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To: Lorianne
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

The flip side would work also:
Don't do to others you wouldn't want others do to you.

4 posted on 02/05/2010 12:14:16 AM PST by phredo53 (Caution: This post does not comply with White House standards.)
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To: phredo53

It’s called the Golden Rule:

EAST AND SOUTH ASIA

The Golden Rule expressions can be found in the religious and non-religious literature of East and South Asia.

Confucius is a European way of saying K’ung Fu-tze, or “Master K’ung.”

Confucius lived in the 500s BCE and his secular philosophy was put into writing by his disciples after he died. These writings include:
“Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you.” (Analects 15:23)
“Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.” (Doctrine of the Mean 13:3)
“Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself.” (Mencius VII A 4)

Taoism developed alongside Confucianism in China and includes this instruction: “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, 213-21)

Hinduism is the oldest religion in South Asia, going back more than 3,000 years. Jainism is also an ancient Indian religion. Buddhism developed out of Hinduism about 500 BCE. Sikhism came into existence in the sixteenth century CE as a result of both Hindu and Muslim influences. All these traditions have variations of the Golden Rule.

The following Hindu quotations are from the Mahabharata, written in classical Sanskrit about 300 CE:
“Do naught unto others (that) which would cause you pain if done to you.” (Mahabharata, Bk. 5, Ch. 49, v. 57)

“One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself.” (Mahabharata, Anusasana Parka 133.8)

From Jainism:
“We should regard all creatures as we regard our own self.” (Lord Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara)
“A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated.” (Sutrakritanga 1.11.33)

From Buddhism:
“Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful” (Udana Varga 5:18)
“...a state that is not pleasing or delightful to me, how could I inflict that upon another?” (Samyutta Nikkei v.353)

From Sikhism:
“As you deem yourself, deem others as well; only then will you become a partner in heaven” (Guru Granth Sahib, p.480)

http://www.scarboromissions.ca/Golden_rule/school_curriculum.php


6 posted on 02/05/2010 1:13:45 AM PST by James C. Bennett
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“Don’t do to other you wouldn’t want other do to you.”

I believe this is the Muslim equivalent. Note the negativity involved? Perhaps this difference is what has made Christianity such an activist religion. Always doing, always doing.


16 posted on 02/05/2010 9:26:43 PM PST by gleeaikin
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