Karen Armstrong: Let's revive the Golden Rule

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For years I've been feeling frustrated,

Godinama se osjećam frustrirano

because as a religious historian,

zato što sam kao povjesničar religije

I've become acutely aware

postala iznimno svjesna

of the centrality of compassion

usmjerenosti na sućut

in all the major world faiths.

u svim velikim svjetskim religijama.

Every single one of them

Svaka je razvila

has evolved their own version

svoju verziju

of what's been called the Golden Rule.

onoga što se zove Zlatno Pravilo.

Sometimes it comes in a positive version --

Ponekad se javlja u pozitivnoj verziji –

"Always treat all others as you'd like to be treated yourself."

“Ponašaj se prema drugima kako bi htio da se oni ponašaju prema tebi.”

And equally important

Jednako je važna

is the negative version --

negativna verzija -

"Don't do to others what you would not like them to do to you."

“Ne čini drugima ono što ne želiš da se tebi čini.”

Look into your own heart,

Pogledaj u svoje srce.

discover what it is that gives you pain

Otkrij što je to što ti nanosi bol.

and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever,

I onda odbij, bez obzira na okolnosti,

to inflict that pain on anybody else.

nanijeti tu bol bilo kome drugome.

And people have emphasized the importance of compassion,

I ljudi su isticali važnost sućuti,

not just because it sounds good,

ne samo zato što zvuči dobro,

but because it works.

već zato što to funkcionira.

People have found that when they have

Ljudi su otkrili da kada

implemented the Golden Rule

se vodiš Zlatnim Pravilom

as Confucius said, "all day and every day,"

kako je Konfucije rekao, “cijeli dan i svaki dan”,

not just a question of doing your good deed for the day

ne samo da učiniš dobro djelo za taj dan

and then returning to a life of greed

i onda se vratiš životu pohlepe

and egotism,

i egoizma,

but to do it all day and every day,

nego to činiš svaki dan, cijeli dan,

you dethrone yourself from the center of your world,

tada mičeš sebe iz centra svog svijeta

put another there, and you transcend yourself.

i stavljaš nekog drugog na to mjesto i time nadilaziš samog sebe.

And it brings you into the presence

To te dovodi u prisutnost

of what's been called God, Nirvana, Rama, Tao.

onoga što se zove Bog, Nirvana, Rama, Tao.

Something that goes beyond

Nešto što nadilazi

what we know in our ego-bound existence.

ono što poznajemo u našem postojanju ograničenom egom.

But you know you'd never know it a lot of the time,

Ali često nećete ni primjetiti

that this was so central to the religious life.

da je to tako ključno u religijskom životu.

Because with a few wonderful exceptions,

Jer, uz nekoliko divnih iznimaka,

very often when religious people come together,

kada se religiozni ljudi sastanu,

religious leaders come together, they're arguing about abstruse doctrines

kada se vjerski vođe sastanu, prepiru se oko nejasnih doktrina

or uttering a council of hatred

ili promiču politiku mržnje

or inveighing against homosexuality or something of that sort.

ili osuđuju homoseksualnost ili nešto tomu slično.

Often people don't really want to be compassionate.

Često ljudi ne žele zapravo biti suosjećajni.

I sometimes see

Ponekad kada

when I'm speaking to a congregation of religious people

govorim skupini religioznih ljudi

a sort of mutinous expression crossing their faces

vidim buntovni izraz lica

because people often want to be right instead.

jer ljudi često više žele biti u pravu.

And that of course defeats the object of the exercise.

I to, naravno, nadvlada smisao vježbe.

Now why was I so grateful to TED?

Zašto sam bila tako zahvalna TED-u?

Because they took me very gently

Zato što me je nježno odveo

from my book-lined study

od mog knjiškog nauka

and brought me into the 21st century,

i doveo u 21. stoljeće,

enabling me to speak to a much, much wider audience

omogućivši mi da govorim mnogo, mnogo široj publici

than I could have ever conceived.

nego što bih ikad mogla zamisliti.

Because I feel an urgency about this.

Zato što osjećam hitnost ovoga.

If we don't manage to implement

Ako ne uspijemo provesti

the Golden Rule globally,

Zlatno Pravilo na globalnoj razini,

so that we treat all peoples, wherever and whoever they may be,

tako da se odnosimo prema svim ljudima, bez obzira odakle su i tko su,

as though they were as important as ourselves,

kao da su oni važni kao mi sami,

I doubt that we'll have

sumnjam da ćemo imati

a viable world to hand on to the next generation.

vjerodostojan svijet koji ćemo predati sljedećoj generaciji.

