Der Kategorischer Imperativ
Handle stets so, dass die Maxime deines Handelns jederzeit Grundlage einer allgemeinen Gesetzgebung sein könnte. Immanuel Kant [BW 460] (1724-1804) deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung (1724-1804)

Behandle deine Untergebenen so, wie du von deinen Vorgesetzten behandelt werden möchtest. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (~1/4-65 n.Chr.) römischer stoischer Philosoph, Staatsmann, Naturforscher, Dramatiker, Epistulae morales [Briefe über Ethik an Lucilius] Sammlung von 124 Briefen, 47, 11, 65 n.Chr.

Vermeide, zu tun, was du anderen übel nimmst. Thales von Milet (624-~546 v.Chr.) altgriechischer Naturphilosoph, Staatsmann, Mathematiker, Astronom, Ingenieur

Tue nichts, was du nicht möchtest, dass man dir tun soll. British Humanist Association, 1999

Was du nicht willst, das man dir tu', das füg' auch keinem anderen zu. Deutsches Sprichwort

Tue Gutes, damit dir Gutes getan werde! Altägyptische Weisheit, Die Geschichte vom wortgewaltigen Bauern

Dies ist die Summe aller Pflichten: Tue keinem anderen das Leid an, was bei Dir selbst Leid verursacht hätte. Hinduismus Mahabharata, bekanntes indisches hinduistisches Epos, Sammlung von 100.000 Doppelversen, V, 1517 (400 v.Chr.-400 n.Chr.)

Man sollte sich gegenüber anderen nicht in einer Weise benehmen, die für einen selbst unangenehm ist; das ist das Wesen der Moral. Brahmanismus / Hinduismus, Mahabharata XIII, 114.8, / V, 1517 (Geschichte Großindiens)

Gleichgültig gegenüber weltlichen Dingen sollte der Mensch wandeln und alle Geschöpfe in der Welt behandeln, wie er selbst behandelt sein möchte. Jainismus, Vardhamana Mahavira, Sutrakritanga 1, 11, 33

Was Dir weh tut, tue keinem anderen an. Judentum, Talmud, Hauptschrift des gewöhnlichen Judentums [BW 595], Shabbat (vor ca. 3500 Jahren)

Tue nicht anderen, was Du nicht willst, dass sie dir tun. Judentum, Rabbi Hillel (30 v.Chr.-~9 n.Chr.) bedeutender pharisäischer Rabbiner aus der Zeit vor der Zerstörung des zweiten Tempels, Vorsteher des Sanhedrin, Gründer einer Schule zur Schriftauslegung, Shabbat 31a

Tut keinem etwas an, was euch selbst nicht gut erschienen wäre. Zoroastrische Religion, Zarathustra (Zoroaster) [BW 1000/860] (18.-6. Jht. v. Chr.) iranisch-persischer Prophet, Philosoph, Reformator, Stifter des persischen Zoroastrismus (Mazdaismus oder Parsismus), Shayast-na-Shayast, XIII, 29 (vor ca. 3000 Jahren)

Erachte den Vorteil deines Nächsten als deinen Vorteil, und deines Nächsten Nachteil als deinen Nachteil. Taoismus, T’ai-shang, Kang-ying P'ien, 3, 213-218 (vor ca. 2600 Jahren)

Füge deinem Nächsten nicht das Leid zu, das dich schmerzt. Buddhismus, Buddha, Udana, V, 18 (vor ca. 2500 Jahren)

Ein Zustand, der nicht angenehm oder erfreulich für mich ist, soll es auch nicht für ihn sein; und ein Zustand, der nicht angenehm oder erfreulich für mich ist, wie kann ich ihn einem anderen zumuten? Buddhismus, Samyutta Nikaya (Reden Buddhas) V, 353.35-354.2

Du sollst deinen Nächsten lieben wie dich selbst. Christentum, 3. Buch Mose 19, 18, Altes Testament

Alles, was ihr also von anderen erwartet, das tut auch ihr ihnen ebenso. Darin besteht das Gesetz und die Propheten. Christentum, Jesus Christus, Matthäus 7, 12 und Lukas 6, 31, Neues Testament (vor ca. 2000 Jahren)

