Book Title: Aptavani 09
Author(s): Gnani Purush Dadashri
Publisher: Gnani Purush Dadashri

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________________ Have you seen excessive intense greed lalacha? Questioner: You know what Dada? I myself was very covetous and greedy. Dadashri: Is that so? In what matters? Questioner: Oh! In everything; I was excessively greedy about satsang too! Dadashri: Greed for me is not considered greed but it is considered greed if it is for all other things. Greed for satsang is not called greed. Selfishness is not considered selfishness if it is for me—Dada—the Gnani Purush; it is considered the ultimate aim parmarth. Questioner: Now we are greedy for Dada. Dadashri: No, with me it is not considered greed. With me it is not considered selfishness. With me if you become selfish it is for the ultimate good parmarth. With the world even if you try to do the ultimate good it becomes a selfish interest. There even if try to do the ultimate good, it will become your selfish interest. People wonder and say, 'How can we be selfish for you Dada?' Hey, go ahead and be selfish about me. It will be your ultimate good parmarth. Questioner: I came here because I was attracted but that is the same thing as coming with the greed for attaining Gnan, is it not? Dadashri: That is the best of greed. That is the highest kind of greed worth keeping. If one does not have greed towards this, 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 a greed for. Greed for this—the Gnani—the Gnan—is greed-lalacha worth having. It is great that you have greed for this. Questioner: But is this not greed for Gnan? into Dadashri: It is the intention behind the greed that is taken consideration, because greed does great work if the intention is good. Questioner: Is it considered greed for a good cause?

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