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Krista Tippett: Reconnecting with compassion
Krista Tippett: Muling Pag-uugnay sa "Pakikiramay"
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Ang ating kahulugan sa salitang "pakikiramay" -- na madalas iniuugnay sa mga santo at maawain -- ay iba sa tunay nitong kahulugan. Sa isang talumpati sa TEDPrize@UN, ipinaliwanag ng mamahayag na si Krista Tippett kung ano talaga ang ibig sabihin ng pakikiramay sa pamamagitan ng ilang makababagbag-damdaming kuwento, at iminungkahi ang bago at mas malawak na kahulugan ng salitang ito.
Krista Tippett - Journalist
Krista Tippett hosts the national public radio program "On Being," which takes up the great, animating questions of human life: What does it mean to be human? And how do we want to live? Full bio
Krista Tippett hosts the national public radio program "On Being," which takes up the great, animating questions of human life: What does it mean to be human? And how do we want to live? Full bio
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We're here to celebrate compassion.
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Narito tayo upang itanghal ang pakikiramay.
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But compassion, from my vantage point,
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Subalit ang pakikiramay, sa aking pakiwari,
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has a problem.
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ay may problema.
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As essential as it is across our traditions,
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Mahalaga man ito sa ating mga tradisyon,
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as real as so many of us know it to be
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at walang dudang nararamdaman natin ito sa ating araw-araw na pamumuhay,
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in particular lives,
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gaya nang alam ng marami sa atin,
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the word "compassion" is hollowed out in our culture,
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naging mali ang kahulugan ng katagang "pakikiramay" sa ating kultura,
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and it is suspect in my field of journalism.
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lalo sa larangan ng pamamahayag.
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It's seen as a squishy kumbaya thing,
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Madalas ito'y pinupuri kahit hindi naman angkop,
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or it's seen as potentially depressing.
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at minsa'y tinitingnan ito ng may kasamang lungkot.
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Karen Armstrong has told what I think is an iconic story
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Si Karen Armstrong ay may sinabi na sa pakiwari ko'y isang napakabuluhang istorya
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of giving a speech in Holland
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nang siya'y nagbigay ng talumpati sa Holland
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and, after the fact, the word "compassion"
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at ang katagang "pakikiramay"
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was translated as "pity."
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ay isinalin na "pagkaawa".
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Now compassion, when it enters the news,
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Ngayon, sa mga balita, ang pakikiramay
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too often comes in the form
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ay kadalasa'y mababasa
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of feel-good feature pieces
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sa mga tampok na lathala na hatid ay pampalubag-loob
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or sidebars about heroic people
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o hindi kaya'y ukol sa mga bayaning
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you could never be like
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hindi kailanman mapaparisan
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or happy endings
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o sa mga magagandang katapusan
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or examples of self-sacrifice
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o mga halimbawa ng pagsasakripisyo
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that would seem to be too good to be true
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na sana nga'y
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most of the time.
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nagkakatotoo nang madalas.
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Our cultural imagination about compassion
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Ang likhang-isip ng ating kultura hinggil sa pakikiramay
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has been deadened by idealistic images.
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ay pinawalang-buhay ng mga idiyalistikong pag-iisip.
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And so what I'd like to do this morning
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Kaya, sa umagang ito,
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for the next few minutes
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sa susunod na ilang mga sandali,
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is perform a linguistic resurrection.
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ay gusto kong magsagawa ng isang muling pagbagon sa linguwistika.
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And I hope you'll come with me on my basic premise
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At inaasahan kong aayon kayo sa aking pangunahing batayan
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that words matter,
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na ang mga salita ay mahalaga,
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that they shape the way we understand ourselves,
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na hinuhubog nito kung papaano natin inuunawa ang ating mga sarili,
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the way we interpret the world
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kung papaano natin nakikita ang kamunduhan
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and the way we treat others.
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at kung paano natin pinakikitunguhan ang ating kapwa.
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When this country
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Ang bayang ito,
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first encountered genuine diversity
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noong taong 1960,
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in the 1960s,
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sa unang pagkakataon ay dumanas ng tunay na pagkakaiba,
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we adopted tolerance
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at ang pagtanggap sa iba
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as the core civic virtue
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ay naging ugat na kaugalian
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with which we would approach that.
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na ating titingnan ngayon.
