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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
5 m/ X- v' @' f6 ILeonardo Boff
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
" u. T3 I' K/ F1 X6 C4 I# a/ d0 Land myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
' h' B$ N3 u2 W- ]& v6 t i- l; Qasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”+ E( P! L7 @" i l
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I thought he would say:7 U/ }& S/ z5 Q% a1 Y7 U
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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- v! k) w; J! B; A0 x$ ~/ ^ Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. 5 L8 S6 M- b. @' u! C) m# ?
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. * H! G8 Q; ?" p
It is the one that makes you a better person.”/ K% U/ i9 n' l2 R% X
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To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
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He responded:
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more detached, 6 N [; |- G6 ~, S2 S# ?% p( @' d" j, P
more loving,
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more responsible,
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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:; u+ ^0 D( V% {4 J1 p
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.3 Z, T6 y) e o& J% z- l6 C
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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.”* R8 @$ Z m% D) B
2 W% k+ y B8 O3 ~2 ]6 r“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”! ^$ d) B2 o! W |9 t4 T- E
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.% d4 q3 r/ [; \1 p7 ^7 t
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. * e- @, Z8 ]: o4 _
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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You will always have what you desire for others.
b: e; ] v+ n/ ~. Z e5 V7 h# QBeing happy is not a matter of destiny.
& q5 y0 ~* d: r! K It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:1 r* N/ \0 X8 U7 f: w6 H
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.' p$ |1 U! w% B) c: _
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.7 w' w- a$ c6 q, v9 S5 L
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.% C7 T& { f$ ]6 F) y- x+ ]$ L
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
: ^' `0 O- J/ w7 j$ E8 `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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发表于 2011-3-31 01:54
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 
