Suffering in the mystical traditions of Buddhism and Christianity
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies August 21, 2014 Jakub Urbaniak
This article seeks to explore the mystical approaches to suffering characteristic of both Buddhism and Christianity. Through the analysis of the meanings, the two traditions in question ascribe to suffering as a ‘component’ of mystical experience; it challenges the somewhat oversimplified understanding of the dichotomy ’sage-the-robot versus saint-the-sufferer’. Thus it contributes to the...