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4 r* U9 N9 g; |/ a* jYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist & _% J; S; o) u+ `. v
Leonardo Boff
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
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asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”. M8 \2 g* j5 _" ^0 f7 X
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I thought he would say: q2 d( F- a- v' F6 X y5 _7 ~
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”; U( A8 B1 o9 H! f2 L8 b5 X
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. $ o8 M4 `* ]* F( h0 c- ^
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. & F' }+ }9 l9 B8 i% w- a# z
He answered:8 c. U6 z* G+ s4 I7 n
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
0 J v: }5 S4 S It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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' {: k4 I% ]6 `& `+ E- c0 `To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:9 Y+ `% b6 V2 T. H5 d/ U
“What is it that makes me better?”
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He responded:
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more compassionate,5 p1 C; Y+ y& Q, p
more sensible,
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more loving, * [3 B- N( [% F2 [
more humanitarian,
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more ethical.” 4 J N0 i! {) ^
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I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:3 H$ V. H) U5 t& e: o5 D! w
# u7 r; V: R) c* s$ g* d: [ V, L"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.
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i$ D* k ]3 s- `# q, [“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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9 Q- C6 a# U) H) a) _* O“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
, h# G4 Y% N5 X: F0 q; G% p“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
* w0 Z% b. h) l+ w. a) i) pIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. ( n2 ~3 Z* v* U l' |
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”* F- R3 N* J9 K( ` H6 \
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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. - m$ k9 l8 G/ E P* N
It is a matter of options.”
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Finally he said:, i* z$ W, o" G1 {
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
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Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.5 v5 p* e9 ^; e1 `: A
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.! e$ b! |) \3 K1 M' a/ [/ j
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,1 D, e$ ~* b' ?- K
and your Destiny will be your Life
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