Is crying healthy?

[Epistemes]

A Buddhist discussion board is probably the most inane place to post a thing like this...

...but Western centers for natural healing claim that crying is a sign of emotional healthiness.

Crying most surely is a sign of attachment and samsara, as the Buddha indicates, but what if it's physically healthy?

[Virgo]

A Buddhist discussion board is probably the most inane place to post a thing like this...

...but Western centers for natural healing claim that crying is a sign of emotional healthiness.

Crying most surely is a sign of attachment and samsara, as the Buddha indicates, but what if it's physically healthy?

If one cries, at least one is in touch with ones emotions, which at least in itself, would seem to be healthy to me.

I really don't know. I am no expert.

Kevin

[Malcolm]

A Buddhist discussion board is probably the most inane place to post a thing like this...

...but Western centers for natural healing claim that crying is a sign of emotional healthiness.

Crying most surely is a sign of attachment and samsara, as the Buddha indicates, but what if it's physically healthy?

Like any physical function supressing the urge is not healthy, forcing it is also not healthy.

[Ng'mu]

The Sancrit term Rudra means to cry. So it is a fundamental aspect of samsara, suffering, sickness and death.
All of which one could argue, are not healthy.

[mint]

The Sancrit term Rudra means to cry. So it is a fundamental aspect of samsara, suffering, sickness and death.
All of which one could argue, are not healthy.

Rudra? Like the Rigvedic god of the storm? My sources tell me that the god Rudra specifically designated the howling of the storm. I imagine it's this howling that has it's connection to crying.

Interesting etymology!

[LastLegend]

Catharsis is a term coined by Freud that means to release your suppressed thoughts and emotions. But then again, this might work but only temporary. The cup is only empty so it can be filled again. So not the the best way to deal with reactions.

[Malcolm]

The Sancrit term Rudra means to cry. So it is a fundamental aspect of samsara, suffering, sickness and death.
All of which one could argue, are not healthy.

Crying in the sense of yelling out....

rudra mfn. (prob.) crying , howling , roaring , dreadful , terrific , terrible , horrible

[Kyosan]

I don't think that crying necessarily goes against Buddhism. You see in the Buddhist literature, instances where people had realizations and were moved to tears.

[Sönam]

I was crying on my avatar ...

Sönam

[mint]

I don't think that crying necessarily goes against Buddhism. You see in the Buddhist literature, instances where people had realizations and were moved to tears.

Are tears of happiness a sign of samsara?

[edearl]

A Buddhist discussion board is probably the most inane place to post a thing like this...
... Crying most surely is a sign of attachment and samsara, as the Buddha indicates, but what if it's physically healthy?

Like any physical function supressing the urge is not healthy, forcing it is also not healthy.

Western medicine says forcing a smile or laugh is good for you.
See: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/2054

[mint]

A Buddhist discussion board is probably the most inane place to post a thing like this...
... Crying most surely is a sign of attachment and samsara, as the Buddha indicates, but what if it's physically healthy?

Like any physical function supressing the urge is not healthy, forcing it is also not healthy.

Western medicine says forcing a smile or laugh is good for you.
See: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/2054

Western medicine also steals your children away from you if you don't do like the doctor orders!

[edearl]

Like any physical function supressing the urge is not healthy, forcing it is also not healthy.

Western medicine says forcing a smile or laugh is good for you.
See: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/2054

Western medicine also steals your children away from you if you don't do like the doctor orders!

A government might steal children for that reason. Doctors use medicine to diagnose and heal. However, a government may make a law to force a doctor to do a thing the doctor would not otherwise do. Western trained doctors follow the creed to do no harm, but taking a child away from its parent generally causes harm, with some exceptions (e.g., a parent or the parents are battering the child). Medicine is a science--a body of knowledge that can be used by people for both good and bad. Your complaint is with the legal system, not medicine.

[Jikan]

Sometimes the legal system has a good reason to take children away from parents who refuse conventional health care. One example:

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/i ... ial_1.html