Etchasketch
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And desire is not the problem. The problem is the beliefs we hold about it. If we desire something and absolutely believe that we can achieve it then there's no problem. It's going to be a fun ride. The problem arises when we desire something that we believe we cannot achieve. That's self-torture. Or, which I think is what the Dalai Lama was talking about, if we believe that the fulfillment of that desire will make us somehow more whole than we already are. And that's ignorance.
This would be a misunderstanding of the nature of dukkha (typically described in english as suffering, but closer in meaning to unsatisfactoriness) as set forth by the Buddha. But that would be for another thread (and quite possibly forum ).