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Pain: The Benefits of Suffering

How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality

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Introduction

The typusam cavidi of mauritius is a pilgrimage to the temple of lord morgan. People will have their body pierced with between one and 600 needles. They will drag these enormous chariots through hooks that are attached to the back of their skin. It's a sacred hindoo ritual called the typu sam cavadi. We'll learn how these painful, gruelling rituals can create deep feelings of ampathy.

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