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The Charter for Compassion The Charter for Compassion is Karen Armstrong’s effort to promote the principles of the Golden Rule across the religious and global spectrum. The group effort to build an interfaith “charter of compassion” is guided by the Council of Sages, a multi-faith, multi-national group of religious thinkers and leaders. The council will guide the writing of the final charter, but the process is open to submissions from anyone, anywhere, who has an interest in the founding guidelines laid out below: The Charter does NOT assume: ► all religions are the same ► compassion is the only thing that matters in religion ► religious people have a monopoly on compassion The Charter DOES affirm that: ► compassion is celebrated in all major religious, spiritual and ethical traditions ► the Golden Rule is our prime duty and cannot be limited to our own political, religious or ethnic group ► therefore, in our divided world, compassion can build common ground You can find out more about the Council of Sages and offer your own thoughts at charterforcompassion.org |