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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6 fascinating talks on better understanding IslamTo many, the word ‘Jihad’ conjures up images of anger, machine guns and Osama bin Laden. But as Bobby Ghosh, editor-at-large of TIME magazine, shares in today’s talk — this actually demonstrates a misappropriation of a word with deep religious significance. “To the vast majority of practicing Muslims, Jihad is an internal struggle for the […]
It’s a complaint we’ve all heard about the internet: all the cat videos and incessant celebrity gossip sites are making us, as a culture, stupider. However, digital community expert Howard Rheingold, doesn’t think that’s the case. In fact, he believes that both designing and using digital media can actually improve our intelligence. As Rheingold sees […]
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Ronald Sharpe commented on 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.
Cheryl Kelmar commented on Sep 2 2011
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.
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