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Aptavani-6
Questioner: In kashay, there is ‘kash’ plus ‘aya’; what
is that?
Dadashri: That which hurts the self (atma) is all kashay.
Questioner: If attachment (raag) does not hurt the self,
then why is it called raag kashay?
Dadashri: Raag does not hurt the self, but it is a seed for
kashay. A large tree grows out of that.
Abhorrence (dwesh) is the beginning of kashay and
attachment (raag) is the sowing of a seed which will produce
results. What results will it produce? The result will be kashay.
Therefore, when the result comes, it will give rise to dwesh. At
the moment, because there is raag, it appears sweet.
Can There Be Kashays in Favorable
Circumstances?
Questioner: No kashays arise during favorable
circumstances but a lot of kashays occur during unfavorable
circumstances, so what should we do?
Dadashri: It is not that kashays occur only in unfavorable
circumstances. Many kashays occur in favorable circumstances
but there is ‘coolness’ in those kashays. They are called
attachment (raag) kashays. They consist of greed (lobh) and
deceit (kapat). One feels so much coolness and comfort in them
that the tuber of the raag kashay keeps growing day by day.
One finds happiness in favorable circumstances, but that
happiness is the one that causes the greatest difficulty.
Questioner: In favorable circumstances, there is no
awareness that this is a kashay-laden inner intent (kashay
bhaav).
Dadashri: You will not know about the kashay in such
circumstances and yet those are the very kashays that kill you.