I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
KRISHNA DASChanting is the main thing in my life.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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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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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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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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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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It’s inexplicable why somebody can lose a leg and it doesn’t effect them at all emotionally; and another person can lose a foot and be destroyed for the rest of their lives.
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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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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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Chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it. That’s the point of this whole thing. That’s what cuts through all the ‘stuff’. You get lit up. You don’t have to know what it means.
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I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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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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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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To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
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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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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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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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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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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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We all inhabit our lives, in different ways to some degree. We see ourselves a certain way, and based on how we see ourselves, that’s how we see the world.
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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The Presence is our own presence. We are not getting anything from the outside. We already have all we need inside.
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Grace removes obstacles that we don’t even know are there. Grace is what arranges our lives so we are forced to look within.
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