When the jealous men, the self-righteous men, the angry men, the bitter men, when they heard that the Teacher had silenced the arrogant men with his teachings, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the Dhamma, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which word in the Law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love I Am Who Is, Creator, All, One, Life, Light, Grace, Mercy, God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first necessity. The second word is very similar: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The Dhamma and all those on the Path depend on these two truths.” Adapted from Mt. 22:34-40
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