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/ \+ C& f3 _) r" X! PYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
j O. C9 y* {4 A% gLeonardo Boff
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2 [! H' x q& [+ u3 LIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
( d) H. q- J! \3 nand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,* f4 x% X( I' A2 ?
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:7 J8 S6 j ]5 ?
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”7 g# @& X: } g) p" `4 L% ?
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
7 k1 r& `" e0 h# C u, Zwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
; g0 \1 j/ m: {He answered:
: d1 f" m0 ^4 N& i “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
2 X7 A9 R* J3 A( d# L) z g. Q7 D It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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4 c3 |+ d6 S, \# Y# }! E. c5 l0 OTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:/ w/ u4 w8 o8 q2 n
“What is it that makes me better?”
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* P0 }0 u( M0 H I. b$ eHe responded:
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more compassionate,
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more detached,
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more responsible,1 }: B( [" a+ ]6 ~; b# b9 A n
more ethical.”
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”! M9 A) O4 N# S- C% J+ H9 `
* a3 L- G, y0 w Q/ r1 |# Z. f& pI was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:
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3 G$ A' t, b& [8 E( j7 A7 Z"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.4 G0 L0 b- U. A6 T
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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.”
# R4 _. j0 I- F/ q* C! ~“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
2 V6 n( s! Y3 j9 B! A' hIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. " ~) l( j* e, ~) @* |& F$ h
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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! E0 o# d9 h. _7 u- f1 ]“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
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Being happy is not a matter of destiny. * w) Q* }8 h1 c, K' @( }" M: N) X
It is a matter of options.”
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^3 q1 m; z* J2 ZFinally he said:) P# M. }; i; f3 E
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.3 Z% _# q( _5 m) n1 n' _. q. v
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
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Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.3 ]1 W# [; R% B1 u. W
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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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. , {* [! H; q! L$ I) ~9 C
