Surrender happens by Grace. All we’re doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.
KRISHNA DASSurrender happens by Grace. All we’re doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.
KRISHNA DASDevotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
KRISHNA DASHanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
KRISHNA DASAs we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
KRISHNA DASChanting is the main thing in my life.
KRISHNA DASI chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
KRISHNA DASBliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
KRISHNA DASReal 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.
KRISHNA DASChanting 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.
KRISHNA DASThere is an eighth color that we don’t have the sense apparatus to see or experience.
KRISHNA DASI 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.
KRISHNA DASYou can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
KRISHNA DASOn the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
KRISHNA DASThe repetition of the holy names reveals a presence hidden within the heart. Something begins to happen that’s very disturbing – we get happy.
KRISHNA DASThe ultimate act of power is surrender.
KRISHNA DASUltimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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