1/5 John H. 7 years ago on Google
The
couple
who
own
this
establishment
brings
dishonor
to
their
professed
Buddhism.
Of
the
3
poisons
I
witnessed
all
three
this
morning:
anger,
greed
and
ignorance.
They
display
the
prophet
yet
do
not
exhibit
the
traits
he
embraced.
Immigrants
from
Mumbai,
they
gladly
accepted
my
money
last
night.
Yet
they
woke
me
early
today
screaming
and
pounding
on
my
door.
My
crime?
Helping
a
homeless
man
they
have
seen
often
during
their
15
years
here.
Never
offering
help
to
their
neighbor
fallen
on
hard
times,
someone
born
here
50
or
more
years
ago.
I
found
him
curled
up
outside
my
door
at
3
am
in
light
yet
clean
formal
dress.
A
soft
spoken
man
who
had
asked
me
the
night
before
for
a
cigarette
and
some
change
for
a
soda,
refusing
my
offer
of
a
beer.
Told
me
the
town's
history.
I
gave
him
my
own
pillow
and
the
blanket
from
my
bed.
He
wrapped
himself
and
settled
down,
having
nowhere
else
to
go.
They
screamed
me
awake
demanding
$25
more
dollars
or
the
police
would
be
called.
I
suggested
calling
the
state
police
would
be
better.
They
were
quiet
then.
They
had
my
$45,
more
than
enough.
Then
I
asked
them
about
the
3
poisons.
They
were
dumbfounded.
They
had
never
spoken
with
this
man,
let
alone
offered
to
get
him
help.
In
15
years.
I
contacted
local
media
to
help
him.
They
are
most
likely
Hindus.
Well
below
Brahmin.
Yet
their
neighbor
was
an
untouchable
in
their
eyes.
He
wandered
off,
a
man
I
consider
a
brother.
So
for
that
I'm
grateful
I
chose
this
place
to
spend
the
night.
I
took
their
U.S.A.
flag
down
as
they
left
telling
them
that
good
people
have
died
to
protect
their
right
to
live
here.
I
fly
it
high.