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Dadashri: Yes, the taste; all those are called ras garavata. Some people like certain foods a lot. If he is going to get his favourite food for dinner, his chit will be in it from the morning till it is cooked. His chit will be in it even after he finishes eating. That is called ras garavata.
The buffalo sitting in the mud is ras garavata. Humans have garavata in the taste of the five senses. One will not budge from there; that is the ras garavata of sense organs.
Then there is riddhi-garavata. 'I have a mill... I have five children...I have a bungalow...' it is all riddhi garavata. Riddhi means anything related to money; worldly possession is riddhi.
Questioner: What comes under siddhi?
Dadashri: Siddhi is spiritual.
Questioner: Give us an example of siddhi.
Questioner: There is no problem for a tiger and a goat to come together in the presence of an ahimsak human being, one who is nonviolent through the mind, body and speech. Or if an angry person comes here, he will forget everything when he sees 'us'. It will make him forget his nature.
The saints, ascetics and spiritual leaders have siddhi-garavata. When someone comes to them saying, 'I have such and such an ailment', they cash in their siddhi, they use their special spiritual energy and then they remain in its garavata. They feel happy when people give them respect and recognition. People will bring them good food as a token of their appreciation and they will eat and enjoy it. This is the kind of garavata they enjoy. If they happen to attain certain siddhis, they will live in the garavata of that siddhi. They do not think of advancing themselves further.
Questioner: So does garavata halt progress?
Dadashri: Yes, because he becomes happy when people start respecting him.
