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.
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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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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I didn’t know what I was looking for, but I knew whatever it was that I was looking for was real.
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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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We instantly believe everything we think. Isn’t that insane? It’s good for us to explore the depravity of our minds, so we know we are just as crazy as everyone else!
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Surrender happens by Grace. All we’re doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.
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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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Love is what we are; we don’t get it from somebody, we can’t give it to anybody, we can’t fall in it or fall out of it. Love is our true Being.
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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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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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We are just here, right? We are just people doing our thing. And the most important aspect of anything we do is our motivation, why we do it.
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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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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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Devotion is a way of being, it’s not something you do. It’s dedication to finding awareness and Love. Chanting is like asanas for the mind and the heart.
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