The Golden Rule
Jun. 28th, 2003 12:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursangnomeThis came up in discussion elsewhere, and it just seemed like a good thing to include...
I have not personally double checked all the attributions and translations on this list. If someone notes an error, or knows of an addition that ought to be made, feel free to tell me.
Hurt not others in ways you yourself would find hurtful.
- Udana-Vearga, 5,18 (Bhuddism)
This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause pain if done to you.
- Mahabharata 5, 1517 (Brahmanism)
Therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do you even so unto them.
- Matthew 7:12 (Christianity)
Surely it is the maxim of loving kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.
- Analects 15,23 (Confucianism)
No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself.
- Sunnah (Islam)
What is hateful to you do not to your fellowmen. That is the entire law; all the rest is commentary.
- Talmud Shabbat 31a (Judiasm)
Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss.
- T'ai Shang Kam Ying P'ien (Taoism)
That nature alone is good that refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself.
- Dadistan-i-dinik 94,5 (Zoroastrianism)
And, because I'm a geek...
The spear in the Other's heart is the spear in Your Own; You are He. There is no other wisdom, and no other hope for us but that we grow wise.
- Surak (IDIC)
I have not personally double checked all the attributions and translations on this list. If someone notes an error, or knows of an addition that ought to be made, feel free to tell me.
Hurt not others in ways you yourself would find hurtful.
- Udana-Vearga, 5,18 (Bhuddism)
This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause pain if done to you.
- Mahabharata 5, 1517 (Brahmanism)
Therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do you even so unto them.
- Matthew 7:12 (Christianity)
Surely it is the maxim of loving kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.
- Analects 15,23 (Confucianism)
No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself.
- Sunnah (Islam)
What is hateful to you do not to your fellowmen. That is the entire law; all the rest is commentary.
- Talmud Shabbat 31a (Judiasm)
Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss.
- T'ai Shang Kam Ying P'ien (Taoism)
That nature alone is good that refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself.
- Dadistan-i-dinik 94,5 (Zoroastrianism)
And, because I'm a geek...
The spear in the Other's heart is the spear in Your Own; You are He. There is no other wisdom, and no other hope for us but that we grow wise.
- Surak (IDIC)
