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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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9 U# d2 E" {4 A* ~+ ?5 g- C1 BA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
* i; S6 H3 G% `+ [8 i- |4 tLeonardo Boff
1 k1 K: o4 g, I4 `( a, B* {and the Dalai Lama.$ A. g$ {4 P t3 C0 `8 I
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. X/ g- ?# G: d% D$ sIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama) }9 c- f9 Z$ r. w- T {+ {
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
# O) Y/ i% t6 s: o. w% `$ ?1 ]asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”5 S4 E3 j7 |; \& w
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I thought he would say:
K: n5 X+ d& |“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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- l4 N+ O' V, @; | Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
2 I7 ?% y) s& s+ e7 @7 Pwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. 1 o7 P" I' u* b9 e
He answered:
- F1 R; d3 g2 u( ?9 B0 G, b “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 3 j2 ?: @3 Z6 y, @* c' S; q3 r
It is the one that makes you a better person.”0 R) g/ w; p9 z, _; r) A
& P% q1 w/ ?4 WTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
- a4 c- |' ~# @“What is it that makes me better?”6 b# C; H) Z) [! r# j
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He responded:
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more compassionate,) }( `/ L2 U9 H% F4 }+ d
more sensible,
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0 }* S, K8 ^3 s" q* L more loving,
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more responsible,
K/ p9 e2 k5 k T, p& F% a more ethical.”
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”
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I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:. K z$ \* J% J8 H! X( j& A- o/ n
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not. t. R4 D F9 k. x; S( ]
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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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: u4 M- E1 ]! M8 Z“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”; P S3 J& A2 d& _0 x; {
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.( f3 X7 ` a- I& h% o. R6 U) t0 x8 x
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. ( @3 K. [1 z( i7 J6 g* X; l0 R
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”2 U+ P4 V$ t3 ?8 x* W4 B+ Y6 e& S! b
% X7 M: H' n0 B. P' H: ^# z“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.3 ^. R c- D7 B2 C
You will always have what you desire for others.5 X0 P i! e& H# q( `, a
Being happy is not a matter of destiny. ' i8 w- T' O* i/ n
It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:6 p. T' s1 U1 ?& p" X: D2 d
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.3 e3 E& T O3 x2 V
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions., w* s( O" R3 {6 ?: L
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
9 K1 u* P0 r8 n) _Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.% h4 X# W6 G% F3 J3 `/ Y
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,: h, P K5 P# ^! V- g
and your Destiny will be your Life # F f4 l I. Z: E* ~) S
… and …
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