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previous life. He may also find a degree of satisfaction in understanding the world. But where there is knowledge of the Self (Atmagnan), he will experience nothing but contentment (trupti). If he has enjoyed something for countless lifetimes, he may not want anything, because he is already experiencing satisfaction. The person who has not had that experience, on the other hand, will perpetually feel, “I want to enjoy this, I want to enjoy that.” If you have enjoyed royalty in your past life, you will not like it if you were offered the same in this life, because you will get tired of it.
Questioner: There are some people who want what others have. If they see others with a car, then they want it too.
Dadashri: When does loksangnya (loksangnya – to be dictated by what the world does; societal influence) arise? It arises when one is not satisfied from within. Even to this day, I have not found a single person who could give me happiness. Even when I was young I never felt the need to have a radio. Aren't all these just living, walking ‘radios'? A Greedy Person Looks for More, Despite
Having It! Questioner: Isn't a greedy person (lobhio), also miserly (kanjoos)?
Dadashri: No, misers are different. A person becomes a miser because he does not have money; whereas a greedy man may have twenty-five thousand rupees at home and yet his chit will be stuck on where he can find the cheaper ghee (clarified butter). His chit is constantly in greed. Even when he goes to the market, he looks for a heap of cheap vegetables.
The one who has awareness in every facet of greed is considered a greedy man. A man who goes to the neighbor and gets something from him, because he has run out at home, is not greedy. The one who has everything and yet keeps looking for it elsewhere is considered greedy.
