Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

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Synopsis
Karen Armstrong explains how to practise the religion of compassion that her last books have preached.In November 2009 Armstrong and TED launched The Charter of Compassion, which states that "We call upon all men and women to restore compassion to the centre of morality and religion...to cultivate an informed empathy with the suffering of all human beings -- even those regarded as enemies." To date, it's been signed by over 48,000 people on the Web, including such figures as The Dalai Lama and Queen Noor, Dave Eggers and Meg Ryan. (www.charterforcompassion.org) Out of the ideals of that Charter has come this humane, accessible, indispensable short book for our times.From the Hardcover edition.
Copyright:
2010

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ISBN-13:
9780307400673
Related ISBNs:
9780307400659
Publisher:
Knopf Canada
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Copyrighted By:
Karen Armstrong
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Language:
English
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Categories:
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
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In this book Armstrong brings the breadth of her knowledge of world religions to make a sustained and practical argument for compassion. While some of the writing here is perhaps somewhat cliche, still there are wonderful stories here as well as helpful meditation practices thrown in along the way.