Charter for Compassion
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The Charter for Compassion is a document which urges the peoples and religions of the world to embrace the core value of compassion
. The charter is currently available in thirty languages, and is being translated into more.
won the TED
Prize and made a wish: for help creating, launching and propagating a Charter for Compassion. On November 12, 2009, the Charter was unveiled to the world.
Amongst those who have already given the charter their backing are Richard Branson
, Musician Peter Gabriel
, Sir Ken Robinson
and the Dalai Lama
and, as of December 2010, over 60,000 other people from around the world have affirmed the charter. On April 26, 2010, Seattle became the first city in the world to affirm the charter.
Compassion
Compassion is a virtue — one in which the emotional capacities of empathy and sympathy are regarded as a part of love itself, and a cornerstone of greater social interconnection and humanism — foundational to the highest principles in philosophy, society, and personhood.There is an aspect of...
. The charter is currently available in thirty languages, and is being translated into more.
History
On February 28, 2008, Karen ArmstrongKaren Armstrong
Karen Armstrong FRSL , is a British author and commentator who is the author of twelve books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic nun, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and mystical faith...
won the TED
TED (conference)
TED is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading"....
Prize and made a wish: for help creating, launching and propagating a Charter for Compassion. On November 12, 2009, the Charter was unveiled to the world.
Amongst those who have already given the charter their backing are Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....
, Musician Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
, Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson is an author, speaker, and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education, and arts bodies...
and the Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...
and, as of December 2010, over 60,000 other people from around the world have affirmed the charter. On April 26, 2010, Seattle became the first city in the world to affirm the charter.
Text of the Charter
External links
- Charter for Compassion, website
- Charter for Compassion You Tube channel
- Karen Armstrong's TED Talk calling for the creation of the Charter, Feb. 2008 TEDTEDTED may refer to:* TED , an annual multidisciplinary conference* TED spread, the yield spread between U.S...