Jagabandhu dasa: One of the great fringe benefits of being a construction worker is being allowed to use the wonderful portable chemical toilets, which are often less than sanitary and having to dodge the throngs of biting stool flies while trying to find momentary relief in the release of bodily emulsions.<\/p>\n
Recently, before having the pleasure of using one such commode I noticed what appeared to be a piece of humanure animatedly swimming about in the tank of blue antiseptic liquid below the toilet seat. Closer examination found it to be a tree frog who by circumstance was bound to suffer a prolonged nasty death which I would not wish upon any living entity. Without hesitation because of his immediate emergency and also not finding time to ponder how he happened to fall into such an unfortunate despicable position I found a broken piece of wood which I then used to reach down into the foul depths of the portable toilet and rescue him from his desperate situation.<\/p>\n
In a soft tonal way, I chanted, “Hari! Hari!” over and over to him as I brought him to a nearby water spigot trying to rinse the chemicals and stool stain from his tormented body before gently placing him in the wet grass. Over the next few hours I returned many times to again softly chant “Hari! Hari!” to him and also unsuccessfully attempt to rinse the harsh chemicals and stool stain from his small frail form. Eventually, regardless of my best efforts he expired nonetheless.<\/p>\n
In my feeble attempt at effecting his rescue I did not consider how he came to be in his unfortunate position, but only rather what a terrible way it would be for any of God’s creatures to meet their unfortunate demise. On his part, he also didn’t think to inquire who I was initiated by or what my personal religious philosophy might be in our brief communion of soul to soul. In the intense suffering and emergency of the moment, Mercy and God’s Holy Name became the only concern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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