Spiritual Quotes

One should not be obstinate even in worldly interaction. If you are obstinate with a ‘collector’, what will he do? He will throw you in a jail. So then what will happen if you are obstinate in front of God? God won’t put you in jail, but his contentment towards you will break away.

There should be no tenacity or obstinate insistence of any kind. If there is any tenacity, it should be the kind that will go away if you tell it to!

Worldly life is not an impediment; your obstinacies and your ignorance of the Self are your only impediments.

If you use obstinacy against obstinacy in this world; you will never come up with a solution. Simplicity against obstinacy will bring about the solution.

The 'ocean of obstinacy' needs to be crossed. We are standing on this side of obstinacy and we have to go across. If someone becomes an instrument to remove our obstinacy, do not be disturbed, and consider him to the prime benefactor, and go through that experience with equanimity.

Egoism that is flowing is not objectionable, but if the ego gets caught-up even slightly; it is known as obstinacy. Flowing egoism is dramatic egoism, and that is not objectionable.

If you want to go to moksha (attain ultimate liberation), you will have to become simple and straightforward. Being obstinate won’t work there. You will have to remove all the tubers & become totally free from intellect (abudh).

What is it that doesn’t allow you to go to moksha? Obstinacy!

We need to become sidha (straightforward); there is no need to become a sadhu (ascetic).