The elements of spiritual death exhibited in Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment Deeply tormented by the long-accumulated anguish for the “fantastic question” in his mind, Raskolnikov, the protagonist in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, cries: “[I must]…renounce life al...

Supreme Happiness Let me begin by asking the question what is supreme happiness? Some say the supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved. The teachings of the Buddha reveal a step by step path to lasting happiness. The mind is like a cloudy sky, in real meaning clear and pu...

A Closer Look at On Death and Dying One of the most well known studies of death during the late twentieth century, On Death and Dying was created from an interdisciplinary seminar on death, originated and directed by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. In On Death and Dying, Dr. Kübler-Ross first introd...