Tuesday, March 11, 2008

The Golden Rules

Baha'i "Desire not for anyone the things that ye would not desire for yourselves." -- Baha Ullah LXVI
 
Buddhism "Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful". -- Udana-Varga, 5:18

Christianity "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them". -- Matt 7:12

Confucianism "Do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you".--Analects 15:23

Hinduism "Never do to others what would pain thyself." --Panchatantra III.104

Islam "Do unto all men as you would they should do unto you, and reject for others what you would reject for yourself." -- Mishkat-el-Masabih

Jainism "In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self."; -- Lord Mahavira, 6th Century B.C.E.

Judaism "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellowmen. That is the entire Torah...; all else is commentary." -- Talmud, Shabbat 31a

Native American  "Respect for all life is the foundation." --The Great Law of Peace

Sikhism "Treat others as thou wouldst be treated thyself." -- Adi Granth

Taoism "Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain and your neighbor's loss as your own loss." -- T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien

Wiccan "Everything you do, whether positive or negative, is returned to you threefold" -The Thhreefold Law
            "Though harm none, Do what thy will" -The Book of Shadows

Zoroastrianism "That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself." -- Dadistan-i-Dinik, 94:5

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