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Is my understanding of be(e) nice correct? (self.support)

submitted 2 years ago by estelle to c/support

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Christian version: do onto others as you'd want them to do onto you

Buddhism: don't get bad karma

Islam: None of you has faith until he loves for his brother or his neighbor what he loves for himself

(Compare and contrast with capitalism: the poor don't work hard enough therefore should suffer from poverty)

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[–] coreagile 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Folks might benefit from a more nuanced view of various religious views of "be(e) nice," aka the Golden Rule...

http://livingpeaceinternational.org/en/the-project/regola-d-oro-2.html

In Buddhism, for example, the view of what accumulates karma differs depending on lineage. Even "good" karma can cause you to be reborn (in the god realm), so being "nice" is also to be avoided, just as is being "mean." Of course, being "nice" and being "kind" are actually different things -- one is selfish (I'm being nice to get what I want) and the other is selfless. Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra_(Buddhism) for more

So complex, right?

[–] estelle 1 points 2 years ago

Quite interesting