The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
KRISHNA DASBhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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Love is what we are; we don’t get it from somebody, we can’t give it to anybody, we can’t fall in it or fall out of it. Love is our true Being.
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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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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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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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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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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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Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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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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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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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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You can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego.
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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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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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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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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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To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
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I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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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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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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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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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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