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Come explore Karen Armstrong's new book, 12 Steps to A Compassionate Life, in a circle of compassion.The goals of this Seattle reading group are to:1.     Foster a greater understanding of compassion.2.     Identify ways to regularly practice compassion in individual and community life.3.     Make a commitment to one or more compassionate actions on the Charter for Compassion site, charterforcompassion.org. Please complete this…See More

In response to a polarized, turbulent world which so often stresses differences, the Charter for Compassion is bringing together voices from all cultures and spiritual/faith communities to remind the world that we all share the same core principle of compassion. The charter is the “wish” of Karen Armstrong, one of the most provocative, original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world. Armstrong won the 2008 TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) award which granted her a "wish…See More

In response to a polarized, turbulent world which so often stresses differences, the Charter for Compassion is bringing together voices from all cultures and spiritual/faith communities to remind the world that we all share the same core principle of compassion. The charter is the “wish” of Karen Armstrong, one of the most provocative, original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world. Armstrong won the 2008 TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) award which granted her a "wish…See More