech, do not ruin your own speech.

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#2. When you experience permanent bliss of the Self (samadhi), then it will be considered that your entire work is completed.

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#3. Good karmas are an illusion and bad karmas are also an illusion. Despite this, I am not telling you to stop doing good karma. Going from bad to good is a good thing. However, in spite of doing good; the illusion doesn't go away. True religion begins after the illusion has gone away.

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#4. One who lives with one's own (Soul's) support is the Absolute Supreme Soul (Parmatma). One who lives with the body complex (relative self's) support is the embodied (mortal) self (Jeevatma).

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#5. One who turns his face towards Bhagwan [God], turns towards him; he will receive the bliss and the light. God does not do anything else.

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#6. People's mind becomes their boss and torments them. So what would become of the one who believes he can be the boss [control] of the mind of others?

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

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#8. God has called 'chit prasannta' (blissful state of chit) as happiness. Even when someone swears at you, picks your pocket; the 'chit prasannta' doesn't go away! Even at two o'clock in the morning, the 'chit prasannta' does not go away.

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#9. God is the Knower and not the sufferer of pain.

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#10. There is nothing to fear in this world. Whatever happens, it happens to the body-complex [relative-self], right?

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#11. Flowing egoism is not objectionable but if it is caught-up even a little-bit; it is known as obstinacy. Flowing egoism is dramatic egoism. It is not problematic.

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#12. Unfolding of karmic effect is self-resulting (swaparinami). Therefore, whatever the unfolding karmic effect does is correct. Do not be obstinate there. The unfolding of karmic effect indeed means that it has come before you to give the result. Why not stop interfering in it?

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#13. If you are only 'moral' or only 'sincere', even then you will go to moksha!

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#14. What is the goal of a human being? An Indian person can truly achieve a state of the Absolute Supreme Self [Parmatma, the Lord]. To achieve one's own Absolute Supreme Self state is the ultimate goal!

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#15. If 'pratikraman' happens immediately [as the mistake happen], then it will bring one in the state of God (Bhagwan-pad).

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#16. As many numbers of people as are there, there are that many varieties of egoisms.

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#17. It is the body-complex that eats and one just does the egoism of 'I ate.' He is not aware that there is another entity. One simply takes on the suffering of another.

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#18. Violent intent (Hinsak bhaav) is indeed worldly life (sansar). When there is no Violent intent (hinsak bhaav) within us while the worldly life is going on, then we become free from all responsibilities.

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#19. One will have to know the Self. Unless Self is known, God [Allah] cannot be attained. The power of Self should be attained. The power of Self is an abode of infinite bliss. There is no unhappiness there at all. This happiness is there even if someone insults you!

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#20. We can say that one has remained [correctly] in worldly interaction if one has 'adjusted everywhere'.

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#21. The mind is not the one that harasses you, it is the attachment-abhorrence that harasses you. It is because of the attachment-abhorrence that one has memory.

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#22. To lose awareness of what is helpful or harmful in the worldly life is moh (Illusory vision & attachment).

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#23. Religion tells you to be sincere to yourself and be sincere to everyone else otherwise you cannot assimilate [attain] religion.

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#24. The one who has become free from all mistakes, he has no superior over him; he needs no one to reprimand him. He can become whatever he desires. Our path (Akram Vignan) is a path in which a person can become such that there will be no one to reprimand him.

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#25. Someone may have a broken heart or someone may have a broken ego. Such people will have to suffer tremendously because of that.

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#26. 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].

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#27. Puzzles' are bound to arise for everyone, but how does the puzzle get solved, that much science if people get to know, it is more than enough.

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#28. Once the entrancement (Infatuation; Deluded state), in material objects, is gone; the loss in spirituality stops!

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#29. As long as parmanus (subatomic particles) match, there is oneness, and then it turns into revenge (vengeance). Wherever there is infatuation, there will indeed be revenge there.

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#30. As long as the vision is flawed, egoism is evident. Therefore, one has to get rid of the flaws.

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#31. In this world, it is not possible to forget about obligation of these three people: father, mother and guru; the one who has made us walk on the correct path.

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#32. Circumstances will change but (True) Knowledge [Gnan] will not change.

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#33. When one decides that I want to get rid of the mistakes which are in me, he can become the Absolute Supreme Soul (Parmatma).

