golden rules of various religions
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> Oh! A good place to start with little children and spirituality would beThis is a website that has the Golden Rule from a variety of religions in a
> the
> collection of "Do unto others" from various religious writings which has
> been
> collected up for several years.
nice format - pretty with a nice simple picture.
http://www.bcca.org/communities/us/ny/nyc/presentations/goldenrule/golden-rule
.html
Here is just a text version:
Bahá'í:
"Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself."
- 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:
"All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so
to them."
- 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 duty: do naught unto others which would cause you
pain if done to 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
Jainism:
"In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all
creatures as we regard our own self."
- Lord Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara
Judaism:
"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. That is the law:
all the rest is commentary."
- Talmud, Shabbat 31a
Native American:
"Respect for all life is the foundation."
- The Great Law of Peace
Sikhism:
"Don't create enmity with anyone as God is within everyone."
- Guru Arjan Devji 259, Guru Granth Sahib
Zoroastrianism:
"That nature only is good when it shall not do unto another whatever is
not good for its own self."
- Dadistan-i-Dinik, 94:5
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