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7 ?/ r6 N* k9 aYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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, w7 r8 J9 K' W8 YA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
& q6 b8 N% ~+ U2 aLeonardo Boff
. T5 y8 w9 P& y6 t% J x: @2 Gand the Dalai Lama.
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama2 X1 x! a; n5 v
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,1 i6 U6 u% U" ?) x2 U
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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# U9 ^, c0 u I+ z _- d: d1 FI thought he would say:
/ l$ {: F. W) p“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”& L H6 ~; N4 l r" C* h7 m) `
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
# u, c" C- u' z( r& @) awhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
: z( l4 G8 [" }' H; LHe answered:* g/ D( f3 a2 t6 G
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. : e0 F0 K& e' E$ f( I2 T8 a6 j) @
It is the one that makes you a better person.”# ]3 o9 ]3 F+ @1 K$ ~9 W
4 \: q3 A# l2 @6 y% r. DTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:, o- O( E& O7 U) S; o% a+ E
“What is it that makes me better?”: t/ M) p9 G( y, g
2 \+ r$ l1 T# Q2 {, l$ [+ ZHe responded:
1 y* H+ A7 |2 X: U! b/ O' u8 m“Whatever makes you 9 S6 O7 p4 [' A& h0 V& Q
more compassionate,
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9 j) G7 t$ d: W8 n, ^% u more detached, 9 s- g2 o$ Z& L3 [0 n
more loving,
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more responsible,
$ O8 B8 t/ @5 }' H4 N# D more ethical.” 9 \, C8 }* O4 B4 M
: }$ |+ ~# E7 L' i" W2 p“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.1 H% v. [4 a5 c+ G' v+ ]% I
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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.”1 @2 j1 ~/ j& r; L
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
7 v, Q: T# S( C0 u# [, V1 BIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. ' ~5 Y. \7 j+ _% w
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.9 D. T& Z3 e5 F% c/ s7 M+ G# O
You will always have what you desire for others.6 \$ K; r. [, g8 S9 k+ M7 T' E3 k
Being happy is not a matter of destiny.
- M A0 n5 h- @8 c/ o It is a matter of options.”5 I* S$ G6 N P" y; U9 D9 M
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Finally he said:
3 [. K$ ]9 ]0 p* Q Y. z- i “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
# z N0 P/ A% A6 r# vTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.
# s, H( Q! {6 ZTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.3 Z5 O* a2 V' j5 V3 X3 P f7 ~8 ~
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
9 Q# C. @9 v' G, C0 W" q/ |/ ZTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
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… and …
/ z3 q* N" }! Y* o! s9 R0 c“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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