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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)- g% d W0 a6 n" y
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist ! g9 y6 A! B7 D# |& i
Leonardo Boff
" \& c* a4 ?9 U- uand the Dalai Lama.
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama7 Y. t2 }' ?& [, T+ { W; d3 ^) Y
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
7 L: l! c# b( E: T2 _asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:
: ^3 D* U, U' j' }7 U6 |“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”" Y7 D y! V/ C+ b; R6 a. A
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
+ {# L6 l+ S h% c; Uwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. * e" D2 K6 i5 L7 {0 g+ S
He answered:7 n$ i: t7 [$ {# Y/ l! x, U
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 3 x. G1 m7 t5 y: I* k+ _
It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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- B. s% [: e S/ JTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:; ^( n3 G! d- I/ y* [: ?) Q: U
“What is it that makes me better?”
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He responded:' E3 l5 t) s4 M! p) L7 I+ J
“Whatever makes you # b1 c) }9 C; l
more compassionate,
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more detached, . v; T+ z( U) c3 I/ f* T
more loving, 1 V# g* V! X- A* ] F
more humanitarian,
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more ethical.” , x$ S M' Q( ?! e& q- ^ t: e
3 d& z7 S$ ?" i8 w“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”9 y: j0 w4 k6 m$ w% M! ~+ t8 P
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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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6 n3 q' O$ |8 q' s1 V"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.1 P6 ]0 Q( g1 A6 @ }) i" P5 {
- G! X% H; m1 K) U3 }“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.”. n8 x/ S, b+ H, |9 x
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
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If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
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8 i. o0 m5 ]9 ]Being happy is not a matter of destiny.
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Finally he said:
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Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
6 R! W9 K: T6 JTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.7 x/ |: [; L4 D
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
% G! u- m: P' P/ _1 _: gTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
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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. ' E6 ?- C+ t$ s# ^4 P
