TEDxBarcelonaSalon - Long live altruism
About this event :
Christmas is approaching and we are entering the phase of love, kindness and altruism. But what is altruism? Put simply, it’s the wish that other people may be happy. And, says the Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard Matthieu Ricard (right hand of Dalai Lama and happiness researcher), altruism is also a great lens for making decisions, both for the short and long term, in work and in life. In his talk, Matthieu showed us that we need more altruism not only to become more happy but to solve many (the big) problems in this world. |
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But: is altruism a cure for all? Can we solve big problems just being altruistic? How shall we deal with selfish people and what shall we do with terrorism? These are only a few of the questions we discussed after watching the talk.
Thubten Wangchen And in order to help us finding answers to all these questions we invited lama Thubten Wangchen, buddhist monk, founder and director of the House of Tibet in Barcelona and representative of Tibet in Spain. After watching the talk of Matthieu Ricard we discussed altogether about these and other questions. Thubten Wangchen was able to give us his point of view and experience as a buddhist monk during so many years. |
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The talk (19:00-19:30)
We started watching Matthieus TED talk about this subject (video in English with Spanish subtitles) which served us as a base to discuss about altruism and happiness.
The discussion (19:30-20:30)
After the talk we discussed about this subject. The discussion was moderated by our guest lama Thubten Wangchen. He helped us to understand altruism better and to find answers to the most important questions asked by the attendees.
Happy end (20:30-20:40)
We finalized the discussion singing a mantra altogether with the guidance of Thubten Wangchen. Then, we asked each and everyone to write a positive wish on the paper airplanes we distributed at the beginning of the event. Then, we sent the airplanes into the air and each of us catched a good-wish-airplane from someone else. Since we also left our email on these planes, the receiver could then answer via email and thus good-wish-conversations have been initiated.
Networking (20:30-21:30)
As always, we closed the event with a networking session in which we invited all attendees to drinks and tapas (included in the entrance price).
Give a child a toy
No child deserves Christmas without presents! That’s why our wish for this year is to give children who need it most a smile.
We therefore asked all attendees to support us in this cause, to bring a toy or a book (used or new but in good shape). Because not only ideas are worth spreading but also collective actions.
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About TEDxBarcelonaSalon
At our TEDxBarcelonaSalon events we foster networking, dialog and the discussion among all members of TEDxBarcelona. In order to achieve this we meet once a month and listen to an interesting talk. After watching the talk we discuss about the presented subject. Here the list of past Salon events.
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Attending
Oscar Alí Añazco Pérez
Toni Martínez Salinas
Linda Uhr
Nicole Font
michael rivas martinez
Manu Martín Valcárcel
Alex Gutiérrez Galopa
Rafael Pérez Risco
KAROLINA JOANNA OCZKOWICZ
Kasia Brychcy
Maria Ciobanu_1
Irina Balu
Ragner Raul Matthews
antoine grillon
Junko Ikeda
Guadalupe Sánchez Jiménez
Tina Gibson
Niek Bosman
Luis Fernando Gracia Rodriguez
Peter Cyrus
Marina Pardo
Kadri R
MARIA PEÑA GARCIA
Laia Juan Tomas
Bbleasy Barcelona
Jose Luis Perez Sanchez
Amandine David
Kate Debska
Beatriz Alonso
James Van Staveren
Cristina Yourcenar
Ewelina Basun
Andr s Alejandro Rodr guez Ram rez
Sarai Villarreal
Milena B
Daniel Rubio
Mathilde Arthaud
Marta Ribas
Nefeli Kyriazi
Marcel Pedragosa
Cristina Antolin Mu oz
Lara Olives Espa a
Elia Fernandez
Elisa Desp
Emma Ribas
Leticia Liste Calleja
Audrey Belot
Cristian Mugica Torres
Albert SV
Carlos Pérez Gutierrez
Kristian Orozco
Olita Aleksandra Dynas
Eleazar Baptista
Luis Cristian Calle Hernandez
Cecilia Cristolovean
Karem Maica Ochoa Martel
Helena Mariño Ruiz
Giorgia Canobbio
Irina Tarasenko
Albert BT
maribel elia arbizu
Maria Antequera
Ame Hidalgo
Cristina Garcia-Gassull Areitio
Rina Porta
Christian Oltra
ignacio mañe pinilla
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Anna Rosés i Belló
NURIA LOPEZ CAMA
Reyes Balcells Molin
Adriana Zucchiatti
tahir ozturk
Dani Girar
RAQUEL LÓPEZ DÍEZ
Nicolas Laczka
Avi Mashiah
Iva Knezevic_1
Davide Campagnola
Cecilia Kindelan
Carlos Asensio
Gerard Alemany
Marc Dufraisse
Carolina Arenas Rudans
Jordi Juan Hom
Ignacio Martin Marcuello
Érika García
Eduardo Arregoces
Damián López
Kata Vega-Arregoces
Carmen Sánchez Garrido
La Helen
Natalia Landero
Marc Manzano Castro
Anna Sganzerla
Sarah Davoren
Mireia Álvarez Bosch
Carolina Blanco
Jennifer Catino
Dhananjay Ghangale
Juliette De Celis
Yahel Contreras
Silvia Nonell Merlo
Marc Font
sergi vecino
Laura Rodr guez Castillo
Carlos Heredia Alcaraz
Silvia Uceda
David Piqueras
Romina Escobar Torres
davide nuzzolo
Laura Parra Burgos
Alba P rez Mart nez
Alessandro Basutto
MARTA FERNANDEZ COSTA
June Aguado
Bego a Carmona
Raquel van Ginkel
Sonia Cuesta
Floriana La Mola
Maria Jose Borreguero
Raphael Hello
Jordi Roca Correa
Anna Noguer Bardia
TERESA PALMER TERRASA
Patricia Masuet Suárez
Roger Pastor Rodríguez
Quim Vilargunter
Nathalie Jullien
Ghislaine Guiran
Aleix Soler
Dominica Perez Losada
Massiel Coves
Alex Ceballos
Miquel Estapé Valls
Yolanda Martínez sonsona
Lucia G mez
Maria Macias
Glaucia Loebmann
Berta Abad
Laura Salvans borras
lakshmi chierici
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