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* F& v* C3 h# v/ {YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)- ]1 P1 D7 t( C! v+ {
. ^8 _5 L9 D; t3 y$ a2 bA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist + |) N1 B% A& t. T5 Y
Leonardo Boff
, o7 U/ t5 A/ \! X) cand the Dalai Lama.
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama6 d& \6 D/ W6 s& ]: y* @
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
6 N" M1 Y5 U; [asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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& V; _% z% c. s3 X; N- iI thought he would say:
; S' h# F Q4 D6 p5 U! f“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”# S5 R2 `0 E3 c$ k* ` E
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. 0 M! g( p* z+ \; R% I6 \& ^/ U
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. ) I) t8 Q7 O Z
He answered:: h* v2 i+ S8 }& c
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
, y" G0 u- l- H It is the one that makes you a better person.”1 P9 K$ Q. Y4 w) ~4 p
. G0 D8 u l" k; o) u2 GTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:" m: Y# D4 S- S/ K
“What is it that makes me better?”
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- b0 |* `! \& L& KHe responded:
8 {8 @ B. q J2 e6 l! R& G# I“Whatever makes you . g' F# d( X0 h: E
more compassionate,
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6 B& J$ n8 z9 ] more detached, ' t5 P4 g2 T4 q8 s+ Y" O8 b/ T0 {
more loving, 7 j# k- w% s$ l' M/ Y7 }. ]& t6 Z
more humanitarian,
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; h( n0 L B/ K% n" s more ethical.” ; u* s2 F) n. X1 J6 p4 G. N& ^
4 Q2 j) P/ l$ p; J* G: z“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”
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6 U; {3 O y6 S; L' h8 i8 X( KI was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:$ R5 N: R( ~% Q/ b
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.6 _9 ]$ T' g! j4 U" ]+ D0 I
: ~, d4 ?, n, t- a“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”! t- r, F' d: e0 G
# P; w% K% D' D% G' N( Q“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
: J/ Y3 ~! \5 x# ^" j4 t2 X% J“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.: a, T7 z+ r3 D: s- ~. A
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. % c( H2 C% A0 I/ ]8 T
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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1 @9 E' m) e5 k9 L& k. I5 I“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.& S$ T. @3 c$ ~) i6 I
You will always have what you desire for others.
6 r6 n5 s% B- D) t; Z# RBeing happy is not a matter of destiny.
. }0 C+ O$ ^7 K$ E It is a matter of options.”
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' Y6 Z( P) G- x; H, GFinally he said:
P8 ^4 j0 w7 S) z& p, h4 _ “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
* _& X! [5 J' _. U: ?# a3 KTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.: s o) s( r/ f% W
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.0 l, b8 q5 |+ _7 N9 P, o' h9 F1 i
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
+ R/ j$ b6 `% L5 Z6 d' qTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,; j: ^- \: f n, i0 d" x
and your Destiny will be your Life 5 y; E# Q9 H* x9 ^
… and …
+ _' D; C, z& t, ~“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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