{"id":99777,"date":"2017-10-09T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=99777"},"modified":"2017-10-05T14:15:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T13:15:36","slug":"the-golden-rule-eleven-world-religions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/10\/the-golden-rule-eleven-world-religions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Rule: Eleven World Religions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIf you seek justice, choose for others what you would choose for yourself.”<\/em> (Baha\u2019i)<\/p>\n

\u201cOne should seek for others the happiness one derives for one\u2019s self.\u201d<\/em> (Buddhism)<\/p>\n

\u201cDo unto others as you would have others do unto you.\u201d<\/em> (Christianity)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you do not want done to yourself, do not unto others.\u201d<\/em> (Confucianism)<\/p>\n

\u201cDo naught to others which if done to thee would cause pain.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 (Hinduism)<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one of you is a believer until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.\u201d<\/em> \u00a0(Islam)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should . . . refrain from inflicting upon others such injury as would appear\u00a0\u00a0 undesirable to us if inflicted upon ourselves.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0(Jainism)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is hurtful to yourself, do not do to our fellow man.\u201d<\/em> (Judaism)<\/p>\n

\u201cAs thou deemest thyself, so deem others.\u201d<\/em> (Sikkhism)<\/p>\n

\u201cTo those who are good to me, I am also good; and to those who are not good to me, I am also good.\u00a0 And thus all get to be good.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 (Taoism)<\/p>\n

\u201cDo as you would be done by.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 (Zoroastrianism)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4 Oct 2017 – <\/em>It is indeed ironic, tragic in fact, that the Golden Rule is considered an essential truth of world religions and yet is abandoned by religions in favor of self-serving social and political goals keeping people apart separated and disconnected. As has been said by wise voices: \u201cThere is no other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apparently, mere presence of alternative beliefs confronts people and religions with an experienced threat to their beliefs, diminishing the value of their beliefs, because there is alternative.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can you say this?\u201d they claim, \u201cwhen I know fervently in my heart and mind, and, because of everything I have been told, my view is the only right view.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow I must try to inform you of your errors, even if I must use force and violence.\u00a0 It is for your sake I do this, so you may know the truths I know and believe. My God is more powerful than your god.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is no easy answer to this paradoxical behavior, rooted as it is in complex historical, cultural, political, and economic reasons. Perhaps, a first step, unlikely to bring immediate results, but gradual success, is for an individual to say:<\/p>\n

\u201cPeace begins with me! I will practice non-violence, and offer healing to all in need. I will constantly ask forgiveness for the acts I committed bringing sorrow and grief to others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Humility is required!\u00a0 There is healing in apology. Individuals, groups, and nations can forgive, and can apologize, and with these acts find \u201cTruth\u201d in the Golden Rule, and a new sense of identity and purpose in these acts.<\/p>\n

As Vaclav Havel noted: \u201cPerhaps it was always there, and our selfishness prevented us from seeing it and knowing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Special appreciation to an old friend, Stephen Blessman, for his knowledge of the Golden Rule in world religions.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/em>Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D., a member of the <\/em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment<\/a>, is a past president of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Emeritus Professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii\u2019s Manoa Campus in Honolulu, Hawaii, and past director of the World Health Organization Psychiatric Research Center in Honolulu. \u00a0He is known internationally as a pioneer figure in the study of culture and psychopathology who challenged the ethnocentrism and racial biases of many assumptions, theories, and practices in psychology and psychiatry. In more recent years, he has been writing and lecturing on peace and social justice. He has published 21 books and more than 300 articles, tech reports, and popular commentaries. His<\/em> TMS articles may be accessed<\/em> HERE<\/a> and he can be reached at <\/em>marsella@hawaii.edu<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

4 Oct 2017 – It is indeed ironic, tragic in fact, that the Golden Rule is considered an essential truth of world religions and yet is abandoned by religions in favor of self-serving social and political goals keeping people apart separated and disconnected. As has been said by wise voices: \u201cThere is no other.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcend-members"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}