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22 November 2010
Creating a compassionate world: Roundup of TEDPrize@UN
On Nov. 18, TEDsters gathered at the UN to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Charter for Compassion — Karen Armstrong’s 2008 TED Prize Wish. The event, TEDPrize@UN featured talks on compassion by a number of fascinating speakers.
Watch the archive of the TEDPrize@UN webcast >>
Photos from the event:
Karen Armstrong: “We need to apply the Golden Rule globally. It’s not just a nice thing to do; it’s essential to our survival.”
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf: “Compassion is our mandate. It is, and must be, the purpose for which we all live.”
Chade-Meng Tan talks about how to foster compassion in a corporate setting.
Pakistani musician Salman Ahmad plays “Open Your Eyes.”
Krista Tippett: “What is compassion? Compassion is a spiritual technology. Humanity needs this technology as much as the other technologies that connect us.”
Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell: “Compassion is, at its heart, something deeply personal.”
Fred Luskin: “Compassion comes from the recognition that all of us are vulnerable.”
(All photos credit: Alison Wright)
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