The Golden Rule
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The Golden Rule, also known as the Law of Liberation, is the rule of reciprocity in behaviour, as inculcated in every religion, which puts the onus of such behaviour on each individual. H.T.D. Rost has written a book with this title (see article The Golden Rule (Rost)), extrapolating from it for the present time.
Examples of the Golden Rule from sacred literature[edit]
(more recent translations and better source citations are welcome)
Hindu Scriptures: "This is the sum of righteousness - treat others as thou wouldst thyself be treated."[1]
Jewish Scriptures: "Love thy neighbour as thyself"
Zoroastrian: "Do not unto others all that which is not well for oneself"
Buddhist: "Do unto others as they wish you should do unto them."
Christian: "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also unto them."
Islamic: "None of you is a believer until he loves for his brother that which he loves for himself."
Bahá'í: "Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself." [2]
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 71)
