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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)/ a- r; u. B% V# g" j5 e4 e
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist 3 e4 @1 G, J* T% m5 I
Leonardo Boff
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama5 M% Y6 m4 I3 t; t
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
x4 J9 `2 P0 `' Q, u' @0 Iasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:; ]% [/ m# @3 _+ ]) V
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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5 g( O& p- ^: C: S3 ^2 t4 b Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. & D* M2 I J8 a5 f, X& z
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. ; W7 _" k: t1 i5 \
He answered:
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It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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9 g! a; G- R( \% ^To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:3 S* v7 m; g! T4 X, v8 {* o
“What is it that makes me better?”2 [ D$ T8 e! Y+ p4 J* p7 B- H6 I
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He responded:4 ~6 D5 @" R% ~' [
“Whatever makes you * ~: r$ g3 O v2 B
more compassionate,8 T( m6 s4 z4 S
more sensible,
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more humanitarian,
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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:
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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.” w# n# o2 X6 G/ G0 c
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
$ c# u( J# V# H( G“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.
0 [, |! J+ f+ {- E: ZYou will always have what you desire for others.
7 ^- I) p. k# t0 F8 OBeing happy is not a matter of destiny. ! R4 j+ p. }' H. m
It is a matter of options.”" L/ w' M' U3 E }
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Finally he said:
: c; k* `# D6 y2 x “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
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Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
" ]4 q' Z; I9 C8 r5 O9 p7 pTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,, U) v$ J" E a# @! X
and your Destiny will be your Life
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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 
