Your Religion is not Important says Dalai Lama A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist Leonardo Boff and Dalai Lama (Leonard is one of the renovators of the Theology of Freedom)
In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in which Dalai Lama and myself were participating at recess, I maliciously, and also with interest asked him "Your Holiness, what is the best religion ?" I thought he would say: "The Tibetan Buddhism" or "The oriental religions, much older than Christianity" Dalai Lama paused, smiled and looked me in the eyes ... and answered: The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God It is that you make a better person To get out of my embarassment with such a wise answer, I asked: "What is it that makes me better?" He responded: "Whatever makes you more compassionate, more sensible, more detached, more loving, more humanitarian, more responsible, more ethical." "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. "I am not interested about your religion or if you are religious or not What really is important to me is your behaviour in front of your peers, family, work, community and in front of the world Remember the universe is echo of your actions and our thoughts If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness If I act with evil, I will get evil. You will always have what you desire for others Being happy is not a matter of desiny, It is a matter of options. 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 Take care of your Habits because they will form your Character Take care of your Character because it will form your Destiny and your Distiny will be your Life and There is no religion higher than the TRUTH - Dalai Lama (Posted by: "Rex Castelino, Chakala" [email protected] <[email protected]?subject=+re%3ayour%20religion%20is%20not%20important%20says%20dalai%20lama> )
