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.
KRISHNA DASOn the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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There is an eighth color that we don’t have the sense apparatus to see or experience.
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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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When we start to talk about gurus, we’re talking about beings who actually know what this is all about. They know who we were, where we came from, and where we’re going. They are not imprisoned in a selfish or self-centered view of the universe.
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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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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I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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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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We are just here, right? We are just people doing our thing. And the most important aspect of anything we do is our motivation, why we do it.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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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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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Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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One of your biggest lessons so far in life has been to learn to forgive myself over and over again and not to be so harsh with myself.
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