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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)1 E9 c1 o! [; v
( p" b9 t/ s0 g8 N6 cA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
' }; X8 m& \- LLeonardo Boff
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
4 A/ H# I/ ~2 n D' gand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
7 o7 W: t( @% C; \+ w" Zasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:
" O: z2 z Q% w6 P- }" w- ?“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”1 ?2 q2 `: T' o$ W( A5 D; z
4 t1 a) L& e. Y6 I- x | Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
6 l0 M; h& Z; `# n) x2 ]# swhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. 5 B" q3 Q/ w, P' D
He answered:
# u. M! j, E( J; u/ s5 t, i “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. ( u9 I! J1 w# j
It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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1 ?$ o1 O: _6 |; {0 V: y% ^% lTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:2 t& Q' Z+ B& C( I5 M: n, U
“What is it that makes me better?”2 m/ v5 C* D L8 Y3 o
# `* o4 u7 _; Z4 BHe responded:; ]3 W/ N4 I9 v4 S/ f
“Whatever makes you
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more detached, 9 E {! H9 Z$ v% u) r" r- x
more loving,
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more responsible,; x8 x [6 t" V5 h- h9 f
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:8 m1 \. }( X4 q; ^0 X: ^: t* Q
3 _! | a9 a1 }% z! r- F* F/ m7 B"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.”3 A% u: z; u; ?7 `( z7 ?5 d- V7 b$ A
7 {# K+ z5 N$ d“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”( I, t' {, P0 j. n
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
/ i6 r. m" N3 M/ ]# {4 KIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. , ]. M( L/ A- r; H5 b, F3 _5 o0 K8 a, m }
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”9 S5 A- }! ]2 G2 d6 g
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
) d* s# G+ \# @$ b3 I$ m5 i9 o# @6 DYou will always have what you desire for others.
$ S* f0 o2 O2 A0 |Being happy is not a matter of destiny. 5 ~7 p5 A1 }/ V( ?7 H: E3 x/ p2 i
It is a matter of options.”) `( h& s6 l& O; d% D. G
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Finally he said:
+ y+ i/ \) s$ L1 l2 P% Q6 ` “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
, |3 }$ \* [' W* B0 mTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.. v+ p i$ b7 p6 x7 k- T
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.. N5 k" i. @( f' x3 i
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
8 E, z8 ^5 C7 f1 X. u5 t& a6 TTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,5 ~" a! x/ y+ m! O
and your Destiny will be your Life 8 A+ j, h8 S9 j+ \3 |( @
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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