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Pain and Suffering as Viewed by the Hindu Religion.pdf

The Journal of Pain, Vol 8, No 8 (August), 2007: pp 607-613 Available online at F AOCUS RTICLE Pain and Suffering as Viewed by the Hindu Religion Sarah M. Whitman, MD Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, and private practice specializing in pain medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Abstract: Religion and spiritual practices are among the resources used by patients to cope with chronic pain. The major concepts of Hinduism that are related to pain and suffering are presented. Ways that Hindu traditions deal with pain and suffering are reviewed, including the concept of acceptance, which has been studied in the pain medicine literature. By becoming more familiar with Hindu views of pain and suffering, pain medicine practitioners can offer potentially helpful concepts to all patients and support Hindus’ spirituality as it relates to pain and suffering. Perspective: Religion or spirituality is often important to patients. This article will inform the pain medicine practitioner how pain and suffering are viewed in Hinduism, the third largest religion in the world. It is hoped that these concepts will prove helpful when treating not only followers of Hinduism but all patients. ? 2007 by the American Pain Society Key words: Pain, suffering, religion, spirituality, Hinduism, acceptance. “Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.” Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Indian Hindu mystic philosopher Clinicians who treat patients with signi?cant pain know all too well that the ?eld of medicine provides incomplete pain relief to many of our patients. A signi?cant percentage of patients remain in moderate to severe pain, and their lives are drastically changed in areas including relationships, work, and leisure. Both the pain itself and the psychosocial sequelae challenge our patients’ spirits. Because living with pain is often an enormous challenge, optimizing any and all resources that a patient has to cope with the e

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