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6 o( B* q& C' @6 A' r' H/ WYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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3 Z& l' E/ O4 _1 i( D3 G' a( BA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist ) d; U3 g3 E& p( r9 D! R: J
Leonardo Boff
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
6 R: s# t% H7 i, @0 z# a" I j% zand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,5 g: w7 h/ v, v" G0 o1 [
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:5 d) `) J- {- u5 @% s
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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& v6 b" m0 h# i6 x3 L7 m Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. 1 ]; j7 s: q4 L+ N& M* b2 K
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. ' d( L( `7 }: C7 G* D% x6 R& _
He answered:8 D( U% g* s6 W! U3 S
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. . X0 {, @. E* D
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:0 p- t6 {9 T; i2 s8 V' [# G. l) d- [8 d
“What is it that makes me better?”
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He responded:
+ @4 Q: Q' H0 h. L/ i“Whatever makes you
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more detached, ) S* J0 j+ C1 A2 }6 S" e' L
more loving,
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more responsible,0 v9 k) _% L+ e( {. j
more ethical.” - |/ W0 r! _8 g+ r& \
- G2 l% [9 @/ h# b2 g, B/ p“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”/ z& k, K& Z1 B8 f+ `6 r
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I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:
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. O4 ]0 E$ n+ H"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.0 E+ u m0 d( K8 f
6 M& h) g3 t$ T“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”' X1 R+ V" H/ X, D
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
! z8 F1 A! m2 F+ V“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
: T9 K% `- p$ h M0 XIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. 6 I' b% `# j/ Q0 j: U' ~! |- U% v
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”7 }& H4 q2 D& k5 R, ^5 B1 T8 u
) ]. z8 c& Z# u4 Q% I9 w5 _+ w. [1 C: S“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.% E2 f' D0 i) ^: l. E; _
You will always have what you desire for others.
6 j$ u- F; u; r9 SBeing happy is not a matter of destiny. , I5 }% c! F/ ?7 l
It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said: k' p; N% g8 r( y, C5 n
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
! n" n* ^. J+ ?/ j/ k! CTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.
( J) t% V/ W7 }Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.6 ^: S2 X/ e) l7 M* N: R
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
# b" g9 t. i& R$ HTake 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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