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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)* v0 c* {: f# g
" ?, m6 D+ ?6 K; e e7 i9 Y+ x* qA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
* x/ s2 A( ]! Z) R: ?8 {, y3 GLeonardo Boff
1 ^$ f1 ~# T' ~- \* P8 s" m5 Xand the Dalai Lama.
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama. S9 u& ?0 J0 L6 V' q
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
7 F. \ ?7 `: T' S% n' \asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”; r' N3 l3 a- p& f# R: T
, I; Y' ?3 `+ f, M: {) hI thought he would say:0 n, N+ C& C0 p( Z/ S
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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1 m: f0 {6 {3 \1 p; Q( c6 S Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. 4 I% L* E" y3 Y; |: T( m/ y
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. # ~: m* X9 S* b A3 v
He answered:# x$ H9 k( ?! l' f: \0 \
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
. }3 J' T$ w0 b! B It is the one that makes you a better person.”4 s( b( d( S' C" h
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To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
: y3 n* N( h) C/ g“What is it that makes me better?”
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; R( l# c- m* P5 \ dHe responded:
) G! x) H% ?$ t“Whatever makes you / ?8 l0 l. c& P# s, G+ u" {! ?
more compassionate,1 l! z; Q9 G$ P0 i
more sensible, : d+ ^5 }; X) j8 Q- M
more detached,
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more humanitarian,( F) P9 f5 e/ L, k5 O
more responsible,
4 J2 [8 @) ^# S: w# u more ethical.”
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: P2 i$ c! ]# Q“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.
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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.”
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! M' b8 W3 L2 @8 [$ Z+ \“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
* ?- R+ b: b, p“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.; h& ?- \) C# U# [
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. - _' Q S+ A4 T$ w+ o+ {3 k
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”& s0 j* ]3 y. E! |# U2 v
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.5 n% s) `; x1 p- F. N6 c1 i
You will always have what you desire for others.. F, t6 `' e: Q7 ?: g3 w
Being happy is not a matter of destiny. " ~; I! I0 g& X* w4 R! R1 B9 x
It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:
, n7 Z: [1 ^2 {2 M; d% F; l9 E “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.& W& a. L4 d5 P0 U. W7 c( M
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.+ t0 b( z7 ]* q; b: h
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.3 |$ I4 t: k6 t, G# j) K- d v# Q# |8 \
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
6 F# v& i( ^4 A9 v0 qTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
* V8 O4 g; Y5 Band your Destiny will be your Life
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- p0 \- \, c& S- U' c+ i+ z& U [9 Y“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 3 ]: o- b7 A' }1 I
