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! z; S9 t5 z/ [3 y/ W* c1 hYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)1 g' A# j7 V' j" q1 X; ^
- K+ B8 q. A6 HA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist ' g* j; I* ]/ w& e7 L
Leonardo Boff
& j8 W3 F/ p8 v! p( E1 kand the Dalai Lama.: E9 Y6 e% r' I/ c6 p4 P- j0 A- d
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* }7 C; t+ g& OIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama2 m, a0 g6 P, u3 T
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
5 U5 l- c' a1 H- R# b: [asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:
4 @7 G* m; V9 b1 }1 j/ P2 w“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”4 _6 F8 t" [! n) c% Y' W- z8 F2 p
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
! c, R) Z( [- Dwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. ( F. R3 W' X \4 M6 \2 f. L0 a
He answered:( n/ s* n; \, W b# N" C8 d
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. ) p3 K9 a& @* G; E2 @
It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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4 _3 P3 V+ S, X: A+ OTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:1 c) t7 {2 X# ~' F
“What is it that makes me better?”
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/ H% n+ v& E; X! G4 D& ?+ uHe responded:0 m4 D, @3 G$ g: ~9 v; i' r4 c
“Whatever makes you
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more sensible, 1 J7 u' k/ `. |4 I
more detached, ' \+ a$ J: H6 _# `6 v9 p _5 c7 L, U
more loving,
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. Q2 h2 @4 `6 o! G- u! V more responsible," A6 u$ ^, k" O1 L: \0 [" `6 V6 U$ u
more ethical.”
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”$ j' T( K! N1 V/ {
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I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:1 e+ B/ ~! _/ `
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.$ T7 m0 `" D. H1 s4 G$ {4 K3 P- Z( ^9 l; h
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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.”+ _9 o* ~( y: W" K' \9 d
; o. @- C8 N1 d/ q7 ?$ y3 |6 N“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
5 A4 t' L$ S$ W+ j7 \4 O) ~“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
4 o' C$ j3 L$ [$ XIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
7 I7 _. p: [( d5 zIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.! b" ^2 I& ]# t" o
You will always have what you desire for others.
$ U) q i2 k8 |4 S- aBeing happy is not a matter of destiny. - q$ ]: S* V' T
It is a matter of options.”
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+ s* y5 B8 ?3 P1 G0 X9 IFinally he said:- V$ f& |/ C' Y/ _
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
! S# O) I/ T; w) b0 iTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.
7 o! c- D* F+ Z8 _Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits./ Z3 ~" C7 T% j2 v+ s# u) U
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
2 `4 Z/ m5 G- {% e5 oTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,, i7 p7 l5 i( ~* d
and your Destiny will be your Life P5 i7 ]( s- z5 T _( Q9 U( W! n
… and …
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