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Dadashri: No. Greed lobh arises only after intense greed lalacha. There is no problem with being greedy lobhi. At least a person with greed will win some day but not the person with intense greed lalacha.
A man with intense greed lalacha is worse than a man with greed lobh. A greedy person will at least not let swindlers or conartists starve. Who will make the swindlers go hungry? Everyone except a man with greed lobh. One's greed is food for the con artist.
Questioner: Then what is the difference between a greedy man lobhi and and a man with intense greed lalacha?
Dadashri: A man with intense greed lalacha will intensely and excessively go for anything that promises pleasure whereas a greedy man is greedy about only one thing, for example, his greed maybe only for money. He will have greed for anything that will help him get money. Whereas a man with intense greed lalacha will go after whatever he can. He will go for anything that will give him pleasure. When such a man gets upset, he will throw a tantrum tragu. He will try to get what he wants by scaring people; he will make statements like, 'I will kill myself. I will commit suicide."
Questioner: What kind of intense greed lalacha does he have that he would do that?
Dadashri: He wants pleasure out of something and when he is denied that pleasure, he throws tantrums like, 'I will do this...I will commit suicide.'
Questioner: Usually the intense greed lalacha is for sex, is it not?
Dadashri: For sex as well as everything else.
Questioner: So does that include other things like pride or the need to be worshipped and respected, etc.?
Dadashri: Yes, that too. He will do the same if he is denied alcohol.
Questioner: Is the intense greed lalacha for the material thing itself or is it for the pleasure derived from those material things?
| SR No. | 007513 |
| Book Title | Aptavani 09 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Gnani Purush Dadashri |
| Publisher | Gnani Purush Dadashri |
| Publication Year | 2007 |
| Total Pages | 515 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English & Akram Vigyan |
| File Size | 8 MB |