Was Du selbst nicht wünscht, das tue auch nicht anderen Menschen an. Konfuzianismus, Konfuzius [BW 590] (551-479 v.Chr.) chinesischer Weiser, Sozialphilosoph, Stifter der chinesischen Staatsreligion, Lun yu Gespräche 15, 23

Keiner von Euch ist ein Gläubiger, solange er nicht das für seinen Bruder wünscht, was er für sich selbst gewünscht hätte. Islam, An-Nawawi, Kitab Al-Arba'in (Vierzig Hadithe), 13 und vorgeblich von Prophet Mohammad (vor ca. 1300 Jahren)

Bürdet keiner Seele eine Last auf, die ihr selber nicht tragen wollt, und wünscht niemandem, was ihr euch selbst nicht wünscht. Dies ist Mein bester Rat für euch, wolltet ihr ihn doch beherzigen. Baha'i Religion, Baha'u'llah', Gleanings from the Writings'' 66, 8 (vor ca. 140 Jahren)

Ich bin niemandem fremd, und niemand ist mir fremd. Ich bin allen ein Freund. Sikhismus, Guru Grath Sahib, S. 1299

Sei wohltätig zu allen Wesen. Shintôismus, Kojiki von Ô no Yasumaro

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Zitate zum Thema Weltreligionen / World religions

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I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew. The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me that I can no longer call myself a man, a woman, an angel, or even a pure Soul. Love has befriended me so completely it has turned to ash and freed me of every concept and image my mind has ever known. Hafez (1325/26-1389/90) Persian lyric poet, Sufi mystic

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Englische Texte – English section on World Religions

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Recommendations to life issues by world religions

Golden rule, Love, Prayer,
Peace – Health, Healing – Immortality

The Golden Rule in the World's Great Religions
Religion Creed	Phrase
CHRISTIANITY	All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.
CONFUCIANISM	Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.
BUDDHISM	In five ways should a clansman minister to his friends and familiars – by generosity, courtesy and benevolence, by treating them as he treats himself, and by being as good as his word.
HINDUISM	Do not unto others, which if done to thee, would cause thee pain.
ISLAM	No one of you is a believer until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.

SIKHISM ||As thou deemest thyself so deem others. Then shalt thou become a partner in heaven. ||

JUDAISM	What is hurtful to yourself, do not do to your fellow man.
JAINISM	In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self.
ZOROASTRIANISM	That nature only is good when it shall not do unto another whatever is not good for its own self.
TAOISM	Regard your neighbor's gain as your gain and regard your neighbor's loss as your own loss.

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Love in the World's Great Religions

CHRISTIANITY: Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is love.

CONFUCIANISM: To love all men, is the greatest benevolence.

BUDDHISM: Let a man cultivate towards the whole world a heart of love.

HINDUISM: One can best worship the Lord through love.

ISLAM: Love is this, that thou shouldst account thyself very little and God very great.

TAOISM: Heaven arms with love those it would not see destroyed.

SIKHISM: God will regenerate those in whose hearts there is love.

JUDAISM: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and thy neighbor as thyself.

JAINISM: The days are the most profit to him who acts in love.

ZOROASTRIANISM: Man is the beloved of the Lord and should love him in return.

BAHA'I: Love Me that I may love thee. If thou lovest Me not, My love can no wise reach thee.

SHINTO: Love is the representative of the Lord.

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Prayer in the World's Great Religions

CHRISTIANITY: When you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut the door, pray to your Father, which is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret, shall reward you openly.

CONFUCIANISM: Sedulously cultivate the virtue of reverence. When a man is devoted to this virtue, He may pray to heaven.

BUDDHISM: There is no meditation apart from wisdom, and no wisdom apart from meditation. Those in whom wisdom and meditation meet are not far from Nirvana.

HINDUISM: I make prayer my inmost friend.

ISLAM: Never, Lord, have I prayed to thee with ill success.

SIKHISM: They who cry aloud in trouble obtain rest by prayer and loving God.

JUDAISM: Pray to the Lord our God that He may show us the way to go and the thing we should do.

ZOROASTRIANISM: He who is called the wise Lord, thou shouldst seek to exalt forever with prayers of piety.

BAHA'I: Draw nigh to God and persevere in prayer so that the fire of God's love may grow more luminously in thy heart.

SHINTO: If the poorest of mankind come for worship, I will surely grant their heart's desire.

