Upakhyane Upadesa
Instructive Stories from Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
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The “Golden” Stone Pot
A wealthy landlord called upon a goldsmith in his village and
requested him while giving him a lump of pure gold, “You are to make a nice pot
for my milk with this gold. You should not make it in any way impure by mixing
any kind of alloy in it.”
The goldsmith agreed, “Yes sir”, and went away with
the gold-lump.
Thus getting a lump of pure gold in his possession, the
goldsmith was tempted to steal it. However, he apprehended that he would be
punished by the landlord if he cheated him entirely, so he made up a plan to
prepare a stone-pot and gold-plate it so that he would not be accused of
stealing the gold.
When the goldsmith took the gold-plated stone pot to
the landlord, the landlord asked him in great astonishment, “What is this thing
you have brought?”
The goldsmith replied, “O sir! This is a golden pot. I
have made it with hard labour.”
The landlord said,” Are you joking? This is a
stone pot!”
The goldsmith told him, “O sir, this is a ‘golden’ stone
pot.
PURPORT
Those who consider casteism among the Vaishnavas,
classifying them as brahmana-Vaishnavas, ksatriya-Vaishnavas, vaisya-Vaishnavas,
sudra-Vaishnavas, or as candala-Vaishnavas, simply indulge in a speculative
inference as "golden" stone pot. Either one should be considered as
`Vaishnava', or as brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, or sudra. Either one should call
it a `golden pot', or a `stone pot.' Mango-cake (amsatva) must be prepared from
mango itself, and no one can call something `mango cake' if it is made of
`jackfruit' (knathaler amsatva). Similarly, it would be wrong terminology to
ascribe the quality of a sudra to a Vaishnava. Whenever one is accepted to be a
`Vaishnava', then it is confirmed that he does not belong to any mundane social
classification such as brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra or low-born candala and
the like, nor even Hindu or non-Hindu. Any terminology such as
`Hindu-Vaishnava' or `Yavana-Vaishnava' is utterly absurd and also
offensive.
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Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
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Hare Krishna ๐
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