To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
KRISHNA DASGrace removes obstacles that we don’t even know are there. Grace is what arranges our lives so we are forced to look within.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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I knew that if I did not start chanting with people, that I would never be able to clean out the dark corners of my own heart. I knew it with every cell in my body and mind.
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This is what I do to keep my head screwed on semi-straight and keep my heart open. Whenever I sing, that’s why I sing. Whether it’s at the Grammys, whether it’s in the bathroom, whether it’s in front of 10,000 people or three people, by my guru’s grace, my head stays in that place.
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When our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy – this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.
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I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
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I just try to keep my heart open. By this, I mean to try not to let my own programmed reaction to things keep me closed down for too long.
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There is an eighth color that we don’t have the sense apparatus to see or experience.
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All we can know is our own subjective version of reality. That’s the way we go through our lives. Everybody.
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There is love in this world, and it lives within us as who we really are, not who we think we are.
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I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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Unlimited inner strength can only be awakened when it is in the service of Love. When we align ourselves with that love and act in service of that love, anything is possible.
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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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The repetition of the holy names reveals a presence hidden within the heart. Something begins to happen that’s very disturbing – we get happy.
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We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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You can’t manipulate a heart open. You can only allow it to open in the right circumstances.
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