Many Paths To God

Many Paths to God

Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern.
Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there. "

-Mohammed Neguib

"One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try to feel how it hurts." Yoruba proverb	African: Awo Study Center Intro to Vodoun Lukumi Church of the Orisa
	Baha'i: The Baha'i World	"Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face ...Be unjust to no man, and show all meekness to all men." -Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful." – Udana-Vargas 5:18	Buddhism: DharmaNet International Zen Webpage
	Christianity: World Council of Christian Churches Official Site of the Catholic Church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Christianity Today	"All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, you ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." – Jesus, Matthew 7:12
"Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you." - Analects 15:23	Confucianism: Confucious Page
	Hinduism: Hindu.org Ramayana Sivananda Yoga	"This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others, which would cause you pain if done to you." – Mahabharata 5:1517
"No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself." -- Sunnah	Islam: Al-Islam.org Islamic Society of North America Submission.org
	Jainism: JainWorld	"A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated." -Sutrakritanga 1.11.33
"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellowman. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary." - Talmud, Shabbat 31a	Judaism: Judaism 101
	Mormonism: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Mormon.org	"Let every man esteem his brother as himself." -Doctrine & Covenants
"Respect for all life is the foundation." -The Great Law of Peace	Native American: National Museum of the American Indian
	Shinto: Shinto On-Line Network Association	"The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form"
"Don't create enmity with anyone as God is within everyone." -Guru Arjan Devji 259	Sikhism: Sikhism.org
	Sufism: International Association of Sufism	"The basis of Sufism is consideration of the hearts and feelings of others. If you haven't the will to gladden someone's heart, then at least beware lest you hurt someone's heart, for on our path, no sin exists but this." -Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order.
"Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain and your neighbor’s loss as your loss." – T’ai Shang Kan Ying P’ien	Taoism: Center for Traditional Taoist Studies Taoism Information page
	Unitarian Universalism: Unitarian Universalism Association	"We affirm and promote respect for the interdependence of all existence of which we are a part." -Unitarian principles.
"Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfull: An' it harm none, do what thou will." -The Wiccan Rede	Wicca, Witchcraft, Neo-Paganism: The Witches' Voice Witchcraft: The Facts The Broom Closet Pagan World Report GaiaMind Pagan Federation Children of Artemis
	Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian Archives	"That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself." -Dadistan-I-dinil 94:5

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"I am the way
I am the light
I am the dark inside the night
I hear your hopes
I feel your dreams
And in the dark, I hear your screams
Don't turn away
Just take my hand
When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is Believe"

-from "Believe" by Savatage