2,964 Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

It is the greatest egoism to say that "I do not accept"!

To say, “Mine is right” is one form of egoism. It too will have to be removed, will it not?

Scriptures are instruments, and to know how to use these instruments is itself a science. One has wandered for infinite lives because of not knowing this science!

Circumstances can be changed through agnan (ignorance of the Self) and they can be changed to gnan (knowledge of the Self). With agnan, circumstances will bring entanglement, and with gnan, the circumstances will bring solutions. Gnan can itself change circumstances. Is god likely ‘to come down’ and do so?

It is said to be an understanding when one accepts other’s dialogs of wisdom. How can there be dialogs of wisdom in this era?

What is the lowest form of life in this world? Is it theft, cunningness, or falsehood? There is no state that is lower than the yearning to be worshipped by people. The desire to be worshipped while being unworthy of worship is very wrong indeed.

Intellect (buddhi) is indirect light (of the Self, Soul), and Gnan (Knowledge, that which knows the real & relative) is the direct light (of the Self, Soul). The light of the Self that comes through the medium of ego is buddhi (intellect).

Buddhi (intellect) makes one emotional. What would happen if this train were to become emotional? It will cause accident and kill many people. Similarly, when humans become emotional, countless jivas (organisms) die within. So remain in ‘motion’.

Raag (attachment) is a seed for dwesh (abhorrence), and dwesh (abhorrence) is a seed for raag (attachment).