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Now the word "tolerance," if you look at it in the dictionary,
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Ang salitang "pagtanggap", kung titingnan mo sa diksiyunaryo,
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connotes "allowing," "indulging"
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ay katumbas ng "pagpayag", "pagbibigay"
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and "enduring."
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at "pagtitiis".
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In the medical context that it comes from,
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Sa konteksto medikal na pinaghanguan nito,
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it is about testing the limits of thriving
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ito'y patungkol sa kung gaano katagal maaring mabuhay
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in an unfavorable environment.
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sa isang nakapipinsalang kapaligiran.
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Tolerance is not really a lived virtue;
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Sa katunayan, ang pagtanggap ay hindi isang tunay na birtud.
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it's more of a cerebral ascent.
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Sa halip, ito ay nasa utak lang.
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And it's too cerebral
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At dahil nasa utak ito
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to animate guts and hearts
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napapagalaw nito ang ating kalamnan, ang puso,
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and behavior
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at asal
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when the going gets rough.
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kahit pa dumating ang maraming gulo.
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And the going is pretty rough right now.
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At totoong mas magulo na tayo ngayon.
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I think that without perhaps being able to name it,
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Sa aking pakiwari, kahit marahil hindi tuwirang matutukoy ito,
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we are collectively experiencing
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nararanasan nating lahat
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that we've come as far as we can
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na nandito ngayon dahil sa pagtanggap sa iba
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with tolerance as our only guiding virtue.
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bilang tanging gabay-asal.
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Compassion is a worthy successor.
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Ang pakikiramay ay isang karapat-dapat na kapalit.
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It is organic,
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Nilalaman nito
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across our religious, spiritual and ethical traditions,
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ang ating mga pananampalataya, ispiritwal, at etikal na paniniwala,
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and yet it transcends them.
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at lalong higit pa sa mga ito.
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Compassion is a piece of vocabulary
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Ang pakikiramay ay isang salita sa bukabularyo
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that could change us if we truly let it sink into
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na makapagpapabago sa atin kung hahayaan natin itong maging bahagi
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the standards to which we hold ourselves and others,
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ng mga sukatan na ating pinanghahawakan para ating sarili at sa iba,
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both in our private and in our civic spaces.
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sa ating pamumuhay maging pribado o sibiko.
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So what is it, three-dimensionally?
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Papaano natin ito susukatin?
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What are its kindred and component parts?
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Ano ang mga magkakaugnay at bumubuong bahagi nito?
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What's in its universe of attendant virtues?
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Ano ito sa kalawakan ng magkakaugnay na mga kagandahang-asal?
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To start simply,
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Una,
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I want to say that compassion is kind.
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ang pakikiramay ay kabaitan.
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Now "kindness" might sound like a very mild word,
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Ngayon, sa pandinig, tila baga ang kabaitan ay isang napakalumanay na kataga,
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and it's prone to its own abundant cliche.
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at madali itong isipin na cliche.
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But kindness is an everyday byproduct
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Subalit ang kabaitan ay pang-araw-araw na kakambal
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of all the great virtues.
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ng lahat ng kagandahang-asal.
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And it is a most edifying form
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At ito'y isang matayog na uri
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of instant gratification.
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na nagbibigay ng agad na kaluguran.
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Compassion is also curious.
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Ang pakikiramay ay ang pagiging curious.
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Compassion cultivates and practices curiosity.
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Linilinang at inuugali ng pakikiramay ang kuriosidad.
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I love a phrase that was offered me
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Gusto ko ang kataga na binanggit sa akin
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by two young women
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ng dalawang kabataang babaeng
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who are interfaith innovators in Los Angeles,
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"interfaith innovators" sa Los Angeles,
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Aziza Hasan and Malka Fenyvesi.
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sina Aziza Hasan at Malka Fenyvesi.
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They are working to create a new imagination
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Nagsusumikap silang lumikha ng bagong imahenasyon
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about shared life among young Jews and Muslims,
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hinggil sa sama-samang pamumuhay ng mga Jews at mga Muslim,
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and as they do that, they cultivate what they call
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at tinawag nila itong
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"curiosity without assumptions."
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"kuriosidad na walang pagpapalagay."
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Well that's going to be a breeding ground for compassion.
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Tunay ngang magiging punlaan ito ng pakikiramay.
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Compassion can be synonymous with empathy.
