Guru and Disciple Quotes

“With a pure heart, the one who sincerely wants to know only the Soul and does not want any worldly comforts; the enlightened one (Gnani Purush) will come to him & his work will be done. A pure heart is required.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“You are that, You are that, You are that!’ Not ‘You are that’, but ‘I am that, I am that, I am that’!!! ‘You are that’ has created separation. Then He is God and we will always be the devotee. ‘I am that; is ‘I am, everywhere !”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“Worship (Bhakti) means one has the right to ask for everything and Gnan (Real Knowledge) means one cannot ask for anything.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“There are two kinds of worship (bhakti). One worship is to attain Knowledge (Gnan). That is agnan bhakti (ignorance worship). The second worship is worship after attaining Gnan (Self Realization) and that is Gnan bhakti (Worship with Knowledge of True Self). The whole world is involved in agnan bhakti (ignorance worship). Even through agnan bhakti, a person can attain Knowledge one day and through Gnanbhakti, there is ultimate liberation (moksh).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“What is the sign of a true Disciple? There should be not be any svacchand (actions that are done as per own’s own understanding only), no abhinivesh (taking things for granted), no drashtirog (deluded vision), no conflicts. There will be no artadhyan (to be in pain within oneself for various reasons) and no raudradhyan (to have intent of giving pain to others).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“If you want to become a true disciple [and] initially if you cannot remember God, then wherever you see a temple, go there to worship him there. Then as you begin to remember God, then start believing the Soul within you as God and then you will become a true disciple. And when your Soul (the True Self) within you, gives you the experience, then you will have become God (Yourself).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“Unless and until one becomes God himself, God shall not be found.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“Path of worship (bhakti marg) means disciple and God are separate. One who attains the experience of, ‘I am myself the absolute Supreme Self (parmatma), that is the path of Knowledge (Gnan Marg).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“When one attains the knowledge of Self (Pure Soul), he becomes the owner of the whole universe. Until then all are disciples. After attaining the Self Realization, one is a disciple as well as one is a God.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“God and disciple; these are the only two paths of progression in religion. The one and the same entity, when in illusion is on the path of disciples. And when the illusion goes away, when one becomes Self-realized, then he is considered to be on the path of (becoming) god.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“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?”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“How much is the absence of ownership of the mind-body-speech complex (pudgal, the relative self), that much is the experience of the ownership of Real Self.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“Where one’s existence becomes established in the [Real] Self (swaroop sthiti), there the inner burning [antar daah, inner suffering] stops.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“The whole world can be happy on us. The world is not wrong. Our hunger gets in the way. When the hunger gets over, one will become free from all boundaries.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“One’s worldly interaction should be ideal. If one becomes ‘sticky’ (does attachment-abhorrence) in his worldly interactions, he will become kashayi (develop anger-pride-deceit-greed). The worldly life is like a boat. In this boat, you can eat snacks, drink tea. But you should know that with this boat, we have to reach the shore.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and the Disciple

“God’ gives ‘light’ to everyone. The person who wants to perform immoral acts is given this ‘light’. One who wants to steal is given this ‘light’. But, the responsibility is Yours. What God has said, ‘You are indeed the owner of this world. If you follow my laws, you will get the divine powers.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and the Disciple

“I’ do not know [how to do] anything in the worldly life. ‘I’ do not know anything at all. ‘I’ know only about the Self [The soul]. The Self is the Knower-Seer; that I know. Whatever the Self sees, I can see that.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“Despite knowing and seeing through the senses, if one remains free from attachment-abhorrence, it is called knowledge beyond the senses (atindriya-gnan). But if one has attachment-abhorrence, then one is seeing and knowing through the knowledge of the senses (indriya-gnan).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“As long as one does not have Knowledge of the Self, his renunciation (tyaag) will give result. And after attaining the Knowledge of the Self, there is no renunciation; there is only a vow (vrat). A vow is that which prevails on its own.    ”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“If you meet a ‘Gnani’ (a Self-realized One), then you simply have to understand [what He says], whereas if you meet a renunciate, then the entire point is of 'doing'; you have to 'do' what he shows you to 'do'. Everything that you have to 'do' is [considered as] worldly life.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“The 'real' has to be revered, and 'the relative' has to be known; One has to dwell in 'the real'.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“All this is just an intent based imagination (kalpana). So then in imagination, there is no such thing as 'This is right' and 'This is wrong'.   ”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“Parparinati means results that belong to the non-Self. To believe that which vyavasthit does to be one's own, is referred to as parparinati. To believe the results of the non-Self (pardravya) to be the results of the Self (Swadravya), that is parparinati.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“Purusharth (effort) is in the form of planning (cause), whereas prarabdh (unfolding of past life karma) is that which materializes as an effect.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“It is considered as becoming free from dehadhyas (the belief that, 'I am the body') when the atmabuddhi (the intellect oriented towards the Self) Knows [realizes] the Self.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“Dehadhyas (the belief that ‘I am the body’) is to continue believing you are someone that you really are not. If you do not believe the body to be yours, but you believe that the mind is yours, then manodhyas (the belief that 'I am the mind') still remains.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“The body is pudgal parinaam (the resultant state of that which is continuously undergoing change through the process of input and output) and Swa-parinaam (the resultant state as the Self) is within. The entire world is pudgal parinaam.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“Know this vast world without a shadow of doubt (nihshankpane). Doubts should not arise anywhere. Who is a Gnani? He is the One who has Known the entire world without a shadow of doubt. By following Him closely, if you also Know the world like He does, then a solution will come about. Otherwise, it is not possible to solve this puzzle. This is a difficult puzzle!”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“From which moment is it considered saiyam (a state free of anger-pride-deceit-greed, attachment and abhorrence)? What is the beginning of saiyam? From the moment artadhyan (adverse internal state of being that results in hurting the self) and raudradhyan (an adverse internal state of being that hurts others) stop. Who is considered as asaiyami (one who is under the control of anger-pride-deceit-greed)? The one who is under the control of things that do not belong to him. As long as artadhyan and raudradhyan do not stop, it is considered as yamniyam (one who is either in a state of coming into self restraint or upholding self restraint).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple

“People of the world say that, "Absolute Knowledge (Keval Gnan) is a thing to 'do'." No, it is something to be known! That which needs 'doing' is already taken care of by nature. 'To do' is itself an illusion. This energy is doing things for you with such grandeur! At least recognize this energy. God does not do anything of this sort at all. This is indeed the work of vyavasthit shakti (the energy of scientific circumstantial evidences).”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Guru and The Disciple