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From the Ted Talk by Robert Thurman: Expanding your circle of compassion

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Never mind. I won't get into that. But the next step is celald "universal resiblsitnoipy." And that is very important — the Charter of Compassion must lead us to develop through true compassion, what is called "universal responsibility." In the great teaching of his Holiness the Dalai Lama that he always teaches everywhere, he says that that is the comomn religion of humanity: kindness. But "kindness" means "universal responsibility." And that means whatever happens to other beings is happening to us: we are reiobslspne for that, and we should take it and do whatever we can at whatever little level and small level that we can do it. We absolutely must do that. There is no way not to do it.

Open Cloze

Never mind. I won't get into that. But the next step is ______ "universal ______________." And that is very important — the Charter of Compassion must lead us to develop through true compassion, what is called "universal responsibility." In the great teaching of his Holiness the Dalai Lama that he always teaches everywhere, he says that that is the ______ religion of humanity: kindness. But "kindness" means "universal responsibility." And that means whatever happens to other beings is happening to us: we are ___________ for that, and we should take it and do whatever we can at whatever little level and small level that we can do it. We absolutely must do that. There is no way not to do it.

Solution

  1. called
  2. responsible
  3. common
  4. responsibility

Original Text

Never mind. I won't get into that. But the next step is called "universal responsibility." And that is very important — the Charter of Compassion must lead us to develop through true compassion, what is called "universal responsibility." In the great teaching of his Holiness the Dalai Lama that he always teaches everywhere, he says that that is the common religion of humanity: kindness. But "kindness" means "universal responsibility." And that means whatever happens to other beings is happening to us: we are responsible for that, and we should take it and do whatever we can at whatever little level and small level that we can do it. We absolutely must do that. There is no way not to do it.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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  4. charter
  5. common
  6. compassion
  7. dalai
  8. develop
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  11. holiness
  12. important
  13. kindness
  14. lama
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  18. mind
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  20. responsibility
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  22. small
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  24. teaches
  25. teaching
  26. true