Religion is NOT important but your THOUGHTS

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A brief dialogue between a Brazilian theologist Leonardo Boff and HH the Dalai Lama.

1. In a round table discussion about religion and freedom. Leonardo Boff asked Dalai Lama: “Your holiness, what is the best religion?”
2. Which surprised Leonardo Boff with his reply: “The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. That means, it is the one that makes you a BETTER person."
3. Leonardo Boff 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.”
4. Leonardo Boff was silent for a moment, marvelling and even today thinking of his wise and irrefutable response.
5. Dalai Lama further said: “I am not interested, my friend, about your religión 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 the echo of our actions and our thoughts.”
6. “The law of action and reaction is not exclusively for physics. It is also of human relations. If I act with goodness, I will receive goodness. If I act with eviI, I will get evil.” “What our grandparents told us is the pure truth. You will always have what you desire for others. Being happy is not a matter of destiny. It is a matter of options.”
7. Finally Dalai Lama said: “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 Destiny will be your Life … and …
8. There is no religion higher than the Truth.”

Wow! Such a profound statement, which is a good advice for everyone who wants to live a happy life. Thank you Dalai Lama.