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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)9 S0 }; N$ |" i: o) L S3 W; @/ o' J
/ g# u( D) S4 j: | B: j7 BA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist 0 d% S" p9 j* F9 N" a* [
Leonardo Boff
0 \ w. f0 o/ T3 Mand the Dalai Lama.% k. `3 ?8 x& X2 D7 p6 l
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9 S0 }$ O# b, e+ X3 q* QIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama# R+ f$ [6 K2 b A; \
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
- A ~, |( }( J( o- Sasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:
- _9 G% v7 g. D& D) i4 Z/ [- S7 {“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”9 y% y0 R% d1 F+ V4 {
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. " t# i3 ?3 U+ D" E( K& R2 u
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
4 g0 e. N( w1 Y9 \* o! EHe answered:8 R8 u! y" Q1 p3 @3 K
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
6 _, b, a# h5 n It is the one that makes you a better person.”% H! b4 s/ A: E5 ?# b9 N
' [, L; R' z: f. w5 V* NTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:9 l6 u; w1 j+ k) i' o
“What is it that makes me better?”
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He responded:
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more compassionate,( `+ |1 G. [+ e' c
more sensible, ( a0 c& b) |) N1 P/ H
more detached,
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, u. o4 K1 Z. D' }5 _2 ^! J& y9 x4 P more humanitarian,
9 C S2 n. D- K more responsible,2 ^5 d% }# q8 {
more ethical.”
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“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:4 k8 Z! a% ] h' ~! K
) S4 l5 }) u( G7 L5 E"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.4 A# F+ x* g$ D# w6 B- q
) q: F5 G% h# d& B“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”! S9 r: a* B% w3 G3 F
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
! P3 i6 n9 j# i# p. j# t$ Z$ }* O“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
% Y. P9 Q3 t# w0 p, p5 lIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
) S8 {; t/ J) j# YIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”7 }, @$ [+ E- T1 v
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
) y# u/ p. l4 f7 sYou will always have what you desire for others., o3 J) M& O# y0 m1 _ X
Being happy is not a matter of destiny.
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/ n, b4 P: i, }$ U/ q) ~Finally he said:
# `4 |8 G7 L( W3 Z3 ~ “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.; [% S8 U& O/ o2 D0 F8 |/ }% j
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
8 L9 n7 ~1 a* }' C& LTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.) M# h6 r' ]2 Y; c5 e+ c, e- n' p
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
# X1 ~. X+ a2 T0 lTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,5 M1 [5 i+ C9 `# u+ v
and your Destiny will be your Life 2 N+ U& V: h' ]1 a% v
… and …
~+ s8 U6 _% O6 E" v“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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