Krista Tippett: Reconnecting with compassion

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Translator: SIXTO RAMIREZ Reviewer: Schubert Malbas
00:15
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,
00:19
has a problem.
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ay may problema.
00:21
As essential as it is across our traditions,
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Mahalaga man ito sa ating mga tradisyon,
00:24
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,
00:26
in particular lives,
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gaya nang alam ng marami sa atin,
00:28
the word "compassion" is hollowed out in our culture,
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naging mali ang kahulugan ng katagang "pakikiramay" sa ating kultura,
00:31
and it is suspect in my field of journalism.
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lalo sa larangan ng pamamahayag.
00:34
It's seen as a squishy kumbaya thing,
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Madalas ito'y pinupuri kahit hindi naman angkop,
00:37
or it's seen as potentially depressing.
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at minsa'y tinitingnan ito ng may kasamang lungkot.
00:40
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
00:43
of giving a speech in Holland
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nang siya'y nagbigay ng talumpati sa Holland
00:45
and, after the fact, the word "compassion"
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at ang katagang "pakikiramay"
00:48
was translated as "pity."
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ay isinalin na "pagkaawa".
00:52
Now compassion, when it enters the news,
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Ngayon, sa mga balita, ang pakikiramay
00:54
too often comes in the form
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ay kadalasa'y mababasa
00:56
of feel-good feature pieces
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sa mga tampok na lathala na hatid ay pampalubag-loob
00:58
or sidebars about heroic people
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o hindi kaya'y ukol sa mga bayaning
01:01
you could never be like
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hindi kailanman mapaparisan
01:03
or happy endings
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o sa mga magagandang katapusan
01:05
or examples of self-sacrifice
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o mga halimbawa ng pagsasakripisyo
01:08
that would seem to be too good to be true
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na sana nga'y
01:10
most of the time.
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nagkakatotoo nang madalas.
01:12
Our cultural imagination about compassion
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Ang likhang-isip ng ating kultura hinggil sa pakikiramay
01:15
has been deadened by idealistic images.
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ay pinawalang-buhay ng mga idiyalistikong pag-iisip.
01:18
And so what I'd like to do this morning
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Kaya, sa umagang ito,
01:20
for the next few minutes
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sa susunod na ilang mga sandali,
01:22
is perform a linguistic resurrection.
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ay gusto kong magsagawa ng isang muling pagbagon sa linguwistika.
01:24
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
01:26
that words matter,
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na ang mga salita ay mahalaga,
01:28
that they shape the way we understand ourselves,
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na hinuhubog nito kung papaano natin inuunawa ang ating mga sarili,
01:30
the way we interpret the world
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kung papaano natin nakikita ang kamunduhan
01:32
and the way we treat others.
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at kung paano natin pinakikitunguhan ang ating kapwa.
01:34
When this country
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Ang bayang ito,
01:36
first encountered genuine diversity
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noong taong 1960,
01:38
in the 1960s,
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sa unang pagkakataon ay dumanas ng tunay na pagkakaiba,
01:40
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.
01:46
Now the word "tolerance," if you look at it in the dictionary,
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Ang salitang "pagtanggap", kung titingnan mo sa diksiyunaryo,
01:49
connotes "allowing," "indulging"
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ay katumbas ng "pagpayag", "pagbibigay"
01:52
and "enduring."
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at "pagtitiis".
01:54
In the medical context that it comes from,
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Sa konteksto medikal na pinaghanguan nito,
01:56
it is about testing the limits of thriving
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ito'y patungkol sa kung gaano katagal maaring mabuhay
01:59
in an unfavorable environment.
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sa isang nakapipinsalang kapaligiran.
02:02
Tolerance is not really a lived virtue;
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Sa katunayan, ang pagtanggap ay hindi isang tunay na birtud.
02:04
it's more of a cerebral ascent.
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Sa halip, ito ay nasa utak lang.
02:07
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,
02:11
and behavior
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at asal
02:13
when the going gets rough.
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kahit pa dumating ang maraming gulo.
02:15
And the going is pretty rough right now.
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At totoong mas magulo na tayo ngayon.
02:17
I think that without perhaps being able to name it,
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Sa aking pakiwari, kahit marahil hindi tuwirang matutukoy ito,
02:20
we are collectively experiencing
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nararanasan nating lahat
02:22
that we've come as far as we can
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na nandito ngayon dahil sa pagtanggap sa iba
02:24
with tolerance as our only guiding virtue.
