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.
KRISHNA DASThe 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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
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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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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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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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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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Don’t give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are.
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We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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