2,964 Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

In worldly life, the difficulties are due to ignorance of the Self (aGnan). 'We' have never seen anything as a difficulty anywhere.

The one who attains the 'Akram' path, will have his spiritual work done. (On this path), you have neither been made to give up potatoes nor onions. All you have to give up is, the ignorance of the Self (agnan)!

Ignorance of the Self (agnanta) is indeed fear.

The present (time) is a very subtle thing. On one side there is the past and on the other side there is the future, and in the middle of this, in the subtle part, lies the present. It cannot be grasped by one who is ignorant of the Self (agnani), only a a Self-realized being (Gnani) can grasp it.

To say both, 'I am doing' and 'I am Knowing' is known as gross ignorance of the Self. You ('Chandubhai') are actually the object to be known (gneya) yet you are considering others to be the object to be known! Become the Knower (Gnata) and then Know the object to be known ('Chandubhai').

If you go to 'do' anything, then bondage will happen there. Wherever you 'do', there is bondage and with understanding, there is freedom.

Where will you attain Gnan, without a Gnani? One has turned agnan (ignorance) into gnan (knowledge). Now make Gnan of the Gnan.

When agnan (ignorance) goes away, root cause of worldy life. How does one know that ignorance of the Self (agnan) is gone? It is when one realizes the Self.

Why can jiva (living being) not attain the self? It is because agnan is dear to it.