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bilang tanging gabay-asal.
02:28
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,
02:35
and yet it transcends them.
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at lalong higit pa sa mga ito.
02:38
Compassion is a piece of vocabulary
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Ang pakikiramay ay isang salita sa bukabularyo
02:41
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
02:44
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.
02:51
So what is it, three-dimensionally?
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Papaano natin ito susukatin?
02:54
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?
02:59
To start simply,
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Una,
03:01
I want to say that compassion is kind.
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ang pakikiramay ay kabaitan.
03:04
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,
03:08
and it's prone to its own abundant cliche.
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at madali itong isipin na cliche.
03:12
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.
03:21
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
04:30
often speak of beauty as a core moral value.
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ay madalas banggitin ang kagandahan-asal bilang isang moral na birtud.
04:34
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.
06:18
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.
06:24
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.
06:27
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
06:33
in all its frailty and its grace,
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ng kanyang katawa'y
06:36
without, at the same time,
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hindi rin naramdaman
06:38
becoming more compassionate towards all of life.
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ang higit na pakikiramay sa iba.
06:41
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.
06:47
Jean Vanier helped found the L'Arche communities,
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Itinatag ni Jean Vanier and L'Arche Communities,
06:49
which you can now find all over the world,
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na matatagpuan niyo sa buong mundo,
06:51
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.
06:57
The communities that Jean Vanier founded,
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Ang komunidad na itinatag ni Jean Vanier,
06:59
like Jean Vanier himself,
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ay tulad niya,
07:01
exude tenderness.
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may lubos ang pagkamagiliw.
07:03
"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.
07:07
We spend so much time in this culture
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Sa kultura ngayon, maraming panahon ang ating ginugugol
07:09
being driven and aggressive,
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sa pagigiing agresibo at mapusok,
07:12
and I spend a lot of time being those things too.
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at madalas ko rin ugali ito.
07:14
And compassion can also have those qualities.
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Minsan ang pakikiramay ay nagiging agresibo din.
07:17
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.
07:24
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,
07:28
like the work of other people --
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tulad ng gawain ng iba --
07:30
his great, beloved, late friend Mother Teresa --
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kanyang dakila't minamahal na kaibigan, na si Mother Teresa --
07:33
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,
07:49
of deeper human possibilities.
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ng mas malalim na posibilidad para sa tao.
07:52
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
07:58
by signs and stories,
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sa pamamagitan ng mga paalala at kwento,
08:00
never by statistics and strategies.
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at hindi sa statistika at estratehiya.
08:03
We need those things too,
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Kailangan din natin ang mga bagay na iyon,
08:05
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
10:01
in the training of new doctors.
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sa paghubog ng mga bagong doktor.
10:04
And this trend
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Itong kalakaran
10:06
of what Rachel Naomi Remen is doing,
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ng mga ginagawa ni Rachel Naomi,
10:08
how these kinds of virtues
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itong paglalagay ng iba't-ibang kagandahang-asal
10:10
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 --
10:14
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
10:16
of the 21st century --
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ng ika-21 siglo --
10:18
that science, in fact,
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na hinugot ng siyensa
10:20
is taking a virtue like compassion
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ang isang birtud tulad ng pakikiramay
10:23
definitively out of the realm of idealism.
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mula sa larangan ng idiyalismo.
10:26
This is going to change science, I believe,
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Sa aking paniniwala, babaguhin nito ang agham,
10:29
and it will change religion.
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at babaguhin nito ang relihiyon.
10:31
But here's a face
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Subalit may isang tao
10:33
from 20th century science
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mula sa siyensa ng ika-20 siglo
10:35
that might surprise you
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na maaaring ikagulat niyo
10:37
in a discussion about compassion.
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ukol sa ating diskuyson hinggil sa pakikiramay.
10:39
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.
10:45
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,
10:48
who invited the African American opera singer, Marian Anderson,
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isang African-American na opera singer, na tumira sa kanyang bahay
10:51
to stay in his home when she came to sing in Princeton
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nang siya'y dumating upang kumanta sa Princeton
10:54
because the best hotel there
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dahil ang pinakamagandang hotel noon
10:56
was segregated and wouldn't have her.
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ay segregated at bawal siya doon.
