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Greed
Why Be Greedy When It Is Not in Your Hands?
Questioner: I have a 'knot' of greed, what can I do
about it?
Dadashri: You should say, "Whatever it is to be in vyavasthit, let it be. And whatever is not in vyavasthit, so be it". Do You Gain or Lose with Greed?
Questioner: When does the 'knot' of greed explode?
Dadashri: When you have accumulated ‘99'. (One is constantly striving to turn that sum into 100 and so one becomes greedy in the process). A person may be a millionaire, but how is it possible for him not to have any greed (lobh)? A greedy person is obsessed with just one thing. He is not too bothered about pride. It will trouble a proud man to be insulted; whereas a greedy man will say, "I made two hundred rupees today, so what if he insulted me?" As long as there is pride and anger in a person, he is not considered greedy. Greed is a bad habit that has formed through life after life. A greedy man may make a profit for the first five to ten years, but in the end he will incur a loss without fail. An honest man will not lose anything. But when Nature changes its results, no one is spared. What is for certain is that an honest man will have less to fear.
Without knowing the Self, Contentment Is Not Possible
The antonym of greed (lobh) is satisfaction (santosh). A person receives satisfaction for something good that he did in his
