TO DEVOTEES OF RAMAKRISHNA-VIVEKANANDA

A pertinent question to ask today is this: What ought we as Ramakrishna devotees to do to bring forth peace in a storm-tossed world where rampant radicalisation is causing the world to fracture along divisive lines of religion and hatred spewing venom, running through the mind of man made malevolent by primeval ignorance? When man kills brother man in the name of God and that too in the most horrendous manner, what ought we to do as missionaries of peace, upholders of harmony and worshippers of the divine manifest as man so that civilisation and culture are no more beset as they sadly are today? Are we, the children of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda, going to be mute spectators to the demise of all that humanity holds as true and good while we carry on with our passive piety, offering obeisance to our Lord and Master, Sri Ramakrishna, or, is there something more by way of active participation towards dousing the fire of human hatred that we ought to hold dear as our abiding duty? The problem of terrestrial existence in its current connotation is there before all of us and I need not dwell on the obvious. It is for us, devotees, and the enlightened citizenry of the world to do what they deem necessary to restore the harmony of life on earth. I have tabled the questions. Now, I await your response.