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/ Y, [4 L3 r$ [2 ?3 OYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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* F5 {8 S! O! L1 v* ]& Q* aA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
+ m: {0 W7 ], g# T3 o" J; ]Leonardo Boff & |! e% }6 x0 X4 ~7 v
and the Dalai Lama.
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e0 F8 O6 r& f) OIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama8 ~) U# A4 _* Q
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
7 Y* e* w* h. Y' q0 masked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”9 n) z/ \5 ]+ z# Y7 Q m: {! Q
6 q" W% E" d# O9 L% R0 j1 RI thought he would say:8 n2 ~6 c# p2 V
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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# I' E, X; i# w' {0 L7 x/ b) } Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
4 b# s; \0 Z* swhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
3 M: _- k( y% d3 m% T3 YHe answered:
4 u. N& G5 k' `7 t “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
7 |, S2 r0 M& Q, U4 i q3 O It is the one that makes you a better person.”9 P3 A0 x4 s# u- o
! r" X+ P9 l k: sTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
- S' m: A# ]4 n“What is it that makes me better?”
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" G6 m, J+ P X, Y7 jHe responded:
% C) Z! o0 g6 e- M( h# | Q0 f“Whatever makes you * t/ r/ g* {8 t& {
more compassionate, }" z* F5 C3 n
more sensible,
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0 @. {0 J4 _. e more loving,
7 m# J3 \% b: S( S4 g more humanitarian,# `$ j: a( [- o6 q
more responsible,1 B3 f0 Z& J+ K% ~# T
more ethical.” - O( N \9 \! Q+ x2 Y( u0 }
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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:- ]1 j [$ M" s/ S; i2 R1 i2 J
9 p2 f& d: J' T0 i9 J- B"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.
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/ T' E, V, }* B9 l) u: X“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”8 m1 Q. o2 F! t) Z# c- q4 |" W
# [7 F) Y7 G7 Z! e/ B“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”1 R. K0 ?" d' u# E
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.& l+ h. F! P1 |
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
. _3 R) C) H4 @: GIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”# _# j/ ]/ c, C% O* d. G: e
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
9 D2 C+ j( O. \& f. BYou will always have what you desire for others.
( E$ ^: v! B5 b4 B. h) M% `( HBeing happy is not a matter of destiny. 6 b5 x/ _$ q( b
It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:* T5 j+ c/ S# Y9 _3 o+ ^3 u
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
, C0 S2 j2 E+ z. e3 kTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.
+ s7 u, ]9 ]5 U; S; ^' t- n9 F4 e1 Z1 @Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
; E8 _6 e. R- P/ t; Y+ ?4 z( \Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.6 y$ V) H, {: ~& J8 z# s3 y
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. ! D! m+ P# E: n- V0 X% B0 }
