Friday, November 18, 2016

The Silver Rule

The Silver Rule: 

  Brahmanism: this is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you. (Mahabharata 5:1517)

 Buddhism: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. (UdanaVarga 5:18)

 Christianity: All things whatsoever ye would that man should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets. (Matthew 7:12)

 Confucianism: Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you. (Analects 15:23)

 Islam: No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. (Sunnah)

 Judaism: What is hateful to you, do not to your fellowman. That is the entire law; all the rest is commentary. (Talmud, Shabbat 31a)

 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)

 Zoroastrianism: That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself. (Dadistan-I-dinik 94:5)