Orthodoxy: 10 commandments of God briefly and in full. What happens if you start keeping the Commandments?

Ten Commandments

(
Decalogue
or
Law of God
) (Hebrew עשרת הדברות "aseret-a-dibrot"
[1], Greek δέκα λόγοι; literally:
decalogue
) - prescriptions, ten basic laws, which, according to the biblical text, were given by God himself to Moses on Mount Sinai approximately fifty days after the Jews left Egypt (Ex. 19:10-25).
The Ten Commandments are contained in the Pentateuch in two versions, differing from each other in numerous variations (see Ex. 20: 2-17; Deut. 5: 16-18). According to Jewish tradition, the version contained in the book. The Exodus was on the first, broken tablets, and the version of Deuteronomy was on the second. The setting in which God gave Moses and the Israelites the Ten Commandments is vividly described in the Bible. Sinai stood on fire, shrouded in thick smoke, the earth trembled, thunder roared, lightning flashed, and, in the noise of the raging elements, covering it, the voice of God was heard, pronouncing the commandments (Ex. 19, 1 et seq.). Then the Lord himself inscribed the “Ten Words” on two stone tablets, the “tablets of testimony” (Exod. 24:12; 31:18; 32:16) or “tablets of the covenant” (Deut. 9:9, 11:15), and gave them to Moses. When Moses came down from the mountain, after a 40-day stay on it, with the tablets in his hands, and saw that the people were dancing around the golden calf, forgetting about God, he became so terribly angry at the sight of the unbridled feast that he smashed himself against a rock out of frustration. tablets with the commandments of God. After this, God ordered Moses to again hew two new stone tablets, on which he inscribed the Ten Commandments for the second time.

The lists of the Ten Commandments in the Jewish and Christian traditions are somewhat different. According to Jewish tradition, Exodus 20:2 contains the first commandment, and Exodus 20:3 contains the second. According to the Christian tradition, the first commandment is contained in Exodus 20:3, and Exodus 20:2 is considered as a general introduction. Most Protestant churches, as well as the Greek Catholic Church, divide the second commandment in Jewish tradition (Exodus 20:3-6) into two, considering the first verse to be the first commandment and the remaining verses to be the second. The Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches share two-tenths of the commandment in Jewish tradition. Lutherans follow the order of Deuteronomy and make the commandment “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house” the ninth commandment, and what follows is the tenth.

How to keep the Commandments?

Is it difficult for us to brush our teeth every day? This is the Law adopted in society, and we do it every day, without even thinking about whether it is difficult or not difficult. Is it easy for us to go to work every day? What about raising children, treating them when they are sick, staying up all night? What about caring for the elderly? Everything is difficult. But in everything there is a “difficult” part and a joyful one!

I think this allegory can help you keep the Commandments. The servant listens to his King in everything and is very sad when he could not fulfill his order. Likewise, the son tries not to offend his father by disrespecting him if his rules are not followed. Imagine now how much greater God is than a king and a father! And He loves us disproportionately more, because we are His creation, His children.

I think most of you already keep the first Commandments of God (the main Commandments). The hardest thing to deal with is small temptations - don’t deceive, don’t gossip, don’t judge, don’t envy!

It’s a pity I don’t remember who said: Learning to faith is like learning to play the violin!

Yes, it is difficult to keep the Commandments. Here's some practical advice. To control yourself, you can put a red string on your wrist. She will remind you not to lie, not to mention the name of God unnecessarily (in vanity), not to slander anyone, not to gossip, not to appropriate someone else’s property (this never benefits you), not to envy others, but to appreciate what you have. Know that there are many people who do not have what you have and would feel happy if they had what you have.

And one more thing: don’t forget to call your parents, take care of them!

The Ten Commandments of God In Church Slavonic In modern Russian

I am the Lord your God; but you will have no other gods before Me.

You shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth below, or that is in the water under the earth; do not worship them or serve them.

Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; Six days you shall work and do all your work, and the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.

Honor your father and your mother, [so that it may go well with you and] that your days on earth may be long.

Dont kill.

Don't commit adultery.

Don't steal.

Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, [nor any of his livestock,] anything that is thy neighbor's.

Jesus Commandment

More than once people asked Jesus what was most important in His teaching, but when one day a Jewish lawyer, i.e. a man versed in the Law of God, wanting to test Jesus, asked Him: “Teacher! What is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus answered him:

1. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind: this is the first and greatest commandment;

2. The second is like it: love your neighbor as yourself; All the law and the prophets are based on these two commandments.

