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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)( T, G3 `6 G! I/ s
; Q2 c# k5 R- @; sA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist ?5 ]$ j$ m7 J6 G
Leonardo Boff
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( N" A6 p3 p5 P2 kIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama7 q( P- b1 b/ v4 Q
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,4 h" m% i5 G' \# i$ o: E
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”0 T% u4 }! v4 Q9 @( Z. k0 {+ J
+ u- E/ [4 [& ]0 p, `I thought he would say:
. o, u" n( K, T0 v; Y6 i5 S“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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% r8 l' w. c) z5 T Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. 7 A2 W/ s1 q4 R: k
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. - U" }- r+ G9 |, I; b" G5 Q$ E
It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:0 @) e# t3 Y4 y2 Z; N2 B
“What is it that makes me better?”! T1 m, t! J# X9 q/ {
) ~7 \+ D N- L7 z# M- f! VHe responded:
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more compassionate,
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more detached,
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more humanitarian,
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`. M: j* ]) r" Q more ethical.”
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- z2 @; D) z9 s“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”1 d/ w( S t' o; P) M0 [/ W: b
4 M% q3 p1 M% c% L" ?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 b* B }5 s- M2 [' W 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.”: v7 I" T$ p; H5 v" S% \5 |0 H4 Y
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.$ q' o% ?; }6 b- z6 P% d5 a$ F- E0 S, p
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
^8 u% @+ R4 G+ m! Z1 f* _: r/ YIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”7 F1 U' j S# z: }$ ^0 w
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
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Being happy is not a matter of destiny. ; K0 ^2 h( L! E& F: F; y' r
It is a matter of options.”
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+ \, W5 l# h, X% W6 R3 HFinally he said:
4 _8 l9 j9 s# T l: |8 ~7 Z1 e: z% Z- I “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words." B' z: ]8 f/ F/ } e( [# \
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions. ~2 \0 @, \1 [7 m7 r
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
; a1 @3 t% F- K& t/ B0 h/ zTake care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
s% \# p7 A1 ITake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,/ H2 \1 V* d$ P/ Y8 I! S3 z
and your Destiny will be your Life , o' W$ s% C1 B3 w
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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. 