10:58
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
11:04
or the Scottsboro boys
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o ang mga kabataang Scottsboro
11:06
in the American South.
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sa Katimugan.
11:08
Einstein believed deeply
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Matindi ang paniniwala ni Einstein
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that science should transcend
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na higit pa sa pagkakaibang nasiyonal at etnikal
11:13
national and ethnic divisions.
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ang layunin ng agham.
11:15
But he watched physicists and chemists
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Subalit kasama din niya ang mga physicists at chemists
11:18
become the purveyors of weapons of mass destruction
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na naging susi ng paggawa ng armas ng mass destruction
11:21
in the early 20th century.
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sa pagpasok ng ika-20 siglo.
11:23
He once said that science in his generation
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Minsa'y sinabi niya na ang agham noon
11:26
had become like a razor blade
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ay tulad ng isang labaha
11:28
in the hands of a three-year-old.
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sa kamay ng tatlong taong gulang.
11:30
And Einstein foresaw
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At nakinita ni Einstein
11:32
that as we grow more modern
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na habang tayo'y nagiging mas moderno
11:34
and technologically advanced,
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at umuunlad sa teknolohiya,
11:36
we need the virtues
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kakailanganin natin ang kagandahaang-asal
11:38
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.
11:47
Some of his favorites were Moses,
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Ilan sa kanyang mga paborito'y sina Moses,
11:49
Jesus, Buddha, St. Francis of Assisi,
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Hesus, Buddha, St. Francis of Assisi,
11:52
Gandhi -- he adored his contemporary, Gandhi.
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Gandhi -- gustong-gusto niya si Gandhi, na kapanahunan niya.
11:55
And Einstein said --
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At sinabi ni Einstein --
11:57
and I think this is a quote,
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sa tingin ko ito ay isang kataga,
11:59
again, that has not been passed down in his legacy --
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na hindi madalas iugnay sa kanya --
12:01
that "these kinds of people
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na "ang mga taong ito
12:03
are geniuses in the art of living,
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ay genius sa paraan ng pamumuhay, sila'y
12:05
more necessary
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mas kailangan
12:07
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
12:17
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
12:20
and make it seem accessible to all the rest of us,
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at gawin itong kaugalian bawat isa sa atin,
12:22
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,
12:30
because this photograph
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sapagkat ang litratong ito
12:32
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 --
12:35
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
12:40
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
12:44
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.
12:48
This is the full photograph,
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Ito ang buong litrato,
12:50
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,
12:56
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,
13:03
I ask myself, what was he thinking?
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tinatanong ko ang aking sarili: Ano kaya ang iniisip niya?
13:05
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?"
13:10
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,
13:16
and terribly inadequate in others.
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ngunit kulang na kulang naman sa iba.
13:19
And it is much harder, often,
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Madalas nga naman
13:22
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,
13:29
on its dark side,
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na hindi kanais-nais,
13:31
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.
13:39
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.
13:44
So are we all.
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Gayon din tayong lahat.
13:46
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 --
13:55
that these flaws just make us human.
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ang mga kapintasang ito ang bumubuo sa ating pagkatao.
13:58
Our culture is obsessed with perfection
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Walang inaatupag ang ating lahi kundi ang pagiging perpekto
14:01
and with hiding problems.
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at ang pagtatago ng mga suliranin.
14:03
But what a liberating thing to realize
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Subalit, nakakaluwag sa damdaming malaman
14:05
that our problems, in fact,
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na sa katunayan, ang mga problemang ito
14:07
are probably our richest sources
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ang magsisilbing pinakamasaganang bukal
14:10
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
14:16
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
14:23
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,
14:27
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.
14:34
And Karen Armstrong, I think you would also say
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At kay Karen Armstrong, sa tingin ko
14:37
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 --
15:00
this is Einstein with Paul Robeson by the way --
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na hango kay Einstein at Paul Robeson --
15:03
and that would be for us
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na ang pakikiramay ay
15:05
to call compassion a spiritual technology.
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isang "teknolohiyang ispiritwal".
15:09
Now our traditions contain
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Ngayon, ang ating mga tradisyon ay naglalaman
15:11
vast wisdom about this,
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ng malawig na karunungan hinggil dito,
15:13
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
15:19
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
15:25
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
15:38
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.
15:43
Thank you.
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Salamat.
15:45
(Applause)
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(Palakpakan)
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