vegetarian in world religion

GOLDEN RULE

Christianity - "So, whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them."

Judaism - "Do not do unto others what you would not wish to be done unto yourself - that is the entire Torah, the rest is commentary."

Islam - "No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself."

Baha'i Faith - "Blessed is he that preferreth his brother unto himself."

Taoism - "Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss."

Hinduism - "This is the sum of duty: do naught to others that which if done to thee would cause pain."

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

Buddhism - "Hurt not others with that which pains yourself."

The Bhagavad Gita

... the beginningless Brahman, ...

can be called neither being nor nonbeing.

It is both near and far, both within and without every creature;

it moves and is unmoving. In its subtlety it is beyond comprehension.

It is indivisible, yet appears divided in separate creatures.

Know it to be the creator, the preserver, and the destroyer.

Dwelling in every heart, it is beyond darkness.

It is called the light of lights,

the object and goal of knowledge,

and knowledge itself.

Cosmic Consciousness.

I have wrapped the wide world in my wider self

And Time and Space my spirit's seeing are.

I am the god and demon, ghost and elf,

I am the wind's speed and the blazing star.

All Nature is the nursling of my care,

I am its struggle and the eternal rest;

The world's joy thrilling runs through me, I bear

The sorrow of millions in my lonely breast.

I have learned a close identity with all,

Yet am by nothing bound that I become;

Carrying in me the universe's call

I mount to my imperishable home.

I pass beyond Time and life on measureless wings,

Yet still am one with born and unborn things.

~Sri Aurobindo~

excerpt from Awakening to the Dream: ATTD News Letter Number 98 Sunday, January 21, 2007