"In Hinduism it is called leela. That is one of the contributions of Hinduism to world thought.

"All other religions believe that God is creating the world; it is a serious affair. Only Hinduism makes it non-serious. Hinduism says it is just a play, a game of hide-and-seek. It is God who is hiding, it is God who is seeking; it is God in men, it is God in women. To Hinduism, existence is made of the stuff called God, and it is not a creation. The concept of creation has implications which Christianity, Judaism, and Mohammedanism are incapable of answering.

"First: Why in the first place should God create? What is his need? One creates something because of a certain need. You create a house because you need a shelter. You create because there is a certain desire to be fulfilled. Is God full of desires? Then what is the difference between man and God? Is God in need? If even God is in need then there is no possibility of a state where you will be free of need: need is going to follow you like a shadow wherever you go, and you can never be free from it – and unless you are free from need, desire, wanting, you are a slave, and you will remain a slave.

"A God who has a certain need to create is a slave.

"The implications are very significant. Was it compulsory for him to create, or was it optional? If it was compulsory, then God is not all-powerful. Somebody above him orders him to create, and there is no option, he has to do it. Or if you say it was optional, then the question arises, Why does he choose to create rather than not to create? There must be some reason for choosing to.

"What reason can God have to choose creation? Then that reason becomes more important than God himself If even God has to follow rationality, then why should you have to bother about God? You should think about being reasonable, following reason, which even God cannot throw away.

"Why did God create at a certain moment, at a certain time?

"What was he doing before that?

"For eternity he was unemployed."