I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
KRISHNA DASWhen 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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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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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It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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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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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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The 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.
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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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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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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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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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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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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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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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is 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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