The GOLDEN RULE can be found in ALL the major world religions. Here is a small random sampling:
- Hinduism... "This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done unto you." - Mahabharata 5:1517
- Judaism... "That which is hateful unto you, do not impose on others." - Talmud, Shabbat 31a
- Buddhism... "Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful." - Udana-Varga 5:18
- Christianity... "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise" - Luke 6:31
- Zoroastrianism... "That nature only is good when it refrains from doing unto another whatever is not good for its own self" - Dadistan-i-dinik 94:5
- Sikhism... "The minds of all are like precious jewels; to harm them is not good at all." - Shri Guru Granth Sahib, Section 41 - Shaloks Of Shaykh Fareed Jee
- Islam... "None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself." - Number 13 of Imam "Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths."
- Taoism... "Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss." - T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien.
- Baha'i Faith... "Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself." - Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah,71
In my opinion, this common thread alone should tell us that there is an intrinsic and essential truth to them all which then really begs the question - Why is it so difficult to believe that maybe they all came from God? What do you think? (I realize that this is my first post and I am probably not going to get any responses, but you gotta start somewhere right?)
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5 comments:
Om Shanti darling! excellent thread! I was wondering if you have ever read/studied any Joseph Campbell? He also talks about the "similarities" across religion (although he uses the terminology myth) you might enjoy looking at the symbolism - for instance many/most religions have a flood story....interesting stuff.
lokah samastha sukhino bhavanthu
Hey Aminda! I haven't read Joseph Campbell, but I would definitely be interested to read some of his stuff. Thanks for the heads up! Just recently I had been turned on to the whole "mythos" and "logos" thing by Karen Armstrong and I ordered her brand new book that came out - "A Case for God". It looks fascinating.
And I have to say I love your closing mantra...I did not know what it meant so I looked it up! - "let all the people in the world be happy" - I love it. Now I am going to have to use that all the time.
And thanks for commenting on my blog! You made my night! Miss you and hope to see you again someday!
I find it very interesting the similarities between the various quotes.
Thanks for posting Peddicord! I have always thought it was really meaningful, unless of course you want to say that they all stole from the oldest religion (in this list) which is Hinduism). LOL! ;-)
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