Daniel Cozort
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Suffering\u2019s positive side was elucidated beautifully by the eighth century Mah\u0101y\u0101na poet \u015a\u0101ntideva in his Bodhic\u0101ryavat\u0101ra<\/em>. Dzongkaba Losang Drakpa, the founder of what came to be known as the Gelukba (dge lugs pa<\/em>) order of Tibetan Buddhism, used \u015a\u0101ntideva\u2019s text as his main source in the chapter on patience in his masterwork, Lam rim Chenmo<\/em>. In this article I attempt to explicate \u015a\u0101ntideva\u2019s thought by way of the commentary of Dzongkaba. I then consider it in the context of what Ariel Glucklich has called \u201cSacred Pain\u201d\u2014the myriad ways in which religious people have found meaning in pain. I conclude with some observations about ways in which some Buddhist-inspired or -influenced therapeutic movements such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Positive Psychology are helping contemporary people to reconcile themselves to pain or to discover that it may have positive value. <\/p>\n Read article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 20, 2013 Suffering Made Sufferable: \u015a\u0101ntideva, Dzongkaba, and Modern Therapeutic Approaches to Suffering\u2019s Silver Lining Daniel Cozort Dickinson College Suffering\u2019s positive side was elucidated beautifully by the eighth century Mah\u0101y\u0101na poet \u015a\u0101ntideva in his Bodhic\u0101ryavat\u0101ra. Dzongkaba Losang Drakpa, the founder of what came to be known as the Gelukba (dge lugs pa) … Continue reading Making Suffering Sufferable<\/span>