It is known has: ‘The Golden Rule’ – this is because it has a special place among the followers of many religious faiths. *
It is simple, precise and, once again, very demanding, demanding nothing less than… ALL – treating all people as we, ourselves, would like to be treated.
“Always treat others as you would like them to treat you.” (Matthew 7:12).
A single verse which gives the orientation to all our actions reactions, interactions.
If only we put it into practice – what a wonderful world ours would be!
The great and the lowly, the rich and the poor, the powerful and the outcasts…
Each one would get the attention, the respect, the assistance, that a human being deserves.
Finished, the injustices and ill-treatment.
Disappeared, all forms of oppression and slavery.
Abandoned, all attempts to manipulate or exclude people.
Why do we delay so much in accepting – no, in building heaven on earth?
God himself would help us in this task of erecting his Kingdom!
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- Texts of the different religious faiths and/or philosophies
Islam: «You should desire for others what you desire for yourself and hate for others what you hate for yourself.” (Nahjul Balaghah, Letter 31)
Buddhism: “Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.” (Udanavarga 5:18)
Confucianism: “What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.”
Hinduism: “One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one’s own self. This, in brief, is the rule of dharma.” Brihaspati, Mahabharata 13.113.8
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
Zoroastrianism: “Do not do unto others whatever is injurious to yourself.” Shayast-na-Shayast 13.29
Ancient Greek Philosophy: « What you do not want to happen to you, do not do it yourself either. » Sextus the Pythagorean
Source: Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule#:~:text