Aptavani-4 Quotes

“Spiritual discourses with poor people is good, but what is the use of bad company of wealthy people?”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“When you do devotional viewing (darshan) of God, do it with (pure) intent. When you make the effort to go and do darshan, but you do not do it with the proper intent, then it is in vain. Therefore, do darshan in this way, 'Dear God! The one residing within me is verily You. You are vitaraag (one free from all attachment and abhorrence). I am bowing down to you.' If you do darshan in this way, then God has no choice but to answer the 'phone-call'. If He does not answer, then that is His responsibility. Hence, when a real 'phone-call' comes in, then God will answer it immediately.”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“Agnan will not let one know 'Who he is,' and Gnan lets one know his own Self.”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“When the occasion arises to climb a mountain, then there will be strength in the legs, such is the vyavasthit (scientific circumstantial evidences)!”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“The One who attains the awareness that, 'This is not my inherent nature;' He constantly has the awareness of the Self and the non-Self!”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“One who is absorbed in the Self for even a moment, can become the absolute Self (Paramatma).”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“Envisioning that, 'I am Atma (the Self) and these are my guna-dharmas (intrinsic properties that have a specific function)'; that is to prevail in one's real form (Swaroop) and intrisic nature (Swabhaav) is Swaramanata (dwelling as the Self).”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“The world is going on [naturally]. Is it acceptable for the driver to say, "I am driving it," when it is the engine that is running it? The vitaraag Lords (absolutely detached Lords) have said, "This is the mistake that needs to be broken."   ”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“I am doing it’ is an illusion and ‘this is mine’ is also an illusion, but ‘I am’ is true. ”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“Initially, you grasp [knowledge] through the ‘light’ of the intellect and then the understanding arises, and thereafter a state in which there is absence of anger-pride-deceit-greed and attachment-abhorrence arises.   ”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“To give an opinion in this world that is changing from moment to moment, is one’s own mistake!”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“There is not a single atom (parmanu) of my-ness (mamata) in this coffee table. There is nothing of the Self (Atma) in it either. But there is someone’s ‘my-ness’ (mamata-bhaav) in it (for the table). Therefore, if you burn this coffee table, you become liable for the wrongdoing.”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“There are two types of worldly life: renouncing [tyaag] is a worldly life and family life [gruhasti] is also a worldly life. Those who renounce are constantly in the knowledge of ‘I am renouncing…I am renouncing’. And the family man prevails in the knowledge of ‘I am acquiring…I am taking…I am giving’. But the one, who attains knowledge of the self [soul], will attain liberation (moksha). Where does one acquire Knowledge of the Self? From the ‘Gnani Purush’ [the Enlightened One].”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“Dealing with files with equanimity’ means where revenge (vengeance) does not increase and where one remains attachment-free (vitaraag). Even the worldly people know how not to increase revenge. But what really matters is, that revenge does not increase and that one remains attachment-free [vitaraag].”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4

“We’ (the Gnani, the self realized), have never had a difference of opinion with anyone. Because the Gnani’s (the self realized) language is different and the agnani’s (non-Self-realized) language is different. The Gnani’s (the self realized) language is ‘real’ and the agnani’s (non-Self-realized) language is ‘relative’.”
― Dada Bhagwan, Aptavani-4