什么才是最好的宗教

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1 {2 f5 Z+ N! t2 g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

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% L* X" A9 c& Q. u4 `: xYOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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% V; ~# i+ G0 X3 o5 x! ]- TA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
Leonardo Boff
and the Dalai Lama.
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8 u2 c% h: Z) oIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
, y5 R" ~+ A. J! j+ J- o; Iand myself were participating at recess I maliciously,  and also with interest,
6 v3 [+ M7 o$ J) w1 Q; b; I+ \asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”

" o) M, {2 [" \) v' ^: \1 nI thought he would say:
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ….
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
" ]" O( s% x+ \9 X" h# f0 n9 jHe answered:
; Z* O6 L8 b( h- B          “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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0 Z, u- T2 C& v9 }To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
2 `) X3 B& g/ M7 @( Q0 N“What is it that makes me better?”
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8 V# n: u  M! x+ j8 V. d+ j" ~( t% BHe responded:
“Whatever makes you
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( `. X: b# w' `+ p1 T# |     more detached,
' Z& K0 B" W# X     more loving,
) K6 V7 J& }. W* w     more humanitarian,
     more responsible,
     more ethical.”       
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”

I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:
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& G9 i  l: f  w8 v, L) T"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.
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6 F# x  f2 c3 {! w* L. F" k“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work,    community, and in front of the world.”

# z' M3 I0 H# r( b" s0 |“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our  thoughts.”
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics.  It is also of human relations.
* E! _. Y* D& ^* V+ e# W5 IIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
( \; q" u, v3 P' ^4 @; [; p& @If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
You will always have what you desire for others.
( j6 w, b6 `& t7 }Being happy is not a matter of destiny.
) C' A6 Z2 r$ G/ U  ~9 ` It is a matter of options.”


6 S# F2 [8 F$ o1 J7 x: X$ C3 }3 O. qFinally he said:
& E9 h* j2 f; v9 k; B “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.
- g* c  z# L* Z/ yTake 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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6 n4 i+ ^8 A+ [! o( r“There is no religion higher than the Truth.”

木石

“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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     more compassionate,
     more sensible,  
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6 I1 \4 _8 G4 e) z     more loving,  
     more humanitarian,
( A- w, w6 G1 r0 e% z     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？