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“Treat others as you want to be treated”
An important moral truth endorsed by many of the world’s great religions.
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Baha’i Faith:
Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for anyone the htings you would not desire for yourself.
-Baha'u'llah, Gleanings
Buddhism:
Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
-Udana-Varga 5,18
Christianity:
In everything, do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.
-Jesus, Matthew 7:12
Confucianism:
…the basis of all good conduct…loving kindness. Don not do unto others what you do not want done to yourself. -Analects 15.23
Hinduism:
This is the sum of the Dharma (duty); do not do to others, what would cause pain if done to you.
-Mahabharata 5,1517
Islam:
Not one of you truly believes until you wish for others what you wish for yourself.
— The Prophet Muhammad, Hadith
Jainism:
One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to be treated.
-Sutrakritanga, 1.11.33
Judaism:
What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the entire Law, all the rest is commentary.
-Talmud, Shabbat 31a
Native American Spirituality:
All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really one.
—Black Elk
Sikhism:
I am a stranger to no one; and no one is a stranger to me. Indeed, I am a friend to all.
—Guru Arjan Devji:AG. 1299
Taoism:
Regard your neighbor’s gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss.
-T'ai Shang Kan Yin P'ien 213-218
Unitarianism:
We affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
-Unitarian Principle
Zoroastrian:
Do not do unto others whatever is injurious to yourself.
- Shayast-na-Shayast 13,29
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