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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)2 l3 }4 A1 K$ G. n% Y! f6 `. h
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
% Q9 k# O) h- @* E0 w) i2 ]Leonardo Boff
: I. b% ]. j5 C4 S9 Land the Dalai Lama.
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: Z8 P Z$ R7 B& tIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama K& g. x+ b8 b8 u' ~
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,
' U! ]: I! D3 P, sasked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”( K7 I" e" P/ j+ a( N# g
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I thought he would say:" R# U, [' n9 Q$ F. ]8 m) ]
“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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5 ^! ` S, ^: |0 ` Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. ; J3 r3 m5 W& m/ V" V" w% X( P
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. 7 @& n( w- m+ w b
He answered:
% q5 L. I4 X+ s; [6 a' w7 G7 T “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
7 Z& B3 _/ Y8 a6 q" m2 K It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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1 n$ X/ l/ W& v) v: Q5 @2 OTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:- [9 n3 p3 |' F- J+ F
“What is it that makes me better?”
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He responded:; c: h/ R- i- [% R
“Whatever makes you & W, a6 f# f6 S4 R/ X7 a
more compassionate,% {) \: g/ k/ S/ n$ f6 @
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more detached,
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! T$ ^% a# a# _, B5 }0 q' |* U more humanitarian,
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more ethical.” * t4 B1 N+ o6 R/ m9 m; U: r. k
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“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”
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I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:- k- d/ E% W* O+ G0 r' h
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.
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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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: E0 @8 T6 b" g7 a' _“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
8 }2 A. b6 e1 M- x6 E1 ]) s“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
- w9 n8 H- n9 { c4 bIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. - A% b- q4 r3 |* ]1 M" g9 M
If I act with eviI, I will get evil.”0 V4 v5 V) K; v6 ]% R9 h' J2 N
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“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.3 \% o2 J; v, D. G& }
You will always have what you desire for others.
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Finally he said:5 J7 H" F2 s$ I" c [" `' A$ d
“Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words." m: D* a0 O3 x
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
7 ?1 w% I/ p: DTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.) G: Y- ~- e/ j( `8 A8 W( ^5 _
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.( H6 v; B; t2 O9 u$ Z
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
4 v: E* X7 [; land your Destiny will be your Life
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3 ~/ I, [+ H8 w8 \& Y: @“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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发表于 2011-3-31 01:54
“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 
