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YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT (ZT)6 y# w! {" V3 ?2 l! Q
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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist 5 K% t7 b$ |5 l, @$ i' K
Leonardo Boff
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In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama/ \" K, w8 t, d+ ~. |2 f
and myself were participating at recess I maliciously, and also with interest,( C. _; o1 ^( a, v( M( o6 V% T/ I+ h( m
asked him: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”* w1 B% T( `! F7 k; y6 |
, r4 C6 }& y9 h$ t8 J7 D, \6 [& A: nI thought he would say:
9 `" Y/ U: l4 w# w. P“The Tibetan Buddhism” or “The oriental religions, much older than Chritianity”
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5 _) a. D. P- ` Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes …. ) n1 w1 w3 V5 |2 b
which surprised me because I knew of the malice contained in my question. ' S0 O6 ]( R4 ?7 g/ B% }" C* p
He answered:
: s' `6 d- n8 r- w “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God.
9 Y: i( Q6 O+ J% I It is the one that makes you a better person.”9 q& H2 s7 x$ U
1 \8 Q& R' S- I- E' v- H5 mTo get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked:
5 V2 t- f: x: P5 c“What is it that makes me better?”
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7 e( Z* d8 X4 rHe responded:
. J) D9 d5 [6 q i& N! |0 v+ Z“Whatever makes you H) Q# d( ^' f7 ?9 J! O3 `, N
more compassionate,$ d' T9 C7 w# P
more sensible,
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more loving,
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" [# d" F' U3 D! M8 @2 |8 L more responsible,
9 R& F8 h7 I) w. x% {# D more ethical.”
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$ y) D {. f+ a# X& m“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:& D* F6 S! Z! T6 j. ]
( w, ]1 p& b* Y"I am not interested, my friend, about your religión or if you are religious or not./ F4 h/ J& U; v9 f+ t
2 l- B4 O2 p' `# Q5 g“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.”
0 e, h$ s# _% o. Z { m“The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations.
6 x) B3 u* U. U) _& F6 k; cIf I act with goodness, I will receive goodness.
, U9 I( K3 @& l6 v/ J) MIf I act with eviI, I will get evil.”" x% R5 b; z4 g+ d9 k
. U/ i/ ?0 o# t“What our grandparents told us is the pure truth.' i# Z; E. \* R1 r5 Z* r6 ^
You will always have what you desire for others.
2 D- z$ u8 c7 O5 ABeing happy is not a matter of destiny. * u1 _' ~" ^" s
It is a matter of options.”& o# v. q7 R9 g8 q
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; z$ _2 O# [9 \+ t9 ~: u" Z: HFinally he said:
; [5 ?8 L* w5 k& r" R* J “Take care of your Thoughts because they become Words.
) T) x% n# X# |! q9 X% \; iTake care of your Words because they will become Actions.
( f# R) ]- F: W) r" O: sTake care of your Actions because they will become Habits.) ]$ h% K0 b* Y" A4 \3 W
Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character.5 o# O3 m( U0 D+ c$ E y4 K
Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny,
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“There is no religion higher than the Truth.” |
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“The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. 