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Kaisa-ng-damdamin ay isa pang maaaring kahulugan ng pakikiramay.
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It can be joined with the harder work
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May mas mahirap na gawin na maisasama dito:
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of forgiveness and reconciliation,
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ang pagpapatawad at pakikipagkasundo,
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but it can also express itself
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ngunit maari din na ang ibig sabihin ay
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in the simple act of presence.
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ang pagdalo at pakikipagkita ng personal.
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It's linked to practical virtues
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kaugnay rin mga praktikal na magagandang-asal
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like generosity and hospitality
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tulad ng pagkabukas-palad at mabuting pakikitungo
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and just being there,
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at sa simpleng pakikiharap lamang,
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just showing up.
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at sa pagpapakita sa ating mga kaibigan.
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I think that compassion
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Pakiwari ko'y ang pakikiramay
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also is often linked to beauty --
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ay iniuugnay din sa kagandahan --
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and by that I mean a willingness
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at ang ibig kong sabihin ay ang pagkukusang
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to see beauty in the other,
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pagpansin sa kagandahan ng iba,
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not just what it is about them
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dahil higit pa ito sa
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that might need helping.
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pagbibigay tulong lang.
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I love it that my Muslim conversation partners
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Natutuwa ako na ang aking mga nakakadiskurso na mga Muslim
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often speak of beauty as a core moral value.
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ay madalas banggitin ang kagandahan-asal bilang isang moral na birtud.
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And in that light, for the religious,
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Sa ganitong pagkaunawa, para sa mga relihiyoso,
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compassion also brings us
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inaakay tayo ng pakikiramay
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into the territory of mystery --
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sa lugar ng misteryo --
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encouraging us not just
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hinihimok tayong masdan
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to see beauty,
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hindi lamang ang kagandahan,
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but perhaps also to look for the face of God
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ngunit pati na rin ang mukha ng Diyos
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in the moment of suffering,
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sa sandali ng pighati,
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in the face of a stranger,
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sa mukha ng di-kakilala,
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in the face of the vibrant religious other.
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sa mukha ng mga maka-relihiyoso.
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I'm not sure if I can show you
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Hindi ko tiyak na maipakikita ko sa inyo
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what tolerance looks like,
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kung ano ang kamukha ng pakikibagay
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but I can show you what compassion looks like --
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subalit maipakikita ko sa inyo kung ano ang kamukha ng pakikiramay --
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because it is visible.
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sapagka't ito ay nakikita.
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When we see it, we recognize it
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Kapag nakikita natin ito, makikilala natin ito
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and it changes the way we think about what is doable,
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at binabago nito ang ating pagtingin sa bagay na maaring gawin,
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what is possible.
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mga bagay na posible.
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It is so important
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Lubhang mahalaga
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when we're communicating big ideas --
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na kapag nagsasabi tayo ng mga mga malalaking ideya --
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but especially a big spiritual idea like compassion --
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lalo na ba't ang malaking espiritwal na ideya tulad ng pakikiramay --
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to root it as we present it to others
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na habang inuulat natin ito sa iba'y
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in space and time and flesh and blood --
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inuugat natin ito sa lugar, panahon at sa katawa't dugo --
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the color and complexity of life.
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ang kulay at gusot ng buhay.
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And compassion does seek physicality.
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Layon ng pakikiramay ang gawaing pisikal.
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I first started to learn this most vividly
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Natutunan ko ito mula
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from Matthew Sanford.
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kay Matthew Sanford.
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And I don't imagine that you will realize this
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Palagay ko'y hindi ninyo maiisip ito
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when you look at this photograph of him,
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kung basta titingnan ninyo lamang itong litrato niya
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but he's paraplegic.
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sapagkat hindi na siya nakakagalaw.
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He's been paralyzed from the waist down since he was 13,
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Hindi na siya maaring gumalaw mula sa baywang pababa mula noong siya'y 13 gulang
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in a car crash that killed his father and his sister.
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dahil sa isang banggaan ng kotse na ikinamatay ng kanyang ama at kapatid na babae.
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Matthew's legs don't work, and he'll never walk again,
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Hindi na mailakad ni Matthew ang kanyang mga paa, at hindi na siya muling makalalakad kailan man,
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and -- and he does experience this as an "and"
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at -- lagi niyang pinapamalas ang salitang "at"
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rather than a "but" --
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sa halip na "ngunit" --
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and he experiences himself
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at nararanasan niya ang kanyang sarili
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to be healed and whole.
