什么才是最好的宗教

PTL

今天有位师姐发给我一个SLIDE，我觉得真的要和大家SHARE一下。http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFAoo9OKEXk

PTL

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# ~. }( S5 q) B. G7 cYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
Leonardo Boff
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/ }. C. O* z2 H& NIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
1 Z  v+ X. u2 x8 `4 b0 [and myself were participating at recess I maliciously,  and also with interest,
# }, m; b& G, v) `6 z; }( Sasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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1 K  b3 O$ r' o; A) f$ e Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
4 m/ ]1 `& O* r$ u* ywhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
) y9 i# k  A2 t2 f6 V  X! oHe answered:
          “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
             It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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$ z! e. G- l/ f2 @  N2 o1 qTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
9 x! d8 {1 Q  j- Y0 ]) M" W“What is it that makes me better?”
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- ^+ E9 j/ U$ v: pHe responded:
“Whatever makes you
     more compassionate,
     more sensible,
6 Y/ |% }! x% q1 N3 K0 C     more detached,
     more loving,
0 C: O8 v. \  t+ P; k) a     more humanitarian,
5 Z% ]2 K& S' x/ J' C, l" p     more responsible,
/ [/ l  R2 M3 o) \; V3 R     more ethical.”       
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; h6 o( ]8 S1 `! I/ g“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”

4 D( X9 Y0 Z" G8 wI was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:
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# v& E! w  q" o+ h/ G"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.
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: E1 |3 Q# o% {9 \1 y  ~“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.”
  H4 U' F1 q! F+ X: }, k“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics.  It is also of human relations.
' o; [4 w6 {) E/ I) M5 }8 uIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”

: Q" R* }9 ~# q! E8 j6 r- N“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
9 Q$ M' y$ Y" s* g2 u( z( EYou will always have what you desire for others.
Being happy is not a matter of destiny.
% H9 Q3 D# D- O( Y* I0 J It is a matter of options.”

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Finally he said:
; h3 z6 u0 y9 `: u0 @; l  h “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
/ ]+ r8 b6 {* \1 y8 y( LTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
4 m. \( l6 R. U% A0 ~" }Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
and your Destiny will be your Life
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0 c: m/ D/ P& i3 u; Z“There is no religion higher than the Truth.”

木石

“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
( S4 F% h% w. c$ o- U             It is the one that makes you a better person.”
  Whatever makes you   
4 b5 ]: u* f( |' [. t1 a5 E! N* T4 U     more compassionate,
     more sensible,  
, z: t9 a% H7 N3 g; h5 S     more detached,  
% A. _  p1 z5 b" u     more loving,  
     more humanitarian,
8 J. @. X7 {# I4 D, [3 X     more responsible,
     more ethical.”

白莲花

嗯，8错，没看懂！

pingyet

巧舌如簧而已， 他敢跟西藏那些被愚之民说这番话吗？