The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s6.44

c14.s6.44

An expression of this profound agnosticism and human creativeness in regard to the Divinity or Divinities is to be found in the intimacy and man-to-man familiarity with which Rāmakriṣṇa (1836-86), a modern saint, wants the peoples of the world to attitudinize themselves to God. "Why do you dwell so much upon the glories of God?" asks Rāmakriṣṇa, "Does a son when with his father think of his father's possessions,—his houses, gardens, horses and cattle? On the contrary, he thinks of his father's love. He knows that it is proper for a father to maintain his children and look out for their welfare. We are all children of God. So what is there to wonder at in His paternal care of us?’’²⁹