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- What happens with the Soul of those in the afterlife who kill themselves? - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2021 from Dada BhagwanThis a good question, and the spiritual-scientific answer to it is: Even if a person commits suicide just once, the repercussions of this act are so grave, that one will have to do the same for several lives to come. The karma (seed) of committing suicide is so serious, as a result (fruit) ...
Views: 342 - What is a constructive way to handle jealousy and suspicion? - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2021 from Dada BhagwanMany believe jealousy denotes love. Is that true? No, this is only a myth. By saying so one is actually giving protection to this negative feeling, and thus helping it to grow further and spread its roots deeper. Jealousy is when you're worried that someone's trying to take what you ...
Views: 414 - What is a constructive way to handle Jealousy and Suspicion? - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2023 from Dada BhagwanMany believe jealousy denotes love. Is that true? No, this is only a myth. By saying so one is actually giving protection to this negative feeling, and thus helping it to grow further and spread its roots deeper. Jealousy is when you're worried that someone's trying to take what you ...
Views: 266 - What is a Life Worth living? - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2019 from Dada BhagwanThe answer to this question varies from individual to individual, depending on the value that one assigns knowingly or unknowingly to a particular aspect of life. Our perception about how we look at life is what determines ‘what life is worth living’ in our eyes; it conveys the important reason ...
Views: 457 - What is a soul? What is the difference between the body and the Soul? - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2023 from Dada BhagwanThe Soul is the most precious thing on this planet! Many people also call it Aatma, Rooh, the Holy Spirit, consciousness or super-consciousness, depending on the language one speaks or the religion one follows. The Soul is also referred to as the real self. A Soul is present in every Body ...
Views: 325 - What is a spiritual Master? How does someone become recognized as one? - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2021 from Dada BhagwanAn Enlightened One, also known as the Spiritual Master / Spiritual Leader is One who has a constant awareness of the Self i.e. the Pure Soul. He is free from anger, pride, deceit, greed, attachment, and abhorrence. In His presence, everyone experiences immense harmony and peace. His words ...
Views: 465 - What is all about spiritual life? Can anyone live without doing sin in his mind? - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2020 from Dada BhagwanAgreed! There’s seldom someone, besides the Enlightened beings, who does not sin in his mind. And why mind alone, we do wrong to others through our words and actions too. But one who leads a spiritual life is able to quickly spot the wrong done and wash the mistake off before it gets ready to ...
Views: 369 - What is all about Spiritual Life? Can anyone live without doing sin in his mind? - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2023 from Dada BhagwanAgreed! There’s seldom someone, besides the Enlightened beings, who does not sin in his mind. And why mind alone, we do wrong to others through our words and actions too. But one who leads a spiritual life is able to quickly spot the wrong done and wash the mistake off before it gets ready to ...
Views: 223 - What is an Ideal Life? - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2024 from Dada BhagwanAn ideal way to live a human life is by ensuring it is a balanced one, both mentally and physically, by living a life that is fulfilling to us and to those around us as well, a life that has a purpose and makes a valuable difference to everyone we come across. Here are a few suggestions on ...
Views: 142 - What is attitude? Why is it so important? - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanAttitude is that little thing within that goes on to make a big difference both inside and outside. It determines how we experience every aspect of our life. Our attitude is very important when we have nothing and equally important when we have everything. Attitude defines us in the world. ...
Views: 734 - What is Business Ethics? - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2025 from Dada BhagwanQuestioner: What should one do to make progress towards the Soul? Dadashri: One should maintain an exclusive foundation of honesty. This faith is such that when one finds himself in a difficult situation, the inner energy and power (of the Soul) will be expressed. When he is not in a bind, ...
Views: 72 - What is consciousness? Has anyone felt detachment with the body and soul while being conscious? - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2020 from Dada BhagwanConsciousness means awareness; it is the state of realizing or noticing that ‘something’ exists. If the awareness lies in the body, it is called body-consciousness. Generally, people prevail in body consciousness only. The prevailing experience of, ‘I am John (you may insert your own name ...
Views: 310 - What is ego in terms of enlightenment? How do you see through the distinction of true self and ego? - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2020 from Dada BhagwanWhen we go around in a belief, “I am so great or I am the smartest person in the world”, people will immediately say, “Look, he has so much of ego”, isn’t it? Even, in our day-to-day conversations, so often we pass judgements, ‘such and such person is so egoistic whereas that other person is ...
