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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)5 {- P. c5 J" h0 N3 o
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
9 u* C5 e. o4 G5 p( YLeonardo Boff
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama& J1 F) ^7 ^ O8 P7 [3 W4 ^
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
0 G+ m0 O, s# d7 a. ?5 Pasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:
% ~0 D5 A# A+ e5 q! k. p) a“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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/ P, f, @) X9 ~5 _" O Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
, P" i4 a( Y5 ^+ L, J4 e7 Vwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
# b+ C/ Q: T; JHe answered:) s$ Q0 U0 J2 e, u5 y. y1 l
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
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To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:6 i6 [- k! T1 P% s+ j2 S' `$ {
“What is it that makes me better?”
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He responded:
# ]1 u- t- Z7 R7 Q# Z3 G“Whatever makes you
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0 C- `- w2 Y+ v' t' R* q, Q5 r more sensible, ' N) g. q2 q' q
more detached, ! I0 z/ n1 G! I0 j4 \0 ^8 w2 R
more loving, 8 y( N5 P% u- E" D9 P t) Z& d/ ?* ^ V) g" s
more humanitarian,
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more ethical.” / J5 x6 ?5 \5 G& d+ e- E
- J8 b9 k E3 a/ V0 [( i. ]9 B“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”: [( C' c$ G3 G$ F V7 ?1 E
; B3 M7 J" }+ D/ A# J( KI was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:0 ^+ P9 l5 w* f
" X6 t- V+ {# X5 b" ?/ v+ @$ s"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.' C& X$ p+ o8 `9 n3 a) @
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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.”3 P0 x7 s/ c; p; B
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
, t, s4 y' V5 I/ j“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
2 W0 G$ R2 W% W/ K1 t0 r: ZIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. 7 t: e0 f5 y# _( |( R1 V
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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9 U2 S8 T2 R7 A8 I4 o, G“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
9 _: ~) q0 z& q" G7 PYou will always have what you desire for others.
4 ?& n) s. f1 [ {+ X0 OBeing happy is not a matter of destiny. : e3 s5 o; x9 c# w4 v# U* @
It is a matter of options.”: U0 a$ D$ O& U; C# I' P! ~! u
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Finally he said:
$ |) o. H% _ k+ p# m “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.. ^7 E; r" i0 L2 t. Z
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.$ @1 j' x/ P. K& x M* d1 S1 g- C
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
9 g9 g) r3 N5 ?6 ]; M, {5 z* x+ a. GTake care of your Habits because they will form your Character.1 e* K: C! j4 r$ d8 q$ r
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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