“Sir, we ought to teach the people that they are doing wrong in worshipping the images and pictures in the temple.”
Ramakrishna: “That’s the way with you Calcutta people: you want to teach and peach. You want to give millions when you are beggars yourselves… Do you think God does not know that he is being worshipped in the images and pictures? If a worshipper should make a mistake, do you not think God will know his intent?”
– The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
I have this evening discovered that there are still people in the world who equate mythology with politics, the mystery of faith with the stoicism of regulation, the beauty of a story with the structure of legislation. Young people. People who I had hoped would, if not know better, then at least hope for better. This makes me very, very sad.