“Imaginary happiness has an “end” and real happiness is “permanent”.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Moksha (ultimate liberation) cannot be attained until purity arises. To attain purity one has to realize ‘Who am I?”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Nothing will be attained from actions of hundreds of thousands of lives. Moksha (liberation) is attained through ‘absolute humility’ (param vinaya). The ‘gates of understanding’ are opened with ‘absolute humility’. ‘Absolute humility’ arises only when the ego is dissolved.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“The entire path of the Vitraag Lords (the enlightened one) is one of humility (vinaya). The practice of humility (vinaya dharma) begins from Hindustan (India). There are endless practices of humility, starting from putting two hands together (in the gesture of Namaste) to prostrating. And ultimately when one attains absolute humility (param vinaya), he attains moksha (ultimate liberation).”
— Dada Bhagwan
“What is absolute humility (param vinaya)? It is on the one who has not disrespected anyone in the slightest! Absolute humility lies where there is no dispute, no difference of opinion or any law. Law is bondage.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Worry is the destroyer of understanding.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“The person who knows how to adjust to others, he will not have any suffering. ‘Adjust everywhere’.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“The suffering that is there in this world is such that it will fall off (go away), but people give support to it.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“If you want to travel on the path of moksha (ultimate liberation), ‘You’ (the Self) do not have to ‘do’ anything. And if you want to wander in the worldly life, ‘You’ have to ‘do’ everything.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“This’ path is not to be followed through force. It is to be followed through understanding.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“To misuse wealth is a great fault.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“When you walk around with a long face in the house, that is called conflict.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“One is not to win the world, he has to win the home (family).”
— Dada Bhagwan
“If we clash with anyone, then it is our own weakness only.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Absence of worldly misery – that is called eternal bliss.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“As much longing for worldly happiness (of 5 senses) there is, that much less is the spiritual development.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“While following religion, where ‘any thing’ is required, they are all called ‘relative’ paths.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Where slightest of conflict exists, there is neither God nor Religion.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Gnani Purush’ (The Enlightened one) is pure, so one becomes pure by just seeing him.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“When does complete awareness occur? When the ego departs.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Where there is religion (religious following), there are no worries and where there are worries, there is no religion there.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Worrying is the greatest egoism!”
— Dada Bhagwan
“As one becomes increasingly unsteady (restless), one increases entanglements.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Spontaneous and natural (sahajik) speech means there is not an iota of ego in it.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Maintaining equanimity in misery is called penance (tapa).”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Self Effort (Purushartha) is that which will bear fruits, without fail.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Worry is the greatest seed [cause] for the worldly life because worrying is the greatest egoism. If the egoism leaves, then worries will go away.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Gnani (The Enlightened one) means without Ego.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“When it becomes above normal, material happiness will feel like misery.”
— Dada Bhagwan
“Fewer the necessities, better your life will be.”
— Dada Bhagwan