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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)2 k2 q; ^1 ^. ^" d5 y( d! H
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist 0 T# z% K" p( I1 G$ r
Leonardo Boff
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0 g" ~& i: O! [3 ~In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
3 b% U1 I0 F) y4 L3 L$ Nand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
- E k; ^! [9 q2 V* ] D3 Yasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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/ B5 o( v, w' N0 k" PI thought he would say:8 W9 i- s z& G# {5 Y! z
“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 ….
" ?( Q2 D. {' M3 ~6 {which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
* Z& ]7 c" g, ?/ z0 UHe answered:2 H0 U D4 p# x. a: u
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. ' M" u" f- N; Q. a0 j( r
It is the one that makes you a better person.”" Y! a, o; ?" K) i: X2 v4 d1 D
D; }7 G- x( OTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:/ W w) F6 e( `& c/ L ^
“What is it that makes me better?”1 B' f6 B* T4 U @8 d
8 u8 X* X' a$ d# t6 _9 GHe responded:, r- v7 j; n1 ^5 o! j; l8 x! N6 W% w
“Whatever makes you 7 M# J% @- m: b! p8 ?
more compassionate,
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B3 R" i+ U$ s( m2 @* @1 C more humanitarian,$ L1 a; J" K5 r+ N. a4 K
more responsible,! Q, \/ _" Y/ l9 X
more ethical.”
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”0 _9 |( O8 [# c
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I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:! j" }% c* g4 u0 B5 r
, I! L @1 j; s6 S! c" K"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.”4 p( ^0 t3 I0 \# C2 I
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”" ?. K! C$ m. Q z
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
/ e" \6 c0 s! BIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. 3 U! j8 h$ L# F2 Q4 N5 p1 @
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”/ m- t7 K: L+ x6 l& ]
4 s! j, l; l0 i$ M; U( t; Z' x8 X“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.0 i. c6 c8 f! F5 l* ]* }, X6 y
You will always have what you desire for others.
9 j- U. J( J" w- o( zBeing happy is not a matter of destiny.
8 W5 O) a( j1 ~3 ~) k It is a matter of options.”. P& h/ f5 Q8 [1 Y
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! o7 i& k6 g f, y* t tFinally he said:
2 ]& z' d$ z" O& U" n “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.( E& L2 c# Y" [5 [6 |5 T# G; [
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
% j2 U2 ?+ T' \; Q1 u0 i% L" FTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.5 l+ _' ~9 h+ a) @
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.4 r. u. ~) w! y. w
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,; w% w) {; E7 H" F4 L% G
and your Destiny will be your Life {4 b N2 i' \8 _7 y
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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