It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of 

the creation of the universe 

do not call it the work of God, 

they call it the play of God, the Vishnu lila, lila meaning play. 

And they look upon the whole manifestation 

of all the universes as a play, as a sport, as a kind of dance

Alan Wilson Watts                                                                                                                  Zen and the Beat Way