Gopesh
(Dandavats.com) – Compassion as a Main Element of Vaisnava Culture
By Bir Krishna Das Goswami
“I have another story; this one was told by my father. My father’s elder brother was running a cloth shop. Before closing the shop my uncle would put out a basin filled with rice. Of course, as in any village, there were rats. But the rats would take the rice and not cut even a single cloth. Cloth is very costly. If even one cloth had been cut by a rat, then it would have been a great loss. So with a few pennies’ worth of rice, he saved many dollars’ worth of cloth. This Krishna culture is practical. They are also part and parcel of God. Give them food. They’ll not create any disturbance. Give them food. Everyone has an obligation to feed whoever is hungry— even if it is a tiger.
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