Self Realised Quotes

“Where the Self [Soul] is forgotten; that place is not ours.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“Why is there so much problem just to know one’s own Soul? The Soul resides in one’s own abode (body), but one doesn’t know it and then he says, ‘I know this and I know that so’. Instead why don’t you get to know your own ‘Self’?”
― Dada Bhagwan

“Knowledge that brings closure [settlement] to the mind in every way is Absolute Knowledge and it indeed is the all encompassing Knowledge that always gives complete closure [settlement, solutions].”
― Dada Bhagwan

“One is said to be enlightened with the Right Knowledge when his conduct is appropriate in any situation.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“One who does wrong is considered illusioned (mithyatvi - ignorance of the Self). One who does right is considered enlightened (samkit).”
― Dada Bhagwan

“If there is wrong [ill] on the inside, the outside will appear wrong. Therefore, you should inquire within ‘why am I bothered, when others are not? So there must be wrong within me only.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“When a man’s trust is violated, he will leave even his friend. Hey, you shouldn’t leave him! There is the energy of the absolute Self within and if the knowledge of the Self is attained, one may even attain the state of the absolute-Self!”
― Dada Bhagwan

“Samkit’ (right belief) means knowing the Soul (self).”
― Dada Bhagwan

“Who am I?’- Not knowing this is the greatest death to the Soul (one’s own self)!”
― Dada Bhagwan

“What does ‘experience of the soul’ mean? It is a state of constant eternal bliss.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“Once the bliss of the Soul (Self) is attained, it never leaves you. Bliss of the Soul (Self) is eternal.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“The person whose attention is in the ‘pure Soul’ is known as a renowned person. No one in the past had been celebrated as a famous person; they were called renowned persons. To be famous is the result of an ‘above normal’ state.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“Life is there to attain Liberation while going through the experience of it. It should not be ‘above normal’ or ‘below normal,’ it should be ‘normal’.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“A true swarthi (interested in the Self) will become the absolute Self! This is considered paraartha (for the non-Self). A swarthi will attain the ‘Self’.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“One achieves the Self-state (swa-artha) while searching for the highest truth (param-artha). The search for the highest truth is solely for the purpose of attaining the Self, and once the Self is attained there is no need to search for the highest truth.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“When is one considered a vitarag (free of attachment)? It is when he has no fear of anything in this world.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“What do worldly (non Self-realised) people do? They feel uneasy the moment a guest arrives. The husband tells his wife, 'you just show that you are upset, so then he will leave!' You get upset or even if you verbally abuse him, the guest will not leave. How can he when it was meant to happen [it is decided]? By getting upset, you are gathering stock (of karma) for the next life, you’ll need something to spend in your next life [won’t you]?”
― Dada Bhagwan