According to the Buddha to my knowledge he views becoming as conditioned by the desire for becoming , yes . But this is one of the deepest desires any living being can have . Very , very few people are free of the desire to exist . There is a little bit of truth to the idea that we get what we want and what we want is unsatisfactory , however I don ' t think the Buddha said everything was caused by karma or that we should interpret events in the world as karmic justice in fact he said contemplating how karma works leads to vexation and madness . So I reject the idea that everyone in the world gets what they deserve as is an implication of the comic , and I think this attitude glosses over the very real existence of injustice and inequality in the world .