THE SPIRITUAL GOLDEN RULE

"Whatever you desire that others would do to you and for you, do also to and for them, for this sums up the Law and the prophets,"
– Matthew 7:12
(AMP Bible ["Do to others what you would have them do to you"])

"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful,"
- Buddhist (Udana-Varaga 5:18)

"Regard your neighbours pain as your own gain and your neighbours loss as your own loss,"
– Taoist (T’ai Shang Kan Yin P’ien)

"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary,"
– Jewish (Talmud, Shabbat 31a)

"This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you,"
– Brahman (Mahabharata 5: 1517)

"Surely it is the maxim of loving kindness: Do not unto others what you would not have done to you,"
Confucian (Analects 15:23)

"That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself,"
Zoroasrian (Dadistan-I-dnik 94:5)

"No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself,"
Islamic (Sunnah).
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Poetic licence
Original poems and lyrics from Keith Newman (wordman) including excerpts from the forthcoming multimedia CD and book Cleaning Out The Garage, 2001 ©


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