A short list of statements
of the golden rule, in chronological order(Wikipedia)

(Alphabetical Order)

African Traditional Religions
"One going to take a
pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it
hurts."
Yoruba Proverb (Nigeria)




Buddhism
"Hurt not others in ways that you
yourself would find hurtful."
Udana-Varga 5,1

"Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just
as they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to
kill."
Sutta Nipata 705

"One should seek for others the happiness one desires for
himself"
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama, c. 563 - c. 483 B.C.)

"The Ariyan disciple thus reflects, Here am I, fond of my life, not wanting
to die, fond of pleasure and averse from pain. Suppose someone should rob me of
my life... it would not be a thing pleasing and delightful to me. If I, in my
turn, should rob of his life one fond of his life, not wanting to die, one fond
of pleasure and averse from pain, it would not be a thing pleasing or delightful
to him. For a state that is not pleasant or delightful to me must also be to him
also; and a state that is not pleasing or delightful to me, how could I inflict
that upon another? As a result of such reflection he himself abstains from
taking the life of creatures and he encourages others so to abstain, and speaks
in praise of so abstaining."
Samyutta Nikaya v.353

"Never do to other persons what would pain thyself."
Panchatantra
(Buddhist Mythology c. 200 B.C.)



Christianity
"All
things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye so to them; for this
is the law and the prophets."
Matthew 7:1

"You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Leviticus 19.18

"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" Jesus said to him, "You
shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and
with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is
like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments
depend all the law and the prophets"
Matthew 22.36-40




Confucianism
"Do not do to others what you would not
like yourself. Then there will be no resentment against you, either in the
family or in the state."
Analects 12:2

"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."
Mencius
VII.A.4

"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.""
Analects 15.23




Hinduism
"This is the sum of duty; do naught onto
others what you would not have them do unto you."
Mahabharata 5,1517

"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."
Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva 113.8




Islam
"NO his for desires he until believer a is you
of one
40 Hadith of an-Nawawi 13




Jainism
"In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief,
we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self."

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

"One should treat all beings as he himself would be treated."
Agamas
Sutrakritanga 1.10.13



Judaism
"What is hateful to
you, do not do to your fellowman. This is the entire Law; all the rest is
commentary."
Talmud, Shabbat 3id



Sikhism
"As
thou deemest thyself, so deem
others."




Taoism
"Regard your neighbor’s gain as
your gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss."
Tai Shang Kan Yin
P'ien



Zoroastrianism
"That nature alone is good
which refrains from doing another whatsoever is not good for
itself."
Dadisten-I-dinik, 94,5

"Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto
others."
Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29



Other
"Do
not do unto others what angers you if done to you by others."
Socrates
436-338 BCE

"We should behave toward friends as we would wish friends to behave toward
us."
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

"He sought for others the good he desired for himself. Let him
pass."
Egyptian Book of the Dead (1580-1350 B.C.)

"Do not kill or injure your neighbor, for it is not him that you injure, you
injure yourself. But do good to him, therefore add to his days of happiness as
you add to your own. Do not wrong or hate your neighbor, for it is not him that
you wrong, you wrong yourself. But love him, for Moneto loves him also as he
loves you."
Shawnees Indians


Contemplation and Application of
the Golden Rule

Maybe, due to our past tendencies, we find ourselves acting cruelly and
selfishly despite our intellectual understanding of the goodness and correctness
of the Golden Rule. How may we strengthen our intellectual understanding of the
Golden Rule and also increase our awareness and moment to moment application of
the Golden Rule? Keep the rule in mind, that is, remember it often. Venerate the
rule, silently praise it in your heart and mind joyfully. This will increase
your attraction to the principle of the Golden Rule. Within your own nature,
your attention will cleanse and deepen your understanding of the Golden Rule.
Visualise the highest Love and Understanding of the rule as glorious light
filling you and vibrating through you, cleansing, healing and blessing your
motives, your thoughts, your speech, your actions and your circumstances. If you
believe in God and/or positive higher powers then pray for help in this. If you
are an athiest then make a rational decision to embody this rule in the best way
possible.

"On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a
little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest
fear."
Bhagavad Gita