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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
4 s8 B/ H% M4 h Z0 hLeonardo Boff
V, Q a9 d2 u3 L, mand the Dalai Lama.) @. l. }( F% P: f* F
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama9 h9 T8 z! b; R* A" l- {
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
, A7 n$ E2 T( w; \asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”/ I! @# Q# d5 W- Y3 a a
1 t1 P2 l, u- GI thought he would say:
# |/ Z0 A( z( \! K; [' C“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”" w: D+ M% t% ~: A0 e
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. / I1 S2 Q; F1 J# y3 ?9 Q
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. 5 E# V4 L* v: C
He answered:
, C) A9 l4 D5 e" u “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
8 g5 r* f6 k$ |: h It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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: p2 _( j- ~* O! rTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:* @, J2 e/ k1 `
“What is it that makes me better?”) q5 P, }% K0 U' Q2 y
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He responded:: U+ H1 [" N5 y# Y9 v1 W. L
“Whatever makes you ) z: |1 p% X7 Z! r; u
more compassionate,
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more loving,
# z2 N: c0 j2 w1 l more humanitarian,
! I$ {, B* \9 W& k% @; S8 y/ E more responsible,
$ y' }( z0 _. n more ethical.” 3 P2 I: b; L2 R) U! l! ]3 i) L
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”! |( u& S, x$ a/ f0 k! A
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I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:: e$ i0 c6 W- E
2 ]: k9 l2 m/ L1 d. L6 i5 M; ^"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.- d# k; L8 F( k Z/ U8 Q0 @/ {4 W
x% m2 m# m' F# D0 F“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”7 ?% r6 C3 S5 B: s: z& ~& G
1 \- K9 c0 S: N" O3 y$ H1 V& W9 J+ U. I# d“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
$ f( X- g1 {; O }+ F“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.2 x# ^& m; w& p! r% I) r- }) P& e! X
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. A, S) ~! ]+ g
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
9 d" N9 @3 g8 A; e3 [You will always have what you desire for others.0 \, W8 N: B7 h6 j: b" t
Being happy is not a matter of destiny.
$ p) \% i) h H" L It is a matter of options.”
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) t8 b8 u% `4 s! yFinally he said:
7 L J. F2 K2 X( H, V8 \8 v0 \ “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
+ R& a2 H) j4 E! uTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.
% \ p b9 \$ OTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.- O0 j @5 G3 C: P& e1 k' r# `
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.- {' y: K- y0 K; m+ }& y% u
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,. F7 M) d t ~, C+ e
and your Destiny will be your Life
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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