The tabla book¹⁸

In a store in a Delhi hotel I saw a tabla book and I thought of Sahishnu. A few months ago I had said nice things about his tabla playing. So I said, “Now let me get him a book.”

I was browsing through the book. I did not know the cost, but I made up my mind to buy it. I asked the owner, “How late do you stay open?”

He said, “9:30.”

I said, “I will come back again.” I was really hungry, so I went to eat.

Around 3 o’clock I came back. Their afternoon siesta is wonderful. Their lunch break is three hours, and the store was closed. So I came back again at 8 o’clock. Can you imagine? That book was sold. The shopkeeper said, “Do you expect opportunity to come again and again?”

I said, “Tell me the truth. How many months have you had that book here?”

He said, “Months? It has been here for two years.”

So look at Sahishnu’s luck. Nobody had bought the book for two years, but that day somebody had to come and buy the book. It was my stupidity. I should have bought it the first time.

From:Sri Chinmoy,I love shopping, part 2, Agni Press, 1986
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