Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
KRISHNA DASChanting 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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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The heart is like a mirror. When we dust it off, we are able to see ourselves. The dust is all our stuff – guilt, anger – this stuff is reflected back to us. Practice removes the dust from the mirror of our hearts.
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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 cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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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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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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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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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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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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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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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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I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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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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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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It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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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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