The Essence Of All Religion Quotes

“If you give the slightest pain to any living being, then in the form of pain, the pain-giving-karma will give you its ‘fruit’. So think before you hurt any living being.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Dharmas (religions) are of many kinds. There is mansik dharma (religion of the mind) and there are so many stratums to it. Thereafter comes baudhik dharma (religion of the intellect); it too has many layers. And after the baudhik dharma (religion of the intellect) ends, does one attain svaroop dharma (religion of the Self). The Self is attained when the moon (mind) and the sun (intellect) are crossed over.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“To give happiness to others is dharma (religion), but your own main religion is attained only after you attain [knowledge of] the Self (after you attain self realization).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Religion (dharma) means to give happiness in any way to any living being. And to hurt any living being in any way is wrong doing (non-religion). This definition of religion is all one needs to understand.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Weakened anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashays – the ones that gives pain to soul) is called religion and absence of anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashays) is called (True) Knowledge (Gnan). If a religion cannot reduce anger-pride- deceit-greed (kashays), then either the religion is wrong or you are wrong. Religion is the one of the enlightened ones (the Vitraags); how can it be called as wrong?”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Accepting both the real (the true self, pure soul) and the relative is called syadvaad (does not hurt any one’s viewpoint to the slightest extent).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“To follow one’s own viewpoint, to insist that one’s viewpoint is only correct is called ekantik (one sided view point). The religion of the Vitraags (the enlightened ones) is called ‘anekant’ (all inclusive viewpoints). Religion that embraces all the view-points within itself is called Vitraag religion (religion of the enlightened ones).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Syadvaad means no religions’ foundation is hurt. It does not point out a ‘direct’ mistake of any religion.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Good (shubha) is considered ekantik (one sided view point); pure (shuddha) is considered anekant (all inclusive viewpoints). Moksha (ultimate liberation) is through anekant (all inclusive viewpoints). Anekant means no insistence; it accepts every truth. The path of the Vitraags (the enlightened ones who are free from attachment & hatred) is anekant (all inclusive viewpoints) and it is syadvaad (does not hurt any one’s viewpoint to the slightest extent).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Dharma (religion) one has to practice to get rid of conflicts are prakrut religions (relative or worldly). And ultimate liberation (moksha) is attained through religion of the Self (atma dharma).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“How long do rituals last? As long as there is a tendency of unity of mind-speech-body. When that unity is broken, rituals will not be useful.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Real Religion’ means that there is resolution in every situation. In relative religion, one has to look for resolution for the (problems of the) mind.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“What does relative religion say? Within the relative (dependent), look for that which is free from dependency. If nature’s grace befalls upon you, then from the relative, the vision flow of the stream of right belief (self realization) will burst forth.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“That what helps us stabilize our antahkaran (inner complex of mind, intellect, chit and ego) is Religion (dharma).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“That which holds us and does not let us fall is dharma (religion).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“If there is something to protect you, it is religion. Who helped you meet Dada? Your own religion did.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Religion will not take you to moksha, science (of spirituality) will take you to moksha. Religion and science are two different things. Religion is all doership, non-religion (sins & wrong doings) is doership too, and science gives rise to non-doership, which leads one to moksha.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“There is dharma (religion) in scriptures, but no essence in it. The essence is in the heart of a Gnani (Enlightened One).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“The one who is not at home, he is wandering outside. Similarly, the one who is not in the worldly life, he is wandering around in religion.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Where there is no peace, there is no religion at all.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“A religion that does not give inner peace, it cannot be called a religion, can it?”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“God has never experienced misery. The one, who becomes estranged from God, has misery.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“What should one discover from all the miseries? He should discover eternal happiness. One has enjoyed this (worldly) happiness a lot. He gets satisfaction out of it but not contentment.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“If you want to practice the worldly religion, then you need to understand only two things: 1. No living being be hurt by you. 2. Have the inner intent of giving to others, whatever you may have. The one who fulfills these two intents, he learns the whole religion.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Who is the Lord become pleased with? It is with the one who takes on everyone’s miseries and gives happiness to others.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“The religion of the Vitraag (Enlightened) means the religion of the Self (Atma dharma). Any religion other than the religion of the Self is not mine, that is the vitraag dharma (Religion of Enlightened).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Our happiness should be innate part of us. Innate (natural) happiness arises from the religion of the Self (sva-dharma). In the Self religion, one has to know the nature of the Soul.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“That which gives result is religion (dharma). That which pushes away illusion (wrong belief) is religion. That which reduces or destroys illusion is Religion.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Religion (Dharma) is for any ‘thing’ to come into it’s own inherent nature. You are the Soul. What is ‘One’s Own’ nature? It is eternal bliss !!!”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“What is the ‘fruit’ (reward) of ‘relative religion’? It is merit karma; not liberation.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion