The Golden Rule – Variations on the familiar Golden Rule are found in most world religions. Here are examples.

• • Christian: “Treat others as you would like them to treat you.” (Luke 6:31, New English Bible)
  • Hindu: “Let not any man do unto another any act that he wishes not done to himself by others, knowing it to be painful to himself.” (Mahabharata, Shanti Parva, cclx.21)
  • Confucian: “Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you.” (Analects, Book XII, Part 2)
  • Buddhist: “Hurt not others with that which pains yourself.” (Udanavarga, v. 18)
  • Jewish: “What is hateful to yourself do not do to your fellow man. That is the whole of the Torah.” (Babylonian Talmud, Shabbath 31a)
  • Taoist: “Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss.” (Tai Shang Kan Ying P’ien)
  • Zoroastrian: “That nature alone is good which refrains from doing to another whatsoever is not good for itself.” (Dadistan-I-dinik, 94,5)
  • Muslim: “No man is a true believer unless he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself.” (Hadith, Muslim, imam 71-72)

Scouting Founder Robert Baden-Powell on Religion
“There is no religious side to the movement. The whole of it is based on religion, that is, on the realization and service of God.”

“Religion is essential to happiness. … This is not a mere matter of going to church, knowing Bible history, or understanding theology. … Religion very briefly stated means: Firstly— recognizing who and what is God. Secondly— making the best of the life that He has given one and doing what He wants of us. This is mainly doing something for other people.”