2,964 Quotes by Dada Bhagwan

What can be referred to as true internal penance? It is when the heart is actually burning within and One peacefully remains as the Knower-Seer of that.

To remain strong in the effect as the Self (Swaparinaam) such that, ‘This is an effect of the non-Self (parparinaam) and it is not My effect;’ that is known as penance (tapa).

By spending time with a Gnani Purush (One who has realized the Self and is able to do the same for others), the wrong intellect becomes right, and thereafter the right understanding arises.

Who created merit and demerit karma (paap and punya)? The society? No. they are a natural phenomenon.

The world is a ‘relative truth’ and the Soul is the ‘real truth.’ The world is not false (mithya) at all; it is a ‘relative truth’.

Chanchad (restless, unsteadiness, unstill) cannot become acchad (still, steady) and acchad cannot become chanchad. One (The True Self) has to remain in the nature of the Self (Pure Soul).

Agnan (ignorance of the Self) too is a kind of a light. But it shows relative or worldly happiness, and Gnan (knowledge of the Self) shows real happiness.

If there are vishayas (objects of sense pleasure) in the mind, they are all vishayas of the pudgal (Complex of intake and output; body complex). But when the inner intent does not spoil, it is called penance (tapa).

Wherever there is attraction, there is delusionary attachment (moha). Maintain pure awakened awareness of the Soul (shuddha upyoga) where there is attraction. Then that place will not bother you.