FOD #2 The Golden Rule... It's Golden

Most of us have heard the Golden Rule,"treat others as you would like to be treated." But, how Golden is the Golden Rule? Let's look at what some of the world's religions have to say about it.

1. Buddhism: Hurt no others in way that you yourself would find hurtful. (Udana-Varga 5,1)
2. Christianity:  All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye so to them; for this is the law of the prophets. (Matthew 7:11)
3. Confucianism:  Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no resentment against you either in the family or in the state. (Analects 12:2)
4. Hinduism: This is the sum of duty; do naught onto others what you would not have them do unto you. (Mahabharata 5:1517)
5. Islam:  No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. (Sunnah)
6. Judaism:  What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow man. This is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary. (Talmud, Shabbat 3id)
7. Taois:  Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss. ( Tai Shang Kan Yin P’ien)
8. Zoroastrianism:  That Nature alone is good which refrains from doing another whatsoever is not good for itself. (Dadisten-I-dinik, 94:5)

 *Taken from  http://www.teachingvalues.com/goldenrule.html

If you have come to the realization that we are all ONE, the Golden Rule makes perfect sense. We should not treat others different than we would be like to be treated because they are part of us and we are part of them. By loving and serving our fellow brother and sister we contribute to humanity and increase our very own karmic field.

Living by the Golllldddden Rule, Brett J.