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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)
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3 n$ I+ j" t- k0 G, k: D( ?! pA brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist
5 u* Y: \% M% W5 e, TLeonardo Boff
3 t: D* M1 r1 q; Iand the Dalai Lama.- x1 C* K9 o/ j: a: E
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2 c0 A& O# Q2 f0 `4 UIn a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama
5 h' U: L! Y5 S8 s' H8 yand myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,8 M4 F) s% ]0 F: {' G. H
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
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I thought he would say:
, N! k4 y" ~0 [“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 ….
3 @& W, A( O4 C% |$ o% s! Gwhich surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. % I& P- I+ e8 y3 F1 K8 W
He answered:
, K& L% U5 o7 L# z9 P# |$ E “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
3 g" ?7 \ d" E It is the one that makes you a better person.”
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6 R; P U6 Z8 ?( @ a2 BTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:2 Z1 Y* U$ N' ^( [/ t; m
“What is it that makes me better?”
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He responded:
* d1 f: K# y& S! C- |“Whatever makes you
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more sensible, & m; U9 |- |9 }+ Z! P
more detached,
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more responsible,, h% N' E- c2 ?9 F& F2 S
more ethical.”
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' J" P5 j, i0 v+ |6 y“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”
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5 @+ f, k; A0 H; e( O& \I was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response:# ?6 Y5 F4 C F" h
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"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not.* `3 z' D. m" x4 ~$ v
# @4 S6 h0 _ l“What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community, and in front of the world.”* [- E5 Y7 z& o; [! n4 r5 {% c
3 ]3 h. l2 o2 `“Remember, the universe is the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
( j7 F. M w9 e9 e9 Q; f! k“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations. g: i1 P1 E, k
If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
; l1 a7 q# O$ Z; e) q8 ]' pIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”% I; f( C2 v9 \ q# w. X
8 N' T% \$ l3 C* A7 G“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.
9 V9 n) K3 ^7 OYou will always have what you desire for others.6 C( I3 M* x, Q- p" z" h% a
Being happy is not a matter of destiny. ; l" {4 q4 u0 r7 x
It is a matter of options.”
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5 o" S1 E8 H W" o4 q% q. c2 V3 e* }Finally he said:
/ q( N% ^6 u: m: `$ p" c “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.& ~, @$ H+ _$ F$ ~. b, e" Z
Take care of your Words because they will become Actions.
! S; k1 M' O% {5 p# n$ X* }Take care of your Actions because they will become Habits./ u3 K1 W9 Z- u" [( h) g4 |# e5 J7 ]6 V
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.
6 [" D' l3 N9 [( uTake care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
( [% m/ r- w- S" eand your Destiny will be your Life
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/ n6 A8 K! _0 f% ]* _/ A“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 
