Undertake responsibility for the welfare of all beings
Commit one's moral and spiritual development to the liberation and well-being of others.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Do not withhold teaching or aid out of selfishness
Share knowledge, guidance, and assistance when doing so is appropriate and beneficial.
Comparative atlas · Original English corpus · Evidence before conclusions
A mapping is not a verified quotation. Workbook labels are preserved. An absent mapping does not mean rejection. We do not rank the moral worth of any system.
- Religious systems
- 1/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 0/41
- Represented systems
- 1/93
- Specific anchors*
- 1/1
1.9%
0.0%
1.1%
100.0%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Share knowledge, guidance, and assistance when doing so is appropriate and beneficial.
This is the atlas’s definition, not a substitute for a tradition’s own interpretation. Scope, exceptions and translations require review of each source.
Preserved calculation difference
The original index differs from recomputed unique-system or specific-anchor counts. Both are retained; the source file is unchanged.
All Systems: source 94 · recomputed 93
Evidence, mapping by mapping
1 selected mappings
Mahayana Bodhisattva Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not withhold teaching or aid out of selfishness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Bodhisattva precepts concerning generosity and teaching
Open original source ↗ bdkamerica.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist
Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 10551. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
History and geography: source limits
This edition does not supply a historical genealogy or coordinates for this teaching. Transmission, invention, population and geographic presence are not inferred from a mapping.
Explore connections in the same category
Shared systems in the corpus, not evidence of historical influence.
Do not praise oneself by disparaging others
Avoid using moral, spiritual, or social status to elevate oneself through contempt for others.
Do not respond to sincere apology with vindictiveness
When safety and justice permit, receive genuine repentance without clinging to revenge.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 576 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 590 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 529 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 39 |
| Religions Sharing | 1 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 1.9 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 0 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 0 |
| All Systems Sharing | 1 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 1.1 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 1 |
| Direct Evidence % | 100 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 0 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 1.9 |
Specialized or emerging teaching