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Show © SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1950 in Ten Golden Rule Found Out of Eleven Religions eit ES n, made Selwyn Gurney Champion, an English physicia wrote a book, a study of the world’s major faiths and then on & Co. “The Eleven Religions,” published by E. P, Dutt _ There are 4,890 quotations in the volume. 1. Buddhism: OO fo © 2 mam | | “Hurt not others with that which pains Ne yourself.” ee | i religions: ea al, built Washington News, published in the nation’s capit the quotations a Brotherhood Week editorial out of ten of of 10 of the 11 which show that the golden rule is a teaching order of the religions. Here they are in the alphabetical , for this is the men should do to you, do ye even so to them ‘ | _ law and the prophets.” t “Is there any one maxim to be acted upon throughout one’s whole life? that ough Surely the is hurtful to ae . 4. Hebraism That is the whole of the ee . you would not they should do unto you.” (the Jewish religion): yourself do not to your fellowman. “What ry.” Torah and the remainder is but commenta 5 Hinduism: ee - unto others what maxim of loving kindness is such—do not ks Confucianism: we te 8 s , ee would that 2. Christianity: “All things whatsoever you “This is the sum of duty: Do naught to |: e thee pain.” others which if done to thee would caus “No one of you is a be- | 6. Islam (Mohammedanism): brother what he loves for him- | liever until he loves for his self.” and grief, | 7. Jainism: “In happiness and suffering, in joy and regard our own self, we should regard all creatures as we therefore should refrain from inflicting upon others such if inflicted upon injury as would appear undesirable to us ourselves.” 8. Sikhism: ae | rs.” “As thou deemest thyself, so deem othe as your gain; 9 Taoism: “Regard your neighbor’s gain loss.” and regard your neighbor’s loss as your own only when it 10. Zoroastrianism: “That nature is good its own self.” shall not do to another what is not good for list, ig Shinto, The eleventh religion, missing from that has no Golden Rule. the religion of imperial Japan. Shinto ka had the editorRepresentative Karl Stefan of Nebras with this comment: ial printed in Congressional Record ht by many “The fact that the golden rule has been taug al- mind of man has religions, in many ages, shows that the the very nature of humanity, we are ways seen that, by bound to live together. . . Ineseapably, we are brothers equences.”’ and must live as such or suffer the cons nces. He didn’t Mr. Stefan didn’t describe the conseque t live as brothers need to do so. For it is plain if people can’ two gsroups—the the world eventually will consist of just conquerors and the conquered. | Ne |
