Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780307881748 (0307881741)
Publish date: December 28th 2010
Publisher: Random House Audio
Minutes: 222
Edition language: English
This book is really intended as a program of sorts, which you're supposed to follow—there are twelve actual steps, and you're to finish each one before moving on to the next. So I should start by admitting that I didn't do that at all. I just went through it like a book. I would actually like to do ...
I love Karen Armstrong. Her initiatives surrounding the Charter of Compassion and building compassionate cities are very important. If you're looking for 12 easy, cut and dry steps to follow to become a better person, then this book is not for you. But if you're interested in embarking on extensive ...
Ideas for how to live a more compassionate life drawn from mythology, philosophy, poetry, classical literature, and the world's major religions.
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