JEFF THE STAR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Jeff just amazes me. He let his wandering mind get anchored in higher consciousness just a few short months ago. He’s Canadian born and is a real brahmin in the sense that he conducts good behaviour, thrives on bhakti disciplines, he’s peaceful, reserved, yet speaks when necessary and really cares for people. Recently he took to the culinary arts and is doing splendid. With the assistance of Yamuna’s daring cookbook called “The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking”, Jeff, our new Halifax monk, is churning out great preparations. In the evening with time he set aside for himself, he meticulously jotted down recipe details in his personal notebook.
To verify his natural brahminical inkling, he has also taken well to memorizing Sanskrit mantras and singing standard songs that are familiar to the tradition. Frankly the melodies, tunes, the language whether Sanskrit or Bengali, are heart melting and have an appeal that can favourably entice any soul searcher.
Jeff, or Bhakta Jeff (devotee Jeff), as we call him, is in good hands with companion Nitai Rama. You just can’t find better people in the monkhood business than these two blokes. They are inspiring indeed.
The evening culminated in a modest trek in the neighbourhood near Quinpool Avenue with Bhakta Jeff, but the snow blast of the hours restricted our time out. Winter is stubbornly exiting the reason, but it IS exciting.
The Bhagavad-gita instructs to live with duality. ‘Titikshava’ is the word. Tolerance.
Jeff is a very tolerant young man. Jeff is a star.
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