Knower And Seer Quotes

“The nature of the 'Purush' (Soul) is to be a 'knower'; and the nature of the 'prakruti' (relative self, made of inherent traits) is to 'dance around'.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“Being the ‘Knower’ of the unfolding karmic effect will result in resolution and being the ‘enjoyer’ of the unfolding karmic effect will result in suffering. In fact, unfolding karmic effects do not belong to the Self.”
― Dada Bhagwan, The Essence Of All Religion

“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

“Gnan (knowledge) of every living being of the entire world exists in a Soul. However, only the Gnan that is able to see the ego and everything as gneya (object to be known) is considered as 'Gnan'. Yet, that is still ansh-gnan (partial knowledge), and is considered as upayog (applied awareness as the Self) from that moment on. Where there is Gnan, there is upayog, either partially or completely.”
― Dada Bhagwan, Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“Complete shuddha upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self) is keval gnan (absolute Knowledge)”
― Dada Bhagwan, 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’.”
― Dada Bhagwan, 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).”
― Dada Bhagwan, Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“The one who has egoism and 'my-ness'; the one who believes that “I am the doer,” are all considered to be ‘jiva’ (living beings). And the ones who have realized that “I am not the doer, I am simply the ‘knower and seer’ with the form of eternal-bliss,” is the Soul!”
― Dada Bhagwan, Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“There are only two things: Circumstances and the Soul. If you become ‘one’ with the circumstances, the worldly life will come into existence. If you become the ‘Knower’ of the circumstances, then you are ‘God’.”
― Dada Bhagwan, Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“When you get praised, ‘see’ it and when you get defamed, also ‘see’ it. Because both praise and defamation are pudgal (non-Self complex of input and output).”
― Dada Bhagwan, Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“To see happiness of others is indeed our religion.”
― Dada Bhagwan, Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“Action is bondage in itself. Action is not needed to attain moksha (liberation). Gnan kriya (activity of the Self to See and Know) is required for moksha. Agnan kriya (Activity of the non-Self) is bondage. Activities done with egoism is called Agnan kriya, and activities done without egoism is called Gnan kriya.”
― Dada Bhagwan, 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!”
― 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.”
― Dada Bhagwan