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• Aboriginal Spirituality
Golden Rule: We are as much alive as we keep the Earth alive. - Chief Dan George
• Baha'i Faith Texts – Gleanings, from the Writings of Baha'u'lah
Golden Rule: 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.
• Buddhist Text – The Dhammapada
Golden Rule: Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.- The Buddha,
Udana-Varga 5.18
• Chinese Classics – Confucian Analects • Doctrine of the Mean • The Great Learning
Golden Rule: One word which sums up the basis of all good conduct . . . loving kindness. Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.- Confucius,
Analects 15.23
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Christian Texts – The Apocrypha • The Old Testament • The New Testament
Golden Rule: In everything, do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.- Jesus,
Matthew 7:12
• Hindu Texts – Bhagavad Gita • Upanishads
Golden Rule: This is the sum of duty: do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you.
- Mahabharata 5:1517
• Islamic Texts – The Qur'an
Golden Rule: Not one of you truly believes until you wish for others what you wish for yourself.- The Prophet Muhammad,
Hadith
• Jainism
Golden Rule: One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to be treated.
- Mahavira, Sutrakritanga
• Judaic Texts– Torah (The Law) • Nevi'im (The Prophets) • Ketuvim (The Writings)
Golden Rule: What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the whole Torah; all the rest is commentary.- Hillel,
Talmud, Shabbath 31a
• Sikhism
Golden Rule: I am a stranger to no one; and no one is a stranger to me. Indeed, I am a friend to all.
- Guru Granth Sahib, pg. 1299
• The Texts of Taoism – Tao Te Ching
Golden Rule: 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, 213-218
• Unitarianism
Golden Rule: We affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part.
- Unitarian principle
• Zoroastrianism
Golden Rule: Do not do unto others whatever is injurious to yourself.
- Shayast-na-Shayast 13.29
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World Religious Texts
