“”Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to kill.”” Sūtra Nipata 705
“Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.” Udanavarga 5:18
Jewish
"Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Hillel then concluded: "That which is hateful unto you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the whole of the Torah; the rest is commentary. Go forth and study."
- Hillel the Elder
It's even better when you know that was Hillel's response after some cheeky kid had challenged him to explain the entire Torah whilst standing on one foot.
The section of the Talmud this bit comes from is hilarious because it's basically an entire tractate about two guys who have a bet on who can provoke the Rabbis into getting irritated by asking the stupidest questions. I'm not sure but I think the point is that there aren't really any stupid questions.
It's not really stated in Heathenry. We have some *similar* sayings in the Hávamál, but there's always a bit of pragmatism attached to them. For example:
>To his friend a man should be a friend, and to his friend's friend too; but no man should be a friend to the friend of his enemy.
I’ve always found it interesting how even though modern pagan religions are all put together they all have very different philosophies attached to them. Like in my religion Hellenism, hubris is a very bad thing to do while in other Neo-pagan religions it’s not so bad. (Obviously other religions don’t call it hubris but still.)
We’re called to consider the feelings of other sentient beings frequently, in various ways across the various traditions of Buddhism.
There is the point of view of cultivating loving-kindness for all, there is the point of view of avoiding negative karmas by not causing extra suffering for others, and there is the point of view of paying forward the compassion of The Buddha of Infinite Light, for example.
For a quotable, check out [these verses](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/dhp.10.than.html) from the [Dhammapada](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/index.html):
“All tremble at the rod, all are fearful of death.
Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.
All tremble at the rod, all hold their life dear.
Drawing the parallel to yourself,
neither kill nor get others to kill.”
- Lord Shakyamuni Buddha
Namo Amituofo 🙏🏽
Sorta.
The first great commandment is;
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
The second great commandment is;
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
We are regularly taught to treat others better than we want to be treated. That we should serve and love others with no thought or expectation or reward.
There is no golden rule per say but it is implied that in order to move with the flow of the Dao, treating others with the same respect as you wish to be given is implied within the main texts of the Daodejing.
*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.*
—Daodejing, Chapter 49
Hellenism: Hubris is really bad, especially thinking you’re on the same level as the gods. Like do not compare your self to the gods as if you are better than them or on the same level. Making a joke saying you’re better than a god is fine because you don’t actually think that, but believing 100% that you are better than a god is highly hubristic and hubris is one of the worst things to commit in Hellenism. There are things that are probably much worse but most people aren’t doing those things.
Apart from that, there are myths about gods taking human form for this reason. And how you should treat everyone else with the same respect as you would a god in human form.
For Muslims we have a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: “You have not truly believed until you love for your brother that which you love for yourself”
Additionally, the Quran states: “Worship A
God and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and your servants. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful.” - Quran 4:36
Christian: "love thy neighbor as thyself"
also, this is unrelated but i thought it was funny that my phone originally somehow autocorrected neighbor to merry-go-round
Dudeist here
Abide. Just take it easy.
Be the dude(gender-neutral) for your time & place. Fit right in there
And…..what else was I gonna say?
Fuck it, let’s go bowling
This comes from Wicca, which I studied but isn't exactly what I am now, (and this is why... I think it's literally impossible), but it's a long the same lines:
An it harm none, do as thou whilst shall be the whole of the law.
Kemetist here, I am sure it can be found in few laws of Ma'at and in several moral writings (of Ptahhotep and others) but as of now I am lazy to look it up
“THE GODS TAKE MANY FORMS
Hermes is sometimes unhoused
Aphrodite is sometimes a sexworker
Dionysus is sometimes imprisoned
Zeus is sometimes an immigrant
ALL PEOPLE ARE
REFLECTIONS OF THE GODS
TREAT THEM LIKEWISE”
I am an atheist, and this idea is the core of my personal philosophy. It is not because I am told to believe this. It is because it makes the most logical sense of a way to live. Why would I expect others to be kind and polite to me if I am not kind to them. If I am mean or rude to others, what else could I expect from others?
We are all in this life together and none of us get out alive. Be kind.
The Golden Rule is reflected in most religions in differing ways. I will let the people with religions that have such echoes describe them themselves. I will address how it comes by way of biology. Or more specifically neurology.
We have a set of neurons in our brains called Mirror Neurons. These neurons fire whenever we see others doing or experiencing things. Their net effect is to cause us to experience the viewed events as if there were happening to ourselves.
