bloor street buddhist

i was stopped on the street today by a canvassing buddhist - he was a young white man in an orange robe with some paint on his forehead, talking to people and giving away books on buddhism (one of them was a book, he said, inspired gandhi, mandela and mlk).  he said that i look "at peace".  i smiled and nodded. he asked me what my secret is. i explained that it's not one big secret, but a bunch of little ones. he offered me a book and asked for a donation. i told him that his books look interesting, but i honestly was not going to read them.  I'm pretty happy and i'm not looking for enlightenment or spiritual growth right now.  I told him that there are many more torontonians that could benefit from these books. I wished him good luck and bid him farewell - and now i wish i stayed and talked a bit longer with him.  i wonder what his story is.