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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
# P# R5 z/ {8 Z0 {' ?6 a1 o% |Leonardo Boff
* ?% P4 _. e* d% C& Hand the Dalai Lama.
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# ~& [5 W; V: @! J! Q3 PIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
* W* u0 S8 p) G- o/ uand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
4 D- w# G+ A- n: Easked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”2 s9 ]% L+ ? a4 c d/ n ]5 b
; D' S- g4 f3 _" _I thought he would say:8 M) ?! I5 `- O( ]
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity” Z5 X% T1 [# v9 _! D
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
1 ]0 e! {, @9 x) c2 c: Y6 Uwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. 4 V2 D' l; u2 Y9 m/ z. x5 ?1 I
He answered:" _& C; |( m& ~7 O# I* z
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 9 V6 i0 k3 K) f5 D5 b
It is the one that makes you a better person.”' E& l4 S1 e8 H; @( o. b
' j# K0 {, ~8 h) c0 i: yTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
/ Q" L" ^0 k0 T6 D! y$ i/ K“What is it that makes me better?”9 g6 [3 H4 p0 X2 B' k
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He responded:+ |, Z* Q {4 }: x
“Whatever makes you 2 c+ r0 U( {+ j5 J
more compassionate,
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more detached,
1 j% L- L) M" P: U more loving, 1 P! v: j: w' R; ~# v6 G
more humanitarian,
9 v. [4 |- b4 S5 ^# u" d* T more responsible,
0 G$ R) Y4 i( V- l 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:
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.% @* c) b1 m$ g4 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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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
& y B. b, F' a- m1 M7 g“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.: K1 b- \( { J1 b( T! l
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
* A7 h) o0 M" @( E+ rIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”: A8 [& n! l U) `, J/ A
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
& E! B' `* g6 D0 DYou will always have what you desire for others.
{3 z5 S8 L/ y: Z/ h+ ABeing happy is not a matter of destiny. 9 g+ G7 a7 H* E2 t8 C
It is a matter of options.”3 Q4 Y9 d5 y8 [& A s$ F! ?
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, V. ?+ c" s( P0 A" S: n. k) SFinally he said:
$ W8 s. e$ [4 ?/ F' T* T “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
( W% l6 a# m+ G% O/ z. } MTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.
6 ]' s. u0 S- d; G4 hTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
0 o3 {6 e$ l9 STake care of your Habits because they will form your Character.# j" Y% v) E6 ~3 q1 ?! i8 b& j# P7 `
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
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… and …
1 i9 _$ a! B5 P* L. r“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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