 鲜花( 327)  鸡蛋( 0)
|

楼主 |
发表于 2011-3-18 12:44
|
显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 PTL 于 2011-3-18 14:01 编辑
( {7 {7 ^6 ?( C! l1 }/ ]6 o, c. u. O/ k
YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)- r: u! Z" N0 I( P/ `! W, ?; K1 t
. ]' t1 O7 |0 T0 B
A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist 9 M) d/ `2 I/ }% y& K) O# n; b# u
Leonardo Boff Y5 z% @8 n5 _2 J( c/ w9 ~
and the Dalai Lama.
# ^% H, E% |- j( @
: K7 y4 J# _+ {% v% P' v4 K0 C
& W0 k: @7 f2 ]In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama: Z+ S! |3 ^" {4 D
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
/ c L4 n, t+ p, [asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
, S( p+ `8 _* O8 s, X0 q
( }6 s" D3 g! ?: jI thought he would say:! g! g/ Q& ~- W0 L/ w
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
0 H+ D( ?8 _9 W% a2 T& r8 g2 i& D# Y5 T* D8 M" @1 Y! {' l
Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. % Y& q8 G+ f. _
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
1 [4 P4 }0 A, s/ u5 `, iHe answered:; H8 C( C$ M2 i8 N/ x
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. " m. k- d! a7 _5 H
It is the one that makes you a better person.”+ V) Q r% ]( W/ G6 `; K& u1 c" Z v
9 ^3 V& v' n6 p
To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
$ T% I7 B d' N“What is it that makes me better?”
$ H# v! y$ `8 @& J. P- e& F
& z1 f" E" X- K/ {) @/ lHe responded:
6 b* d& t; J7 }7 I6 \/ x/ p“Whatever makes you
: K3 T; Z1 N* Z' b more compassionate,
H: y& J2 O: L: f/ r; l" y more sensible, ! h, H( Q* K0 \: n5 P' h% `
more detached, + u4 C& ]; L4 F7 ^
more loving,
6 {) H5 p4 t3 y' u0 U, V more humanitarian,( q# A8 x: X: x# S1 v, F p
more responsible,
2 }) d! t1 c: o8 | more ethical.” 0 E4 Y% _" _5 k9 f# S. v* q* w
5 ~+ u$ k* e! g/ E. c+ `2 ?
“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”
+ F* C- u; U5 }0 i+ X; ~" y
]! D; l5 {1 p& g7 c" E; aI was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:) M5 ~( a# | K7 ~! Y. I. R F8 C
5 u, d; O* F1 B6 w"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.% r# n5 `; a8 G, u7 B; K$ D+ g9 V
0 @7 [- `* w( A+ [4 l
“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”* n9 `0 n9 `$ A6 x* `+ E
" Z x0 T$ @5 S) N“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
2 a5 s# I- s7 y4 j1 M/ q4 m/ r“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
0 ~+ D6 O( j) @If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. / B( F! V2 C: g- G$ p! d7 X
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
( j( M& t4 `+ X9 w$ A: g/ B( Q% x
“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.( c9 B9 u2 M" D0 Y; o, a+ o$ l
You will always have what you desire for others.3 g0 } H% L" v' r9 E& h
Being happy is not a matter of destiny. 5 V6 j, h7 m [" S4 L! L
It is a matter of options.”9 l" F1 l! _; W
+ W$ i6 E [% {4 a/ }
! e# l# J6 l- i
Finally he said:
1 I7 W1 d& ^8 B6 X8 q “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words." U; M" |6 @2 N4 Q' [) E- R
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
4 F/ b# _- z1 z3 k* _- uTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
* Z: T! L/ z, G E8 v- ^% aTake care of your Habits because they will form your Character.9 h- T- s" t& x
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,; u3 G: ^' U. w- N4 N. m/ @
and your Destiny will be your Life ; n" ^% j [+ M& g( K
… and …/ Q; v, I( a P
“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
|