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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
4 u) l. C. S, F: Z4 |+ uLeonardo Boff 9 l9 R0 t$ Z/ }3 _$ _) Z
and the Dalai Lama.) D( W, i6 W' Y: a- |) _0 y! m$ x: ^
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- ?. j8 r) A+ q, n, M* T; ]9 i: |* AIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama7 [6 f- ^! R9 u' N
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
. i- j1 ?! U5 S- jasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:
! `/ z( e* ~% n“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”/ y, @9 t- e1 B
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. 3 {, a# v, F, n" R ]9 R" A
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
# {( q! L& s' v6 @He answered:# q8 z2 V4 A5 x2 ]2 m) P) M
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. % s$ S7 Y$ Z& D$ v8 S( x
It is the one that makes you a better person.”- {# k5 U" K9 g4 I5 m) ~
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To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
- s% h( }. X* U“What is it that makes me better?”9 X2 N% G, q6 P! u1 z' f
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He responded:; Q3 |; |' x: M* v9 K2 u8 v2 ]
“Whatever makes you / s! s5 J$ L. l9 x; i
more compassionate,3 {5 S( E, {% a4 Q% o
more sensible,
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more loving,
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more responsible,- h5 k2 `; A0 u( C$ M0 Y) k- o
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 }; U4 j% }0 L& C/ G8 }: A$ X8 v: e
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.. c; o. a. L5 k9 Q- |
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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.”( H! j! t3 J2 \9 ^
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”& y4 t9 X0 o" A5 E: g
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
/ v, w7 B$ }1 x0 \: s& ?; `If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
$ F' U1 g: O+ s; y( o/ XIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.# h5 v7 x: m. [+ V& X
You will always have what you desire for others.! t% {8 g+ a4 A* J, r( [" {: N- L: @4 p
Being happy is not a matter of destiny.
, m7 r3 w! t/ @0 G It is a matter of options.”: l% r' @9 j' U1 W% s! I
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5 P/ T# G+ P4 \) uFinally he said:
# F" t7 O( Q5 a2 l' L( u* d “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.: O5 o( g' F( h/ [! J' T" F
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
; r8 s! u- j; i( MTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits., i$ K; u: f7 ~+ G+ m6 z
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.' x4 m) G" n# D; ] y/ z: n, e
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,3 O2 F, ?8 D# t0 U* O& Y) M
and your Destiny will be your Life 4 W+ y# e( X; W2 s' ]
… and …
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发表于 2011-3-31 01:54
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 
