Yogi: You said that lobha is not caused through dosa, but when I’m frustrated with my work at the desk, I would go eat something from the fridge. Isn’t this greed fueled or caused by the aversion?
Sayadaw: Not at a fundamental level – say, we’re depressed and we look for a solution, we can’t say that the aversion in the depression is what makes you look for a solution.
Wisdom sees that there is aversion and says ‘I need to get out of this’, and wisdom looks for a solution.
In the same way, when the mind is busy at work and gets frustrated, and the mind wants to feel better and seeking something like food to make the mind feel better, it’s like a delusion fueling greed.
It’s often that when people are depressed, they eat as a form of comfort – that’s fueled by a delusion that they think it will give them relief.