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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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7 `3 Q, x% b2 w' nA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist 3 z! C0 `( D+ P
Leonardo Boff 5 }% c1 a2 _" ^( X' H1 c; U) j0 V
and the Dalai Lama.
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
# y% p, m7 A/ k: `! `and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
8 A+ n# {) j, k( `* |asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”: _# J# d/ @+ G/ }* f& J6 r! |
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I thought he would say:' t/ g# l/ Z3 i0 `3 P8 v: A/ ~7 E
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
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He answered:0 }& w1 U! p7 r% G3 J$ d- O+ _
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
1 k* H' b% w, Y, W5 l It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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! c$ R! j" I$ _& OTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:8 B2 s0 o) K/ T6 X9 C# p
“What is it that makes me better?”
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He responded:
( ?! I; h. k e4 C“Whatever makes you
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more sensible, + X1 @3 A1 m" n9 B
more detached,
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more responsible,
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”1 M" y7 v$ {; {7 H6 Y
! e7 u& n; _+ _2 a% r. JI was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:$ ~1 _ L& d9 o8 ~. f- W
3 Y3 A4 | _0 c2 S" p! ?"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.' ^2 S. U5 F( s6 x
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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.”
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. y9 p1 S# x! w+ o$ y( o“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”: E Q3 o4 r, E8 u* K
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations." A. e1 |) @& l3 K3 c/ J1 |; K. N
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. 9 _# k1 O7 y- B& V* m1 M) G
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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( O& O4 F9 F/ i2 \“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
8 }: P+ x( k+ U) V% n' MYou will always have what you desire for others.
; A6 ]- E4 d( `+ i. P% cBeing happy is not a matter of destiny. ( Q+ @- d% v ~+ D6 \
It is a matter of options.”( @" ^# _8 `- N7 n- u
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1 `; ~4 [. X- ^7 g/ SFinally he said:
/ \0 u8 Z: T, s# w “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
/ F3 O2 i/ w E- vTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.
, q; Y. U* x7 Z `; f# @# }+ eTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
( K. e% B0 a+ m) F" ?, TTake care of your Habits because they will form your Character.0 N9 j7 Q8 R- C% d+ a6 F
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,( o9 n9 ]) }! j% T' n- L
and your Destiny will be your Life % o: y7 B4 P' S* R; T e
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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