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“Where indeed is the happiness in this worldly life? These are illusory beliefs. That is why ‘we’ openly say that, “The happiness that you seek cannot be found in ‘this’ (worldly life). Happiness is in the Self (Atma).” ‘We’ have tasted that happiness, ‘we’ have experienced it. That is why ‘we’ tell everyone, “Come on ‘this side’ (of the Self), there is no happiness on the ‘other side’ (in worldly life)!”

Soul Self Happiness Pleasure Self And Non Self

Book:Whatever Has Happened is Justice

Source: Whatever Has Happened is Justice

“This is indeed the nature of worldly life, isn’t it? We anticipate happiness in old age. But in old age we develop severe back pain, which will not let us sit peacefully. That is why people are searching for moksha [ultimate liberation]; once we reach our own place, there will be no problems, right?”

World Soul Self Happiness Pleasure Liberation Moksha Worldly Life Self And Non Self

Book:The Guru and The Disciple

Source: The Guru and The Disciple

“As long as one is involved in worldly interactions, there is pleasure of the mind; and after knowing the Self (Soul), there is bliss of the Soul.”

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Author:Dada Bhagwan

“Where there is even the subtlest desire, the ‘Eternal Thing’ (Soul) cannot be attained.”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“What I am saying is, ‘Know the science’. Know what is Soul (The True Self) and Non-Soul (Everything other than the Soul). Upon knowing this, all desires will vanish.”

Soul Self Spiritual Science Desire Spiritual Quotes Atma

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“When is one considered to be in the awareness of ‘one’s own Self’? It is when all the desires become mild (when desires lessens).”

Soul Self Spiritual Desire Awareness Spiritual Quotes Desires Atma

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“Desires are done by the ‘Pudgal’ (non-self mind-body-complex), so how can they be suppressed? If You (the Self) are the one doing the desiring, then why don’t you stop it? But that doesn’t happen therefore, desire is a matter pertaining to the Pudgal (non-self mind-body-complex).”

Soul Self Spiritual Desire Spiritual Quotes Atma

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“Without ‘Gnan’ (True Knowledge of the Self), desire(s) will not go away.”

Soul Spiritual Desire Knowledge Spiritual Quotes Gnan Atma Knowledge Of The Self

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“Man is indeed the Absolute Supreme Soul (Parmatma); it is possible for infinite divinity to arise within. The moment he has a desire, he becomes a human! Otherwise, he can acquire whatever he wants, but he is unable to do so because of impediments (antray).”

Soul Self Spiritual Desire Divine Spiritual Quotes Divinity Impediments Atma Parmatma Antray

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“Talks about the Self (Atma) and absolute Self (Parmatma) have no strain of worldly interactions in them. The Lord (Mahavira) has referred to that as silence.”

Soul Self God Silence Self And Non Self

Book:Fault is of the Sufferer

Source: Fault is of the Sufferer

“In shukladhyan (Pure contemplation as the Self, the Soul), whole world begins to look faultless (nirdosh). In dharmadhyan, despite seeing the other person at fault; one will uphold him as being faultless that is ‘dhramadhyan’, ‘what is the other person’s fault? He is simply instrumental (nimit) in it. It is due to the effect of my own karmas that I have encountered him.”

Soul Self Spiritual Spiritual Quotes Karma Atma Faultless Shukladhyan Dharmadhyan Nirdosh

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“The body is doing the action, body’s spare-parts are doing the action and the egoism simply does the egoism of, ‘I did’! Subtle-pride of egoism is created from this doer-ship and one is living due entirely on this basis. He simply tastes the subtle-pride of doer-ship; ‘I did’, ‘I suffered this pain’, ‘I enjoyed that happiness’. The person who gets rid of this subtle-pride will get freedom. Why does one taste this sweetness of subtle-pride of doership from infinite lives? He does this because he has never before tasted the sweetness of the Soul.”

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Author:Dada Bhagwan

“If you insist on the temporary truth (satya), you become temporary. Therefore insist on Sat (eternal truth). Sat (Eternal truth) is the pure soul; it is immortal.”

Soul Spiritual Positive Thinking Spiritual Quotes Cause And Effect

Book:The Science Of Karma

Source: The Science Of Karma

“Wherever one says, ‘I am, I am’, that is all mithyatva (delusion, wrong vision & wrong knowledge). There is no problem in saying, ‘it is mine’. Where there is the belief of ‘I am Chandubhai’, there everything is ‘mine’. And where there is ‘I am Pure Soul’, then nothing remains.”

Soul Spiritual Positive Thinking Spiritual Quotes Inner Vision

Book:Who am I?

Source: Who am I?