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na pinagagaling at buong-buo.
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And as a teacher of yoga,
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At bilang guro sa yoga,
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he brings that experience to others
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inilalahad niya ang karanasang iyon
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across the spectrum of ability and disability,
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sa kaninuman: may kapansanan man o wala,
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health, illness and aging.
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sa malulusog, sa may sakit, at sa matatanda.
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He says that he's just at an extreme end
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Sinasabi niya na nagkataon lang na siya'y nasa dulo
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of the spectrum we're all on.
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ng ating depinisyon tungkol sa buhay.
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He's doing some amazing work now
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Gumagawa siya ng mga kamangha-manghang bagay
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with veterans coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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para sa mga beteranong galing Iraq at Afghanistan.
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And Matthew has made this remarkable observation
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Si Matthew ay may pambihirang obserbasyon
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that I'm just going to offer you and let it sit.
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na ikukuwento ko sa inyo.
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I can't quite explain it, and he can't either.
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Hindi ko lubos na maipaliwanag ito, at maski na rin siya.
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But he says that he has yet to experience someone
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Subalit sinasabi niya na hindi pa siya nakakakita ng tao
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who became more aware of their body,
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na matapos matanto ang kahinaan
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in all its frailty and its grace,
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ng kanyang katawa'y
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without, at the same time,
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hindi rin naramdaman
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becoming more compassionate towards all of life.
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ang higit na pakikiramay sa iba.
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Compassion also looks like this.
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Ito pa ang isang larawan ng pakikiramay:
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This is Jean Vanier.
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Siya si Jean Vanier.
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Jean Vanier helped found the L'Arche communities,
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Itinatag ni Jean Vanier and L'Arche Communities,
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which you can now find all over the world,
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na matatagpuan niyo sa buong mundo,
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communities centered around life
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mga komunidad na binubuo
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with people with mental disabilities --
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ng mga taong may kapansanan sa utak --
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mostly Down syndrome.
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at karamiha'y may Down syndrome.
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The communities that Jean Vanier founded,
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Ang komunidad na itinatag ni Jean Vanier,
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like Jean Vanier himself,
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ay tulad niya,
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exude tenderness.
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may lubos ang pagkamagiliw.
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"Tender" is another word
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"Magiliw" ay isang salita
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I would love to spend some time resurrecting.
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na nais kong bigyan pagpapahalaga.
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We spend so much time in this culture
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Sa kultura ngayon, maraming panahon ang ating ginugugol
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being driven and aggressive,
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sa pagigiing agresibo at mapusok,
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and I spend a lot of time being those things too.
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at madalas ko rin ugali ito.
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And compassion can also have those qualities.
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Minsan ang pakikiramay ay nagiging agresibo din.
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But again and again, lived compassion
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Ngunit lagi tayong pinapaalalahanan na ang pakikiramay
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brings us back to the wisdom of tenderness.
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ay nakaugat sa pagiging magiliw.
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Jean Vanier says
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Sinasabi ni Jean Vanier
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that his work,
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na ang kanyang gawain,
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like the work of other people --
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tulad ng gawain ng iba --
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his great, beloved, late friend Mother Teresa --
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kanyang dakila't minamahal na kaibigan, na si Mother Teresa --
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is never in the first instance about changing the world;
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kailanman hindi hangad na baguhin ang mundo;
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it's in the first instance about changing ourselves.
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sa katunayan, ito'y tungkol sa pagbabago ng ating mga sarili.
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He's says that what they do with L'Arche
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Sinasabi niya na ang ginagawa nila sa L'Arche
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is not a solution, but a sign.
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ay hindi isang solusyon, kundi isang palatandaan.
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Compassion is rarely a solution,
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Ang pakikiramay ay bihirang maging solusyon;
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but it is always a sign of a deeper reality,
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ito'y paalala ng mas malalim na katotohanan,
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of deeper human possibilities.
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ng mas malalim na posibilidad para sa tao.
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And compassion is unleashed
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Naisisiwalat ang pakikiramay
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in wider and wider circles
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sa mas maraming tao
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by signs and stories,
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sa pamamagitan ng mga paalala at kwento,
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never by statistics and strategies.
