What is missing in the ten commandments?

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What is missing in the ten commandments?

The ten commandments plus the new commandment of love by Jesus shows how the Western world thinks how humans should behave.

But the question is:  is that all?

What else should we do as a human to survive in this universe?

If you tell your children, don't do this and don't do that,  and if they are obedient and obey all these ten or eleven orders....

It is not enough for them.

They are only eleven limitations.

And if you look up from the internet,  there are ten commandments similar in Buddhism.

The East and the West were thinking almost the same.   And the Buddhist might have been going even further.  Disciples are not allowed singing and dancing. Or even watching them.

And the question is not what we should not do, but what we need to do?

What are the most urgent and important things we should be doing?

What I can think of is only one word:  quest.

Quest is to search about the truth in this universe.

We need to ask questions.

Because we cannot wait for answers,  but to quest about all the truths in this universe and live through them.

notes:

(10 Commandments from the Old Testament)

1. You shall have no other gods before me. 

2. You shall not make for yourself an idol. 

3. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. 

4. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 

5. Honor your father and your mother. 

6. You shall not murder. 

7. You shall not commit adultery. 

8. You shall not steal. 

9. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. 

10. You shall not covet... anything that belongs to your neighbor. 

(Jesus added love as a new commandment)

When asked which commandment is the greatest, Jesus did not pick one of the ten, but instead provided a summary that encapsulates their entire spirit (Matthew 22:36-40):

“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

(The "New Commandment" by Jesus:  love)

At the Last Supper, Jesus gave his disciples a specific "new commandment":

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." (John 13:34)