2,964 Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

Atikraman’ [aggression through thoughts, speech or action] happens naturally. To do 'pratikraman' is our own spiritual effort (purusharth).

What does our science say, that we have no problems with you stealing, but do pratikraman for it, in this way [by way of Dadashri]. And this is the fruit (consequences) of whatever you are doing; which ‘we’ are disclosing to you.

People understand the gross laws, that is why they abide by them. Those who understand the subtle laws, do not collide in subtle places. Those who abide by the subtler laws, do not collide in the subtler places and those who abide by the subtlest laws, do not collide in the subtlest places.

One has to understand [Who am I? and Who is the doer?] and become one [with the Self]. Those who have tried to 'do' will never attain liberation. The one who 'does' becomes 'the doer' and the One who understands, becomes the form [as the Self]!

A place where the mind can attain stillness meaning doing darshan (seeing with the intent of worship) of a great person who has stillness of the mind, can still the mind of other person, however the chit is not steady there.

To have seen something means it has come into one’s understanding. To have known something means it has come into one’s knowledge. There is a vast difference between ‘seeing’ and ‘knowing’.

It is considered as conduct when it comes into exact understanding.

Where there is use of the buddhi [intellect], there is no Moksha [Liberation], and where there is Moksha, there the intellect is not needed. Samaj [Understanding] is needed.

Who is the ‘mother’ of ‘Knowledge (Gnan)’? It is ‘Understanding’ (samaj). Where can ‘understanding’ be acquired from? It is acquired from Gnani Purush (The Enlightened one).