The Golden Rule in World Religions

BAHA’I

“Choose thou for thy neighbor that which thou choosest for thyself.”
(Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, 30)

BUDDHISM

“Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.”
(Udanavarga 5:18)

CHRISTIANITY

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.”
(Matthew 7:12)

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
(Luke 6:31)

CHINESE RELIGION (CONFUCIANISM)

“Do not do to others that which you would not have them do to you.”
(Analects, 15: 23)

HINDUISM

“This is the sum of true righteousness:  Deal with others as you would have yourself be dealt with.  Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you.”
(Mahabharata 5:1517)

ISLAM

“No one of you is a believer until you desire for another that which you desires for yourself.”
(#13 of Imam Al-Nawawi’s 40 Hadiths)

JAINISM

“In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, regard all creatures as you would regard your own self.”
(24th Tirthankara)

JUDAISM

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
(Leviticus 19:18)

“What is hateful to you do not do to your neighbor.  That is the entire Torah; the rest is commentary–go and learn it.”
(Talmud, Shabbat 31a)

SIKHISM

“Be not estranged from others for God dwells in every heart.”
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib)

WICCA

“Harm no one, do what you will.”
(Rede)

ZOROASTRIANISM

“That nature only is good when it shall not do to another whatever is not good for its own self.
(Dadistan-I Dinik, 94:5)