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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)/ O3 J9 w9 }8 e8 P, |1 K2 f ?
@. F( I- K1 ]" E2 ]A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
y. }7 C% Y# q# oLeonardo Boff
+ u& \6 _; b0 p3 t7 y) tand the Dalai Lama.
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama" W3 c. T- a) m3 j
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
! U6 k: ^* i( R! \8 R4 T6 Aasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”+ p/ _3 L' V3 k9 `
% f+ G! Y3 ^7 n' A( o! U* e; sI thought he would say:5 P: k, k5 q8 _ N% d* C' n
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”$ K1 g, P! i2 \
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
$ L; b5 {) s: A- }+ e# x5 ~which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. , p& r( C) d+ e/ p
He answered:# R4 T2 y0 ~: s( E! n
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
# E a. j7 ?# s( | It is the one that makes you a better person.”3 l5 T/ p; n: W, }8 v
# h) w6 w" b6 S; YTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
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He responded:
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more sensible,
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more humanitarian, O0 _. \$ K0 D) q M$ x
more responsible,
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& s$ U, @5 g: @. ?9 K. |“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”
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3 J6 l) ~( h. ` v4 nI was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:
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Y; }) C! q O0 T8 p6 V6 ["I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.
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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.”# u' `- n4 Z) D9 ~
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
% f O) d9 J7 P# ^% a“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
% |8 ?' o9 a) k% \# aIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. 6 k8 a) B; D; A% I ~
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”# d# d9 A& Y- W% a4 o6 {
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
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Being happy is not a matter of destiny. ) S+ J- y& e; y7 ]/ ?4 A% v: y
It is a matter of options.”6 s9 ? {3 K7 ~
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Finally he said:
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Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
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% u8 `+ u& F3 iTake care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
3 U& g3 r0 e6 r* XTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,* V4 K: `. `/ A8 R: p1 Z3 W
and your Destiny will be your Life
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 