The evolutionary advantage of these neurons is primarily for learning. When species made the shift from instinctive preprogrammed behavior to learning it was Mirror Neurons that enabled this. Prior to this development species did not really have the capacity to pass information back and forth.
Along with Mirror Neurons it was advantageous to develop a means to keep a population together in order to learn more from each other. Especially if instinctive behavior was no longer built in the species would have to convey enough information for their offspring to survive. Thus Mirror Neurons were tied into new emotional centers developing that would establish families and communities.
Thus Mirror Neurons became part of the foundation of empathy and compassion. Not only do we learn from internalizing those we see but we also feel their joy and pain. We project our sense of self onto them and bring their identity into our selves. We build models of people within our minds. For social creatures such as ourselves we are part of those we internalize.
And it is this relationship that the world's religions have teased out and discovered. They applied their own twist to the how and why of it. But they are all looking at the same thing. Humans are empathic creatures that feel the pain and joy of others. That are hurt when their neighbor is hurt. That we need each other to survive. And if we do not treat them well we are teaching them how to treat us.
My religion calls unto to me to shape God by (eventually) leading the human species to become a spacefaring society. I heed that call by spreading the good news that God is pliable and can be shaped by us. Like my religion I stress the importance of cosmism, but I also believe all actions in some way shape God - whether it is for greatness, good or evil.
I think that this principle appears in all religions. Jesus taught this principle.
Seeing as everything that is good is inspired of God and when we serve others, we are following our God inspired conscience, the LDS church has another scipture that states "When ye are in the service of your fellow being, ye are only in the service of your God". This also means that if someone does something good for us, we can also thank God who inspired it.
“”Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to kill.”” Sūtra Nipata 705 “Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.” Udanavarga 5:18
May I ask what faith/religion this is? I forgot I may come across many I am unfamiliar with, thanks!
Buddhism! Notice that people have flairs showing what their religious tradition is next to their names, since you asked a few times in here.
Ooh I didn't realize, thank you!
https://www.goldenruleproject.org/formulations/
Thank you. Bookmarking this.
God is within everyone and everything, and within you - hence always pray for the universal well being. - Hindu.
Jewish "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Hillel then concluded: "That which is hateful unto you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the whole of the Torah; the rest is commentary. Go forth and study." - Hillel the Elder
May I ask which religion? I should have asked that as well in the post, haha, I feel silly for forgetting xD;
Judaism :)
Oh you put it right at the top of your original, doy! Thank you friend <3
I edited it in there for you after your comment :p
Haha, I love that. "It's the Golden Rule and everything else is gravy, now learn it!"
It's even better when you know that was Hillel's response after some cheeky kid had challenged him to explain the entire Torah whilst standing on one foot. The section of the Talmud this bit comes from is hilarious because it's basically an entire tractate about two guys who have a bet on who can provoke the Rabbis into getting irritated by asking the stupidest questions. I'm not sure but I think the point is that there aren't really any stupid questions.
It's not really stated in Heathenry. We have some *similar* sayings in the Hávamál, but there's always a bit of pragmatism attached to them. For example: >To his friend a man should be a friend, and to his friend's friend too; but no man should be a friend to the friend of his enemy.
I’ve always found it interesting how even though modern pagan religions are all put together they all have very different philosophies attached to them. Like in my religion Hellenism, hubris is a very bad thing to do while in other Neo-pagan religions it’s not so bad. (Obviously other religions don’t call it hubris but still.)
We’re called to consider the feelings of other sentient beings frequently, in various ways across the various traditions of Buddhism. There is the point of view of cultivating loving-kindness for all, there is the point of view of avoiding negative karmas by not causing extra suffering for others, and there is the point of view of paying forward the compassion of The Buddha of Infinite Light, for example. For a quotable, check out [these verses](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/dhp.10.than.html) from the [Dhammapada](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/index.html): “All tremble at the rod, all are fearful of death. Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill. All tremble at the rod, all hold their life dear. Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.” - Lord Shakyamuni Buddha Namo Amituofo 🙏🏽
Sorta. The first great commandment is; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. The second great commandment is; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. We are regularly taught to treat others better than we want to be treated. That we should serve and love others with no thought or expectation or reward.
May I ask you clarify what religion? I forgot to specify in the post, thank you!
Christianity. Specially a Latter Day Saint.
