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Dadashri: Everyone is free to harbor any desire, of any kind. There is no problem in having desire. But avarice, if you dangle a piece of bread to a dog, it will run from anywhere to anywhere because gluttonous greed has taken hold.
Questioner: So with such addictive avarice one loses the sense of what is right and what is wrong?
Dadashri: Insatiable avarice-gluttonous greed, gives you the right to label a man as an animal! It is an animal roaming around in human form.
Questioner: What are the consequences if we perform these religious activities for gluttonous greed, prestige and fame?
Dadashri: That is not gluttonous greed lalacha. It is natural for a human being to do these practices for prestige. As a worldly being he desires to become famous and earn respect. That is not gluttonous greed. Lalacha is like the example of the dog. Sees one poori and he is lost and runs around it. He will lose the awareness that he has strayed far from his location and family. He loses all bhaan awareness.
Everyone would have some element of such gluttonous avarice to a minor extent but the term lalachoo—the addicted glutton—is reserved for the one who behaves like an animal in human form.
The lalachoo person—the greedy glutton will hang around for hours waiting for something sweet to be served once he knows it is likely to be offered in your home. He will stay put for two, three or even four hours. He will leave only if you give him some. He sits so long because of this insatiable greed within. On the other hand an egoistic person-one who is heavily laden with the sense of the self—will say, 'leave it alone man, let me go to my home.' He will take off. He does not covet. Therefore this world is bound by such lalacha , excessive greed laced with intense greed lalach and promise of pleasure. Hey, these dogs and donkeys have such gluttony! Not us human beings! How dare we have such avarice? How dare it exist in us?
When does a mouse enter the cage? When does it get trapped in the cage?
Questioner: When there is excessive greed lalacha.
