text: I was always taught that the two "universal commandments" are truly based on the ten "rules"...those two do not "transcend" the ten, but are the logical outcome - that the ten themselves are "centered in love."  For instance, you cannot truly love your neighbor if you covet his goods.  
  
  In fact, one can say you cannot love God without adherence to the first four commandments...you cannot love your neighbor without adherence to the last six.
  
  Jesus never suggested tossing aside the ten.  In fact, He said He did not come to abolish the Law and the prophets, but to fulfill them.  Somehow, I think, we gloss over this important passage.