About love

Love is not an action, a method or a goal, but life in a special state.

Love cannot be “made.” Those who “make” love do not know True Love. Such people will definitely be hated after a while, because... earthly love (I don’t want to write “false”) always goes hand in hand with hatred.

In just 5 days, the love of the people of Jerusalem for Christ: “Hallelujah!”, delight, throwing clothes and palm (“willow”) leaves at the feet of the donkey on which He was riding, turned into hatred: into a hail of stones and cries of “Crucify Him!” .

The reason is that “earthly love” wants to receive, and “true” one wants to give. The first says: “To Me, Mine, I Want, Give”, the second: “To You, Yours, Take, To...” (Further with a capital letter: “Love” - about the True, Divine, with a small letter: “love” - about the earthly, worldly).

Love cannot be planned: “Next week we will love each other...”, it cannot be achieved, it cannot be acquired - the state of Love can only be natural. Love cannot be achieved artificially, but can only be experienced, felt, experienced.

Anyone who has experienced the state of True or Divine Love no longer needs blind Faith in God. At this moment he has the Knowledge that He exists! That God is really Love! And it is for this and precisely why we go and go to India - to Puttaparthi, because there we can again and again experience the divine State of True Love.

When Sathya Sai Baba tells us that we are also Gods, he means only one thing - the possibility of each of us achieving the state of True Love. It seems to us that, in fact, He came to Earth only so that each of us who is ready could experience such a state. Even just a moment of this feeling and you already KNOW that THIS is Love (and to understand the sweetness of halva, you don’t have to eat a whole kilogram - just a small piece).

For someone who has experienced the state of true Love, committing violence against other people and any object in the world is a great effort of will. For him, a state arises of the impossibility of hitting or swearing at someone, throwing a piece of paper past the trash can, or not cleaning up the poop after his dog...

True Love exists only in the state “here and now” and this is a mandatory condition, because only in such a state there is no thinking and doing, there is no thinker and doer, and one’s own will becomes as free as possible, merging, becoming identical, with the Divine.

Love is always “above” and “beyond”, i.e. always new, always highest, always impossible, always brightest, always unique, always irrational and illogical... But not “extra effort” - in love there is no and cannot be effort...

Love is always selfless, the state of Love is always self-giving and self-denial, always a sacrifice. Moreover, if you Love, then you definitely begin to deify your loved one and he becomes ideal for you. And if you don’t feel its ideality, you don’t love! Therefore, in Love there is not and cannot be jealousy - it is precisely a sign of dislike.

In a state of Love, your beloved becomes for you only a source of bliss and Ananda, only a conductor of Light and Truth, and you can have nothing but all-encompassing gratitude for him.

And if your beloved experiences Love of the same level for you, then you become united not only in bodies, but in hearts and souls, and you not only enjoy the experienced state of Love, but finally become internally free, FREE. And then the damage and evil eye ends, sins are atoned for, karma disappears, the action of cause-and-effect relationships ceases, and so on.

Therefore, life in a state of Love is the last step before enlightenment, before moksha.

Love is FREEDOM, Love is LIGHT, Love is TRUTH, Love is GOD.

Love is our only achievable and possible happiness...

But you can only come to True Love through suffering - there are no other ways to it, so may our suffering be blessed!

Cultivating global understanding.

Often people who take responsibility do not pray, and those who pray do not take responsibility. It is interesting that this hall, which bears responsibility for the whole world, saw many people praying today. And this is the need of this time.

Every religion has three aspects: values, symbols and practices. There is difference in symbols and practices, while values ​​remain the same for all religions. The rise of fundamentalism and intolerance in the world is due to the fact that people are stuck only on practices, symbols or rituals. They forget values, universal human values; and it is very touching to see all the spiritual leaders of all societies gathered here together to nurture universal human values.

The Spirit loves variety. In this world there is not only one type of fruit, one type of people or one type of animal. The Spirit loves variety, so let's not limit it to a uniform. Let us enjoy the diversity of creation by honoring them all, respecting them and truly loving them. We are accustomed to using the term “religious tolerance”. I think these words are outdated today. You only tolerate what you don't like. Don't you think so? It's time to love everyone's religion as much as your own. The greatness of religion is not that it is mine; greatness is in herself. The understanding of this by all priests, preachers and those who lead people on the spiritual and religious path will put an end to the fanaticism and fundamentalism that continues in this beautiful world of ours.

