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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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' Z% M7 a" d4 {5 G3 vA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
# [) L5 j3 Y2 W' `7 VLeonardo Boff
( F4 u8 @ s9 l: v/ `" kand the Dalai Lama.
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama, }% f4 q- g" |, F% k$ ?; ~% h* _
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
# n7 P0 H! V, ~asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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0 D( c' ~4 n. W# P" B2 ~& pI thought he would say:5 O) i( j1 v% Z* n& W
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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# O; T! E/ _2 G9 B Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. ; b$ ~- ?6 Q& Y. q+ z3 e2 a1 T. _
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
8 J& g: b) o, dHe answered:
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It is the one that makes you a better person.”" I! h/ K n2 R& r
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To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
2 ` }9 [7 d+ U1 T# f9 m“What is it that makes me better?”
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He responded:
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more compassionate,
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% S# d& H, [6 p1 H more detached,
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more responsible,
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+ [# w5 V9 Z& C“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.4 ^1 J+ b) u8 K
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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.”4 L% J1 T; C X0 k: r- q9 p
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
' F) x' f9 o, b. t“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
( Z, |; E, g5 a* S. qIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
' Y$ o4 G. m- b$ F4 ]4 sIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”9 L# T( ~' z1 b7 T( _/ }
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.- L' K m$ H1 v1 F) B
You will always have what you desire for others.
" |" |2 C, c5 n' l2 F& SBeing happy is not a matter of destiny. " |0 _- J r4 k9 |7 Z
It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:5 [2 e- D5 p0 C
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
- n/ F2 n5 Y. ~) Q( gTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.
, n; v( Q) u3 v" z7 CTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
4 V0 k7 O( b0 |7 x2 VTake care of your Habits because they will form your Character." }: L+ G2 \5 p$ p4 |" L
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,+ x" U' a& ]) N, i- b" {
and your Destiny will be your Life
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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. 
