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The Golden Rule in world religions
Indigenous
Spiritualities
Do not strive
to cause your neighbour’s undoing,
for as you strive for your own good treatment,
so render it to others.
A universal indigenous saying
Hinduism
This is the
essence of morality:
Do not do to others which if done to you would cause you pain.
Mahabharata, XIII.114.8, V, 1517g
Chinese
Religion
Do not do
to others what you do not want them to do to you.
Confucius, Analects, 15.24
Buddhism
A state that
is not pleasant or delightful to me must be so for him also; and
a state which is not pleasant or delightful for me, how could
I inflict that on another?
Samyutta Nikaya, V, 353.35-354.2
Judaism
What is hateful
to you, do not do to your neighbour – that is the basic law,
all the rest is commentary.
Rabbi Hillel, Talmud, Shabbat 31a
Christianity
Whatever
you wish that others do to you, do so to them - that is what the
law (of God) and (the teachings of) the prophets are all about.
Matthew 7.12; Luke 6.31
Islam
No one of
you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which
he desires for himself.
Imam Nawawi’s Collection of Forty Hadith
(sayings of Muhammad), No. 13
Sikhism
Do as you
desire goodness for yourself, as you cannot expect tasty fruits
if you sow thorny trees.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Slok 23, p. 1379
Baha'i
Faith
If your eyes
be turned towards justice, choose for your neighbour that which
you would choose for yourself.
Tablets of Baha’u’llah, p. 64
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