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The Difference Between Desire and Craving
There was a mistranslation of the word craven, so they used the word desire. But my teacher, I think, he says craving is a root of suffering. And what's the difference between desire and craving? Tension. There's this sort of tense manner of trying to approach a situation. When you don't get these things or they get taken away, then you just explode into greater suffering. That's when life has to almost takes it upon itself to disabuse you of that notion.