i went to buy some new boots at aldo (the sales associates were actually super friendly!) and on my way home this young man stopped me and asked me what i was listening to. i could tell he was one of those people who raise money on the streets, but i couldn’t tell which organization he worked for.
i stopped and told him i was listening to ‘ribs’ by lorde and he laughed and said he’d neve heard of the song.
then he presented me with a copy of the bhagavad gita and i got excited and told him my roommate already had a copy.
“yeah, he totally talks about krishnu all the time!”
and then he laughed and said “krishnu? there’s krishna and vishnu! you mixed them together!”
we both laughed and then he said,
“tell your roommate you met another monk today – ” he handed me a copy of ‘beyond birth and death,’ “ – and tell him he’s a lucky guy.”
i told him i would, took the book and walked away while thinking about the last thing he said to me.
did i just get hit on by a monk?