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interest. There, even if you try to do the ultimate good, it will become your selfish interest. People wonder and ask,‘ How can we be selfish for you Dada?’ Hey, go ahead and be selfish about me. It will be for your ultimate good— parmarth.
Questioner: I came here because I was attracted but I have come for the lalacha( greed) to attain Gnan, is that not so?
Dadashri: That is the best lalacha( greed). That is the highest kind of lalacha worth having. If one does not have such a lalacha, I would tell him,‘ You are not very shrewd, you have a deficiency in this area.’ There is nothing in this worldly life that merits having greed( lalacha) for. Greed( lalacha) for this; the Gnani and the Gnan is greed worth having. It is great that you have greed for this.
Questioner: But is this not greed for Gnan?
Dadashri: It is the intention behind the greed that is taken into consideration, because greed does great work if the intention is good.
Questioner: This can be considered greed for a good cause, can it not?
Dadashri: It is not greed for a good( shubha) cause but it is for the absolute( shuddha) cause. Even giving to charity or doing something similar is considered an auspicious cause. Then comes the inauspicious( ashubha) intent. But wherever there is pure( shuddha) intention, where the ultimate is to be gained; that is the pure intention.
It is not found in scriptures, it has not even been heard of …
Questioner: Now who besides a Gnani would clarify things in this way? Otherwise it is so difficult to become liberated from this world.
Dadashri: There is no such awareness, is there? It will be very good even if a person were to recognize that he is in