Block (CC & Other Books)
Expressions researched:
"block"
|"blockade"
|"blockage"
|"blocked"
|"blockhouse"
|"blocking"
|"blocks"
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
One should always remember that a person who is reluctant to accept a spiritual master and be initiated is sure to be baffled in his endeavor to go back to Godhead. One who is not properly initiated may present himself as a great devotee, but in fact he is sure to encounter many stumbling blocks on his path of progress toward spiritual realization, with the result that he must continue his term of material existence without relief. Such a helpless person is compared to a ship without a rudder, for such a ship can never reach its destination. It is imperative, therefore, that one accept a spiritual master if he at all desires to gain the favor of the Lord.