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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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" x# @+ T1 E& q$ y; q% D/ q+ CA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist ( \/ C9 }4 p6 G2 n% z9 r' ]4 y& o( }4 Y
Leonardo Boff
: T& }3 o) M$ I5 i* Vand the Dalai Lama.! V" m/ }% \8 j
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. x; C8 {# r+ U/ t* mIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
8 B8 I; C7 D5 d: Aand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,7 Z1 r S4 C& f5 C: y q
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”* G N2 A' i- W% K2 W M4 w! Y
/ d2 F4 _7 C+ k6 H3 d7 `9 R, tI thought he would say:
' o3 |: Y F9 J5 n, {“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”9 X4 N% E4 o1 K. x+ q) a9 t
( i% k$ ^5 ]1 E/ Q1 R( \& C9 f G Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
" B) H, R7 R9 Y. M; B, b2 I) owhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. " k6 y* C n; t, g# i* C9 B8 E
He answered:
5 C7 q6 c0 p4 @. H) \ “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
) q9 `" O: y& Z8 r# R It is the one that makes you a better person.”4 X3 W S7 f& ~1 Y; Y
$ _( z% _. Z, T$ h% L, y- v8 n9 _To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
$ }. v( W6 V+ `“What is it that makes me better?”! U; u& K5 P0 k7 _) ~0 w8 a ^5 H
/ P$ b" F z8 S9 F3 n# e! nHe responded:
% z. g9 M1 Y! b“Whatever makes you
" Q8 C& a2 ^) s' h more compassionate,; a) n6 B9 y" d) p/ Q F8 [: ?
more sensible,
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more loving, ; Y! x( ]1 T. J
more humanitarian,
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( M8 w. o. w7 i; Z8 B more ethical.”
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”9 w5 f& E ?) K: g8 V# W
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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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& @! ]; B3 e7 ^* | w4 g5 J& f"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.
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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.”* V4 b: o/ P2 ?, }
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
% x8 o8 @% w& U# NIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
- T8 x# r4 r. q8 Q! y0 C- I5 {If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”2 J+ V; W2 _' A& C4 F' ^
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth., m) p, l, `. l9 S9 @6 C0 o
You will always have what you desire for others.( x5 i# t8 _$ H* D
Being happy is not a matter of destiny. ; n9 c. m' ~4 w/ w. |
It is a matter of options.”+ e! ~3 n# t% M- k ?/ n+ S+ d
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" d# D7 l0 ~9 D S2 m8 L+ Y! lFinally he said:$ N) s/ a# L: J, l* a0 C9 W3 B
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words., i! _. ]8 j. P; K) J3 F x: f
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions." ?" e0 d5 s- f# Y! D; n! F
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.: y! s5 r0 R l
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
^* w/ i9 e! I7 O0 p" {7 U0 NTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,$ }! E' ~, x6 Z
and your Destiny will be your Life # d/ N& R0 a _- N% w5 g
… and …
. x/ R7 W) J$ m) Q' x“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. % z" V6 S; G6 _1 r: r- \1 R
