Friday, December 20, 2013

Charter for Compassion ... life is riddled with imperfections

Peace Cracks
"On my desk I keep a mug with this saying: 'Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.' The first time I poured coffee into the mug, it seeped out through a hairline crack in the bottom and spilled all over the countertop. Now I use it to hold pens and pencils and remind myself that my life is riddled with imperfections. The imperfections are funny, and my attempts at perfection are even funnier."
~Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Simply Imperfect Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House
 

About

The Charter is a call to restore the Golden Rule to the center of religious, moral and civic life. The path to a just economy and a peaceful world requires listening, understanding and treating all others as we wish to be treated ourselves.
 
Mission
 
The Charter for Compassion is a cooperative effort to restore not only compassionate thinking but, more important, compassionate action to the center of religious, moral and political life. Compassion is the principled determination to put ourselves in the shoes of the other, and lies at the heart of all religious and ethical systems.

One of the most urgent tasks of our generation is to build a global community where men and women of all races, nations and ideologies can live together in peace. In our globalized world, everybody has become our neighbor, and the Golden Rule has become an urgent necessity.

The Charter for Compassion is not simply a statement of principle; it is above all a summons to creative, practical and sustained action to meet the political, moral, religious, social and cultural problems of our time.

We invite each of you to adopt the charter as your own, to make a lifelong commitment to live with compassion.


The Charter for Compassion is a document that transcends religious, ideological, and national differences.
Supported by leading thinkers from many traditions, the Charter activates the Golden Rule around the world.

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