Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
KRISHNA DASUltimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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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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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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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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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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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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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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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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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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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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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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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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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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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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