Spiritual Quotes On obstacles

Every spoken word carries great risk. Therefore, it is better to remain silent if one does not know how to talk. Talking about religion carries religious risks, talking about worldly matters, carries worldly risks. The worldly risk will go away, but religious risk is very heavy; it creates grave obstacles in regards to religion.

For infinite lives, one has been wandering around, and once in a while, he will attain a human birth. But there his back will hurt. He will have created obstacles such that he will not be able to eat, even when he is served a plate full of food. This is how it is! So think before you take any steps (before you do anything).

The greater the labor, the greater the obstacles (antaray). The reason being, ‘Why is it that one has to labor?’

The obstructive karma have been destroyed to such an extent for the Gnani Purush (One who has realized the Self and can do the same for others) that everything comes to Him on its own! The obstacles form because of the ego, because [of the belief of] ‘I am something’.