Views: 640 - What is Enlightenment and how it can be achieved? - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2023 from Dada BhagwanSpiritual Enlightenment means to realize that really who am I. It is called Self-Realization! Through Akram Vignan, a stepless path to Self-Realization, this enlightenment happens when Gnani Purush, the Enlightened One, directly changes our wrong belief to right. Right now, we believe that ...
Views: 244 - What is Enlightenment? Do people who are Enlightened continue to reincarnate until everyone on earth gets Awakened Spiritually? - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2024 from Dada BhagwanEnlightenment means awakening of the Soul. The Soul is an abode of permanent happiness. And that Soul is what we really are. So, the enlightenment begins from when one attains the experiential knowledge of really ‘who am I’. And when one is fully enlightened, one gets free from the cycle of ...
Views: 240 - What is equanimity as a virtue? - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2022 from Dada BhagwanEquanimity as a virtue is a life free from pain, suffering and inner suffocation. It means freedom from attachment and abhorrence towards anyone or anything i.e. one neither has attachment towards those who offer him flowers nor any hatred towards those who may choose to insult him. Such is the ...
Views: 376 - What is God's role in our Destiny? - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2023 from Dada BhagwanWhen suffering comes, it’s a natural tendency to start searching for God’s role in such destiny. However, the fact is that God has never done anything whatsoever in this world. God is neither the Creator of this world nor does He run the world. By fact, in whatever we can see and feel in this ...
Views: 265 - What is Gods role in our destiny? - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2021 from Dada BhagwanWhen suffering comes, it’s a natural tendency to start searching for God’s role in such destiny. However, the fact is that God has never done anything whatsoever in this world. God is neither the Creator of this world nor does He run the world. By fact, in whatever we can see and feel in this ...
Views: 326 - What is Gods role in our destiny? - by Submitted on May 13, 2021 from Dada BhagwanWhen suffering comes, it’s a natural tendency to start searching for God’s role in such destiny However, the fact is that God has never done anything whatsoever in this world. God is neither the Creator of this world nor does He run the world. By fact, in whatever we can see and feel in this ...
Views: 338 - What is Gods' Nature? - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2023 from Dada BhagwanDo you know, to understand God’s true nature we must understand who we truly are? Yes, you’ve got it right – this indeed means that we ourselves are God! But hold it, we as in not the body or the name given to this body. That is all temporary. And God is eternal. So, ‘who is God, where is ...
Views: 231 - What is God’s nature? - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2020 from Dada BhagwanDo you know, to understand God’s true nature we must understand who we truly are? Yes, you’ve got it right – this indeed means that we ourselves are God! But hold it, we as in not the body or the name given to this body. That is all temporary. And God is eternal. So, ‘who is God, where is ...
Views: 508 - What is good karma? What is bad karma? Who defines it? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2019 from Dada BhagwanGood and Bad karma: Good karma is bound when we have intention to make others happy.Bad Karma is bound when we have intention to hurt others. Why did I highlight the word “intention?” It’s because Karmas are bound mainly through intent. It is the inner intent that causes the bondage of ...
Views: 493 - What is inner strength? Do we all have it? How does it influence bravery or fear? - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2025 from Dada BhagwanInner strength is the ability to withstand and overcome challenges, adversity, and difficult circumstances without relying on external support or self-validation. It is characterised by the right understanding, self-awareness, maintaining equanimity, bravery, patience, and a positive attitude in ...
Views: 62 - What is Karma? Is it true that if someone performs a wrong deed then they will have to repay for that deed? - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2019 from Dada BhagwanKarma in ordinary parlance relates loosely to the “luck” which one encounters during one’s life. Historically, the word “Karma” is a Hindu term which dates back during the usage of the Sanskrit language and relates to the causes and effects of deeds through your mind, speech and body. Far more ...
Views: 802 - What is knowing oneself? Can you give me a realization, thoughts and insights? - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2021 from Dada BhagwanSure! ‘I’ - our real Self is not John (you may insert your name here), yet we believe I am John Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the Enlightened Being has said, “One does not know who he really is, and hence claims to be what he is really not. To claim to be something you are not is called ‘ego’!” ...