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#34. 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.

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#35. The worldly life has arisen through the ego. One is indeed free if the ego dissolves. What is the foundation on which the ego stands? It is the ignorance of the Self.

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#36. 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).

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#37. When it becomes above normal, material happiness will feel like misery.

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#38. The Lord says that abhorrence is beneficial. Love-attachment [Prem-raag] will never leave. The entire world is trapped in the suffering due to love-attachment (prem-parishaha). Just say your greetings from afar and become free.

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#39. Do business with honesty irrespective of what happens, whatever happens thereafter is correct. But do not start any accounts (karma).

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#40. As one becomes increasingly unsteady (restless), one increases entanglements.

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#41. One becomes Parmatma (absolute supreme self) if he comes into the True Self even for a fraction of time.

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#42. The intellect perpetuates the worldly life.

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#43. Despise (viradhana) of a Gnani [the enlightened one] creates hindrance in (acquiring right) Knowledge-Vision-Conduct (Gnan-Darshan-Charitra).

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#44. The worldly life has persisted due to imitation of worldly movements and by opposing them, one becomes free.

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#45. Self-serving-pride (swamaan) means to take precaution against being insulted.

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#46. If someone finds a flaw [shortcoming] in us, know that there is imperfection [defect] in us. However, it is a different matter if that person has a habit of talking negatively, but generally that is not the case.

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#47. When does one become free from all tubers (of the mind)? When one becomes free of kashayas (anger-pride-deceit-greed). Kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) are tubers themselves.

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#48. Merit karma is a credit amount and demerit karma is a debit amount [owe the amount to repay]. One is free to spend his accumulated amount wherever he wants.

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

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#50. That which reduces our flawed vision is called religion [dharma]. It is non-religion [adharma] that increases a flawed vision. The worldly life is indeed the result of a flawed vision.

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

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#52. The moment one is born, the 'saw starts cutting'. People consider it as death only when the wood breaks in two pieces [during funeral]. But it was being cut from the very beginning.

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#53. I' have not had to borrow or beg for years. This world is indeed all yours. If you know how to 'see', if you know how to view the world, if you know how to understand the world, then the world is truly all yours. You are truly the Owner.

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#54. If you are in 'motion' than you are in a normal [moving] state, and if you are 'emotional' than you are in an agitated state.

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#55. If there was no such thing as a mirror in this world, then seeing our face 'exactly' would be considered a huge wonder.

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#56. Keeping 'pure focused applied awareness of the Self (Soul)' (shuddha upayog) is the same as being in the Absolute Supreme Self-form (Parmatma swaroop).

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#57. What is the science of Vitraag (the enlightened ones free of attachment)? [It is that where] If one understands a single word of the Vitarag, there will be no pain. But one has not understood a single word of 'Vir', the Vitaraag Lord Mahavir [The 24th Tirthankar]

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#58. Keep on doing whatever it is that you have been doing; but, do no attachment-abhorrence. If 'You' stay in 'Your [Pure Soul] state'; attachment-abhorrence will not occur.

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#59. 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.

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#60. If 'one' really were the sufferer or the enjoyer, then he would get tired. But the Self in reality is not experiencing anything. He simply does egoism only.

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#61. One will bother you only if you have a karmic account with him. No one can bother you without your signature (karmic cause). All this is due solely to your signature.

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#62. If you have a complaint about someone, then you become the accuser and the other becomes the accused. Never complain about anyone. He who brings a complaint is at fault, you should understand that first, then comes next, the talk about the accused.

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#63. All the activities that are happening in this world are indeed done through the intellect; there is no need for Knowledge there. Knowledge is indeed in Knowledge (Knowing). And whatever actions are done through the intellect, the Knowledge 'Knows' it too.

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#64. As long as you are the owner ('I am Chandubhai and all this is mine'), the worldly life remains. When does the ownership go away? When the wrong belief goes away.

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#65. As long as the egoism is alive, 'my-ness' remains within the self.

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#66. Problem does not lie in being a husband; the problem is with acting as a husband (being bossy).

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#67. I am unable to tolerate'; to say this is the lack of ability to tolerate and 'I am able to tolerate' is itself the ability to tolerate.

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#68. He whose speech, behavior and humility captivates people's minds, becomes worthy of worship by people.

