Best-selling author, religious expert and TED Prize winner Karen Armstrong has studied all of the world’s great religions. She says she’s identified the common thread that runs through them all: compassion. In the above clip from her upcoming appearance on “Super Soul Sunday,” Armstrong sits down with Oprah and shares the one thing everyone can start doing today to live a more compassionate life.
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