Karen Armstrong won the first Ted-Talks prize of $100,000 - and a wish to be granted. That wish?  World Peace!  Don't laugh ... it's true!  And she has set out a pathway to increasing understanding, harmony and wonder in our world in her 12 Steps to a Compassionate World.

 

AT THE HEART!

One of the sources of this peace is the common ethical ground at the heart of the world's major religions. Each of these shares some version of "The Golden Rule" - that advice to "do to others as you would have them do unto you." But how do people move from theory to practice?