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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)) R; n; k# a7 Q2 T5 ~$ P, k
0 w9 J j- B" n, ?9 y* q" A9 lA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
F5 |1 T' n2 a8 y, n S6 s I9 eLeonardo Boff ; n5 M9 M) T' }3 b8 C Q
and the Dalai Lama.
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+ g& c+ K B% ?- r6 |7 q$ j& ]# jIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
4 \; e& b, w) x) B6 _/ ^' Kand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,/ j+ {1 L8 L5 w8 I6 v; y/ k! Y
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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+ G1 W9 y6 t5 |/ X: AI thought he would say:
$ g5 p& p" l/ ~0 F“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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! V r; q8 X9 P8 Q2 k" F) ` Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. , h$ O/ q: N" }, h. V
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. 1 o: Y; f7 o& T' u6 g3 C, ?' T# n. N2 H
He answered:
, K1 v1 E1 N5 t, C) n “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. * V/ R+ T& k8 c( Y1 C4 s3 Z/ r/ ?
It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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2 d3 w1 Y* A% y0 d2 QTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:: M6 s+ p* W. b7 X: P
“What is it that makes me better?”8 d9 X6 v% Q" M4 H5 u& C+ r" k
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He responded:
. t& N2 D* w+ M) [. }( B4 X; E4 d( g“Whatever makes you / r7 S- g [5 T
more compassionate,% a; p0 q0 p! T3 U
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more detached,
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more humanitarian,
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more ethical.”
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”1 h+ R. i7 W5 N: T0 ~9 q5 p
: _* T X* F; t! j) D/ G" aI 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 y/ @8 U$ \" J" \) i! {: q8 E“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”; ?5 @2 z- X0 L6 _
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”4 q$ v$ A- d, a
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
6 g1 J$ B# {2 M1 c' m4 M; EIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
4 K$ }3 J; G& zIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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3 {. x* i2 x4 ]0 ~+ l“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth./ }1 i& o. j# Y
You will always have what you desire for others.
3 F0 Y( o( ?* x7 FBeing happy is not a matter of destiny.
7 ~8 b6 V" T; q7 I7 j4 d It is a matter of options.”
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4 b. V( o( h' F5 Y0 xFinally he said:
- s+ I" V2 Y" [$ j5 K “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.% n1 n! W" A3 H, J3 J; L
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.1 H4 e% M8 }, |
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
& q/ a% j* L0 CTake care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
# G0 ^* F" M# D3 R2 J1 PTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
2 D- p2 }" S; F. ` M) \) eand your Destiny will be your Life
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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