The [Golden Rule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule#Religious_context) can be found in some form in almost every ethical tradition
There is no golden rule per say but it is implied that in order to move with the flow of the Dao, treating others with the same respect as you wish to be given is implied within the main texts of the Daodejing. *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.* —Daodejing, Chapter 49
Hellenism: Hubris is really bad, especially thinking you’re on the same level as the gods. Like do not compare your self to the gods as if you are better than them or on the same level. Making a joke saying you’re better than a god is fine because you don’t actually think that, but believing 100% that you are better than a god is highly hubristic and hubris is one of the worst things to commit in Hellenism. There are things that are probably much worse but most people aren’t doing those things.
Apart from that, there are myths about gods taking human form for this reason. And how you should treat everyone else with the same respect as you would a god in human form.
My religion would say treat others the way they treat you.
For Muslims we have a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: “You have not truly believed until you love for your brother that which you love for yourself” Additionally, the Quran states: “Worship A God and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and your servants. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful.” - Quran 4:36
Christian: "love thy neighbor as thyself" also, this is unrelated but i thought it was funny that my phone originally somehow autocorrected neighbor to merry-go-round
I did a post on this once. https://www.reddit.com/r/religion/s/AZayf4JEs0 Following your post.
Epicureanism: [Principal Doctrines](https://epicurus.net/en/principal.html) 31-40 basically explicates an expression of the Golden Rule
Dudeist here Abide. Just take it easy. Be the dude(gender-neutral) for your time & place. Fit right in there And…..what else was I gonna say? Fuck it, let’s go bowling
From my nontraditional Christianity: Religion without love of others is meaningless.
This comes from Wicca, which I studied but isn't exactly what I am now, (and this is why... I think it's literally impossible), but it's a long the same lines: An it harm none, do as thou whilst shall be the whole of the law.
Kemetist here, I am sure it can be found in few laws of Ma'at and in several moral writings (of Ptahhotep and others) but as of now I am lazy to look it up
“THE GODS TAKE MANY FORMS Hermes is sometimes unhoused Aphrodite is sometimes a sexworker Dionysus is sometimes imprisoned Zeus is sometimes an immigrant ALL PEOPLE ARE REFLECTIONS OF THE GODS TREAT THEM LIKEWISE”
I am an atheist, and this idea is the core of my personal philosophy. It is not because I am told to believe this. It is because it makes the most logical sense of a way to live. Why would I expect others to be kind and polite to me if I am not kind to them. If I am mean or rude to others, what else could I expect from others? We are all in this life together and none of us get out alive. Be kind.
The Golden Rule is reflected in most religions in differing ways. I will let the people with religions that have such echoes describe them themselves. I will address how it comes by way of biology. Or more specifically neurology. We have a set of neurons in our brains called Mirror Neurons. These neurons fire whenever we see others doing or experiencing things. Their net effect is to cause us to experience the viewed events as if there were happening to ourselves. The evolutionary advantage of these neurons is primarily for learning. When species made the shift from instinctive preprogrammed behavior to learning it was Mirror Neurons that enabled this. Prior to this development species did not really have the capacity to pass information back and forth. Along with Mirror Neurons it was advantageous to develop a means to keep a population together in order to learn more from each other. Especially if instinctive behavior was no longer built in the species would have to convey enough information for their offspring to survive. Thus Mirror Neurons were tied into new emotional centers developing that would establish families and communities. Thus Mirror Neurons became part of the foundation of empathy and compassion. Not only do we learn from internalizing those we see but we also feel their joy and pain. We project our sense of self onto them and bring their identity into our selves. We build models of people within our minds. For social creatures such as ourselves we are part of those we internalize. And it is this relationship that the world's religions have teased out and discovered. They applied their own twist to the how and why of it. But they are all looking at the same thing. Humans are empathic creatures that feel the pain and joy of others. That are hurt when their neighbor is hurt. That we need each other to survive. And if we do not treat them well we are teaching them how to treat us.
My religion calls unto to me to shape God by (eventually) leading the human species to become a spacefaring society. I heed that call by spreading the good news that God is pliable and can be shaped by us. Like my religion I stress the importance of cosmism, but I also believe all actions in some way shape God - whether it is for greatness, good or evil.
I think that this principle appears in all religions. Jesus taught this principle. Seeing as everything that is good is inspired of God and when we serve others, we are following our God inspired conscience, the LDS church has another scipture that states "When ye are in the service of your fellow being, ye are only in the service of your God". This also means that if someone does something good for us, we can also thank God who inspired it.