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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
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! X) F8 f6 V- Y* t; |and the Dalai Lama.
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama. X6 T: W: j4 p$ t" ~+ i. F
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
7 N# [8 Q' F% O" }7 {# Y. m O7 Kasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”5 |. B- | @! V3 F' ~
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I thought he would say:
7 e a4 T2 K8 U8 U- u8 T4 k0 R“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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5 f( X5 b3 w; I" n+ u8 X: b Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
6 Q4 m# @) w i! Cwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. / c* M( c- }- [% G4 e/ k! f
He answered:, N2 g: o" S/ P ], n4 h# T/ b+ s6 C
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
/ }/ j, R* X7 t' f2 i 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:
' N8 C1 X2 q t. x$ ~0 r“What is it that makes me better?”
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+ L! I& a# @( y/ @* xHe responded:
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more compassionate,
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more detached,
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6 l' R" I' ~6 V$ d# ?- r more humanitarian,
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more ethical.”
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$ Z5 e$ x2 H0 F7 d“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”5 R7 t5 W3 K1 t) @' B, f5 V
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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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! ], \/ v- C1 L& V4 Y( c2 C$ x, ]. ~"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not./ J1 T' T7 J# t+ B
4 x# ^5 ?& S+ s0 u“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.”9 q# m2 v' z: j# H
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.1 T* Q. J% v2 H& t3 C
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. 5 v- D: e9 f# @) Z- {2 z# R
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”+ x% D, ^) l9 w$ D
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.9 x" a5 U1 @; ^* D! T9 f- G# u
You will always have what you desire for others./ u* q: k- }, G5 t: x* G/ n) U
Being happy is not a matter of destiny.
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( g8 n5 ]0 ~' X- X% I* {- k# ?. YFinally he said:
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Take care of your Words because they will become Actions." ?' _2 c. b5 F3 ^
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.% w0 |3 ~& Z+ O4 _; v+ L8 h
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
& \5 [ D% N7 \Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,; P; j* h5 s4 t# S
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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