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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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0 ~# K1 k( h% l" e; X# BA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
+ Y2 m* N: W, l6 ]/ ^$ W' {8 R7 H8 QLeonardo Boff
6 e8 N5 N* b* b5 H. b+ pand the Dalai Lama.7 w2 d) N5 K, y8 P
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
) [1 L$ n: r# t E: zand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
& D: s5 @& K% L: Tasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”6 P; I9 ]' v7 z5 n6 L, U2 E
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I thought he would say:) t9 a# F: b- |( @0 [
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”" B$ d! Q( r/ z1 d+ Q# n
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. " _8 M$ ?' E5 I! F8 @
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. & D+ n' {+ [* D& M6 z
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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. + l! o" \, b. B& Z9 `4 [! Y
It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
+ i8 F! N% |9 I, M1 Z“What is it that makes me better?”$ K+ a/ ~8 n& `- C1 O' R
) B( {" i4 F5 w0 j% Y7 @/ z, {' GHe responded:
0 w3 T; N: S$ y4 m1 m t& x“Whatever makes you
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more sensible,
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more loving, v) L, n1 X. ?1 K& \
more humanitarian,
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more ethical.” 0 P2 l4 ` D$ S4 G* X* p
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”" Q. T# P6 m7 s3 v" {. E
5 A6 L, K. [& \. }/ W% l0 NI was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:
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2 }, E6 S$ T" s"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.% `% @& u5 o3 C2 @
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“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
7 C! P' E; @. Q5 N- S3 K“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.! J+ s% c |% ` `: ?6 p9 K
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
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Being happy is not a matter of destiny.
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Finally he said:+ R. _( k# _5 z
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.! g6 I2 l( ^2 C1 U# c
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
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Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
( ?3 Z9 K2 {' A( QTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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