Who am I?’- Not knowing this is the greatest death to the Soul (one’s own self)!
– Dada Bhagwan
Related Quotes:
- We’ are the self (chetan, Soul) and obstruction (antray) are non-self (achetan, non-Soul); therefore, the Self (chetan, Soul) shall win in the end! – Dada Bhagwan
- A reputable person is he who has trust in his own Self. Self means who? -œI am Pure Soul-, it is that Self. – Dada Bhagwan
- 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. – Dada Bhagwan
- Nothing worldly will ever become the Self (the Soul). The Self [the Soul] will never become worldly. Both are separate things. – Dada Bhagwan
- By one fact, the Self [Soul] is the creator [of new karma]. From another fact, the Self [Soul] is not the creator. – Dada Bhagwan
- Once the bliss of the Soul (Self) is attained, it never leaves you. Bliss of the Soul (Self) is eternal. – Dada Bhagwan
- Not knowing one’s real Self is the greatest of maya (deceit; illusion). Once this ignorance is removed, the illusion departs. – Dada Bhagwan
- If one attains awareness of own’s own Self’s authority [power], even for a moment, he can become a Parmatma (Absolute Supreme Self). – Dada Bhagwan
- Misery will not come to the one who does not deceive his own Self. Miseries arise because one deceives one’s own Self. – Dada Bhagwan
- We are not deceiving anyone, we are only deceiving our own soul [our own Self]. – Dada Bhagwan
- Samkit’ (right belief) means knowing the Soul (self). – Dada Bhagwan
- The Soul is neither a Jain nor a Vaishnav. The Soul is Vitarag (free from attachment). This is the religion of the Vitarag (the enlightened ones). – Dada Bhagwan
- If there is true -˜Selfishness,’ then there is -˜liberation of the Self’, and that indeed is one’s own form (the Self). – Dada Bhagwan
- What is the sign of the person residing in his own Self as Pure Soul? Vitaragta [a state of freedom from all worldly attachments]! – Dada Bhagwan
- Religion of the Self [Soul] is that where no difficulty or trouble arises for anyone or any living being of -˜our’ own accord. – Dada Bhagwan
- Until ignorance, of one’s own Self (the Soul), is removed, illusory attachment (moha) will not go away. – Dada Bhagwan
- If one understands (realizes) his own Self, then he himself is an Absolute Supreme Soul (Parmatma). – Dada Bhagwan
- The Gnanis [The enlightened ones] have said that if one lives as if he is dead, death will never come to him. – Dada Bhagwan
- The greatest self are self-improvement, self-development and self-discovery. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- We see ourselves as self-sufficient, self-important, and self-sustaining. God sees us as dependent, self-centered, and self-deceived. – Billy Graham
- 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
- If egoism is there, the benefit of the Self cannot be obtained and if the Self is there, the benefit of egoism cannot be obtained. – Dada Bhagwan
- People have unlatched the energies of the worldly self (jiv shakti), but they have not unlatched the energies of Real Self (shiv shakti). – Dada Bhagwan
- Man (human life form) is a ‘second-hand’ quality of the absolute supreme Self (Parmatma, Lord). Man is close to the Lord [absolute supreme Self]. – Dada Bhagwan
- One becomes Parmatma (absolute supreme self) if he comes into the True Self even for a fraction of time. – Dada Bhagwan
- Unless the Self is known, the power of the Self (swasatta) cannot arise. – Dada Bhagwan
- Unless the Self is known, the power of the Self (swa satta) cannot arise. – Dada Bhagwan
- All this has been created from self-fault and self-imagination! – Dada Bhagwan
- To protect one’s own statement is the greatest form of violence. To impress upon others that his statement is correct is a form of violence itself. – Dada Bhagwan
- Imaginary (thinking) leads to bliss of the mind and the true (real thinking) leads to bliss of the Self (Soul). – Dada Bhagwan
- All the (sickness and) diseases of the worldly life disappear with the innate bliss of the Soul, the Self. Grief gives rise to the diseases. – Dada Bhagwan
- There is strife (trouble) the moment one enters the worldly life and bliss the moment one enters the Self [the Soul]. – Dada Bhagwan
- The -˜relative’ delights the mind (manoranjan), the -˜real’ delights the Self (the soul, atmaranjan). – Dada Bhagwan
- The by-product that is created while following the religion of the Self [Soul] is the worldly life. It is gained free of cost. – Dada Bhagwan
- All those that don’t allow us to do things for the Soul (our True Self), they are our opposers (kashays); we shouldn’t listen to them. – Dada Bhagwan
- When the outside intent (other than the intent of Pure Soul, Parbhaav) stops, he attains enlightened bliss of the Self (samadhi). – Dada Bhagwan
- Nothing in this world can touch or affect the one who remains in the focused pure applied awareness of the Self, the Soul (shuddha upayogi). – Dada Bhagwan
- The Knower of the Soul is considered Self Realized (The Enlightened one). The knower of all the eternal elements is known as Omniscient (sarvagna). – Dada Bhagwan
- There is only supreme bliss in the Soul, our True Self. But this bliss is obstructed because of impure inner intents. – Dada Bhagwan
- As the Self [Pure Soul], one never dies; it is only the beliefs that die. – Dada Bhagwan