Yogi: Every time when there’s greed, is there also aversion? And, when there is aversion, is there also greed?
Sayadaw: The cause for aversion is always greed or delusion. If there is greed, delusion is already present.
Sometimes the delusion is stronger, like we believe that something shouldn’t be and we just get angry about it without having thought it through. There can be delusion that fuels aversion.
Greed is always often the cause of aversion – when the mind doesn’t want something, it means that it wants something else.
Theoretically, lobha and dosa cannot co-exist in the mind at the same time, but we cannot see that experientially because the mind works so fast. We see them together because so much has passed when we notice them, but the greed is the cause for the aversion.
Greed not only fuels aversion, it also fuels fear and anxiety.