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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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# X# o' b; N5 g4 E0 yA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
4 H! X- m8 v/ H* vLeonardo Boff 7 g0 A# @6 v" m _$ t8 c
and the Dalai Lama.
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5 C) t& p+ q: D' F' H8 e% [In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
; r. g$ Q' q1 X: P, O3 ~and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
+ R g9 `* a8 x3 \: z# a- X" J; Lasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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* J3 h4 E1 U, t% j& t5 H6 AI thought he would say:8 e, c+ v/ r2 o" ]$ R, x, _# I
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”- c8 X- w$ ^2 J7 w# A% c+ D; k
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
]! R3 P( y5 c* n3 qwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. 5 }) @- b% K n4 |2 o# x
He answered:3 P7 O4 U3 u4 Y0 a+ _& z
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
+ V! r {2 \% [8 |0 K It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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" F j0 _8 d' c3 ^0 p; FTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:$ A0 u# c) p" A9 t. u
“What is it that makes me better?”; p% C2 k0 F) e
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He responded:5 c4 U! L3 [8 ]' r9 R
“Whatever makes you
* i2 n3 P2 ~$ ]8 F( c more compassionate,
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more detached, 1 |5 a( m& L% m& A* w
more loving, ! O, j) ~# M/ w, @
more humanitarian,
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more ethical.”
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”: C, |5 f7 r- i: m; v6 U9 h" C
+ B8 V1 a, n( k* G- g- v$ R* e/ [I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:. m! c& b" b ]+ n! F: N
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.
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$ h; i, @7 ?& U3 ~0 ^5 ~- f“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.”5 e* [5 h3 f. n7 u5 Q1 X ^
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
7 p3 [ R* l. z1 r0 r. h' A) JIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. , B5 o, Z) Y8 e% w; I1 V1 B& x
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.0 }- `. P4 B. v4 n
You will always have what you desire for others.. u; {. C9 K* t5 W: `
Being happy is not a matter of destiny. 7 w) I3 X* i' N
It is a matter of options.”
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+ P1 C) T& }0 X0 u0 f$ P: }6 v" p$ _Finally he said:
0 L* O9 O- [9 S4 z* [$ v3 Y “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.$ c$ o; ?- t# S# S! a
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.6 Z# s6 ]1 b' g! _+ ~
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
; X1 Z; c; K0 [ E' {: ~0 hTake care of your Habits because they will form your Character.3 w- n# i I8 }8 P
Take 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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发表于 2011-3-31 01:54
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 
