The Compassionate Life— Walking the Path of Kindness

Talk & book signing with author Marc Ian Barasch

Author of The Compassionate Life - Walking the path of kindness
No cost
Vancouver Public Library, 350 W. Georgia, Vancouver, BC

Writer, editor, teacher and television producer (One Child, One Voice), Marc Ian Barasch asks:

• What can we learn from exceptionally empathetic people?


• Can we increase our compassion quotient with practice?


• How do we open our hearts to the people who do us harm?


• What if the great driving force of our evolution were actually ‘survival of the kindest?’

He comes up with challenging, ultimately inspiring answers. He describes encounters with empathetic apes, and with a Buddhist monk whose brain scans prove the power of compassion practice; with a man who donated a kidney to a stranger and another who forgave his daughter’s murderer—and many more stories of kindness and heart.

To learn more about Marc, visit www.compassionatelife.com.

For more info on the event, visit www.banyen.com or 604-737-8858