Kama is desire, such as that for wealth, success,
family, position, or other forms of happiness for self or others. It also
involves the notion of the necessity for the posses-sion of great and noble
aims, desires, and ambitions, for such possession is the characteristic of
greatness of soul. Desire, whether of the higher or lower kinds, must, however,
be lawful, for man is subject to dharmma, which regulates it.
