“The details of the kind of obstinacy a devotee should and should not keep are as follows: One type of obstinacy is observing the vows of non-lust and other such vows; the other type of obstinacy is behaving with the feeling that one will be able to sleep only if one’s place is here and not if it is elsewhere. The latter and other innumerable forms of obstinacy that are the result of trivial swabhãvs should not be considered the same as the former type of obstinacy. The obstinacy of observing religious vows is as essential as one’s own life; it is extremely beneficial. That type of obstinacy should be kept with an understanding of its importance. But if the latter type of obstinacy, which is due to swabhãvs, is formed, it should be thought of as worthless; and if the Sant asks one to abandon it, it should be abandoned. The former type of obstinacy, however, should not be abandoned.”

[Gadhadã III-27]