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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist % \$ o! _) N) M. d: g. ~
Leonardo Boff & s9 Q$ v/ l4 ]
and the Dalai Lama.- `, X+ o! e" U( h6 [8 z# \2 @
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama% b7 L7 H: ^( r4 Q
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
, u1 `$ ?) a/ Fasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:) K9 }( r* v2 c% k
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”4 {$ |' {3 T u S
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
, W2 q/ Q! n( e i; n* r2 Qwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. ; r- }% c6 g$ ~, Q
He answered:1 r& |9 Z; D9 f
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
. r2 ]/ a' Y' |7 S 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:* e( t8 B' r" Z6 |$ Y( u7 m
“What is it that makes me better?”
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2 z: `$ A% V% H$ L% L, ?He responded:
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more compassionate,% w6 N/ ?- Y+ y5 p; N3 X
more sensible, 4 Z5 `; z* K. C0 h
more detached,
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more humanitarian,6 _# r5 y: p+ O( H. o
more responsible,
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”
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; T- M5 @1 r9 r" B' W, W- OI was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:9 ?* \% c* s3 y# D6 g) H6 [) {
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.; y8 K4 @% a& |% }# [; g9 ?9 Y; O
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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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! M0 H! T1 H) q“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”2 }$ q+ } q9 q! u9 h
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
) n, K( _- r* j/ J( ]5 BIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. : g; J) n9 k. S# j9 ]) p
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”% p0 q2 u# C3 t
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.! Z3 Z8 h+ D& M( a; a
You will always have what you desire for others.
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It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:1 n V) ]+ H9 c/ A7 C; d7 t
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.2 o. G; v' z3 [1 V. D/ t& M
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
- L. L; d6 `* }6 iTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits./ e6 b: }. v6 A
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
( h4 x) o4 T$ h5 W/ E) K, TTake 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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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 8 Y8 k( T* K( K
