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02 September 2011
Compassion and the true meaning of empathy: Joan Halifax on TED.com
Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row). She shares what she’s learned about compassion in the face of death and dying, and a deep insight into the nature of empathy. (Recorded at TEDWomen, December 2010, in Washington, DC. Duration: 13:19.)
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Sep 14 2011
How do we teach compassion, other than through our own expression and example of it? How can we teach it as a “skill or and art” that can be transmitted and spread more quickly . Is there a role for technology (oxytocin, fNMR etc and future developments) in building on ancient teachings, formalising a more efficient and effective “technique” for the modern world.
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Cheryl Kelmar
How can the wealthy raise their children to have compassion for those who have less? This is a topic I discuss in my book, ‘An Autobiography of a Single Mother,’ available at Create Space. The first chapter and prelude is free at Autobiographyofsinglemother.blogspot.com.
Cheryl Kelmar