Dada Bhagwan Quotes - Page 5

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.
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Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one] has the [knowledge of the-Self] essence of all religions.
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One becomes bad himself when he sees or calls others bad. When others appear good to him, he will become good himself.
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If you praise the virtues of the person who is two degrees higher than you, if you worship him, if you serve him; this is known as aradhana (veneration; worship). If you say bad things about him, defame him; it is known as viradhana (despise). Viradhana (despise) results in your down fall and aradhana (worship) results in your rise upwards.
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To see others’ faults is a terrible mistake!
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What is the difference between aradhana (worship) and bhajana (to be one with)? Aradhana (worship) means the attention will go over and over again there, and bhajana (oneness) means continuous engrossment. One is to do aradhana (worship) and bhajana (oneness) for only one’s own Self; everything else will carry on naturally.
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All day long, no one is at fault for anything. Whatever faults we see; we see them because of our own defects.
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Despise (viradhana) of a Gnani [the enlightened one] creates hindrance in (acquiring right) Knowledge-Vision-Conduct (Gnan-Darshan-Charitra).
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One will bother you only if you have a karmic account with him. No one can bother you without your signature (karmic cause). All this is due solely to your signature.
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To worship means to go higher. If you join the one who has gone higher, you will go higher and if you speak ill of that person, you will fall down.
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In this world, it is not worth finding anyone’s faults. One becomes bound (by karma) by finding faults.
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The way in which the twists were entangled to knot up the mind-speech-body and the innate nature (relative self, prakruti), is the manner in which they will be untwisted.
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One gets recurrent thoughts about things he had insisted upon and about matters he formed opinions!
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Once an opinion is formed, there will be attachment-abhorrence. A person without opinion is also without attachment-abhorrence.
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To know worldly relations as being ‘relation’ (temporary) will resolve everything. However, if they are believed to be true (real) relations, there will be insistence. In relative relations, one is not to prove ‘I am correct’. One has to bring about a closure by saying, ‘you are correct’.
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There is no Gnan (True Knowledge) where there is ‘egoism’ and where there is Gnan, there is no ‘egoism’.
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Someone may have a broken heart or someone may have a broken ego. Such people will have to suffer tremendously because of that.
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When the whirlpool of thoughts is going on; that is known as the mind. At that time, the mind is functioning independently. That and the vrutis (tendencies of the chit) have no relationship. The tendencies arise later on, and then they go back and forth.
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How can the thoughts be stopped? Tell the thoughts, ‘You take care of your own issues; I am not on your side.’ That way you will sit on God’s side.
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The mind that does inner intentions (bhaav-mann) is the ‘charge’ mind. The mind that is getting exhausted (dravya-mann) is the ‘discharge’ mind. Bhaav-mann creates the worldly life. Dravya-mann brings an end to the worldly life. When egoism goes away, bhaav-mann vanishes.
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What does the world teach you? It teaches you (to do) egoism. Then, from that egoism, arise many many phases!
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The chit is semi-animate (half-alive) and the mind is completely physical.
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What is the value of the Gnani’s [the enlightened one’s] feet? It is a value that is immeasurable. The Gnani’s feet is one & the only solvent to dissolve egoism.
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As long as there is the egoism of ‘I-ness’ (hoonpanu) and the partiality towards ‘my-ness’ (marapanu), how can there be liberation till then?
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In reality, the outer instruments (hands, feet, eyes, etc) are not the hindrance (for liberation); it is the inner instrument (mind, intellect, chit and ego) that is obstructive.
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If you say a word against a ‘sensitive’ person, it will have an immediate effect. In reality, words are simply a ‘record’ playing.
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Getting rid of the wrong understanding and attaining the right understanding is indeed bliss.
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He who does propaganda for something will become famous about it, and if he remains incognito about it, he will become renowned. The value is for the renowned state and not for that of a famous state.
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This world is not at fault, the world is beautiful. If your understanding is wrong, what can the world do?
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If there is wrong [ill] on the inside, the outside will appear wrong. Therefore, you should inquire within ‘why am I bothered, when others are not? So there must be wrong within me only.
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As long as this belief, ‘I am the doer’ is not gone, one has not yet attained an iota of exact religion. He is still in the auspicious-inauspicious [shubh-ashubh] state.
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If one takes responsibility for the mistakes, he is the true person, isn’t it? Do not insist. Instead of insisting, instead of blaming others, take the responsibility of the mistakes on your head!
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Religion [dharma] originates where there is doer-ship [to do], Moksha [ultimate liberation] originates where there is understanding (to understand).
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That which frees one from bondage is the right religion.
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Why should I care?’ – The one who says this is the greatest offender of nature.
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The one who straightens out himself will attain moksha [will be liberated]. If you don’t straighten out, people will beat you into doing so. The doorway to moksha [ultimate liberation] is narrow, so how will you be able to enter if you are obstinate?
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There is no insistence where there is pure love. Insistence is infatuation (deep attachment).
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Energies are to be expressed precisely with the person you don’t get along with. The energies are already there in dealing with the person you do get along with. ‘Not being able to get along’ is a weakness.
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The person who tolerates ‘exactly’ (with understanding) hands over his ‘case’ to nature. There is no need to punish anyone. Nature itself will punish him.
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Tolerance is an attribute of egoism.
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The Right Knowledge reduces pain-and-suffering, and increases happiness. If we fall short of having acquired the Right Knowledge, the faults is ours’, isn’t it?
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One cannot see one’s own mistakes in matters where his interest lies.
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If one is destined to go wrong, he will not believe the truth but will believe something else altogether.
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If there is true ‘Selfishness,’ then there is ‘liberation of the Self’, and that indeed is one’s own form (the Self).
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Nothing is free in this world. That which comes before you is your very own.
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When monetary dealing in religion stops, the religion will manifest its splendor!
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What spreads the stench of bad conduct? It is the egoism and other ‘flaws’.
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All that is ‘free of cost’ is compulsory (farajeeyat).
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Illusion (maya) makes one take birth, illusion makes one get married and illusion also makes one die. But here the condition is that it is not the reign of illusion. It is your own reign. It cannot happen unless you wish for it. Illusion gives the result (effect) of what you had consented to in your past life.
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True happiness is devoid of any illusion.
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For the one who ‘enjoys’ (worldly) happiness, there will come a time for him to endure sorrow.
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There is no entanglement where there is truth, and where there is no truth, there is entanglement of playing with ‘toys’ (interaction with people).
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The one, whose worldly entanglements have gone, is called the ‘Absolute Person’ (Sampoorna Purush).
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The world is entrapped through uneasiness, not through diseases (illnesses). Diseases (illnesses) are caused by uneasiness. Do the trees get any diseases (illnesses)? Do the crows become paralyzed or have high blood pressure?
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Religion stops the loot of illusion; and through non-religion, the loot of illusion begins.
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God has said not to create any accounts (karmic). Create accounts (only) if you have the knowledge of the future. Hey! If you want to start an account, then why don’t you account for the possibility that you may die tomorrow?
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In reality, those who cheat are indeed the ones who get cheated. Those who are cheated will gain experience and develop (spiritually) in the process. Only money earned dishonestly will be taken away (by nature) from one; rightfully earned money will be put to good use!
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The one who knowingly gets cheated is entitled to liberation!
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There is no progress (spiritual) in this world like the one that comes from being cheated knowingly. This is a very high principle.
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No human being really has any misery. It is your own mistake if you complain of the misery.
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