Psalms — Chapter 15
A psalm of David. GOD, who may sojourn in Your tent,who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
Anyone who lives without blame,who does what is right,and in their heart acknowledges the truth;
whose tongue is not given to evil;awhose tongue is not given to evil Meaning of Heb. uncertain; or “who has no slander upon the tongue.” who has never done harm to a compatriot,or borne reproach for [acts toward] a neighbor;
for whom someone contemptible is abhorrent,but who honors those who fear GOD;who keeps an oath even when it hurts;
who has never lent money at interest,or accepted a bribe against the innocent.One who acts thus shall never be shaken.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:12
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Hadith (An-Nawawi 13)
“None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.”
Mahabharata 5.1517
“One should never do to another what one regards as injurious to oneself.”
Dhammapada 10:1
“All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.”
The Path to Wisdom
Dhammapada 20:282
“Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes.”
Analects 2:11
“If you study the past and use it to understand the present, you are worthy of being a teacher.”
Tao Te Ching 33
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
Quran 39:9
“Are those who know equal to those who do not know?”
Good vs Evil / Light vs Darkness
Yasna 30:3
“Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action.”
John 1:5
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Dhammapada 1:1-2
“Mind is the forerunner of all actions. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows like a shadow.”
Bhagavad Gita 16:21
“There are three gates to self-destructive hell: lust, anger, and greed. Therefore, one must learn to give these up.”