2,964 Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

The one who is worthy of worship by people has no desires. The one who is unworthy of worship has desires.

Comfortable (favorable) circumstance ‘polishes’ one and uncomfortable (unfavorable) circumstances ‘moulds’ one. What problem do we have with either of the two?

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

To have a desire means to have dependency.

Desires occur because pratyakhyan [resolutions to not repeat the mistake] were not done. It comes in the memory because pratikraman [repentances] were not done.

Where there is even the subtlest desire, the ‘Eternal Thing’ cannot be attained.

Without ‘Gnan’ (True Knowledge of the Self), desire(s) will not go away.

Obstacles (antray) are indeed due to desires. As desires keep on decreasing, so do the obstructions (antray) keep on getting destroyed. Then, everything is acquired (at that stage).

Why is it that ‘we’ (the Gnani Purush, the enlightened one) do not have any obstruction (antray)? It is because ‘we’ are in a desire-free state (Nirichchhak dasha).