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Peace in the World's Great Religions

CHRISTIANITY: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

CONFUCIANISM: Seek to be in harmony with all your neighbors. [...] live in peace with your brethren.

BUDDHISM: There is no happiness greater than peace.

HINDUISM: Without meditation, where is peace? Without peace, where is happiness?

ISLAM: God will guide men to peace. If they will heed Him, He will lead them from the darkness of war to the light of peace.

TAOISM: The wise esteem peace and quiet above all else.

SIKHISM: Only in the Name of the Lord do we find our peace.

JUDAISM: When a man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies be at peace with him.

JAINISM: All men should live in peace with their fellows. This is the Lord's desire.

ZOROASTRIANISM: I will sacrifice to peace, whose breath is friendly.

BAHA'I: War is death while peace is life.

SHINTO: Let the earth be free from trouble and men live at peace under the protection of the Divine.

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Health and Healing in the World's Great Religions

CHRISTIANITY: The prayer of faith shall heal the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up.

CONFUCIANISM: High mysterious Heaven hath fullest power to heal and bind.

BUDDHISM: To keep the body in good health is a duty...otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

HINDUISM: Enricher, Healer of disease, be a good friend to us!

ISLAM: The Lord of the worlds created me...and when I am sick, he healeth me.

TAOISM: Pursue a middle course. Thus will you keep a healthy body and a healthy mind.

SIKHISM: God is Creator of all, the remover of sickness, the giver of health.

JUDAISM: O Lord, my God, I cried to Thee for help and Thou hast healed me.

JAINISM: All living beings owe their present state of health to their own Karma.

ZOROASTRIANISM: Love endows the sick body of man with firmness and health.

BAHA'I: All healing comes from God.

SHINTO: Foster a spirit that regards both good and evil as blessings, and the body spontaneously becomes healthy.

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Immortality in the World's Great Religions

JUDAISM: The dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the Spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

CHRISTIANITY: The gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

ISLAM: Those who have believed and done the things which are right, these shall be inmates of Paradise.

JAINISM: I know there will be a life hereafter.

CONFUCIANISM: All the living must die and, dying, return to the ground, but the Spirit issues forth and is displayed in light.

HINDUISM: He becomes immortal who seeks the general good of man.

SIKHISM: Why weep when a man dieth, since he is only going home?

BUDDHISM: Earnestness is the path of immortality.

SHINTO: Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother, all things as brothers and sisters, and you will enjoy the divine country which excels all others.

TAOISM: Life is going forth. Death is a returning home.

ZOROASTRIANISM: The soul of the righteous shall be joyful in immortality.

BAHA'I: Make mention of Me on earth that in My Heaven I may remember Thee.

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Essential spiritual truths in the world's religions

CHRISTIANITY is the path of love and forgiveness.
BUDDHISM is the path of compassion.
JUDAISM is the path of sacred law.
BAHA'I is the path of unity and peace.
ISLAM is the path of submission to the will of God.
CONFUCIANISM is the path of deliberate tradition.
TAOISM is the path of ultimate reality.
NATIVE AMERICAN PRACTICE is the path of primal spirituality.
SHINOTISOIM is the path of tribal ancestry.
HINDUISM is the path of knowledge, action, and devotion.
SCIENCE OF MIND is the path of Divine Principle of Love and Law.
THE GLOBAL HEART VISION is of a world that works for everyone.

A brilliant distillation of essential spiritual truths and the world's great religions by R. Henderson 2005, presented by tribe.net

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Links zum Thema Weltreligionen

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Externe Weblinks

Wikipedia-Einträge Die Goldene Regel, Religion, Weltreligionen
Philolex-Einträge/Essays Religion

WÄR' DAS PARADIES AUF ERDEN… Eine Pilgerreise zum Parlament der Weltreligionen 2004, Carter Phipps und Craig Hamilton, WIE-Magazin, Ausgabe 15
Kann die Religion uns retten? Über Tradition, Transzendenz und die ultimative Wirklichkeit, Interview mit Huston Smith, Jessica Roemischer, WIE-Magazin, Ausgabe 10
Religionen am Scheideweg Gibt es eine Begegnung zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft?, Jessica Roemischer, WIE-Magazin, Ausgabe 10

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