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I’m fairly new to reading about Buddhism, so would you clarify? I thought desire was something to avoid. Second Noble Truth: Desire Is the Cause of Suffering. Wouldn’t an aspiration be a desire? R. E. Sherman writes in Buddha and Jesus: Could Solomon Be the Missing Link? that Solomon taught about desire. “The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.” (Proverbs 11:6, NIV) Do you think their teachings could be linked?
The Second Noble Truth states that it is craving; not desire on the whole that leads to suffering. Craving refers specifically to greed for fleeting sensual pleasures. Desires are however generic in nature.
The Buddha taught that it is necessary to be driven by pure desires to practise the Dharma. The difference between such desires and other desires is that desire (spiritual aspiration) to practise and share the Dharma is that which leads to the end of suffering, while other desires only perpetuate it.
Thank you very much for your explanation.