The Golden Rule, throughout world religions –

Bahá’í World Faith: Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which thou doest not.  Baháúllah
Brahmanism: This is the sum of Dharma (duty):  Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you.  Manabharata, 5:1517
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, King James Version
Confucianism: Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you.  Analects 15:23
Hinduism: This is the sum of duty:  do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you.  Mahabharata 5:1517
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
Judaism: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.  Leviticus 19:18
Native American Spirituality: “Do not wrong or hate your neighbor.  For it is not he who you wrong, but yourself.”  Pima proverb.
Shinto: Be charitable to all beings, love is the representative of God.  Ko-ji-ki Hachiman Kasuga
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
Unitarian: We affirm and promote respect for the interdependent of all existence of which we are a part.  Unitarian principles

 

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