Great minds think alike.

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JESUS: "A foolish man, which built his house on sand."*
BUDDHA: "Perishable is a city built on sand." (30)*
JESUS: "Therefore confess your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed."*
BUDDHA: "Confess before the world the sins you have committed." (31)*
JESUS: "In him we have redemption through his blood, the foregiveness of sins."*
BUDDHA: "Let all sins that were committed in this world fall on me, that the world may be delivered." (32)*
JESUS: "Do to others as you would have them do to you."*
BUDDHA: "Consider others as yourself." (33)*
JESUS: "If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also."*
BUDDHA: "If anyone should give you a blow with his hand, with a stick, or with a knife, you should abandon all desires and utter no evil words." (34)*
JESUS: "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you."*
BUDDHA: "Hatreds do not cease in this world by hating, but by love: this is an eternal truth. Overcome anger by love, overcome evil by good." (35)*
JESUS: "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you."*
BUDDHA: "Let your thoughts of boundless love pervade the whole world." (36)*
JESUS: "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone at her."*
BUDDHA: "Do not look at the faults of others or what others have done or not done; observe what you yourself have done and have not done." (37)*
JESUS: "You father in heaven makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous."*
BUDDHA: "The light of the sun and the moon illuminates the whole world, both him who does well and him who does ill, both him who stands high and him who stands low." (38)*
JESUS: "If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven."*
BUDDHA: "The avaricious do not go to heaven, the foolish do not extol charity. The wise one, however, rejoicing in charity, becomes thereby happy in the beyond." (39)*

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GREAT PRINCIPLES SHARED BY ALL RELIGIONS.......The Golden Rule / Law of Reciprocity– The cornerstone of religious understanding. Do unto others what you would have them do unto you - Christianity Honor Thy Father and Mother– Knowing them is the key to knowing ourselves. The day will come when we shall wish we had known them better. Speak the Truth – Sincerity is the way of heaven, and to think how to be sincere is the way of a man.” –Confucianism. More Blessed to Give than to Receive – Generosity, charity and kindness will open an individual to an unbounded reservoir of riches. Even as the scent dwells within the flower, so God within thine own heart forever abides. – Sikhism Love Thy Neighbour / Conquer With Love / All You Need is Love – Acts of faith, prayer and deep meditation provide us with the strength that allows love for our fellow man to become an abiding part of our lives. Love is a unifying force.Blessed Are the Peacemakers – When people live in the awareness that there is a close kinship between all individuals and nations, peace is the natural result.You Reap What You Sow – This is the great mystery of human life. Aware or unaware, all are ruled by this inevitable law of nature.Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone – The blessings of life are deeper than what can be appreciated by the senses.Do No Harm – If someone tries to hurt another, it means that she is perceiving that person as something separate and foreign from herself. – The most beautiful thing a man can do is to forgive wrong. –Judaism Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged – This principle is an expression of the underlying truth that mankind is one great family, and that we all spring from a common source. Be Slow to Anger – Anger clouds the mind in the very moments that clarity and objectivity are needed most. He who holds back rising anger like a rolling chariot, him I call a real driver; others only hold the reins. – Buddha.There is But One God / God is Love – Nature, Being, The Absolute, whatever name man chooses, there is but one God. All people and all things are of one essence.Follow the Spirit of the Scriptures, Not the words – Study the words, no doubt, but look behind them to the thought they indicate; And having found it, throw the words away, as chaff when you have sifted out the grain.