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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)! ~7 N' m& L$ u5 l& O
! | Z$ D. x5 r+ f' nA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
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and the Dalai Lama.
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
2 [5 T7 Z6 `/ R, W, x& T+ gand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
9 R2 V9 x" O; ?. N. `asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”4 m% ]* J; O& g) F |) [6 x ^
8 d* [5 N, ^ J3 C& a. ~- x5 M; pI thought he would say:/ b# Y3 ~ W/ [7 ~
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”2 v) |. b) [4 h' G" o+ `3 [
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
6 B1 ^, d( {# `* ywhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. & S5 E8 @ W" ^, p; f* H. @
He answered:
/ u1 L1 u' @% V8 r# I. {- p5 d “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. / x( M7 E; U+ E; F ]+ c7 |" r
It is the one that makes you a better person.”9 E) a& j4 g4 s G
3 ^: C, m- h2 A0 LTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
; N/ a: ]) n, {“What is it that makes me better?”
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7 t# l7 }* ]. |6 ~5 j; JHe responded:
. _" {0 x- U+ C( `' C8 a“Whatever makes you
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more detached,
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more humanitarian,( x1 j( y8 O0 k$ `, H
more responsible,1 R5 | Y$ W# ]5 i
more ethical.” % t2 I6 y% s9 ?6 k! d7 M3 [
2 `8 F, T b8 D5 h. M% R3 ~“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”. ^& V$ {6 I5 C* ]* I
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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.
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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.”0 D& ? H) j+ O1 W2 a- z
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”9 U: q F$ ~& U: T: t
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.1 [5 X/ S, E5 X8 a: g2 r
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. 3 J/ y; t) v3 z8 F. I4 J) k
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”0 X! n+ k; }, T7 f0 K
1 m0 l' Q, z6 h. u6 ?+ \“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.; N2 ~0 X, ^* d; Z3 l1 u, |
You will always have what you desire for others.% ^5 q7 O* w& _% E3 T. H, c" K& f1 s( D
Being happy is not a matter of destiny.
9 w" s# U3 o( o& z It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:
8 T( z/ o! D, D; ^) I# R6 a “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.4 l+ i* N4 a8 i9 f% |2 e
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions." x9 M+ K) Y7 G# H
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits." Q: w! f' |3 ]8 G0 |
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
8 J6 D5 z( t0 E" a8 OTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,( @4 ]' A- ~2 O. b
and your Destiny will be your Life 6 O) M& }- u, x2 f
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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