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i" \# t, g+ v+ S! EYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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7 r& j' P) E3 P; h# V4 i6 D J% lA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist . ?4 |! F3 \: ?) b
Leonardo Boff
8 M+ A% p& _9 r- {5 s5 M( R/ uand the Dalai Lama.
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0 f _ i4 ^6 J0 Q1 sIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
9 m5 L+ Z" [( P, j2 Yand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,; x* A0 r9 w7 n' J6 {% s n
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”3 z0 _- G. [9 }# m
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I thought he would say:
/ \# W7 u& V1 t( u) t9 L P“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”# `0 N ^* o: H- u' p7 T
4 Z5 f( P. E6 D Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
2 f' P' g8 E% Cwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
* \( z( k5 S7 w8 g8 s6 O7 hHe answered:
- J; R" E! B- k2 b) }+ O. W4 H “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. " O3 u* o# q2 V0 ?
It is the one that makes you a better person.” G. a: R; k. c- [
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To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:2 s4 A* S- [# u: L2 v1 g4 G( {: i
“What is it that makes me better?”
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* O2 q M$ D2 p+ t( K' ^He responded:
# `& `% r- F! l$ P, e: M5 F: F6 Z“Whatever makes you
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8 F. F0 K ^* x L more sensible,
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more loving, 0 r6 K9 w& k; N/ Z
more humanitarian,' Z! W" v2 T# U: c2 T+ l4 T
more responsible,
) n9 I" x' h- o1 T3 ^' v, d7 b more ethical.”
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) X- O/ X, C2 i# Q: g+ H“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”2 o' H% ^# ]2 M% Q" x+ ~- P* v
( ]5 P: s$ ] u3 jI 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.
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6 o& ~# |& T9 N# R h“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”& s7 G3 F9 O% }
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”, }: G/ t3 _$ v
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
3 {9 K! y# @0 pIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
$ B7 K5 N. W5 Q7 z+ e5 ?5 XIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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' ]* N8 V) p4 c“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.$ p3 n5 s2 m( h, G; `- ` W7 ?
You will always have what you desire for others., A& |7 V [$ g. r
Being happy is not a matter of destiny. * x, H% C/ N+ @! ^
It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:
- Y9 V+ }9 R# M% I/ Y c6 M “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
/ x# c0 H* Y4 }0 L& O5 y7 QTake care of your Words because they will become Actions. F+ b7 U6 z! ^" k
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.6 Z! T5 B4 j1 [- L3 y
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
0 s! E/ K( e" H3 P1 fTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,3 r# p3 t5 i3 I( g: {$ w# W# I+ `
and your Destiny will be your Life + p* h! C" q' d' C, A2 \
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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