Website of the Week: 24th June 2018
The Golden Rule
The Golden Rule
The "Golden Rule" was given by Jesus of Nazareth, who used it to summarize the Torah: "Do to others what you want them to do to you." and "This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets" (Matthew 7:12 NCV, see also Luke 6:31).
Karen Armstrong, religious historian and former Catholic nun, is a provocative, original thinker on the role of religion in the modern world. She promotes a new kind of religious discourse that goes back to the core values of religion: every single religion is based on compassion and on “the golden rule” – which was first propounded 500 years before Christ, by Confucius“: Do not do to others what you would not like them to do to you. Look into your own heart, discover what it is that gives you pain, and then refuse under any circumstance to inflict that pain on anybody else... This is civilization”.
In this stimulating talk, which won the TED* prize in 2008, Karen Armstrong lcalls for a Charter for Compassion -- to restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.
* TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages.
Karen Armstrong, religious historian and former Catholic nun, is a provocative, original thinker on the role of religion in the modern world. She promotes a new kind of religious discourse that goes back to the core values of religion: every single religion is based on compassion and on “the golden rule” – which was first propounded 500 years before Christ, by Confucius“: Do not do to others what you would not like them to do to you. Look into your own heart, discover what it is that gives you pain, and then refuse under any circumstance to inflict that pain on anybody else... This is civilization”.
In this stimulating talk, which won the TED* prize in 2008, Karen Armstrong lcalls for a Charter for Compassion -- to restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.
* TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages.
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