The silent Brahma36
In some stores the people are nice; they are ready to bargain. In other stores, whatever price they say is all they will take — finished!In one store I was bargaining and bargaining. The man in the store would write down one price, but I did not understand his writing, so I would write down another price. It never ended. Finally I bought two items and left.
Then I decided to go back and buy a third item — a T-shirt for Raghu. I said to myself, “I am not going to bargain this time. Whatever price the man asks for, I will give.”
The man said, “5,000 rupiah.”
I became the silent Brahma and said, “All right.”
The man couldn’t believe his ears. When I gave him 5,000, he returned 2,000 to me. That was a nice experience.
LS 171. 2 January 1988↩
Sri Chinmoy, I love shopping, part 4, Agni Press, 1994
