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. N4 m6 I- X, q3 b/ ^9 yYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)6 @" k0 K/ F* Z1 r' u
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist - b6 G* p- K4 Q Q5 g
Leonardo Boff
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0 z) q4 S! ~- n0 X8 TIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
9 g0 N: X3 {) Xand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,! m5 L2 K: U3 d3 S% }
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”9 u! T) ^% |, P0 o; X6 f
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I thought he would say:9 b/ P0 q" W& G% \7 l
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”9 k. @9 E( S" v% C
) M) e3 X" a; B" R+ j/ z Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
# Q9 b3 B7 L+ e3 e4 O0 mwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
. o- o3 i% E* W8 T- iHe answered:
; p6 p9 l% F7 Z- J+ H3 o* S& \ “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
! q0 p% O$ O$ ~7 v0 r+ p It is the one that makes you a better person.”. j" ^$ z9 Y0 v
2 D' J+ }, p+ d2 i8 P( @# M. @4 UTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:7 @% L! h7 e9 u7 g* ^
“What is it that makes me better?”; I, I% L9 ^1 V9 C
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He responded:
* n: F7 _( k0 M% [“Whatever makes you
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more sensible, 6 t F$ W/ h7 i1 L& l
more detached, 4 r; j1 L3 V& Q* y$ z: L1 w, \* K
more loving, & ]. `% `& H" [! T& f0 N* u2 M9 c
more humanitarian,
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more ethical.” . f. I$ R7 N: H% `3 `+ {9 ?
: H3 B" [1 ^- I! n% S/ ]1 y- ]“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”
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: |) y p$ H8 [* k E3 M1 G; eI 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./ M& D9 H: ^; J; m) k3 T
5 v" X* Y* A: c! B& K# ^5 @5 ^1 }“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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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”. _2 b. T: |; e' j* X
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
* I/ O. k, ?- e7 D* r& A# IIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
* F8 ]5 u- m* u# TIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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5 E& w, }& p" m2 U( {) v“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth. }6 E5 K* Z) C. p
You will always have what you desire for others.
2 o* N6 o, Y- @Being happy is not a matter of destiny. $ u; M s% b' d# I- B
It is a matter of options.”
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/ O, O+ H) p6 v9 _3 l {* sFinally he said:
1 Z Z3 n2 X9 R “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
5 A- ~- C$ t# O/ ^8 {* aTake care of your Words because they will become Actions., j7 l( X/ S |; \
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.4 _( A* S% W1 s% ~6 {( _
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.0 |" b6 M0 J/ H5 F+ t$ _
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,. q( K+ w: B4 P' p
and your Destiny will be your Life ) r& @9 I/ l( X: f8 M
… and …
5 X+ e7 D% ?0 k3 ?: B2 a3 M0 N ?9 C“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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