Chanting is the main thing in my life.
KRISHNA DASThe only real protection will come from doing a spiritual practice over a prolonged period of time. Because it retrains us to see the world and ourselves in a different way.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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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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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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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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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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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Even if somebody tells us something, the hit, the light goes on inside of us, not out there. We learn and understand everything within ourselves.
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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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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 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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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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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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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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