Someone asked a Hindu, "By worshipping a God made of rock, what do you gain? Do you really believe that you have made a God?" "Yes," said the Hindu, "my hands have made this God of stone, and my devotion has given life to it. If you believe in a formless God and have no devotion, you have not yet reached him. He is far away from you. My God is before me; your God is far away from you."