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#69. The worldly life is constantly ablaze. To keep expectation, that it will extinguish, is wrong. So then we too should say to it, 'you can keep on burning!

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#70. Growing nails breaks all conducts (aachar). When one conduct breaks, it breaks all other conducts.

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#71. How much is your sincerity, that much will be 'Our' divine grace (krupa). This is the measure of grace.

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#72. 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.

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#73. The reaction of whatever you do will continue punishing you (hold you accountable). I do not have to come to punish you," says God.

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#74. The bigger the 'flat' [apartment], the harder one has to work. If the 'flat' is worth six hundred thousand, then he has to work six times as hard. If it is three hundred thousand, he has to work three times over. One simply has to keep on working hard, doesn't he?

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#75. Nothing can touch the one who is oodasin (one unperturbed by worldly life). After attaining Knowledge of the Self, if one applies awareness of the Self, one can remain unperturbed (oodasin).

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#76. It is a tremendous strength to be able to digest an insult.

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#77. It is very wrong to make fun of anyone because you make fun of the Lord residing within. It doesn't matter if it is a donkey, but after all, (finally) who is he? He is God.

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#78. Vitarags [the enlightened one] do not have a desire for giving or receiving charity. They are in the state of 'shuddh upyog' [pure awareness of pure soul].

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#79. A 'sensitive' person will not have common sense.

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#80. Grace of the Gnani' [the enlightened one] will take you to moksha [ultimate liberation] and 'Grace of God' will give you worldly happiness. God will not take you to moksha, because God cannot be realized without a 'Gnani' [the enlightened one], can he? He remains hidden.

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#81. What is 'common sense'? (It is that which is) Everywhere applicable, theoretically as well as practically!

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#82. Worldly knowledge (laukik gnan) is called illusion (bhranti).

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#83. The one who never rebukes his underhand will have no boss in this world!

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#84. What do the vitarags [the enlightened one] say? This world will keep on running, You do not interfere with anything in it. If you want to attain ultimate liberation (moksha) then you will have maintain a state of vitaragta (state free of attachment).

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#85. What fear do you have? You, yourself are the absolute Self! If absolute-Self becomes fearful, then the whole universe will have fear! 'We' are on the other side of the prakruti [relative self's world].

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#86. Where slightest of conflict exists, there is neither God nor Religion.

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#87. Do not instigate or treat any of your employees, working at your place, with contempt. Treat everyone with respect. You never know what benefit a person will bring.

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#88. God says only one thing if you want to have attachment towards worldly life; go ahead and get attached to it; or else, get attached to Me. If you get attached to Me, you will get permanent happiness and if you get attached to the worldly life, you will not find contentment!

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#89. Every human being makes mistakes, so why should you be afraid? Go to the One who can get rid of the mistakes and tell him, 'Sir, these are the kind of mistakes I make', so he will show you the solution.

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#90. The mind doesn't harass you; your attachment-abhorrence harasses you!

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#91. One who does not join in with the unfolding karmic effects (karma oodai) is a Gnani (Self-realized), and an agnani (non-Self-realized) cannot indeed refrain from joining in with the unfolding karmic effects.

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#92. Maintaining equanimity in misery is called penance (tapa).

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#93. To say that, "I will not agree (will not accept)" is great egoism!

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#94. He insulted me' -this knowledge binds one with terrible demerit karma.

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#95. If we protect the 'underhand' [those working under us], then the 'boss' will protect us. If we constantly reprimand the 'underhand', then the boss will constantly reprimand us.

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#96. I am Chandubhai' is good or bad focused applied awareness (shubha-ashubha upyoga). 'I am Pure Soul', is the focused pure applied awareness of the Self (shuddha upayog). With good-bad focused applied awareness (shubha-ashubha upayog) instillation in the worldly life occured.

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#97. Worrying is the greatest pride, which is why nature punishes one heavily. Nature punishes more the one who worries, than it does the one who curses God. The doer is some other entity and you are worrying? Are you mightier than even nature?

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#98. Until Self-realization is attained; it is not worth having a fixed-view at any place, it is not worth having habitual-devotion at any place and it is not worth stopping anywhere.

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#99. However much silence you behold, that amount of intellect will stop.

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#100. In a constructive policy, there is 'adjust everywhere' and in a destructive policy, there is a policy of disadjustment.

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