A Buddhist monk who had placed talcum powder in his passport to ward off silver-fish should have had the presence of mind to dust it off outside before presetting the passport at the Visa Counter of the Canadian High Commission. His thoughtless act had caused panic and closure of the High Commission thereby inconveniencing other Visa applicants too.
In this context, one may note that the Dhammapada begins with an emphasis on having a clear mind: "All states have mind as their fore-runner; to them mind is supreme and of mind are they made. Therefore, if one, with defiled mind, speaks or acts, on account of that does suffering follow one as the wheel follows the foot of this wagon-bearer".
The fault, dear monk, is not in the High Commission but in yourself that you had to be disrobed albeit temporarily.
