Therefore
all things whatsoever you desire that men should do to you, do you evenso
unto them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Christianity
Matt. 7:12
Tzu-Kung
asked: "Is there one principle upon which one's whole life may proceed?"
The Master replied, "Is not Reciprocity such a principle? ...what you do
not yourself desire, do not put before others."
Confucianism
Analects of Confucius
Book XV, Chapter XXIIl (Legge Translation
1861)
Try your best to
treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find
that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
Confucianism
Mencius VII.A.4
This is the sum of the Dharma: do not
unto others that which would cause pain if done to you.
Hinduism
Mahabharata 5:1517
Not
one of you is a believer unless he desires for his brother that which he
desires for himself.
Islam
Forty Hadith
of an-Nawawi 13
What is hurtful to yourself do not
to your fellow man. That is the whole of the Torah and the remainder
is but commentary.
Judaism
Talmud, Shabbat 31a
A man should wander
about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated.
Jainism
Sutrakritanga
1.11.33
All
things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves.
All is really One.
Native
American
Black Elk
The
sage has no interest of his own, but takes the interests of the people
as his own. He is kind to the kind; he is also kind to the unkind:
for Virtue is kind. He is faithful to the faithful; he is also
faithful to the unfaithful: for Virtue is faithful.
Taoist
Tao Teh Ching,
Chapter 49 trans. by John C. H. Wu
An
it harms none, do as 'ye will.
Wiccan
That
nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever
is not good for itself.
Zorastrian
Zend Avesta,
Dadistan-i-dinik 94:5
