# Robert Thurman: Expanding your circle of compassion

It’s hard to always show compassion -- even to the people we love, but Robert Thurman asks that we develop compassion for our enemies. He prescribes a seven-step meditation exercise to extend compassion beyond our inner circle.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2008
- Runtime: 18 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Religion
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/RobertThurman_2009P)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/RobertThurman_2009P?play=1)