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Quotes by Indian Authors

"Here', I am a disciple just as you are. The one you see is not 'Dada Bhagwan'; it is 'A. M. Patel', a Patidaar from the town of Bhadran. The one sitting within is 'Dada Bhagwan'. 'I' myself make everyone do jai jai kar of Dada Bhagwan [sing praise of Dada Bhagwan]. Therefore, 'I' too am a devotee, as are you."

"Shukladhyan (pure contemplation of the Self, the Soul) means focused awareness of the eternal form of the Self, the Soul. Dhyan (contemplation or one's focused effort) is a natural thing. And in pure applied awareness as Pure Soul (shuddha upayog), one must do spiritual effort with awareness of the separation of the Self and non-Self."


"In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord."

"My development parameter is very simple. It is about how the poorest of the poor can benefit from development. The poor is the central focus of my economic agenda. The poor should be strengthened in such a way that they get the willingness to defeat poverty."

"May your plate be full, your glass be topped, and your heart be content as you celebrate the simple yet profound joy of giving thanks."

"Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help."


"The war started by Mahatmaji is against two things - the Government and secondly against one self. The former kind of war is closed, but the latter shall never cease. It is meant for self-purification."

"Rebellion is the very essence of meditation. Meditation means destroying the mind totally."

"Let life flow through you effortlessly. Don't be a resistance to life."

"Like-dislike, good-bad, profit-loss; who gave rise to all these dualities? The society did. As far as God is concerned, there is no duality. If there are grains of food on one side and excrement on the other, in God's eyes, they are both "material (matter). What does God say about this? "All are materials!"


"Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana."

"If we try to see something positive in everything we do, life won't necessarily become easier but it becomes more valuable."

"Schemes must be made for the welfare of the poor, not keeping in mind considerations of the ballot box."

"The world is stuck because of the word 'no'."

"One who keeps an 'open mind' will be able to see God!"


"Spirituality is indeed the master key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinitive is native to it."

"Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way."

"The only principle of Success in Life :'You must be present to win."


"A poet's work . . . to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep."

"Flowing egoism is not objectionable but if it is caught-up even a little-bit, it is known as obstinacy. Flowing egoism is dramatic egoism. It is not problematic."

"The world is not worthless but one should know how to get work done from it, because everyone is God, they all have different work to do. Therefore do not have dislike for anything in this world."

"If you can remain aware of your awareness, that is the present state of mind."

"You can be found better man then me.But where you will found Toy like me with whom you can play a lot in many ways and who just keep simple with out hurt you."


"Satyagraha is not a creed for the weak or the cowardly."

"The human carries the formation of the whole universe in him. The time, he begins to realize his own identity, slowly the nature of the universe is revealed to him."

"Don't die with your music still in you, play your music unencumbered. Should your guitar remain unstrung?"

"The mud of this body-complex (pudgal - that which charges and disharges) is such that the harder one tries to get out, the deeper and deeper he sinks into it."

"Pieces of jigsaw puzzle might all be different but when fit in, completes the story. Expecting all pieces to be the same is craziness, completing the puzzle is what you are born for!!!!"

"Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put on a mask of my ideas, for it will be an illusion and you will thereby deceive yourself."


"A person's reality is determined by their thoughts."

"This Thanksgiving, may your heart find a quiet moment to recognize and celebrate the incredible abundance already present in your life."

"God respects me when I work but loves me when I sing."


"Until you know who you are you can't write."

"Lose your weightLose your mindBut don't lose heartIt's very expensive ."

"I am alwaysstalking you, my dear. with my thoughtsmy words.my breath."
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