The Golden Rule

My intense interest in The Golden Rule and comparative religion began when I was a student at The Barbara King School of Ministry. While doing research for a paper, I stumbled upon a site which explained how the belief of The Golden Rule as I knew it, 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, Matthew 7:12 KJV, was a belief shared in over 20 world religions.

Imagine my surprise when I read that Buddhists and Hindus and others believed and taught as Christians believed and taught: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

No matter what our religious or spiritual beliefs, imagine the possibilities if we all would embrace and truly practice The Golden Rule. Shalom.

BAHA'I
"Blessed are those who prefer others
before themselves."
-- Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, 71

BUDDHISM
"Hurt not others in ways that you
yourself would find hurtful."
-- Udana-Varga, 5:18
CHRISTIANITY
"Always treat others as you would like
them to treat you."
-- Jesus, Matthew 7:12
 CONFUCIANISM
"Do not unto others what you would
not have them do unto you."
-- Analects 15:23
HINDUISM
"This is the sum of all duty: do not do
to others what would cause pain if
done to you."
-- Mahabharata 5:1517
 ISLAM
"No one of you is a believer until
you desire for another that which
you desire for yourself"
-- Sunnah
JAINISM
"In happiness and suffering, in joy
and grief, regard all creatures as
you would regard your own self."
-- Lord Mahavir 24th Tirthankara
 JUDAISM
"What is hateful to you, do not do
to your neighbor, That is the entire
Torah; all the rest is commentary."
-- Talmud, Shabbat 31a
NATIVE AMERICAN
"Respect for all life is the foundation"
-- The Great Law of Peace		 SIKHISM
"Be not estranged from another for
God dwells in every heart."
-- Sri Guru Granth Sahib
WICCAN
"Everything you do, whether positive
or negative, is returned to you
threefold."
-- The Threefold Law
 ZOROASTRIANISM
"Human nature is good only when it
does not do unto another whatever
is no good for its own self."
-- Dadistan-i-Dinik, 94:5

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