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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
( ]) v# Q" P' g5 {+ b4 c. qLeonardo Boff
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+ V" `2 e/ N( m7 p: qIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
5 Q w- B0 F' p8 }. \and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
: C' T7 U, @$ [7 G% k' Z* X3 [asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:
1 t( f2 u* C( v2 l2 ^% w1 Y“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 …. ' y' u; s6 T( j. ^" a9 p4 k
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
( y2 K0 C; u' v; r% i- {; ]% ~He answered:
4 n8 T$ f' a/ @ “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 0 `% L; Z# C" |2 Y9 Q7 N
It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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3 j8 C8 f d/ I& l& S/ CTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:8 ?6 h8 O0 k `# ?) Q5 e
“What is it that makes me better?”/ @2 A1 R/ d. |/ N1 L
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He responded:- C1 j7 i& c: [
“Whatever makes you ( p3 C" J8 A, U9 P ^2 ]
more compassionate,
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more detached,
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more responsible, |! n# @4 U- v5 C
more ethical.” # ~1 t: g( s4 ?$ \
$ ]0 g5 d+ N7 [+ v+ x“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”$ {9 s" f* @1 q0 G$ T. ]
' t% u0 R$ s9 f3 [I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:. V/ U& j8 W/ z, ~
' U1 K2 r4 r* @# d"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.”1 k6 f1 @( z# ]2 A; D* W* C
& R+ H4 x8 j |, ~: C; E' M% N“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”; o! ~" n& N9 z
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.1 G7 U- R6 @8 X0 Q' C% o) [5 V
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
. Z$ _4 T) G. Z0 c9 l+ \If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”5 ?: A% g t: C6 v4 o1 U9 |
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
( E$ ^; Z6 u* A+ {- z% q7 CYou will always have what you desire for others.
4 q2 K" x6 T) A2 V7 a+ C: _5 q" x# HBeing happy is not a matter of destiny. % j& A/ @+ ^" O: l: a/ u. V: u
It is a matter of options.”
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5 x( n, d& T; K5 f4 h5 zFinally he said: x6 w. t* z* ]8 h2 J9 g+ ?, t
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
& P, `' \4 ]6 q0 W4 A+ e3 iTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.! o) O5 b0 i1 m0 I) y
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits., f' ?: g2 n& L) l8 L- n
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
' g9 E3 Y* n0 W- d ^% q mTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,4 [3 ^* L. m: [* M
and your Destiny will be your Life
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`2 a! } G1 O7 T; u0 q“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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