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at hindi sa statistika at estratehiya.
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We need those things too,
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Kailangan din natin ang mga bagay na iyon,
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but we're also bumping up against their limits.
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ngunit madalas tayong nagkukulang.
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And at the same time that we are doing that,
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At samantalang ginagawa natin ito,
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I think we are rediscovering the power of story --
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sa tingin ko ay muli nating natutuklasan ang bisa ng istorya --
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that as human beings, we need stories
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na bilang mga tao, kinakailangan natin ang mga kwento
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to survive, to flourish,
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upang manatiling buhay, upang lumusog,
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to change.
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upang magbago.
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Our traditions have always known this,
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Laman ito ng ating mga tradisyon,
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and that is why they have always cultivated stories at their heart
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at dahil dito, nakaugat na ang mga kwento sa ating lahi
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and carried them forward in time for us.
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at nakarating sa panahon ngayon.
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There is, of course, a story
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Sa katuna'y may isang istorya
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behind the key moral longing
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hinggil sa pangunahing mithiin
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and commandment of Judaism
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at batas ng Judaism
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to repair the world -- tikkun olam.
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na gawing tuwid ang kamunduhan -- ang tikkun olam.
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And I'll never forget hearing that story
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Hindi ko malilimutan ang istoryang ito na narinig ko mula
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from Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen,
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kay Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen,
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who told it to me as her grandfather told it to her,
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na nagmula pa sa kanyang lolo,
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that in the beginning of the Creation
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tungkol sa mga pangyayari noong
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something happened
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unang araw ng Paglikha:
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and the original light of the universe
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ang pinakaunang liwanag ng santinakpan
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was shattered into countless pieces.
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ay nadurog sa di mabilang na mga piraso.
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It lodged as shards
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Iyon ay bumaon na animo'y mga bubog
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inside every aspect of the Creation.
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sa bawat anyo ng Nilikha.
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And that the highest human calling
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At ang pinakamataas na layunin ng tao
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is to look for this light, to point at it when we see it,
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ay hanapin ang liwanag na ito, at matapos matuklasa'y ituro ito,
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to gather it up,
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pulutin ito,
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and in so doing, to repair the world.
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at sa ganoong paraa'y maisasayos ang mundo.
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Now this might sound like a fanciful tale.
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Maari mong isiping isa itong napakamalikhaing kuwento.
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Some of my fellow journalists might interpret it that way.
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Marahil ganito rin ang pananaw ng ilan sa aking kapwa-mamahayag.
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Rachel Naomi Remen says
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Sinasabi ni Rachel Naomi Remen
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this is an important and empowering story
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na ito ay isang kwento na mahalaga at mabisa
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for our time,
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para sa ating panahon,
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because this story insists
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sapagka't ang kwentong ito'y may binibigyan-diin:
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that each and every one of us,
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na ganoon ma't bawat isa sa atin
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frail and flawed as we may be,
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ay maaaring may kahinaan at kapintasan,
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inadequate as we may feel,
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at maaring sa pakiwari'y may kakulangan,
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has exactly what's needed
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ito mismo ang kailangan upang
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to help repair the part of the world
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makatulong tayo sa maliit na bahagi ng mundo
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that we can see and touch.
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na ating nakikita at nadadama.
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Stories like this,
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Ang mga kwentong tulad nito,
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signs like this,
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ang mga paalala tulad nito
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are practical tools
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ay mga praktikal na paraaan
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in a world longing to bring compassion
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sa mundong nagmimithing maghatid ng pakikiramay
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to abundant images of suffering
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sa napakaraming paghihirap
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that can otherwise overwhelm us.
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na maaring gumupo sa atin.
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Rachel Naomi Remen
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Sa katunayan, ibinabalik ni Rachel Naomi Remen
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is actually bringing compassion
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ang pakikiramay
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back to its rightful place alongside science
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sa dati nitong lugar kaagapay ng agham
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in her field of medicine
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sa kanyang larangan ng medisina
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in the training of new doctors.
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sa paghubog ng mga bagong doktor.