It will be very good if together we all pass a resolution that will teach people to know a little about each religion in order to broaden their worldview. Undoubtedly, everyone must go into the depths of his religion; but at the same time, it is very important today to have an understanding of all religions. We all need to work on this. We pray and see the divine within us. Without prayer and meditation, which are the spiritual side of life, religion becomes just a dry husk. I often say that religion is the peel of the banana, and spirituality is the banana itself. Unhappiness exists in the world because we throw away the banana and hold on to the dry peel. Therefore, we need to strengthen this spiritual side of our lives.

See the love within you and that is meditation; see God in the person next to you - and that is service. Service and meditation go hand in hand. This is a great opportunity for all public leaders concerned about terrorism and fundamentalism to look back and see where we went wrong. What is missing in our society? How can we enrich universal human values, without which the Earth cannot exist?

The previous century was the century of uniforms and alliances. Now let's move towards the era of community.

With these few words, I pray and take responsibility, both at the same time.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

UN, 28 August 2000

Gibran Khalil Gibran

Nine Beatitudes of the New Testament

(Gospel of Matthew 5:2-12)

In addition to the Old Testament commandments, Christ gave people the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount. In them, the Son of God gave a guide to life for His disciples and Christian followers. Jesus Christ did not abolish the commandments of the Old Testament, but expanded the meaning of the ancient commandments, and gave people instructions on how a person’s soul can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The commandments of Christ were given to people not as a prohibition, but as an example of what a person should be in order to inherit eternal life.

Content

• 1 In Church Slavonic
• 2 In Russian (Synodal translation)
• 3 Traditional understanding in Judaism
• 4 Notes
• 5 Links

In Church Slavonic

The Church Slavonic text of the Ten Commandments in the Russian Orthodox Church is as follows:

1. I am the Lord your God. Let there be no gods for you or perhaps Me.
2. Thou shalt not make for thyself an idol, or any likeness, such as the tree in heaven, or the tree upon the earth below, or the tree in the waters under the earth, lest thou worship them, nor serve them.
3. Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy: do it six days, and do all your work. The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
5. Honor your father and your mother, may you be well, and may you live long on earth.
6. Thou shalt not kill
7. Don't commit adultery.
8. Don't steal.
9. Do not listen to your friend's false testimony.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy true wife, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, nor his village, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor any of his livestock, nor any of his neighbor's trees.

In Russian (Synodal translation)

The text of the Ten Commandments according to the Synodal Translation of the Bible, which was published in 1876. Ref. 20, 2-17.

1. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; Let you have no other gods before Me.
2. You shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth below, or that is in the water under the earth; You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, and showing mercy to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
3. Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave without punishment the one who takes His name in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; six days thou shalt work and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: on it thou shalt not do any work, neither thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor [ your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor the stranger who is within your gates; For in six days the Lord created heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them, and rested on the seventh day; Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.
5. Honor your father and your mother, so that it may go well with you and that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
6. Dont kill.
7. Don't commit adultery.
8. Don't steal.
9. Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, [nor any of his livestock], nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

Traditional understanding in Judaism

3. Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain

[in the Jewish tradition it is translated as “falsely” - that is, during an oath],
for the Lord will not leave without punishment the one who takes His name in vain
[falsely].

6. Don't kill

. In the original: "לֹא תִרְצָח". The verb used "תִרְצָח" denotes immoral premeditated murder (English: "murder"), as opposed to any killing at all, such as by accident, in self-defense, during war or by court order (English: "kill"). (Since the Bible itself ascribes murder to judgment as a result of the violation of certain commandments, this verb cannot mean murder at all, under any circumstances.)

7. Don't commit adultery

[in Jewish tradition this word refers only to sexual relations between a married woman and a man other than her husband]. According to another opinion, this commandment includes all the so-called “prohibitions of incest,” including incest and bestiality.

8. “Don’t steal.” According to Jewish tradition, this commandment applies exclusively to the kidnapping of a person, since the prohibition of theft of property is contained in the tenth commandment.

10. “You shall not covet...” This commandment includes the prohibition of stealing property. According to Jewish tradition, theft is also “theft of an image,” i.e. creating a false idea about an object, event, person (deception, flattery, etc.).