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sometime in future) whereas the person with lalacha does not have a 'safe-side'. I have seen this in many places.
A person with greed, most of the time will not be able to abide by the Gnani's Agnas, although at times he will be able to. A person with intense greed (lalacha) will not be able to follow the Agnas at all. This is the difference between a greedy person and a covetous (lalachu) one. A lalachu commits spiritual suicide; he is constantly killing the self.
The craving for pleasure from every which way
Questioner: What other things are included in this lalacha (gluttonous greed for pleasure)?
Dadashri: Everything falls into it.
Questioner: Yes, but what type of greed is included in it? Dadashri: Greed for all kinds of pleasure. Nothing is left
out!
Questioner: Please, explain it to us with some examples. Dadashri: Everyone understands this. Would anyone have lalacha for getting beaten? Would anyone have any lalacha for verbal abuse? Can people not understand what kind of lalacha there is? It is lalacha of 'let me enjoy this, let me enjoy that; let me enjoy everything': that verily is lalacha (the insatiable greed).
Questioner: But on what basis is such lalacha maintained and sustained?
Dadashri: On the basis of enjoying pleasure. Such a person wants to experience pleasure from whatever and whichever source available. There is no meaningful goal in life. Such a person does not care for public recognition or respect and is impervious to defamation and insults. He runs after pleasure in a shameless manner. There is no respect for any man made laws or discipline.
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Questioner: So what is the cause of this kind of gluttony? How do these avarices originate?
Dadashri: It is to enjoy pleasure from wherever and by whatever means, to snatch away from whomever he can. There is no law or principle to what he does. He is not concerned about how shameful his conduct is in the eye of the society and much of his gluttony for pleasure is along the lines of public censure (loknindya) and disgrace. Therefore such gluttony leads a person into disgraceful acts and does not let him remain human.
Questioner: So what kinds of bhaav (intents) arise within such a state of gluttony?
Dadashri: One is driven towards experiencing pleasure from anything that comes in front of him. Lalacha means to intensely seek pleasure from the physical and the relative world all day long.
Questioner: Meaning he wants to experience pleasure at any cost?
Dadashri: Yes, correct. Our mahatmas who have attained this Gnan do not seek such pleasures. They settle their 'files' (a term used by Dadashri for all non-Self karmic accounts that come forth in this life after Self-Realization) with equanimity. Whatever comes his way, he settles with equanimity, he does not go looking for it.
This intense greed has never been purged in any previous life and that is why all these miseries exist now. One will find misery in endless lives but he will not find happiness in any life. This lalacha is the very cause for all miseries in life. This intense greed has existed not only in the past life but also in many previous lives. Now if one were to fracture it in this life, then everything will be fine and smooth from hereon. As long as it exists, the danger remains.
