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Nitai

For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 2 3:7

About Me

I'm simple...but with some depth. I like to help people. I like to be helped also. I thrive on observation, but try not to jump to conclusions. I appreciate all soulfully real expressions. I think nature is awesome. My heart is big and quite soft too. I love honesty, even if it hurts. Loyalty is one of my strongest qualities. I'm a spiritualist, often fixated on the essense and purpose of life. But I am also very pragmatic and practical. My philosophy is to share and invite not to preach and convert. I adore considerate people. And those with genuine personalities.In a nut shell: "To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasion, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony." - William Henry Channing

My Interests

Krsna Consciousness - "You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth" - Shira Tehrani

I'd like to meet:

HOT ..

Music:

Mayapura Parikram kirtans and bhajans, Karnamrita dasi, BB Govinda Maharaja, HH Indrayumna Swami, HH Ganapati Swami, HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, HH Niranjana Swami Rasa, Aindra, anything transcendental...on the mundane side: if it stirs the heart I'll give it a fair listen

Movies:

Prabhupada memory videos, Polish woodstock, Burnt Ladhu, PAMHO, anything that stirs the heart and soul in positive directions

Television:

It's in the closet...accept when I'm practicing harmonium

Books:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Satsvarupa das Goswami poetry, Srila Prabhupada Vyasa Puja books, Srimad Bhagavatam, Caitanya Caritamrta, Darshan, Journey of Self Discovery, Prabhupada Meditations III, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Lilamrta, Servant of the Servant, Vaisnava Song book...A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. - Mark TwainA truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. - Henry David Thoreau

Heroes:

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, all the acharyas, the humble and pure souls who are in this world but not of it...

My Blog

truth

"If the opulence or knowledge of many millions of universes were clustered together, they would hardly equal a small fragment of the glory of Krsna's holy name. Krsna's holy name is my life. It is the...
Posted by Nitai on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:58:00 PST

simple brilliance

Will you walk into my parlour?" said the Spider to the Fly,'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy;The way into my parlour is up a winding stair,And I've a many curious things to shew ...
Posted by Nitai on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:54:00 PST

knowing the difference isn't enough

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others. H. Jackson Brown Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; b...
Posted by Nitai on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:53:00 PST

the hardest lesson in life, or here's to you

It should be accepted as a most elementary human and moral truth that no man can live a fully sane and decent life unless he is able to say NO on occasion to his natural bodily appetites.  No man...
Posted by Nitai on Fri, 05 May 2006 12:33:00 PST

to each their own

my least favorite thing in this world is to be misunderstood...it seems to be more painful to me than suffering on the physical platform...I guess it's like Milton says: The mind is its own place and ...
Posted by Nitai on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:25:00 PST

polishing the diamond

"It is said that even one drop of happiness in Krsna consciousness stands beyond comparison with an ocean of happiness derived from any other activity. Thus, any person who has developed even a little...
Posted by Nitai on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:20:00 PST

Sri Rama Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Rama

"That which cannot be foreseen or understood must be accepted as the will of Providence alone. What man can ever contend with destiny? Joy and sorrow, gain and loss, birth and death - all of these com...
Posted by Nitai on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:02:00 PST

Bhaktisiddanta quotes

The world stands in no need of any reformer.  The world has a very competent person guiding its' minutest happenings.  The person who finds that there is scope for reform of the world hi...
Posted by Nitai on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:17:00 PST

using your head and heart

When a person is steady in the duties for which he is qualified, he easily becomes qualified for the next level of duties. Look within. Amend yourself, rather than pry into the frailties of other...
Posted by Nitai on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:27:00 PST

on my mind

I missed a grand gathering in New York last weekend.  It was the Vyasa Puja celebration of my spiritual master.  I decided I couldn't spend a somewhat outrageous amount of money just to be t...
Posted by Nitai on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:13:00 PST