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Dadashri: Yes, it smelled fragrance of the dhebroo—small spicy round deep-fried bread—and, going in to eat it, it got trapped. It saw the dhebroo in the cage and experienced intense inner craving for it, 'when shall I go in? When shall I go in? and once it enters, the cage door gets shut automatically. Human beings have become part of these automatic traps. And therefore the doors get closed automatically. So the root cause of all the miseries is insatiable greed for pleasure-lalacha
Which is harmful, greed or intense greed lalach?
Questioner: What make one intensely greedy and covetous? Is it the mind?
Dadashri: It is the mind but it is the one of the main attributes of the ego. Intense greed lalach of past life are expressed through the mind in this life, and because of the ego, one will continue to have on going intense greed lalach.
Questioner: Which kashayas (anger, pride, deceit and greed) does intense greed lalach fall under?
Dadashri: Intense greed lalacha is a raag kashaya i.e. it is a kashaya of attachment. When attachment raag and deceit kapat come together, they give rise to intense greed lalacha.
Questioner: Does it not come under illusion moha, Dada?
Dadashri: You can call it whatever you want, but intense greed lalacha is different.
Questioner: Is deceit kapat like intense greed?
Dadashri: This is not even deceit kapat. This is all intense greed. Even you would know how to deceive. This is intense greed lalacha .The main thing in intense greed lalacha is greed.
Questioner: Does that greed lobh gradually change to intense greed lalacha?