The task of our time,

Zadatak je našeg vremena,

one of the great tasks of our time,

jedan od velikih zadataka našeg vremena,

is to build a global society, as I said,

izgraditi globalno društvo, kao što sam rekla,

where people can live together in peace.

u kojemu će ljudi živjeti u miru.

And the religions that should be making a major contribution

I religije, koje bi trebale činiti velik doprinos,

are instead seen as part of the problem.

promatraju se kao dio problema.

And of course it's not just religious people who believe in the Golden Rule.

I, naravno, ne vjeruju samo religiozni ljudi u Zlatno Pravilo.

This is the source of all morality,

Ono je izvor sveg morala,

this imaginative act of empathy,

tog maštovitog čina empatije

putting yourself in the place of another.

u kojem sebe stavljaš na mjesto drugoga.

And so we have a choice, it seems to me.

Čini mi se da imamo izbor.

We can either go on bringing out or emphasizing

Ili možemo iznositi, ili naglašavati

the dogmatic and intolerant aspects of our faith,

dogmatične i netolerantne aspekte naših vjera,

or we can go back to

ili se možemo vratiti

the rabbis. Rabbi Hillel, the older contemporary of Jesus,

do rabina, Rabina Hillela, starijeg suvremenika Isusa Krista,

who, when asked by a pagan

koji je, kada ga je poganin

to sum up the whole of Jewish teaching while he stood on one leg,

pitao da sažme svo židovsko učenje dok stoji na jednoj nozi,

said, "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor.

rekao: „Ono što ti je mrsko, nemoj činiti svom bližnjemu.

That is the Torah and everything else is only commentary."

To je Torah i sve ostalo je samo komentar.“

And the rabbis and the early fathers of the church who said that

Rabini i prvi crkveni oci rekli su da je

any interpretation of scripture

svako tumačenje zapisa

that bred hatred and disdain was illegitimate.

koje goji mržnju i prijezir nezakonito.

And we need to revive that spirit.

Moramo oživjeti taj duh.

And it's not just going to happen

I to se neće dogoditi

because a spirit of love wafts us down.

samo zato što nas ponese duh ljubavi.

We have to make this happen,

Moramo učiniti da se to dogodi,

and we can do it

i možemo to učiniti

with the modern communications

suvremenom komunikacijom

that TED has introduced.

koju je TED uveo.

Already I've been tremendously heartened

Već sam iznimno ohrabrena

at the response of all our partners.

odgovorom svih naših partnera.

In Singapore, we have a group

U Singapuru imamo grupu

going to use the Charter to heal divisions

koja će koristiti Povelju da izliječi podjele

recently that have sprung up in Singaporean society,

koje su nedavno nastale u singapurskom društvu

and some members of the parliament want

i koje neki članovi parlamenta žele

to implement it politically.

zakonski učvrstiti.

In Malaysia, there is going to be an art exhibition

U Maleziji će biti izložba umjetnina

in which leading artists are going to be

u kojoj će renomirani umjetnici

taking people, young people,

voditi ljude, mlade ljude

and showing them that compassion also lies

i pokazati im da sućut također leži

at the root of all art.

u srži sve umjetnosti.

Throughout Europe, the Muslim communities

Širom Europe, muslimanske zajednice

are holding events and discussions,

imaju događanja i rasprave

are discussing the centrality of compassion

na kojima raspravljaju o središnjoj ulozi suosjećanja

in Islam and in all faiths.

u Islamu i ostalim religijama.

But it can't stop there. It can't stop with the launch.

Ali to ne smije stati na tome. Ne smije stati na polazištu.

Religious teaching, this is where we've gone so wrong,

Vjerska učenja, tu smo tako silno pogriješili,

concentrating solely on believing abstruse doctrines.

samo se usredotočavaju na vjeru u nejasne doktrine.

Religious teaching must always lead to action.

Vjersko učenje uvijek mora voditi do djelovanja.

And I intend to work on this till my dying day.

I namjeravam na tome raditi do smrti.

And I want to continue with our partners

I želim nastaviti s našim partnerima

to do two things --

činiti dvije stvari –

educate and stimulate compassionate thinking.

educirati i stimulirati suosjećajno razmišljanje.

Education because we've so

Edukacija jer smo jako

dropped out of compassion.

zaboravili biti suosjećajni.

People often think it simply means

Ljudi misle da to jednostavno znači

feeling sorry for somebody.

osjećati tugu zbog nekoga.

But of course you don't understand compassion

Ali naravno da ne razumiješ suosjećanje

if you're just going to think about it.

ako samo razmišljaš o tome.

You also have to do it.

