2,964 Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

What is considered moksha of the Vitraags [the enlightened ones]? It is where despite having a physical body, pain does not touch him, hence even worldly happiness does not affect him. The natural happiness keeps arising from within.

The desire (ichchha) to indulge in happiness that is temporary is referred to as spruha.

Misery will not leave from where there is excessive bad or harmful associations with that which takes you away from the Self (kusang). Whereas happiness will not leave from where there is excessive association with Self-realized beings or spiritual discourses (satsang)!

The fruit of the intent of serving others (sevabhaav) is worldly happiness, and the fruit of the intent of disserving others (kusevabhaav) is worldly misery. Your own 'I' (real Self) cannot be found through the intent of serving others. However, for as long as you do not realize your real Self, you should maintain an obliging nature.

One has to 'do' for worldly happiness, for material happiness. However, one does not have to 'do' anything for liberation (moksha) or to attain God. Yet what do the people of the present times teach? 'Do', 'do', 'do'.

Outer pleasure and pain is under the control of ‘Scientific circumstantial evidences’ and to have the inner peace [inner pleasure] is the result of one’s Self-effort (purusharth).

Religion [dharma] is that where there is no irreligion (adharma, immorality). Religion cannot exist where there is irreligion. There can be only one or the other. Behind every intention, there is either [the force of] religion or [the force of] irreligion.

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

What is the nature of human beings? When someone does something wrong to them, they will go after him [to punish, to fight].