什么才是最好的宗教

PTL

今天有位师姐发给我一个SLIDE，我觉得真的要和大家SHARE一下。http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFAoo9OKEXk

PTL

YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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4 H4 }: n0 E# o- bA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
Leonardo Boff
1 f. u. s5 ?. e2 O( }- kand the Dalai Lama.


In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
) o3 n3 ?9 j# b( N' d) gand myself were participating at recess I maliciously,  and also with interest,
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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, H7 t# Q3 W5 K% j" N' f% {I thought he would say:
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
! @% }+ s7 X( M( h2 c& ]( S3 c# e& F$ UHe answered:
7 d/ Y# y7 N0 k/ f, }( N% T: o4 I! x          “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
             It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
“What is it that makes me better?”
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! p. t0 y1 ^! q8 v$ r3 K9 d5 cHe responded:
“Whatever makes you
     more compassionate,
/ I" p) k) A/ I( s" e: s7 Q     more sensible,
     more detached,
     more loving,
     more humanitarian,
$ w/ p$ Y2 C4 H) a; R     more responsible,
     more ethical.”       
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& W- `" ?0 c  m8 \+ K“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”

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.
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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.”
7 e6 l; v4 E( |" I5 K“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics.  It is also of human relations.
4 y; H: _0 ^0 G" x. C. oIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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9 [8 f% _+ P. m  C1 }5 `2 W“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
You will always have what you desire for others.
2 Y6 P/ z4 y: O, d$ SBeing happy is not a matter of destiny.
It is a matter of options.”
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7 [  ]! s0 m, X* T, r& rFinally he said:
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
, m5 K4 D9 M/ a' CTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.
; L3 b, E6 n" gTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
+ Y" E3 Q0 W1 p3 OTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
and your Destiny will be your Life
8 g( @) c# C4 N) T- }, r… and …
/ v) N) Z) w1 {- o! z6 E“There is no religion higher than the Truth.”

木石

“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
. e: `: j3 E3 _) S1 A  X. W; }+ y. Q" r             It is the one that makes you a better person.”
" m% ?. g7 S% n3 J  }! _  Whatever makes you   
     more compassionate,
- z4 |' x% T/ E     more sensible,  
+ a$ `1 T7 N: \1 M5 _- I* y( b5 Z. }     more detached,  
, j3 C+ W3 Y, V     more loving,  
     more humanitarian,
- A( p6 q, k6 V& q! m0 w/ [     more responsible,
1 ]4 H- ^. G, l, G4 o     more ethical.”

白莲花

嗯，8错，没看懂！

pingyet

巧舌如簧而已， 他敢跟西藏那些被愚之民说这番话吗？