To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
KRISHNA DASIf I had been born in Germany with family of Nazis and if I had been raised with those beliefs, there was very little chance that I wouldn’t be exactly like all those guards and all those people who tortured everybody.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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 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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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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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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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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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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There is an eighth color that we don’t have the sense apparatus to see or experience.
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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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Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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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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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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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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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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