Akram Youth Beware! Do Not Obstruct anyone | August 2015 | Akr | Page 14

Labhantray (Obstruction against material benefits)
Obstructing someone's progress, promotion in turn will block
his own progress or benefits in future. That is Labhatray. When
someone offers a charity to beggars, you may meddle and say,
“What's the use? These people are worthless. They do not work and
are lazy bums.” By uttering such remarks, you obstruct your own
access to money in times of need. Even in studies if someone
secures higher grades, you start feeling negative for him and wish
bad thing happen to him. That is again an obstacle to your own
growth and improvement. Appreciation is the key. Good work
should be appreciated. This way we overcome our obstacles.
If you curse somebody as 'stupid', you are causing obstacles for your own intelligence. When
you call someone 'worthless', you apparently draw a question mark over your own competence
someday. It is better to do 'pratikraman' instantly for all such acts, to wash away antrays.
It is dangerous to tease someone for our pleasure or to make an impression on others. The
results can be awfully grave. Don't we often hear that a new born child is unable to speak and for many
years remained speechless since birth? These are the results of causing pain by teasing the less
fortunate people or those who are handicapped. We may even face insults and won't get the credit
for a commendable performance. This is also called 'Manantray' – obstacles of pride.

Bhog-Antray (obstacles in deriving pleasure from material possessions)

Everyone on dining table may be enjoying good delicacies prepared except one person. He eats only
Roti and Chhas (Butter milk) because doctors have warned him against eating sweets and spicy food. This is
obstacles against 'pleasures' (Bhogantray).
Why does this happen? It's because he might have rejected food, with anger in the past. He might
have seen faults in preparations and scolded people for that. This way he creates an antray. When someone
sits for lunch and exactly at the same time he may receive a call or news of bad incident in factory, etc. He
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