{"id":479,"date":"2013-08-16T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/08\/krista-tippet-on-compassion.html"},"modified":"2014-07-28T16:07:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T21:07:59","slug":"krista-tippet-on-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/08\/krista-tippet-on-compassion.html","title":{"rendered":"Krista Tippet on Compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l5vZHuAtDZA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"460\" height=\"256\"><\/iframe>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Here is Krista Tippett on Ted Talks discussing compassion. She thinks that we need a new definition of compassion that is synonymous with empathy and linked to practical virtues like generosity, kindness, and hospitality.She offers some examples in people that she has interviewed like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onbeing.org\/program\/body039s-grace-matthew-sanford039s-story\/feature\/room-matthew-sanford\/1210\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Matthew Sanford <\/a>who became a paraplegic at the age of thirteen in a car crash that killed his father and sister. Today, he works with wounded war veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan showing them how to live with disabilities. She also talked about<a href=\"http:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2007\/04\/albert-einstein-civil-rights-activist\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"> Albert Einstein whose compassio<\/a>n led him to invite Marian Anderson, the great black singer, to stay at his house since the nearby hotel was segregated.\n<p>Krista Tippet is the host of the weekly radio show, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onbeing.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">On Being<\/a>, which is \u00a0about religion or what the show calls the big questions of the time. Every week she interviews different people from all faith traditions. \u00a0She is a journalist by training but also has a degree in divinity from Yale University. In 2003, she launched Speaking of Faith, which is now called, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onbeing.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">On Being.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is Krista Tippett on Ted Talks discussing compassion. 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