Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
KRISHNA DASThere is an eighth color that we don’t have the sense apparatus to see or experience.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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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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Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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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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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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We instantly believe everything we think. Isn’t that insane? It’s good for us to explore the depravity of our minds, so we know we are just as crazy as everyone else!
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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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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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 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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I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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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.
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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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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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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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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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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I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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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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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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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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