The
Meaning of
BAHA'I FAITH:
"Lay not on any soul a load that
you would not want to be laid on you, and desire not for anyone the things
you would not desire for yourself." - Bahu'u'llah.
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 of the prophets."
- Jesus in Matthew 7:12.
CONFUCIANISM:
"One word which sums up the basis
of all good conduct . . . loving kindness. Do not do to others what you
do not want done to yourself." - Confucius, Analects 15:23.
HINDUISM:
"This is the sum of duty: do not
do to others what would cause pain if done to you." - Mahabharata 5:15-17.
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." - Mahavira, Sutrakritanga.
JUDAISM:
"What is hateful to you, do not
do to your neighbor. This is the whole Torah; all the rest is commentary."
- Hillil, Talmud, Shabbat 31a.
NATIVE AMERICAN:
"We are as much alive as we keep
the earth alive." - Chief Dan George.
SIKHISM:
"I am a stranger to no one; and
no one is a stranger to me. Indeed, I am a friend to all." - Guru Granth
Sahib, pg. 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.
BAHA'I FAITH:
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful
in adversity.
Be fair in judgment, and guarded
in thy speech.
Be a lamp unto those who walk in
darkness, and a home to the stranger.
Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding
light unto the feet of the erring.
Be a breath of life to the body
of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart,
and a fruit upon the tree of humility.
BUDDHISM:
May all beings everywhere plagued
with sufferings of body and mind, quickly be freed from their ilnesses.
May those frightened cease to be
afraid, and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power, and
may people think of befriending one another.
May those who find themselves in
trackless, fearful wilderness - the children, the aged, the unprotected
-
be guarded by beneficial celestials,
and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.
CHRISTIANITY - Catholicism:
Lord, make me an instrument of your
peace.
Where there is hatred . . . let
me sow love.
Where there is injury . . . pardon.
Where there is doubt . . . faith.
Where there is despair . . . hope.
Where there is darkness . . . light.
Where there is sadness . . . joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may
not so much seek
to be consoled . . . as to console,
to be understood . . . as to understand,
to be loved . . . as to love.
For it is in giving . . . that we
receive,
it is in pardoning . . . that we
are pardoned,
it is in dying . . . that we are
born to eternal life.
CHRISTIANITY - ecumenical:
Blessed are the peacemakers, for
they shall be known as the Children of God.
But I say to you that hear, love
your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
bless those who curse you, pray
for those who abuse you.
To those that strike you on the
cheek, offer the other one also,
and from those who take away your
cloak, do not withhold your coat as well.
Give to everyone who begs from you,
and of those who take away your
goods, do not ask for them again.
And as you wish that others would
do to you, do so to them.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
HINDUISM:
Oh God, lead us from the unreal
to the Real.
Oh God, lead us from darkness to
light.
Oh God, lead us from death to immortality.
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all.
Oh Lord God almighty, may there
be peace in celestial regions.
May there be peace on Earth.
May the waters be appeasing.
May herbs be wholesome, and may
trees and plants bring peace to all.
May all beneficent things bring
peace to us.
May thy Vedic Law propagate peace
all through the world.
May all things be a source of peace
to us.
And may thy peace itself bestow
peace on all
and may that peace come to me also.
ISLAM:
In the name of Allah, the beneficent,
the merciful.
Praise be to the Lord of the Universe
who has created us and made us into tribes and nations
that we may know each other, not
that we despise each other.
If the enemy incline towards peace,
do thou also incline towards peace,
and trust God, for the Lord is the
one that heareth and knoweth all things, and the servants of God.
Most gracious are those who walk
on the Earth in humility,
and when we address them, we say
"Peace."
JAINISM:
Peace and Universal Love is the
essence of the Gospel preached by all Enlightened Ones.
The Lord has preached that equanimity
is the Dharma.
Forgive do I creatures all, and
let all creatures forgive me.
Unto all have I amity, and unto
none enmity.
Know that violence is the root cause
of all miseries in the world.
Violence, in fact, is the knot of
bondage.
"Do not injure any living being."
This is the eternal, perennial,
and unalterable way of spiritual life.
A weapon, however powerful it may
be, can always be superseded by a superior one;
but no weapon can, however, be superior
to non-violence and love.
JUDAISM:
Come, let us go up to the mountain
of the Lord, that we may walk the paths of the Most High.
And we shall beat our swords into
ploughshares, and our spears into pruning hooks.
Nation shall not lift up sword against
nation - neither shall they learn war any more.
And none shall be afraid, for the
mouth of the Lord of Hosts has spoken.
NATIVE AFRICAN:
Almighty God, the Great Thumb we
cannot evade to tie any knot;
the Roaring Thunder that splits
mighty trees;
the all-seeing Lord up on high who
sees
even the footprints of an antelope
on a rock mass here on Earth:
You are the one who does not hesitate
to respond to our call.
You are the cornerstone of peace.
NATIVE AMERICAN:
Oh Great Spirit of our Ancestors,
I raise my pipe to you.
To your messengers the four winds,
and to Mother Earth who provides for your children,
give us the wisdom to teach our
children to love, to respect and to be kind to each other
so that they may grow with peace
of mind.
Let us learn to share all good things
that you provide for us on this Earth.
SHINTOISM:
Although the people living across
the ocean surrounding us, I believe, are all our brother and sister,
why are there constant troubles
in this world?
Why do winds and waves rise in the
oceans surrounding us?
I only earnestly wish that the wind
will soon puff away all the clouds
which are hanging over the tops
of the mountains.
SIKHISM:
God adjudges us according to our
deeds, not the coat that we wear:
that Truth is above everything but
higher still is truthful living.
Know that we attaineth God when
we loveth,
and victory only endures in consequences
of which no one is defeated.
ZOROASTRIANISM:
We pray to God to eradicate all
the misery in the world;
that understanding triumph over
indifference,
that trust triumph over contempt,
and that truth triumph over falsehood.