[ramakrishna] Interesting questions.....

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Sri Ramakrishna puts it beautifully, in very simple terms - God seeks love and

devotion from his devotees and that is God's desire.

Indian spiritual philosophy says that the One wanted to be many and therefore

the One projected this manifold creation out of Itself. But, what was the

driving reason? As the One without a second, the Infinite One could not have had

any reason or desire per se. What to desire and whom to desire? So, the only

intelligible answer that satisfies our intellect is that the One wanted to just

have plain fun with Itself and therefore divided Itself into many and this

fun-lovingness is the desireless desire of God!This desire God satisfies by

fooling around with us and making us dance to his tune, while we laugh and cry,

thinking too much of our little selves. Sorry for the verbosity!

 

God is certainly the source of both good and evil. All the more reason not to

become religious bigots and cry over the immorality sorrounding us or get

excited over someone becoming spiritual. To work hard to manifest goodness for

our own evolution and at the same time remembering that God is in charge,

always, everytime,is a great life skill, in my perception.

 

Thanx for your attention.

Debajit

 

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On Sat, 21 Apr 2001 18:44:00

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>MR RAMCHURN

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>nasadiya sukta

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>In the Nasadiya sukta it is said that God created us out of Desire, please

>can tell me what is meant by the word desire?

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>Is god the source of both good and evil?

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>Why have we been created?

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>Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah

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