Monk and parking officer

Mall in Campsie, South West Sydney, Australia

In a small mall in Campsie, South West Sydney, Australia, I spent the first half of the morning distributing to various types of people and Krsna allowed some very sweet exchanges. Then finally the security guard woke up or just clocked on and he asked me to leave.

On my way out I saw this very sweet Phillipino boy exiting out the same sliding doors I was, so I hurried ahead and positioned myself away from the entrance and next to a row of parked cars.

I approached him and put the Bhagavad gita in his hands and told him I was a monk.

He was in AWE!!

His name is Bon. Such a sweet guy.

He told me he has always wanted to become a monk to overcome bad qualities and replace them with good ones.

So we talked a little more and as we spoke a Parking officer walked by chalking the tires of the cars parked beside our 'monk convention' and the officer, who was of Indian desent, looked in my box and said with relish, "Bhagavad Gita."

I put one in his hands and asked his name and he said his name is Anoop.

So I introduced Anoop and Bon and duely initiated Anoop into our 'Mall side street monk convention.'

Anoop asked how much for the book and I said to both Bon and Anoop that we get donations to cover the printing. Anoop said he didn't have anything on him as he was working, so Bon pulled out his wallet and said, "I will cover his too" and gave a donation for both him and Anoop the newly initiated parking officer monk.

Bon and I swapped numbers,and they both walked away with Srila prabhupada's Bhagavad gita.

Khela Tirtha Dasa

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