I am going to copy it here and hope that he doesn't mind! But, it really is important and it sums up everything I believe in very well. And well if he does mind I'll just remove the text below and leave the link....
You can click on the link above to see the post at Old Gary's very cool blog, or just read below if you are feeling lazy :)
Saturday, March 18, 2006
The Golden Rule
Ancient Egyptian - Do for one who may do for you, that you may cause him thus to do. The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, 1970 B.C.
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. Baha’u’llah
Brahmanism - This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you. Mahabharata, 5:1517
Buddhism - Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. Udana-Varga 5:18
Christianity - All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye so to them; for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:1
Confucianism - Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no resentment against you, either in the family or in the state. Analects 12:2
Hinduism - This is the sum of the Dharma [duty]: do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you. Mahabharata 5:1517
Humanism - Don’t do things you wouldn’t want to have done to you, British Humanist Society.
Islam - No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. Sunnah
Jainism - Therefore, neither does he [a sage] cause violence to others nor does he make others do so. Acarangasutra 5.101-2.
Judaism - What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman. This is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary. Talmud, Shabbat 3id
Native American Spirituality - All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One. spoken by Black Elk
Roman Pagan Religion - The law imprinted on the hearts of all men is to love the members of society as themselves.
Shinto - The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form.
Sikhism - No one is my enemy, none a stranger and everyone is my friend. Guru Arjan Dev : AG 1299
Sufism - The basis of Sufism is consideration of the hearts and feelings of others. If you haven’t the will to gladden someone’s heart, then at least beware lest you hurt someone’s heart, for on our path, no sin exists but this. Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order.
Taoism - Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss. Tai Shang Kan Yin P’ien
Unitarian - We affirm and promote respect for the interdependent of all existence of which we are a part. Unitarian principles.
Wicca - do what ever you will, as long as it harms nobody, including yourself. One’s will is to be carefully thought out in advance of action. This is called the Wiccan Rede.
Yoruba (Nigeria) - One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts.
Zoroastrianism - That nature alone is good which refrains from doing another whatsoever is not good for itself. Dadisten-I-dinik, 94,5
