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You ought to think that be it the opposite person or our own
karmas, they can cause obstruction in our external religious
activities but not in our internal religious outlook and faith.
A religious outlook – developing or destroying it is completely
in your hands.
Obstacles in the path of religion
1) Religious activities are likely to be obstructed due to
illness etc. Caused by our own previous inauspicious
karmas which have come into action OR
2) Religious activities can be possibly obstructed by some
other person,
But in such circumstances, a soul’s greatest source of comfort
is the safety of his religious outlook. If it is intact, he has
nothing to worry about. No helplessness in the first instance
and no anger or disgust in the second.
Kurgadu Muni And Sulsa
1) Because of Kurgadu Muni’s own inauspicious karmas,
he could not stay hungry, fast and observe such
external penance. Inspite of this, his internal religious
disposition was intact and hence he was not prey to
dejection, jealousy and animosity. Instead, he would
reflect and condemn his own previous birth’s wrong
doings which were showing their fruits today. This was
his true religious outlook and dedication in Lord’s
preachings which took him to the highest plane of
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