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And this trend
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Itong kalakaran
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of what Rachel Naomi Remen is doing,
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ng mga ginagawa ni Rachel Naomi,
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how these kinds of virtues
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itong paglalagay ng iba't-ibang kagandahang-asal
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are finding a place in the vocabulary of medicine --
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sa bokabularyo ng medisina --
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the work Fred Luskin is doing --
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ang mga ginagawa ni Fred Luskin --
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I think this is one of the most fascinating developments
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sa aking palagay, ay isa sa mga bukod-tanging pag-unlad
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of the 21st century --
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ng ika-21 siglo --
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that science, in fact,
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na hinugot ng siyensa
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is taking a virtue like compassion
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ang isang birtud tulad ng pakikiramay
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definitively out of the realm of idealism.
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mula sa larangan ng idiyalismo.
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This is going to change science, I believe,
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Sa aking paniniwala, babaguhin nito ang agham,
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and it will change religion.
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at babaguhin nito ang relihiyon.
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But here's a face
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Subalit may isang tao
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from 20th century science
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mula sa siyensa ng ika-20 siglo
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that might surprise you
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na maaaring ikagulat niyo
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in a discussion about compassion.
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ukol sa ating diskuyson hinggil sa pakikiramay.
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We all know about the Albert Einstein
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Alam nating lahat ang tungkol kay Albert Eistein
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who came up with E = mc2.
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na binuo ang E=mc2.
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We don't hear so much about the Einstein
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Marahil hindi natin alam ang tungkol sa pag-iimbita ni Einstein kay Marian Anderson,
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who invited the African American opera singer, Marian Anderson,
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isang African-American na opera singer, na tumira sa kanyang bahay
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to stay in his home when she came to sing in Princeton
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nang siya'y dumating upang kumanta sa Princeton
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because the best hotel there
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dahil ang pinakamagandang hotel noon
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was segregated and wouldn't have her.
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ay segregated at bawal siya doon.
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We don't hear about the Einstein who used his celebrity
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Marahil hindi natin alam na ginamit ni Einstein ang kanyang pagiging sikat
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to advocate for political prisoners in Europe
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upang ipagtanggol ang mga nabilanggo sa Europe dahil sa pulitika
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or the Scottsboro boys
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o ang mga kabataang Scottsboro
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in the American South.
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sa Katimugan.
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Einstein believed deeply
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that science should transcend
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na higit pa sa pagkakaibang nasiyonal at etnikal
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national and ethnic divisions.
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ang layunin ng agham.
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But he watched physicists and chemists
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Subalit kasama din niya ang mga physicists at chemists
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become the purveyors of weapons of mass destruction
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na naging susi ng paggawa ng armas ng mass destruction
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in the early 20th century.
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sa pagpasok ng ika-20 siglo.
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He once said that science in his generation
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Minsa'y sinabi niya na ang agham noon
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had become like a razor blade
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ay tulad ng isang labaha
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in the hands of a three-year-old.
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sa kamay ng tatlong taong gulang.
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And Einstein foresaw
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At nakinita ni Einstein
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that as we grow more modern
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na habang tayo'y nagiging mas moderno
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and technologically advanced,
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at umuunlad sa teknolohiya,
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we need the virtues
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kakailanganin natin ang kagandahaang-asal
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our traditions carry forward in time
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na hatid ng ating mga tradisyon
11:41
more, not less.
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ng mas madalas pa.
11:43
He liked to talk about the spiritual geniuses of the ages.
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Lagi din niyang nababanggit ang mga genius na pang-ispiritwal.
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Some of his favorites were Moses,
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Ilan sa kanyang mga paborito'y sina Moses,
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Jesus, Buddha, St. Francis of Assisi,
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Hesus, Buddha, St. Francis of Assisi,
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Gandhi -- he adored his contemporary, Gandhi.
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Gandhi -- gustong-gusto niya si Gandhi, na kapanahunan niya.
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And Einstein said --
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At sinabi ni Einstein --
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and I think this is a quote,
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sa tingin ko ito ay isang kataga,
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again, that has not been passed down in his legacy --
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na hindi madalas iugnay sa kanya --
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that "these kinds of people
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na "ang mga taong ito
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are geniuses in the art of living,
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ay genius sa paraan ng pamumuhay, sila'y
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more necessary
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mas kailangan
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to the dignity, security and joy of humanity
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sa ikararangal, ikatitiwasay at ikaliligaya ng tao
12:10
than the discoverers of objective knowledge."
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higit sa mga manunuklas ng karunungan."
