HUMAN SUFFERING

By Martin Murphy

 

Human suffering is evident from afar off such as in the annals of recorded history. However, human suffering is evident in our daily lives among friends and family. These are my notes, edited of course, from a class I taught on human suffering.

 

Among the parables that Chinese teachers use is the story of a woman who lost an only son. She was grief stricken out of all reason. She made her sorrow a wailing wall.  Finally she went to a wise old philosopher. ...


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