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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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# v ]. |9 V! k K" g" Y% cA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
% @- [! W/ @/ O7 @5 V4 ILeonardo Boff
% }0 N2 _! O5 ^: L# I% P8 Z# zand the Dalai Lama.
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! @9 t$ r6 W- f! r0 W: C0 n& HIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
3 {& o- m8 a# _, [ Sand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
% G7 r; |9 v Aasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”( x- z, z4 S# I) x6 z6 T0 ~+ L
$ ]. J; T) E; O' h# l0 h) E. a* u# [I thought he would say:
2 [1 y7 K9 a2 }2 ?“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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" k3 {/ U0 |' d Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
9 Y, F( t: D N6 Bwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
+ O. {5 A4 l9 N9 p6 L. cHe answered:% K, Q1 P3 y& Q* T
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
2 |# l% V% {- j It is the one that makes you a better person.”- m4 t+ w9 C6 C: v7 B5 a
- h6 j H$ D1 l3 uTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
5 t5 } Y8 i; x( C“What is it that makes me better?”5 Q! L* \7 s- _; E/ [: u4 M# v
$ u8 e- E* n* u+ HHe responded:
9 \6 B% `: u0 W! G5 R! c1 U( N“Whatever makes you 9 ?+ v% n, \' z% O
more compassionate,
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more loving, / Y C- @9 O+ m0 ^. a
more humanitarian,
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& t1 v4 m4 ~% r; V; X more ethical.” 4 R3 X4 k0 K2 d$ s
& U0 A+ I# F, P8 V: Q) \7 m“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”2 |$ h7 G7 ]- L$ o; }8 z
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I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:8 B" C6 q) p. S. b
3 @" ~0 F% I, }% E1 I"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.
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$ M- V5 N# j7 K6 I/ X) c( t“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”) K3 o0 R( S2 a, d# {6 K% x
0 i. J, P) A, E8 C3 Y+ A5 z# d! i- N“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
4 F- ?$ k$ i8 s4 e, ^“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
# M3 ?! v! N; h, j/ B, m* sIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
" J3 h3 O2 e2 `7 N& o' lIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”. p: n7 h4 J1 I
# j' f' h S* I( i“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.! W& n; `: V# p3 Z! I+ g
You will always have what you desire for others.$ A4 b' Z2 ^0 N2 a7 c9 K: y6 g
Being happy is not a matter of destiny.
* D! }/ a7 @: U K1 |; t It is a matter of options.”) N- G! E! r& {9 @- b. | n
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$ B I8 q6 Q- \$ [Finally he said:/ |% y2 R, J! f2 c: i- K
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
5 g0 w$ ]5 _& {3 }# }- m! nTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.: |; Z; Z5 C7 [: T2 H+ f
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.9 h& G0 `" m* \/ b
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.1 B8 p3 y. R, V9 t) l' n
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
- V# A# Z/ n0 J9 O5 Z6 Z7 Q+ E3 G9 aand your Destiny will be your Life 6 J6 H! N! S) ~2 p
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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发表于 2011-3-31 01:54
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 
