My heart jumped……….
Dear Devotees,
We were in Marylands Sydney. Madhavendra Puri prabhu was unleashing his attack on the main street while I was ducking in & out of the mini mall covert style.
One male security guard was too busy getting to know the girl (Mayadevi) in the shoe shop to notice me. So I was getting some real nectar hits against maya.
One big lady from New Zealand appeared in my vision. Kiwi's are always favourable so I was excited to stop her.
She was happy to be holding one of Prabhupadas books. As I was talking to her I noticed a female security guard approaching from behind her. I thought 'OK stay calm, pray to krsna, just talk small talk until the security guard passes.'
So I asked her "What do you do for a living? She said "Oh. I'm a security guard!"…eeeek! My heart jumped! "Oh great," I said swallowing my tong. She said she is working in a mall in the next suburb. I didn't know what was going to happen so I just played cool. Then the female guard in uniform reached us. I was thinking I'm shorely busted. The Kiwi lady then said, "Oh yes and this my friend. She is a guard in this mall." ..eeeek! Then she told her security friend that I had books on yoga and meditation. The security lady in uniform grabbed a Krsna book out of my hand! It was touch and go from here on. I said "Oh, hi, yes I'm a monk. I'm just in here looking for the toilet……… I poised for a bit and nobody was getting angry so I just said…"ahh people are giving us donations can you please help?….. eeeeeeek. (For those who don't know. Generally we are not so welcome by security to give books for donations inside the mall.
The kiwi lady gave $10 for the Gita but the security lady in uniform only gave $2 for the hard back Krsna book. I asked her, "Oh, could you give a little more?" She replied, "No that's all Ive got. I said, "Ok no worries. I'm not gonna argue with a women in uniform."
I was just happy not to get chastised and to see two books go out to security guards.
I walked straight outside the mall and approached a young lady siting down on her work break. She was happy to take a Krsna book. So we both walked back in the mall to her Atm (bank) and she kindly gave $20 which covered the last one I gave out for $2, it always works out.
Your Servent
Uddhava Dasa
