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Old 02-13-2007, 01:38 PM   #65 (permalink)
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Default The Universality of the Golden Rule in the World Religions

Christianity:

All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
--Matthew 7:1

Confucianism:

Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no resentment against you, either in the family or in the state.
--Analects 12:2

Buddhism:


Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
--Udana-Varga 5,1

Hinduism:

This is the sum of duty; do naught unto others what you would not have them do unto you.
--Mahabharata 5,1517

Islam:

No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself.
--Sunnah

Judaism:

What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman. This is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary.
--Talmud, Shabbat 3id

Taoism:

Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss.
--Tai Shang Kan Yin P’ien

Zoroastrianism:


That nature alone is good which refrains from doing to another whatsoever is not good for itself.
--Dadisten-I-dinik, 94,5

The Golden Rule in World Religions

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