Every Religion in the World Has it's own
version of the Golden Rule. Imagine, if all people
the world over, were to actively practice their
version of the Golden Rule, world peace would
cease to be a dream. It would be in fact a reality.
The golden rule mandates a person think about
and take personal responsibility for his own
actions and the consequences of these actions,
regardless of what religion we are.
Here are a few examples:
Bahá'í Faith
And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy
neighbour that which thou choosest for thyself.
_Epistle to the Son of the Wolf_, 30
Hindu Faith
This is the sum of duty: do naught to others which if done
to thee would cause thee pain.
The Mahabharata
Jewish Faith
What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men. That is
the entire Law; all the rest is commentary.
The Talmud
Zoroastrian Faith
Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others.
Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29
Buddhist Faith
Hurt not others with that which pains yourself.
Udana-Varga
Christian Faith
All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do
ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
The Gospel of Matthew
Matt 7:12, Luke 6:31
Muslim Faith
No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother
that which he desires for himself.
Hadith
Islam
Not one of you is a believer until he loves for his brother what he loves
for himself.
Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi 13
African Traditional Religions
One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it
on himself to feel how it hurts.
Yoruba Proverb (Nigeria)
Do not do unto others what angers you if done to you by
others.
Isocrates 436-338 BCE
An it harm none, do what thou wilt.
Wiccan Rede
some other information
from various sources:
Tzu-kung asked, 'Is there a single word which can be a
guide to conduct throughout one's life?' The Master said,
'It is perhaps the word shu. Do not impose on others what
you yourself do not desire.'
Analects, 15.24
Refraining from doing what we blame in others.
By Thales
Diogenes Laertius, vol I, page 39
Christianity: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is more to it than that
In the book of Matthew, Chapter 7 verse 12, and says
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do
ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Judaism and Christianity. Bible, Leviticus
19.18
Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.
Christianity. Bible, Matthew 7.12
A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be
treated.
Jainism. Sutrakritanga 1.11.33
Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and
you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
Confucianism. Mencius VII.A.4
Hinduism
One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to
oneself. This is the essence of morality. All other activities are due to
selfish desire.
Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva113.8
Tsekung asked, Is there one word that can serve as a principle of conduct
for life? Confucius replied, It is the word shu--reciprocity: Do not do
to others what you do not want them to do to you.
Confucianism. Analects 15.23
Leviticus 19.18: Quoted by Jesus in Matthew 22.36-40. Mencius
VII.A.4 and Analects 15.23: Cf. Analects 6.28.2, p. 975.
Comparing oneself to others in such terms as Just as I am so are they,
just as they are so am I, he should neither kill nor cause others to kill.
Buddhism. Sutta Nipata 705
One who you think should be hit is none else but you. One who you think
should be governed is none else but you. One who you think should be
tortured is none else but you. One who you think should be enslaved is
none else but you. One who you think should be killed is none else but
you. A sage is ingenuous and leads his life after comprehending the parity
of the killed and the killer. Therefore, neither does he cause violence to
others nor does he make others do so.
Jainism. Acarangasutra 5.101-2
The Ariyan disciple thus reflects, Here am I, fond of my life, not
wanting to die, fond of pleasure and averse from pain. Suppose someone
should rob me of my life... it would not be a thing pleasing and delightful
to me. If I, in my turn, should rob of his life one fond of his life, not
wanting to die, one fond of pleasure and averse from pain, it would not be
a thing pleasing or delightful to him. For a state that is not pleasant or
delightful to me must also be to him also; and a state that is not pleasing
or delightful to me, how could I inflict that upon another?
As a result of such reflection he himself abstains from taking the
life of creatures and he encourages others so to abstain, and speaks in
praise of so abstaining.
Buddhism. Samyutta Nikaya v.353
A certain heathen came to Shammai and said to him, Make me a proselyte, on
condition that you teach me the whole Torah while I stand on one foot.
Thereupon he repulsed him with the rod which was in his hand. When he went
to Hillel, he said to him, What is hateful to you, do not do to your
neighbor: that is the whole Torah; all the rest of it is commentary; go and
learn.
Judaism. Talmud, Shabbat 31a
Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said to him,
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your
soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment.
And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Christianity. Bible, Matthew 22.36-40
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