The Presence is our own presence. We are not getting anything from the outside. We already have all we need inside.
KRISHNA DASChanting is the main thing in my life.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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You can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego.
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The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
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Real compassion is not emotional. Real compassion is based on the experience that all beings, which might appear separate, are actually a part of my own body, and I am a part of the body of the universe. We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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Chanting is a way of getting in touch with yourself. It’s an opening of the heart and letting go of the mind and thoughts. It deepens the channel of grace, and it’s a way of being present in the moment.
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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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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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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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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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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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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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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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