--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "do.rflex" <do.rf...@...> wrote: > > > > Did you know that there's a version of the Golden Rule in most (maybe > all) major religions? Here are translations of some religious texts: > > > CHRISTIANITY > > "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 > > > JUDAISM > > "What is harmful to you, do not to your fellow men. That is the entire > Law; all the rest is commentary." > - Talmud, Shabbat, 312 > > > HINDUISM > > "This is the turn of duty; do naught unto others which could cause you > pain if done to you." > - Mahabharata, 5, 1517 > > > CONFUCIANISM > > "Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto other that you > would not have them do unto you." > - Analects, 15, 23 > > > TAOISM > > "Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain and your neighbor's loss > as your own loss." > - T'sai Shang Kan Ying P'ien > > > BUDDHISM > > "Hurt not others in ways you yourself would find hurtful." > - Udana-Varga, 5, 18 > > > ZOROASTRIANISM > > "That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another > whatsoever is not good for itself." > - Didistan-i-dinik, 94, 5 > > > ISLAM > > "No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that > which he desires for himself." > - Sunnah > > > JAINISM > > One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to be > treated. > - Mahavira, Sutrakritanga 1.11.33 > > > BAHA'I FAITH > > Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon > you, and desire not for anyone the things you would not desire for > yourself. > - Baha'u'llah >
Wow....well those don't seem to match with the way half of the old anti-TM crowd here on FFL behave??? (these are great by the way, thanks for posting this) OffWorld
