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Aptavani-9
Dadashri: That is not gluttonous greed (lalacha). It is
natural for one to seek recognition. As long as there is the
worldly life, there will always be a desire to make a name for
oneself; there will be other desires too. That is not considered
gluttonous greed (lalacha). The kind of lalacha I am talking
about is the kind in the example of the dog. If a dog sees a
poori, he will keep hovering around it. He will lose awareness
that he has strayed far away from his location and family. He
loses all awareness.
Everyone has at least some element of such gluttonous
avarice but the term lalachu (the addicted glutton) is reserved
for the one who behaves like an animal in human form.
Say a man brings home some wonderful sweets and
another man (visiting him) loves those sweets. He will sit around
for hours, because of his avarice and greed, hoping he will be
offered some of it. He will leave only when you give him some.
He sits for a long time because of his insatiable greed within. On
the other hand an egoistic person—one who is heavily laden
with the sense of the self—will say, ‘the heck with it, I would
rather go home.’ He will take off. He does not covet. Therefore
this world is bound by such lalacha (excessive greed or
gluttonous avarice) and promise of pleasure. Hey, the dogs and
donkeys have such lalacha, not humans! How dare we humans
have such avarice?
When does a mouse enter a cage? When does it get
trapped in the cage?
Questioner: When there is excessive greed (lalacha).
Dadashri: Yes, it smells a dhebru (small spicy deep-fried
bread) and when it goes to eat it, it gets trapped. When it sees
the dhebru in the cage, it sits outside impatiently thinking, ‘When
shall I go in? When shall I go in?’ and once it enters, the cage
door shuts behind him automatically. Therefore insatiable greed
for pleasure (lalacha) is the cause of all misery.