Live with care — for yourself, for others, for what holds you.
Twelve traditions, in their own words.
How twelve wisdom traditions answer the same questions. Care for the stranger. Honest speech. Restraint of greed. See what each tradition has said, in its own words.
179 principles · 26 shared themes · 13 real disagreements
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Traditions
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26 themes · 13 differences
Map
Where they agree, and where they don't.
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17 concerns · 32 gifts
Compass
Seventeen things they all care about.
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"Hatred ceases not by hatred, but by love — an old rule."
— Dhammapada 5
Twelve Traditions