12:15
Now invoking Einstein
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Marahil, ang pagbanggit kay Einsten
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might not seem the best way to bring compassion down to earth
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ay hindi ang pinakamainam na paraan upang ibalik sa mundo ang pakikiramay
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and make it seem accessible to all the rest of us,
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at gawin itong kaugalian bawat isa sa atin,
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but actually it is.
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ngunit, sa katunayan, ay pwede din naman.
12:25
I want to show you
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Nais kong ipakita sa inyo
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the rest of this photograph,
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ang litratong ito,
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because this photograph
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sapagkat ang litratong ito
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is analogous to what we do to the word "compassion" in our culture --
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ay kawangis ng katagang "pakikiramay" sa ating kultura --
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we clean it up
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nililinis natin ito
12:37
and we diminish its depths and its grounding
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binabawasan natin ang mga lalim at sandigan nito
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in life, which is messy.
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sa buhay na magusot.
12:42
So in this photograph
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Kaya, sa litratong ito
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you see a mind looking out a window
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makikita ninyo na mula sa bintana ay may minamasdan
12:46
at what might be a cathedral -- it's not.
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na tila baga isang katedral -- mali.
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This is the full photograph,
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Ito ang buong litrato,
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and you see a middle-aged man wearing a leather jacket,
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isang lalaking nakasuot ng leather jacket,
12:52
smoking a cigar.
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hawak ang isang tabako.
12:54
And by the look of that paunch,
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Sa hugis lamang ng malaking tiyang iyan,
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he hasn't been doing enough yoga.
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ay hindi sapat ang kanyang pag-yoyoga.
12:58
We put these two photographs side-by-side on our website,
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Pinagtabi namin ang dalawang litratong ito sa aming website,
13:01
and someone said, "When I look at the first photo,
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at may nagsabi, "Kapag tinitingnan ko ang unang litrato,
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I ask myself, what was he thinking?
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tinatanong ko ang aking sarili: Ano kaya ang iniisip niya?
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And when I look at the second, I ask,
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At kapag tinitingnan ko naman ang ikalawang litrato, tinatanong ko:
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what kind of person was he? What kind of man is this?"
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Anong klaseng tao siya? Anong klaseng lalaki ito?"
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Well, he was complicated.
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Sa katunayan, komplikado siya:
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He was incredibly compassionate
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Labis ang kanyang pakikiramay
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in some of his relationships
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sa ilan niyang mga kasamahan,
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and terribly inadequate in others.
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ngunit kulang na kulang naman sa iba.
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And it is much harder, often,
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Madalas nga naman
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to be compassionate towards those closest to us,
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na madamayin tayo sa mga taong pinakamalapit sa atin,
13:26
which is another quality in the universe of compassion,
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dahil ganito ang isang mukha ng pakikiramay,
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on its dark side,
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na hindi kanais-nais,
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that also deserves our serious attention and illumination.
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na marapat bigyan ng ating atensiyon at liwanag.
13:36
Gandhi, too, was a real flawed human being.
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Si Gandhi man ay isang taong may kapintasan.
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So was Martin Luther King, Jr. So was Dorothy Day.
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Gayon din si Martin Luther King Jr. Gayon din si Dorothy Day.
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So was Mother Teresa.
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Gayon din si Mother Teresa.
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So are we all.
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Gayon din tayong lahat.
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And I want to say
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At ang gusto kong sabihi'y
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that it is a liberating thing
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nakakaluwag ng damdamin na
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to realize that that is no obstacle to compassion --
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matanto na ang kapintasan ay hindi hadlang sa pakikiramay --
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following on what Fred Luskin says --
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ayon nga sa sinabi ni Fred Luskin --
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that these flaws just make us human.
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ang mga kapintasang ito ang bumubuo sa ating pagkatao.
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Our culture is obsessed with perfection
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Walang inaatupag ang ating lahi kundi ang pagiging perpekto
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and with hiding problems.
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at ang pagtatago ng mga suliranin.
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But what a liberating thing to realize
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Subalit, nakakaluwag sa damdaming malaman
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that our problems, in fact,
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na sa katunayan, ang mga problemang ito
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are probably our richest sources
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ang magsisilbing pinakamasaganang bukal
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for rising to this ultimate virtue of compassion,
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ng pagdadamayan at pakikiramay:
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towards bringing compassion
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ang pagdulot ng kagandahang-asal
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towards the suffering and joys of others.
