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\" L% L# A) V; j1 Q6 v& dYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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q/ t N8 |0 oA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
4 H! [/ T9 U1 r) h' jLeonardo Boff % Y: e; y$ z& J* Q( [( T2 r @
and the Dalai Lama.
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: H1 q8 Y( {4 W7 b. @9 e" x6 KIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
. b4 J1 w7 h! h. wand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,$ c1 s" Q/ g$ j% G" D; g6 c' ?
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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+ d+ Y. r v; OI thought he would say:
: D- L4 L5 t! }( Y8 i, n4 t0 H“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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0 q% \% j* L" t k9 d+ g Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
# ~; }: w/ Y& t U" ~! d# \0 fwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. 2 Q& k9 K6 B* P/ {+ j
He answered:
( Q7 i1 f; M o4 A. z/ W “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. . N! q8 Y$ E8 H- R: I, x. ~! [ E" _0 q
It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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) G7 B6 u c* m- ] YTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
2 ^1 F: Y& O6 i) I# j“What is it that makes me better?”) @# [- j i! m+ w D/ ~4 x3 v5 a
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He responded:
' z8 h c! E+ }/ `+ T“Whatever makes you
+ u2 k% N, e, _7 l$ m' G: m more compassionate,
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more detached,
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more humanitarian,
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”6 g( L" E+ z) Q7 F% D6 b5 n9 J- n
! o( J4 y+ M3 b6 TI was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:
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4 L: \5 `6 p! @5 P"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.6 X w R% I& H
# r+ {- l k P& g; g+ F“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”# A. c; g, N& M+ c p- p
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“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.” s2 w# ?2 c1 O; f, L
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
8 Q$ u& F9 N; I8 G1 y+ vIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
# R9 }, `" }3 a! l+ O% cIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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1 C/ A9 h2 K$ |( C# M) x“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
! x* ~) E% X* \2 E3 @' o" s0 uYou will always have what you desire for others.
1 _+ _! O% s8 @; w hBeing happy is not a matter of destiny. 5 d" ?8 B) J3 `
It is a matter of options.”9 U* i0 w; C9 ?- _' U
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Finally he said: Y; w0 @" {! \! u3 Y3 M4 L
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.# ?9 K3 t; g! I) X }
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
# I8 T8 G8 _% _& YTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
/ g4 c- ^" ?9 I$ I0 |; N5 Z0 mTake care of your Habits because they will form your Character.( T2 G/ N/ _$ i+ J: i
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,8 r% f% {# j4 G9 h
and your Destiny will be your Life
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8 f( I$ L4 _* @# J) f“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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