Moraš to i učiniti.

I want them to get the media involved

Želim da uključe i medije

because the media are crucial

jer su mediji nužni za razbijanje

in helping to dissolve some of the stereotypical views

nekih stereotipnih viđenja

we have of other people,

koje imamo o drugim ljudima

which are dividing us from one another.

i koji nas odvajaju jedne od drugih.

The same applies to educators.

Isto vrijedi i za učitelje.

I'd like youth to get a sense of

Voljela bih da mladi dobiju osjećaj

the dynamism, the dynamic and challenge

dinamike i izazova

of a compassionate lifestyle.

suosjećajnog životnog stila.

And also see that it demands acute intelligence,

I da vide da to zahjeva britku inteligenciju,

not just a gooey feeling.

ne samo sladunjav osjećaj.

I'd like to call upon scholars to explore

Voljela bih pozvati učenjake da istraže

the compassionate theme

temu suosjećajnosti

in their own and in other people's traditions.

u svojoj i u tradiciji drugih naroda.

And perhaps above all,

I možda iznad svega,

to encourage a sensitivity about

želim potaknuti osjetljivost

uncompassionate speaking,

na bezosjećajno govorenje.

so that because people have this Charter,

Da se zbog toga što imaju ovu Povelju,

whatever their beliefs or lack of them,

bez obzira na njihova uvjerenja

they feel empowered

ili njihov manjak,

to challenge uncompassionate speech,

osjećaju ovlašteno prigovoriti bezosjećajnom govoru,

disdainful remarks

oholim primjedbama

from their religious leaders, their political leaders,

njihovih vjerskih vođa, političkih vođa,

from the captains of industry.

vođa industrije.

Because we can change the world,

Zato što možemo promijeniti svijet.

we have the ability.

Imamo tu sposobnost.

I would never have thought of putting the Charter online.

Nikad se ne bih sjetila staviti Povelju na internet.

I was still stuck in the old world

Još sam bila zapela u starom svijetu

of a whole bunch of boffins sitting together in a room

u kojem je hrpa učenjaka sjedila zajedno u sobi

and issuing yet another arcane statement.

i raspravljala o još jednoj tajnoj izjavi.

And TED introduced me to a whole new way

I TED me upoznao sa cijelim novim načinom

of thinking and presenting ideas.

razmišljanja i prezentiranja ideja.

Because that is what is so wonderful about TED.

To je to što je tako izvrsno u TED-u.

In this room, all this expertise,

U ovoj prostoriji, svo ovo znanje,

if we joined it all together,

ako bismo to sve ujedinili,

we could change the world.

mogli bismo promijeniti svijet.

And of course the problems sometimes seem insuperable.

I naravno, problem se ponekad čini nesavladivim.

But I'd just like to quote, finish at the end

Samo bih htjela citirati, završiti

with a reference to a British author, an Oxford author

s pozivom na britanskog autora, oxfordskog autora

whom I don't quote very often,

kojega ne citiram često,

C.S. Lewis.

C. S. Lewis.

But he wrote one thing that stuck in my mind

Napisao je nešto što mi je ostalo u mislima

ever since I read it when I was a schoolgirl.

otkad sam to pročitala kao školarka.

It's in his book "The Four Loves."

To je iz njegove knjige “Četiri ljubavi.”

He said that he distinguished between erotic love,

Kaže da je raspoznao erotičnu ljubav,

when two people gaze, spellbound, into each other's eyes.

kada si dvoje ljudi međusobno gledaju u oči kao pod čarolijom.

And then he compared that to friendship,

Zatim je to usporedio s prijateljstvom.

when two people stand side by side, as it were, shoulder to shoulder,

Kada dvoje ljudi stoje jedno kraj drugoga, rame do ramena,

with their eyes fixed on a common goal.

s pogledima usmjerenim na zajednički cilj.

We don't have to fall in love with each other,

Ne moramo se zaljubiti jedni u druge,

but we can become friends.

ali možemo postati prijatelji.

And I am convinced.

Uvjerena sam.

I felt it very strongly

Osjetila sam to vrlo snažno

during our little deliberations at Vevey,

tijekom našeg malog razmatranja u Veveyu,

that when people of all different persuasions

da, kada se ljudi različitih uvjerenja ujedine,

come together, working side by side

kada rade rame uz rame

for a common goal,

na zajedničkom cilju,

differences melt away.

da se razlike gube.

And we learn amity.

I učimo se prijateljstvu.

And we learn to live together and to get to know one another.

I učimo se živjeti zajedno i upoznati jedni druge.

Thank you very much.

Puno vam hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)