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.
KRISHNA DASThe repetition of the holy names reveals a presence hidden within the heart. Something begins to happen that’s very disturbing – we get happy.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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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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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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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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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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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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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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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The heart is like a mirror. When we dust it off, we are able to see ourselves. The dust is all our stuff – guilt, anger – this stuff is reflected back to us. Practice removes the dust from the mirror of our hearts.
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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 love in this world, and it lives within us as who we really are, not who we think we are.
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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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