The Common Element

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Forwarding Ram Chandran <chandran

 

THE ONENESS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY

 

Baha'i: "Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before

himself." -- Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, 71

 

Buddhism: "Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find

hurtful." -- Udana-Varga, 5:18

 

Christianity: "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do

to you, do ye even so to them." -- Jesus, in Matthew 7:12

 

Confucianism: "Do not unto others what you would not have them do

unto you." -- Analects 15:23

 

Hinduism: "This is the sum of duty: 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 he desires for his

brother that which he desires for himself." -- Sunnah

 

Jainism: "In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should

regard all creatures as we regard our own self."

-- Lord Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara

 

Judaism: "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. That

is the law: all the rest is commentary." -- Talmud, Shabbat 31a

 

Native American: "Respect for all life is the foundation."

-- The Great Law of Peace

 

Sikhism: "Don't create enmity with anyone as God is within

everyone." -- Guru Arjan Devji 259, Guru Granth Sahib

 

Zoroastrianism: "That nature only is good when it shall not do

unto another whatever is not good for its own self."

-- Dadistan-i-Dinik, 94:5

 

Compiled by the Temple of Understanding, a global interfaith

organization http://www.silcom.com/~origin/sbcr/sbcr233

> All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. The Radical Truth

> is Radiance of Awareness. It is Total Independence and Ever

> Present. The Truth needs no psychological or spiritual crutches.

> It needs no philosophy, no religion, no explanation, no teaching,

> and no teacher, and yet It is always their support. A true

> devotee relishes in the Truth. The Truth of Self-Knowledge which

> is Pure Intelligence. Welcome all to a.

 

Harsha

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