Views: 321 - What is life living for our beloved ones happiness or living for my own happiness? - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2019 from Dada BhagwanMany people in this world derive happiness by indulging in activities such as shopping, beauty parlour, etc. or by celebrating events such as their birthdays, marriages, anniversaries, etc. or from personal achievements such as job promotion, new home purchase, etc. When you give Happiness, ...
Views: 574 - What is Life Purpose? - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2019 from Dada BhagwanSeeing children play in the garden made me nostalgic for swinging on the swings, sliding on the slides, making sand castles, playing hide and seek, jumping ropes, running, falling, hurting knees, injuring elbows, blaming, fighting, then doing homework, and as Dad returns, jumping around the ...
Views: 725 - What is Lust? - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2020 from Dada BhagwanWhether lust is something one is born with, or it is something that one develops at a later point, lust is after all lust; it is harmful anyways! Therefore, it is important for one who is born with lust to look for an effective way to come out of it; and one who is wanting to develop lust must ...
Views: 613 - What is Lust? How can one overcome this? - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2020 from Dada BhagwanWhether lust is something one is born with, or it is something that one develops at a later point, lust is after all lust; it is harmful anyways! Therefore, it is important for one who is born with lust to look for an effective way to come out of it; and one who is wanting to develop lust must ...
Views: 565 - What is meant by our true nature is non-dual? - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2023 from Dada BhagwanDualities such as attachment and abhorrence, kindness and cruelty, greed and benevolence, truth and false are all qualities of the prakruti (the worldly self), and the Self (our real Self) is beyond all duality. The nature of the real Self is non-dual. Thus, our true nature is non-dual! The ...
Views: 287 - What is Moksha? Are salvation and Moksha the same thing? Does it ultimately mean absolute freedom? What is its significance in different cultures? - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2020 from Dada BhagwanWhat is Moksha? Moksha means absolute freedom! If someone scolds or abuses you, would you feel some suffering? That’s called bondage. When someone borrows some money from us and later doesn’t return it to us, we feel miserable, isn’t it? That again is bondage. If some death, accident or ...
Views: 454 - What is Normality? - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2024 from Dada BhagwanNormality means to maintain balance, without any excessive indulgence or scarcity. Normality is required in all facets of life: starting from our daily routine and right into our relationships. Maintaining normality, in any aspect, promotes not only physical and mental, but emotional and ...
Views: 229 - What is on the Other Side of Life? - by Submitted on May 03, 2019 from Dada BhagwanThe question of what happens to us after we pass away is perhaps the most wondered about and can never be answered. Fundamentally, it is about belief. Whilst we know for sure that after life there is death - however there are very different beliefs as to what happens to you once you leave this ...
Views: 534 - What is on the other side of life? - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2020 from Dada BhagwanThe question of what happens to us after we pass away is perhaps the most wondered about and can never be answered. Fundamentally, it is about belief. Whilst we know for sure that after life there is death - however there are very different beliefs as to what happens to you once you leave this ...
Views: 814 - What is our purpose? Why are we hustling every day? What do we want to achieve? - by Submitted on May 11, 2022 from Dada BhagwanEvery morning we wake up with the hope to do something, to achieve something. Right from childhood, our parents are after us to make us learn to sit without support at the right age, and then to make us stand, walk, talk appropriately at the right time, and so on. When we successfully learn ...
Views: 415 - What is Pure Love? - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2020 from Dada BhagwanThe love that this world talks about is worldly love, and that is why this world is so complex itself. This worldly love is infatuation and attraction. Where there are infatuation and attraction, there is desire. When desire does not get fulfilled, complaints and attacks arise from within. There ...
Views: 885 - What is Pure Love? - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2020 from Dada BhagwanThe love that this world talks about is worldly love, and that is why this world is so complex itself. This worldly love is infatuation and attraction. Where there are infatuation and attraction, there is desire. When desire does not get fulfilled, complaints and attacks arise from within. There ...
Views: 604 - What is Pure Love? - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2024 from Dada BhagwanThe love that this world talks about is worldly, and that is why this world is so complex itself. This worldly love is infatuation and attraction. Where there are infatuation and attraction, there is desire. When desire does not get fulfilled, complaints and attacks arise from within. There ...
