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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT): y% J9 ^. ]. ~# {! `
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist & J8 [) c! w2 y" \" |4 w& C
Leonardo Boff 3 h8 i8 d/ R5 M* u, N) v* `% i2 Y
and the Dalai Lama.) G( V+ o! Z5 P( C, D
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. G" z% U9 |1 c( D5 DIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama$ s5 ~4 Q+ ]! W( F* O: l, S
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
+ x9 t$ g/ e, G ^asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:
2 H4 g9 G- K2 o( G D5 x“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”( x$ E* p; B. x
9 T k: y5 R/ u- G0 `, o Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
# l8 V8 Q0 s: t9 w; N1 S7 zwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
5 q9 q+ U: W' v5 x: v jHe answered:1 X6 w R5 Y" T$ s' @
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. ! ]/ N; i# V" [7 ?" `. u2 v
It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:, _2 c0 w- h5 I" F, k3 e6 U" }$ p
“What is it that makes me better?”
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He responded:
& I$ h4 {4 a) i, |* T6 t; b% ^/ M“Whatever makes you
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more sensible, & Q d1 i0 ?" ]' j
more detached,
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more humanitarian,) G W9 U, P# e0 |
more responsible,+ _; ^' s# K7 @2 I$ O
more ethical.” 7 N! ~; `! f+ L- ?# N9 q7 s
/ S' J Z; H1 o4 J“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”4 h1 x: U Z1 f2 g- j" Z9 a
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I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:' G5 K+ p$ z9 _ p8 U8 S
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.' R; h+ V8 l- Z' T O* J2 n
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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.”
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”/ Z1 C- | o' a
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.# r. m1 }7 g0 y' l" i* S7 ~
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. # \9 ~0 D4 f2 d. d
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”, k0 l6 J& ? V1 F& E8 l$ t9 C* r. {
; k, d L5 G! \' W“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
3 X, Y: [! U% l1 v6 W/ SYou will always have what you desire for others.
! r) H" M' V- e: D0 _ \+ R7 N. vBeing happy is not a matter of destiny. ( ^& p& ~( Y# `, r+ i$ q# E: L1 g. a
It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:
9 ]5 J0 a' M: V& H4 y “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.# h6 o/ m6 m( \8 f
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.1 @& F4 [' R& d8 K
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
7 w' s/ ^; i$ v. S/ l4 k) sTake care of your Habits because they will form your Character.. O7 Z% M3 l0 j
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
! G; h7 K% m/ R$ F: D' t* Vand your Destiny will be your Life
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, Y- W3 I6 D4 S* O“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 
