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: C9 ^7 {+ H2 l, F) B0 H1 S. nYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)8 k. o- a+ A+ z, [" `
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist / ?1 j2 E$ _5 E; ?
Leonardo Boff
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7 a& K8 H6 T" R5 T4 y% yIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama3 s5 w2 {3 K0 b) I2 D9 {# g! G
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
% t. x7 ^0 _5 J) Hasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:$ C7 n3 g( _6 @- k! y$ _
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”# J3 S' U' Z6 M
; y9 M4 l M( S* {2 u# s Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
/ B7 s- U$ G7 k; D) Nwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. / W9 [" A1 B- P: U; n$ B
He answered:* P! m2 p/ r7 o* c" s
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
L, K' H$ \- o- j+ I- s It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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" ~1 V3 Q; I% l+ S/ e$ _To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
, n0 x# ^; r4 K5 M+ ^: }0 n* `$ k“What is it that makes me better?”& L7 `. l( o. B
# Y( i: B, u0 `9 UHe responded:
2 V1 @4 j/ n8 f& D“Whatever makes you
1 x; z7 ^) t9 i' k more compassionate,
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# O) k. q, y) F! R5 S4 O1 ~ more detached, - R: S* e( U( L& {: C& D: _0 t8 t' s
more loving, 1 D& c% w/ ?- N# j; N2 P" V
more humanitarian,
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more ethical.” $ D5 F* u p$ R7 `, K5 j
2 I7 E; {" r" h; J) M“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”( n% E% }6 h& }- l' @$ h( @4 `
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I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:3 N2 |4 }. f1 X; N
( |6 h7 j# ^, j, p) M6 s& \! L"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not." S1 s- T% @' l+ w3 P: Y" V
* p i* w! l- I/ C) [& U* o“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”6 J3 L3 k! c- T+ `" g4 `
: b* B9 c" {" H; |) G“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”6 s5 m: l H. r7 ]( i' k0 U
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
/ P* ?; @5 M0 {) XIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
0 {; n+ o1 Z: X# z! r8 Z. m0 D4 aIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”7 e; L5 V/ h' v2 }+ D
/ j( J( B( [5 Z- ?0 @“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.2 L! T' j0 h+ z& L* a; Z
You will always have what you desire for others.
: s: W/ L( M2 E: Y* k: MBeing happy is not a matter of destiny.
0 k3 o) g ^5 U. S& D8 Z It is a matter of options.”1 P x5 J: l1 a Q
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Finally he said:
. U/ K b9 V5 {+ U$ q “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words." A0 g# L8 \3 s! v
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.5 X4 x ?9 `6 g
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.$ S1 d( G1 w. f; M# @
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
. b* x7 T6 t5 tTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,% B& k/ M o# C5 [! @! Y3 g2 v
and your Destiny will be your Life 6 [% W4 S1 ~, ^5 D! O0 V; y8 B
… and …
, d! ]) a6 T% f6 L* t“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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