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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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. L3 E/ F+ u eA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist 2 g5 C: f# _/ z% X0 c! x& w5 Y
Leonardo Boff
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9 g. `4 Q7 A/ T @In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama. I0 d' `4 G+ [6 m* |% ?1 r
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,. L% m( h! Y/ L* j7 u+ W! c- ]7 O
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:' q9 F: n, U- y1 m7 o8 s5 L
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”# m+ E& w) g u/ s
- g( b I. z4 f$ T+ a Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
/ V9 P- v! W1 z( r% |which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
! X7 m+ O3 {3 Z+ k) X: rHe answered:: {& K" E5 S! B# }: A
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. - M( z Z. k/ {3 E7 F Y
It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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) ` r0 Q: s/ a! V% v6 A& ]4 {To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
. A5 @2 s/ ]: \2 I“What is it that makes me better?”
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* f: }" R6 ]- vHe responded:
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more compassionate,
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more detached,
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more humanitarian,
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9 p0 ?! X! O4 h5 e: C" K* F3 e more ethical.” - v* n) R( M; u: k+ e
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”
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$ L$ g+ f3 E* ]% T$ FI was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:9 G# C9 y" q" N/ b
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.9 F7 l! |" ?; f1 t6 p
6 y6 `: h0 s- y9 c: h“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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3 I! x; X" y. ^; L+ L“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
! O: N+ s! F" f/ c9 v3 j“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
7 H& Z7 C' J+ S- h( l+ |8 f/ |If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. : j! v. G N0 ~5 U* {5 Z
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”( k6 T: I4 @7 ~) x, m
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
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* n. c, F: {2 h% QBeing happy is not a matter of destiny. 5 v, b; P0 u! H: X) R
It is a matter of options.”$ a3 v2 V# M, l- v/ W* q. B
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Finally he said:5 l [- q) M# ]+ f, c4 d
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.' [2 ^. A! w% d) z& w3 n" t
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.( {6 d4 J* X1 _& G5 `
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.: T$ q$ h" B) v, k- D- ?$ a+ j
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.$ }' u+ d8 ]- D
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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