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Moses doubtless assumed to have been divinely instructed in the law,
although that supposition may be erroneous. He may have had in mind the
same fundamental idea which all those expressing cosmic consciousness have
had, that of being a mouthpiece of a higher power, rather than to attract
to themselves any adulation or worship, as being specially divine.
The "Commandments," therefore, as translated and ascribed to modern
Buddhism, are an ethical and moral code for the _MORTAL_ consciousness,
rather than a _formula_ for developing cosmic consciousness. These
commandments are:
1--Thou shalt kill no animal whatever, from the meanest insect up to man.
2--Thou shalt not steal.
3--Thou shalt not violate the wife of another.
4--Thou shalt speak no word that is false.
5--Thou shalt not drink wine, nor anything that may intoxicate.
6--Thou shalt avoid all anger, hatred and bitter
language.
7--Thou shalt not indulge in idle and vain talk, but shall do all for
others.
8--Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.
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