“If you made difference of opinion, there where would Soul reside? Where there is difference of opinion, there is no Soul, and where there is Soul, there is no difference of opinion. Soul can never manifest where there is difference of opinion. Where there is egoism, there is opinion.”

Soul Spiritual Positive Thinking Spiritual Quotes Egoism Inner Vision View Point

Book:Life Without Conflict

Source: Life Without Conflict

“You are free to enjoy what is yours, but happily enjoying what is not yours will bind a strong karmic knot, and ruin many more future births. But that knot will loosen up through pratikraman (apology) and one will have the opportunity to become free.”

Soul Spiritual Spirituality Relationship Spiritual Quotes Karma Cause And Effect

Book:Brahmacharya: Celibacy

Source: Brahmacharya: Celibacy

“That which never becomes ruined is considered as true relationship. True relationship is only with the Soul. Other than that, all other relationships are selfish relationships.”

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Book:Who am I?

Source: Who am I?

“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.”

Soul Self Spiritual Relationship Spiritual Quotes Celibacy

Book:Brahmacharya: Celibacy

Source: Brahmacharya: Celibacy

“There are two kinds of Soul: One is what people believed to be in the worldly interaction (Worldly Soul). It is the Installation Soul; the one in which installation of ‘I am this only, I am this only’ was done. It is called Unstill (Ever Changing). The Second is the “Real Soul, which is Pure Soul, and that verily is the Absolute Supreme Soul, It is still (never changing). That is why the world calls it Still/Unstill (Movable/immovable).”

Soul Self Spiritual Spirituality Relationship Spiritual Quotes

Book:Who am I?

Source: Who am I?

“The phrase ‘adjust everywhere’ will take your worldly life to the top. One has not gone to moksha (Ultimate Liberation) without going to the top in the worldly interactions. Worldly interactions will not let go of you, what would you do if it keeps entangling you? Hence settle the worldly interactions as soon as possible.”

Soul Spiritual Spirituality Relationship Spiritual Quotes Liberation Adjustment Moksha

Book:Adjust Everywhere

Source: Adjust Everywhere

“That which comes forth, is present and cautions at all times is called ‘Gnan’ (Eternal knowledge). That indeed is the Soul [Our True Self]. The Soul is not separate from the Knowledge.”

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Author:Dada Bhagwan

“Happiness lies with us only. Desire for experiencing interactive pleasure is because of the association with the ignorance (of the Self). The one who does not have such association, he will ‘realize’ true happiness.”

Soul Self Happiness Desire Ignorance Eternal Bliss True

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“He who has resolved once that 'I will certainly get rid of the mistakes that are left in me', can become Parmatma (Absolute Supreme Soul).”

Soul Spiritual Suffering Self Help Spiritual Quotes Enlightenment

Book:Fault is of the Sufferer

Source: Fault is of the Sufferer

“The main fault is our own, which proves that no one else is guilty. What is the mystery behind this? If Soul does a fault, then it becomes a problem. Soul does not commit any fault. Soul functions as seeing & knowing (observer) which gives rise to body complex (the Complex of intake and output). From that, all these problems arise. And that too does not cause suffering. The belief that, ‘I am this’ causes suffering. No one else is guilty.”

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Book:Fault is of the Sufferer

Source: Fault is of the Sufferer

“Soul is endowed with resultant bliss! One himself is Soul, no one else can take its happiness away from him. One is free of all pain and suffering by nature. He has tremendous (powerful) grandeur (splendor)! How can any misery affect him?”

Soul Spiritual Suffering Spiritual Quotes Misery

Book:Life Without Conflict

Source: Life Without Conflict

“The Self is not [in the form of] Knowledge, it is in the form of Science (Vignan swaroop). This world can be known through Science. As it is, the world cannot be known through Knowledge. 'We' are saying, "All of this is a natural phenomenon!" after having Seen this Science. 'We' are not speaking without any basis.”

Soul Self Gnan Knowledge Of The Self Spiritual Science

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“How does this ‘machinery’ function? Is it the Self that runs it? No. The Self only gives light; through which this ‘machinery’ gets charged and functions.”

Soul Self Knowledge Of The Self Charge Karma

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“To whatever level the awakened awareness has reached, that is how close One is to the Self (Atma). The closer one reaches, that much more the light, that much more the illumination.”

Soul Self Self Awareness

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“Nothing is going to come under Your control, nor should anything be taken into control, just keep Knowing. 'You' [the Self] are the Knower-Seer-full of eternal bliss.”

Soul Self Self Realization Knowledge Of The Self

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“The world is changing from moment to moment. The Self is steady and that which is unsteady is to be Seen. That which is steady does not need to be Seen; the fun lies in Seeing that which is unsteady! Keep Seeing one after another!”

