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4 H: J# Z+ O/ v0 _' D8 M" E+ P: \0 SYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)1 c2 {: h: X' l2 c
6 t+ c9 m$ a. Q% {/ o4 eA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist O1 V9 y- L! Y) I! X
Leonardo Boff
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( h3 J4 c% Q1 X7 p5 W, uIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
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asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:" J5 P6 S4 }( o# Z' r
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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$ ^2 L' D2 `0 M, [% J; @. ^ Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. # T8 B. c- I% E
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
+ c: c; C0 `, OHe answered:
N5 n# P" C$ K% c8 b “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
" T0 C" }+ v, @" S It is the one that makes you a better person.”) ]! [; l8 o& T8 L6 P
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To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
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He responded:" P3 n( @3 r8 Z
“Whatever makes you " ^* v0 ]; A9 X- h
more compassionate,5 |0 P) x4 j6 w" u! N! w* o+ o
more sensible,
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more loving, % c, g& D/ D$ k
more humanitarian,
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% B: X( a$ m# z" E+ J) j more ethical.”
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”4 N+ r& E4 u* ^7 f
; \; E( _* [7 {8 E; n3 C" U4 ZI 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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* `8 T3 [" K% W6 q7 d“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.”
( N" S c) u* y% w" L. C z. J“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.2 b& S; D. G6 p4 Q) s' l
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. & Q, w" V7 D9 q6 W" L
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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! g- s, f J; f) p“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
: ~) m3 C! j4 A; C5 SYou will always have what you desire for others.8 |$ U5 y- b% I0 J; h; x, ]4 ]4 b
Being happy is not a matter of destiny. 1 S( S' b6 r% ~. `5 |- V
It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:
# H: r" F8 a/ T. _: w; ~. k$ t “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
4 a* I; ]5 N( \1 \Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.0 T x( Q j2 N/ d8 s8 p7 Q- k
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
" }0 H- M+ s$ o2 ~! o' b* Y% PTake care of your Habits because they will form your Character.8 M* z% t9 W& J6 w$ X
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,# }% M, F. k; s! f t* I. y
and your Destiny will be your Life
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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