
1. (The Prime Directive): "Abandon the destructive; cultivate the beneficial; and purify the Heart." (Cf. Dhammapada 183)
2. (The Secondary Directive): "If someone's belief in eternal hell drives his moral and ethical ascetic struggle, then do not disabuse him of that belief." (Cf. Bhagavad Gita III:9-26)
3. (The Tertiary Directive): "Aid the Christian to be a better Christian; the Jew, a better Jew; the Muslim, a better Muslim; the Jain, a better Jain; the Sikh, a better Sikh; the Buddhist, a better Buddhist; the Hindu, a better Hindu; the philosophical naturalist, a better philosophical naturalist." (Cf. Mother Theresa)
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