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sa mga bawat nagdurusa at nagsasaya.
14:20
Rachel Naomi Remen is a better doctor
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Si Rachel Naomi Remen ay naging mas mabuting doktor
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because of her life-long struggle with Crohn's disease.
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dahil sa kanyang dinadalang Crohn's disease.
14:25
Einstein became a humanitarian,
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Naging makatao si Einstein,
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not because of his exquisite knowledge
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hindi dahil sa kaniyang pambihirang karunungan
14:29
of space and time and matter,
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sa aspetong materyal, panahon, at lugar,
14:31
but because he was a Jew as Germany grew fascist.
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ngunit dahil siya ay isang Hudyo sa panahong naging malupit ang Alemanya.
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And Karen Armstrong, I think you would also say
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At kay Karen Armstrong, sa tingin ko
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that it was some of your very wounding experiences
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na ilan sa iyong mapapait na karanasan
14:40
in a religious life that,
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sa buhay pananampalataya,
14:42
with a zigzag,
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na wari'y palihis,
14:44
have led to the Charter for Compassion.
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ang nag-akay sa iyo tungo sa Charter for Compassion.
14:48
Compassion can't be reduced to sainthood
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Ang pakikiramay ay hindi tulad ng kabanalan
14:51
any more than it can be reduced to pity.
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at lalong hindi katumbas ng pagkamaawain.
14:55
So I want to propose
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Kaya, nais kong imungkahi
14:57
a final definition of compassion --
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ang huling kahulugan ng pakikiramay --
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this is Einstein with Paul Robeson by the way --
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na hango kay Einstein at Paul Robeson --
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and that would be for us
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na ang pakikiramay ay
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to call compassion a spiritual technology.
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isang "teknolohiyang ispiritwal".
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Now our traditions contain
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Ngayon, ang ating mga tradisyon ay naglalaman
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vast wisdom about this,
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ng malawig na karunungan hinggil dito,
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and we need them to mine it for us now.
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at marapat lamang na hukayin natin ito ngayon.
15:16
But compassion is also equally at home
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Ang pakikiramay ay magkatulad
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in the secular as in the religious.
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sa aspetong sekular o relihisoyo man.
15:22
So I will paraphrase Einstein in closing
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Kaya't isasalin ko ang sinabi ni Einstein na
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and say that humanity,
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kailangan ng sangkatauhan,
15:27
the future of humanity,
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at ng kinabukasan ng sangkatauhan,
15:29
needs this technology
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ang ganitong teknolohiya
15:31
as much as it needs all the others
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gaya ng pangangailan natin sa ibang mga bagay
15:33
that have now connected us
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na nag-uugnay sa ating lahat
15:36
and set before us
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at nagpapaalala sa atin
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the terrifying and wondrous possibility
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ang nakatatakot subalit kahanga-hangang posibilidad
15:40
of actually becoming one human race.
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na tayo ay iisang lahi ng sangkatauhan.
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Thank you.
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Salamat.
15:45
(Applause)
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(Palakpakan)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Krista Tippett - JournalistKrista Tippett hosts the national public radio program "On Being," which takes up the great, animating questions of human life: What does it mean to be human? And how do we want to live?
Why you should listen
Krista Tippett grew up in Oklahoma, the granddaughter of a Southern Baptist preacher. She studied history at Brown University and went to Bonn, West Germany in 1983 on a Fulbright Scholarship to study politics in Cold War Europe. In her 20s, she ended up in divided Berlin for most of the 1980s, first as the New York Times stringer and a freelance correspondent for Newsweek, the International Herald Tribune, the BBC and Die Zeit. She later became a special assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to West Germany.
When Tippett graduated with a M.Div. from Yale, she saw a black hole where intelligent coverage of religion should be. As she conducted a far-flung oral history project for the Benedictines of St. John's Abbey, she began to imagine radio conversations about the spiritual and intellectual content of faith that could open minds and enrich public life. These imagined conversations became reality when she created "Speaking of Faith" (later "On Being"), which is broadcast on over 200 US public radio stations and globally by NPR. From ecology to autism to torture, Tippett and her guests reach beyond the headlines to explore meaning, faith and ethics amidst the political, economic, cultural and technological shifts that define 21st-century life. Tippett is the author of Speaking of Faith and Einstein's God.
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