by Banke Bihari Dasi (Burnaby, BC, Canada)
Once while I was out doing books I noticed a man staring at me. He made
me so nervous that I was very careful not to make eye contact with him,
let alone try to preach to him. He stood near the bus stop -- but he
never got on a bus! As nightfall approached I couldn't believe he was
still standing in the same spot. I kept glancing at him out of the
corner of my eye because I thought he was kind of scary.
Then Krsna played a trick on me. I walked over to a man who I thought
was someone else, but somehow I ended up right in front of the man I was
trying to avoid! I started to panic. I warily lifted up a hard-cover
Bhagavad-gita, but before I could speak he said, "You know what?" I
thought he was going to blast me, but instead he said, "When I woke up
this morning I told the Lord that I wanted to surrender to Him. I think
He sent you to me."
I could hardly believe what I just heard. He went on to explain how he
had spent so much time trying to make sense of his life but had failed.
We talked for a very long time. Then he gave me a nice donation. He said
he was leaving the next morning for Alberta to work on the oil rigs and
was happy to be able to take the Bhagavad-gita with him.