Download or read book The Gifts Of Suffering written by Polly Young Eisendrath and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 1996-06-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A noted Jungian phychotherapist tells inspiring stories of individuals who faced tremendous hardships, yet found renewed creativity and compassion as a result. In these lives the author finds patterns that illustrate not only basic Jungian principles, but also the teachings of the ancient Buddhist tradition, which was developed to deal with suffering in the world.