Aptavani-9 243
Covetous people take on a liability
Questioner: Is it just one intense greed that is to the extreme, which traps a person?
Dadashri: Yes, that is what happens. If he has an important date at the court and he is tempted by something, he will not show up at the court; by doing this he makes his problems worse.
Questioner: Such a person is considered very irresponsible.
Dadashri: Leave alone irresponsibility but he is taking on tremendous liabilities. He remains undaunted because of his intense greed( lalacha) and so he takes on tremendous liability.
A covetous person is always seeking pleasure
But a covetous person( lalachu) is the owner of every‘ port’. His ship will stop at every port. And the rule is that a merchant will always find customers.
Questioner: But that is what he is looking for, is he not?
Dadashri: No, not because he is looking for it, but that is the law. Because when you take some medicine, where does it go? It goes where there is a problem. How does the medicine you take through your mouth go to where the problem is? That is the law; it is attracted there. So what am I saying? Pain attracts the medicine; it is not the medicine that traps the pain. So it is the pain that attracts the medicine. You may not be able to find your medicine anywhere in the stores but your friend comes along saying,‘ I could not find this medicine anywhere. I found just this one bottle. The man I bought it from had only one’, I would tell him‘ Yes, I understand. I understand without you even telling me!’