#community

Passages on community from many traditions.

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”

— Psalms 133:1 (KJV) · Judaism · #community · source

“all within the four seas will be his brothers.”

— Analects 12:5 (trans. James Legge) · Confucianism · #community · source

“O men! verily, we have created you of a male and a female; and we have divided you into peoples and tribes that ye might have knowledge one of another.”

— Qur'an 49:13 (trans. J. M. Rodwell) · Islam · #community · source

“No one is my enemy, and no one is a stranger. I get along with everyone.”

— Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 1299 (trans. Sant Singh Khalsa) · Sikhism · #community · source

“Recognize the Lord's Light within all, and do not consider social class or status”

— Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 349, Guru Nanak (trans. Sant Singh Khalsa) · Sikhism · #community · source

“Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other.”

— Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic 68 (trans. Shoghi Effendi) · Baha'i · #community · source

“Souls render service to one another. (Parasparopagraho jivanam)”

— Tattvartha Sutra 5.21, Umaswati · Jainism · #community · source

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