什么才是最好的宗教

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; m) o" {* c8 v) G+ Y. @今天有位师姐发给我一个SLIDE，我觉得真的要和大家SHARE一下。http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFAoo9OKEXk

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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)

A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
Leonardo Boff
and the Dalai Lama.


In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously,  and also with interest,
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”

I thought he would say:
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”

Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
He answered:
9 R+ p! u  d1 _  ~          “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
1 p6 J7 C4 l/ V: M- D) u             It is the one that makes you a better person.”

To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
“What is it that makes me better?”

He responded:
“Whatever makes you
     more compassionate,
+ [+ ^/ ~/ ]1 o) M     more sensible,
% W7 k/ K! m* D, N, |, d% T     more detached,
     more loving,
9 \) b6 K  h0 p- o2 u) G     more humanitarian,
     more responsible,
+ s6 B9 \1 V7 o6 u* L     more ethical.”       
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$ a+ [( }0 t% W“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:
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.
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6 t# V+ k$ X8 f0 N- u& i“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.”
" _8 D1 W' P* Y9 L& T1 M' C) U0 h. R: k“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics.  It is also of human relations.
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
0 ?( T1 F; K7 E, tIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
You will always have what you desire for others.
Being happy is not a matter of destiny.
: {& x4 y1 d3 T3 { It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
! l7 A$ _5 x* B8 C& \, wTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
& [6 c% q% c/ `! X' q! W& g* Y/ OTake care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
- n) f! @' ]: L: D3 O/ o5 O2 {5 Gand your Destiny will be your Life
… and …
“There is no religion higher than the Truth.”

木石

“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
             It is the one that makes you a better person.”
  Whatever makes you   
     more compassionate,
5 i' }% b. {4 Y" e. ]- D     more sensible,  
, E& w) o6 J1 N5 s" I     more detached,  
# b2 F' q9 D: c     more loving,  
9 w- Q) ~5 k8 q/ O" Y     more humanitarian,
. ^$ c* O: b/ h, }     more responsible,
& S3 d9 d' M1 B; K6 N3 C1 Q, z8 ~     more ethical.”

白莲花

嗯，8错，没看懂！

pingyet

巧舌如簧而已， 他敢跟西藏那些被愚之民说这番话吗？