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Aptavani-1
It can only be called anger when there is a lingering effect with
that anger. For example, an angry exchange between a husband
and wife in the night keeps them both awake all night and in the
morning when the wife serves breakfast, she angrily shoves the
teacup in front of her husband. He immediately understands that
the anger from the night is still lingering. This is anger and the
effect can linger for any length of time; sometimes it can linger
for a lifetime. A father and son will become estranged from
each other forever because of this. The lingering effect of anger
can be read on one’s face.
Greed
Of all the kashayas, anger-pride-attachment-greed, the
lingering effect of greed is the heaviest and the most difficult to
get rid of. Greed means to harbor desire. A greedy person will
manage to smile even if insulted. A Gnani too will smile if insulted,
but when a greedy person smiles; he smiles while making his
tuber of greed even larger.
A greedy businessman is not fazed in the least when a
customer comes to him accusing him of cheating his son for fifty
cents. He would sit there smiling, unperturbed. Passers by look
on and see the cool and calm demeanor of the businessman and
a very vocal and angry customer. They think the customer has
gone mad and ask him to leave without making a scene. They
are convinced that such a well-respected businessman would
never cheat a child. While all this is going on, the businessman
is smiling to himself. Why does he do that? It is because from
within his greed tells him that the foolish customer will leave
after creating a scene, but he has nothing to lose because he
already made his fifty cents. On the outside, a greedy person
can look just like a Gnani.
On the other hand, a man who has the kashaya of pride
would not laugh if someone were to get angry with him. His