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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)6 |( o7 v: ?+ b- U( M S8 f
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
2 m! S9 T2 r# FLeonardo Boff
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0 u- M# ] L6 ?4 v; _% fIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
/ U6 K4 Z) o: T$ Yand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,( B5 ^% B9 ~" j! B6 w& P) ^
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”3 |: r. Y ^2 f7 x, t' G) p, m
7 Y) @* j) D& T& n) K: s3 sI thought he would say:
9 s' \2 m; J% P8 l2 A* L“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”4 ^2 }+ O/ B0 s7 P, s
/ L9 C; F/ u7 v1 ]- b! O3 b0 T Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. 0 D* s6 V: M h" W3 ]0 J# v
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
$ ]3 h7 q8 j$ q9 i# VHe answered:9 o8 E$ ~; e& d+ \1 d4 V/ d% z2 a8 r" j
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 4 v7 ~/ L7 _4 ]( j8 O2 Q: j
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:
' e9 F. l0 Y+ x' a“What is it that makes me better?”, i" n' v5 \( |+ Q
9 Y2 R& |8 P* G4 [& X- E0 z: oHe responded:# Z- {$ K$ Y9 Q$ W1 K# K8 i
“Whatever makes you 8 [' x( m5 m$ R! i2 o
more compassionate,
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more detached, ) r A! F% u; I
more loving, Q9 ^, f X: ?- A. K! {+ q/ R8 R
more humanitarian,
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& E6 j" c) J# @% T. W% | K% j* g9 ^ more ethical.”
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% L7 O% J, n! n- M n- E“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”
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I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.+ ^4 K1 D* w, @+ X
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“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”/ h" e# W* r; Y' j/ _$ W% M
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
! v: r" w5 {( }9 H8 u/ A# M“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
+ C) B! Z* _+ R7 S+ YIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. 6 T; Q) Y1 n* u% E- [
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
' L& [9 `7 r2 w; D& b9 FYou will always have what you desire for others.) c8 T% x5 k! p
Being happy is not a matter of destiny. * P1 M" W) B8 Z7 P( g7 q
It is a matter of options.”7 o0 g) x* E! \1 O7 m$ ^
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Finally he said:
) a2 \) f9 Q$ G' A “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
/ \3 ~+ Z. f: o0 A7 l- [Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.5 g. ~% A: k! B4 w- A; i
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
, ]1 [, p& K. ^2 p. W" |Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character." ^. R% G, D8 w) R5 E* ^: }
Take 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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