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Karen Armstrong · 2010
Sequence ladder
Narrative Intelligence sources live outside the figurative image sequence ladder. Adaptive placement applies to image sequences, not this reading library.
What this book knows
Compassion is a trainable discipline, not a sentiment—every tradition's core teaching mapped to twelve actionable steps.
faith-and-doubt
Brain mechanisms induce love and compassion, but they are not as powerful as the more primitive instinctual reflexes—the Four Fs of our reptilian brain.
ARM-12C-RC-018The Buddha's crucial insight was that to live morally was to live for others; after enlightenment a person must return to the marketplace and practice compassion.
ARM-12C-RC-026Rabbi Akiva taught that 'love thy neighbor as thyself' was the greatest principle of the Torah; Ben Azzai preferred the unity of the human race.
ARM-12C-RC-033education-and-formation
The 'science of compassion' requires emptying oneself of post-Enlightenment presuppositions to enter, scholarly and empathetically, into another historical period.
ARM-12C-RC-075Try learning the language, listen to the music, experiment with the cuisine—invite friends to join in celebrating another tradition's national holidays.
ARM-12C-RC-101transformation
Once we know the cause of human pain is within ourselves, we have the motivation to change; when we perform an act of kindness we ourselves feel better.
ARM-12C-RC-0716 published passages · book excerpt · research analysis
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