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.
KRISHNA DASThere is love in this world, and it lives within us as who we really are, not who we think we are.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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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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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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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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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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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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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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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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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 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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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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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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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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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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