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9 F8 G9 O7 p5 e8 H3 |YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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- a! E( ?) R7 F0 z( Z1 pA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist * f( g& Y' o+ \) l6 `$ L6 l
Leonardo Boff
2 }3 ?! b: B% Z* D9 O" Wand the Dalai Lama.
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& m8 M4 H6 B+ G; E3 B2 ` eIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama9 i- z$ U9 Z9 Y( e) O5 s3 R
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,: G. x, i/ g: ?, r& F
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”' m5 m# o3 C. N! }) L6 v
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I thought he would say:8 ~) [- N7 I" d# N/ E" A
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”& T) o5 C3 V. _+ P
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
( } @% R; w$ [4 j- B {8 uwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. + W' m! e2 h: U
He answered: C2 w- I. g, c. s( d
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
: f) q3 d. |. F It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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/ S; j; w: n4 U! ]1 k9 UTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:$ l# b! s& o! c" p C
“What is it that makes me better?”
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He responded:% i8 ?) Z1 f& h9 j$ y. Y
“Whatever makes you
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( r& Q3 H& o" h' r0 S/ `/ x) f more sensible,
4 m3 z B: m* P( Y+ e3 t( ^. i more detached, ( [% Z. G: s2 j1 u4 }
more loving, 0 X( A0 f0 ^1 w" _
more humanitarian,
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more ethical.”
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1 B- X/ m7 d) w o+ w“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”# b# ^( y9 _( |0 i5 `
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I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:
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+ m \, r7 z( [: k# i"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.
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/ n# [$ ~/ P4 v q“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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9 x# `6 q+ n) L/ P' @“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”/ R: P' n) ~/ A) T" g
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
2 d+ V" j4 Q9 m3 m, }6 T2 G! EIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
$ c5 F1 s3 J- x4 w+ N- Q: GIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”. R' e2 I9 R1 [$ G$ U
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
) C" k; o/ T0 d# {+ ]1 z3 x T% b) j5 XYou will always have what you desire for others.! |9 ~& O/ k5 t9 b3 B4 ~0 q9 S
Being happy is not a matter of destiny. 5 z- y" L7 m6 t) A
It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:
4 ~( E; x) h3 q( q. W “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.# I7 T' E3 F/ i2 b5 h4 K3 f
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.( v( _ W' r" F0 C* r: K
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.* I, s8 G6 p2 e% {3 o. h% ~8 U
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character. R& T1 r8 M* q! [* w- V' V1 N- J7 G+ |
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
# W& I' E( u+ ^+ r3 `. }6 q0 wand your Destiny will be your Life $ r9 l4 C2 s8 N7 B4 H
… and …
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