"True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess."
Friday, January 05, 2007
Embrace the Day
Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain That is pouring like an avalanche coming down the mountain. - From the song Pepper by the Butthole Surfers
Brahmanism:
This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you. Mahabharata 5:1517 Christianity: All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. Matthew 7:12 Islam:
No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. Sunnah Buddhism:
Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. Udana Varga 5:18 Judaism:
What is hateful to you, do not to your fellowmen. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary. Talmud, Shabbat 31:a Confucianism:
Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you. Analects 15:23 Pagan/Wicca:
Do as you will, but harm none. Taoism:
Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss. T'ai Shag Kan Ying P'ien Zoroastrianism:
That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good: for itself. : Dadistan-i-dinik 94:5>