Views: 214 - What is Purity - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2019 from Dada Bhagwan“I heard in a spiritual discourse that purity means to ‘Speak the truth, not to steal, be kind and not to do anything wrong.’ I tried practicing all of that because I want to become pure. However, I could not. I realized that I may not tell big lies, but I tell many little ones. So what should I ...
Views: 631 - What is purity? Why is it important to be Pure at Heart? - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2023 from Dada BhagwanPurity means wherein there exists no adulteration, no contamination whatsoever There are 2 paths one can tread on, to conduct his worldly interactions: 1. One driven by Heart; and 2. The other driven by Intellect The path of Purity is one that is driven by Heart, and not ...
Views: 238 - What is Runanubandha and how is it Different from Karma? - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2019 from Dada BhagwanWe often wonder why do we have only these people as my family members and not anyone else from the entire world? Why do relationships start and get established with only certain specific people, out of many, who come into our life? How do we get linked with each other? Is it God deciding it ...
Views: 1704 - What is Salvation? Why is it important? - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2022 from Dada Bhagwan“Moksha means eternal ultimate freedom from all misery.” Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan. Salvation (moksha) implies total freedom from all pain, suffering and misery. It is liberation from all the merit and the demerit karmas on dissolution of all the emotions caused by atoms of anger, pride, ...
Views: 348 - What is Sanchita karma Prarabdha Karma? Are our thoughts and desires also our karma? Is the next birth taken according to these aspects? - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2019 from Dada BhagwanSanchit Karma and Prarabdha Karma Sanchit karma are the accumulated karma brought forward from our past life. Such karma are stockpiled at a subtle level in the body. And as each karma materializes and comes into fruition, it is called prarabdha karma (fate). How are our thoughts and ...
Views: 656 - What is Self-realization? - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2022 from Dada BhagwanWhat does Self-realization and enlightenment mean? The real Self is full of infinite bliss and knowledge. To realize this Self is called Self-realization. The constant spiritual awareness of “I am the pure Soul” in itself is Self-realization. And the same means ...
Views: 627 - What is Sincerity? - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanIt is said that any act or deed which is backed by earnest feelings of sincerity is bound to be a success. Your sincerity is the greatest earning, your best asset in life. Param Pujya Dadashri defines the word “Sincerity” as to remain sincere to one’s own self, to remain sincere to the ...
Views: 647 - What is Spirituality and Self-Realization? - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2019 from Dada BhagwanIn Sanskrit, Spirituality means Adhyatma. The word ‘adhyatma’ is derived from two words – adhi meaning ‘pertaining to’ and Atma meaning the ‘Soul’. Therefore Spirituality means ‘pertaining to the Soul’. Spirituality is the process of leading the total energy of the body to the Soul. It ...
Views: 732 - What is Spirituality in a Married Llife? - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2019 from Dada BhagwanParam Pujya Dada Bhagwan, an enlightened being says, “There should be a lot of peace between husband and wife. If they hurt each other, then they are not husband and wife at all. That does not happen in true friendship. This (relation between husband and wife) is the highest friendship of all. ...
Views: 549 - What is spirituality? Where is spirit located in our body? Why arent we able to realize it? - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2019 from Dada BhagwanWhat is spirituality? Spirituality is about staying in our True Self (Pure Soul) as a knower and seer. What is the True Self? It is the Pure Soul. We are not ‘Rahul (You may insert your name here),’ we are indeed a Pure Soul. Rahul is just a temporary body and name, which will die in ...
Views: 867 - What is the actual nature of fear? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2020 from Dada BhagwanWe all have healthy fears and unhealthy fears. Our healthy fears act as the natural safeguards which we use to sense and avoid dangerous situations. Our unhealthy fears, on the other hand, hold us back from growing and can cause chaos in our lives because one is constantly trying to get rid of ...
Views: 880 - What is the benefit of being a mouna? How does it help in spiritual progress? - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2021 from Dada BhagwanThere are plenty of benefits in being mouna (silent), especially during arguments, conflicts or difference of opinions. If we are able to maintain silence consciously, it means we have managed to diffuse a situation by exercising self-control from within. We have succeeded in staying calm rather ...
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