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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
3 D: B/ ?0 |6 x' }0 n, R+ rLeonardo Boff
: `! v1 K4 w- u6 Hand the Dalai Lama.0 v8 l: d4 m. n7 i/ A" F
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, U; ^; ^2 ^! A6 o" LIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama' C+ [+ e' p) q" C# A% f- l- A
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,) f/ h$ |6 c t/ Q6 U3 B2 c" J
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:
C# }% S; z9 U, V- W“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”* |; w6 s4 h% I' f
* x5 K) ^# K! p% r& C" S Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. 1 q) D, D' Y2 R0 {$ o- w6 q
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question.
; r/ N( F1 ~" ~9 g6 W7 HHe answered:2 f* ~: K Y) O7 c: v- ^' h0 g% `
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 1 H7 \9 Y8 K& d k
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:
2 `6 [/ @. s% S: h8 C1 v4 P3 X5 d2 ^“What is it that makes me better?”
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+ ]9 e8 _# b- _ `2 cHe responded:7 U! }5 _) T5 k7 ], d+ f( u1 T& z
“Whatever makes you
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more detached,
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more humanitarian,
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" G2 t/ k2 R' R$ v9 [4 f more ethical.” 0 @+ V: x1 w1 i. x ^. g4 k3 o4 ?
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”
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1 d0 {$ k, P! T T8 _I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:, Q Z0 E0 J, g, o
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.. Q, f, U) B1 I! Z
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“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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! v' r* i5 M" p# o+ d4 f+ p1 p“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”4 s- b6 S7 d. U, @% m
“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
0 I, r* h/ Y% m/ @4 b; e0 bIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
1 r* Q) V9 E! G8 A0 E. ]If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”# \1 j5 [$ {+ v' _
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth./ |+ `3 k: e4 l6 y3 d# {& y, R
You will always have what you desire for others.
* H \- W, a4 E+ {Being happy is not a matter of destiny. 5 l* o5 u3 g% ]
It is a matter of options.”
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. j" x0 C- Q6 L, L4 x: aFinally he said:2 _4 }7 K+ X! }/ Z3 l+ Z
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.. e4 ?, m* w- T3 G( |
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.0 f: Q4 v- w' H0 P
Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits.0 H; b5 \. I5 }$ k% |) z
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.' p2 v) N( M3 }2 D0 n3 u
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,/ X# ?# D& ]3 M, V
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… and …
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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. # M, N9 r& N! t( W; r5 _- l
