Monday 13 April 2020

The Golden Rule

We promote a climate of peace by obeying the Golden Rule. It appears in different forms, but the message is essentially the same everywhere.
Buddhism: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful (Udana-Varga 5,18)
Confucianism: Is there one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one’s whole life? Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness. Do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you (Analects 15, 23)
Hinduism: This is the sum of duty: do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you (Mahabharata 5, 1517)
Taoism: Regard your neighbor’s gain as your own, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss (Tai Shang Kan Ying P’ien)
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 to your fellow man (Talmud, Shabbat 3id)
Christianity: All things whatsoever you would that man should do to you, do you so to them (Matthew 7:12)

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