The Urantia Book Study Edition
The Urantia Book Study Edition
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The Urantia Book Study Edition

Topical Studies

Golden Rule


Jesus on The Golden Rule:
The spiritual level. And then last, but greatest of all, we attain the level of spirit insight and spiritual interpretation which impels us to recognize in this rule of life the divine command to treat all men as we conceive God would treat them. That is the universe ideal of human relationships. And this is your attitude toward all such problems when your supreme desire is ever to do the Father’s will. I would, therefore, that you should do to all men that which you know I would do to them in like circumstances.” 147:4.9

1. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Judaism and Christianity. Bible, Leviticus 19:18

2. Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.
Christianity. Bible, Matthew 7:12

3. Not one of you is a believer until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.
Islam. Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi 13

4. A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated.
Jainism. Sutrakritanga 1.11.33

5. Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
Confucianism. Mencius VII.A.4

6.One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself. This is the essence of morality. All other activities are due to selfish desire.
Hinduism. Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva 113.8

7. Tsekung asked, “Is there one word that can serve as a principle of conduct for life?” Confucius replied, “It is the word shu — reciprocity: Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you.”
Confucianism. Analects 15.23 Leviticus 19:18: Quoted by Jesus in Matthew 22:36-40; Deuteronomy 6.4-9, p. 55; Leviticus 19:18, p. 173; Luke 10:25-37, p. 971; Galatians 6:2, p. 974; Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.2.2, p. 972; Sun Myung Moon, 9-30-79, p. 150.