World Soul Self Worldly Life

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“The Knower is only one. The objects to be Known are infinite!”

Soul Self Spirituality Infinite Knowledge

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“Who doesn’t allow one to attain the ultimate liberation? The pudgal (non-Self complex made up of mind-speech-body). Similarly, what doesn’t let a gourd that is covered with mud to float atop? It is the mud. Bad ‘parmanu’ (subatomic particles of body complex) weigh very heavily. They drag the Soul (the Self) lower.”

Soul Self Spiritual Self Help Spiritual Quotes Salvation Liberation Moksha Balance In Life Body Complex

Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“A person tastes the sweet pride of doer-ship by saying ‘I did this so well’. The taste of this subtle pride seems to be very sweet. There is suffering with the false imputation (of doer-ship). God is in the state of eternal bliss, and that is indeed the nature of the Self!”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“There is only the function of Seeing and Knowing within One's domain as the Self. There is nothing else at all. There is Parmatmapanu (the function as the absolute Self)! The moment One moves strays from the function of Knowing and Seeing, there is trouble!”

Soul Self Self Realization Knower And Seer

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“To See and Know the relative (vyavahaar), is verily known as the Self (Atma). The one that engages in attachment and abhorrence in the relative is not the Self.”

Soul Self Self Realization Knower And Seer Attachment Abhorrence

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“The Self (Atma) is itself in the form of Science (Vignan swaroop). That is why it indeed Sees science everywhere. There is no problem in getting married, but it is ignorance of the Self (agnan) when you differentiate 'this is mine' and 'that is yours'. To say 'I' in all places is science, and to do egoism is ignorance of the Self.”

Soul Self Egoism Self And Non Self Spiritual Science

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“The self contained within the scriptures will not do. The real Self is needed, One that is incomprehensible, One that cannot be inscribed in the scriptures, One that is indescribable, inexpressible. Where words do not reach, where the vision cannot reach, there lies the Self! That Self prevails in an absolutely untainted state, it indeed prevails in a state free from association!”

Soul Self Scriptures Knowledge Of The Self

Author:Dada Bhagwan

“One type of happiness comes from myness and the other type comes from the egoism. They are both mortal happiness & happiness of the original thing (eternal element, the Pure Soul) is immortal.”

Soul Self Spiritual Spiritual Quotes Egoism Eternal Happiness

Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“There is bliss where there are talks about the Soul and the Supreme Soul (atma-parmatma); there are no worldly talks there. There are no talks about acquiring attributes or good attributes there.”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“If one can exactly see the world ‘as it is’; if one can exactly see the ‘relative’ and the ‘real’, it is shukladhyan (Internal state that renders the constant awareness of ‘I am pure Soul’).”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“To constantly see one’s own (self) as ‘pure’, and to see other’s (self) as ‘pure’, is shuddha upayog (Pure applied awareness as the Self).”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“Nothing in this world can affect the one who is a shuddha upayogi (one who lives with pure applied awareness as the Self).”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“Complete shuddha upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self) is keval gnan (absolute Knowledge)”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“I am Chandubhai’ (name used by Dadashri to refer to the relative self) is good or bad upayog (applied awareness). ‘I am Pure Soul’ is shuddha upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self). Instillation of life in the world occurs with good or bad upayog.”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“If a person wants to walk on the path of the Vitrag (Enlightened Ones), he should turn the upayog (applied awareness) from bad to good. And if the person wants to attain moksha (ultimate liberation), he should keep shudha upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self). The person who wants to attain moksha should not get into the intricacy of good or bad, and should keep them both as things to be ‘discharged’.”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“Shuddha Upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self) is the same as Parmatma Swaroop (embodiment of the absolute Self).”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“The knowledge of this world is not considered knowledge, it is worldly knowledge. Scriptural knowledge is considered as instrumental knowledge. Knowledge of the ‘ultimate goal’ (to experience Pure Soul) is the (real) knowledge. Scriptures are instruments and the knowledge within the scriptures is also an instrument. Whereas, the knowledge of the Self is the ultimate goal!”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“If the kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) decrease, it is called a religion; and if the kashays increase, it is called irreligion. When the kashays are gone, that is indeed ‘swadharma’ (religion of the Self).”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“Other’s authority, other’s enjoyments, other’s space; people have become the masters of that which does not belong to the Self. If they become the owners of ‘Self’, there is no death; One is himself, the Absolute Supreme Soul.”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“A reputable person is he who has trust in his own Self. Who is Self? That which is “I am Pure Soul”!”

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Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

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