Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
KRISHNA DASOne of your biggest lessons so far in life has been to learn to forgive myself over and over again and not to be so harsh with myself.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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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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I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
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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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To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
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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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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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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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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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Surrender happens by Grace. All we’re doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.
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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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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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All we can know is our own subjective version of reality. That’s the way we go through our lives. Everybody.
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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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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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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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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 heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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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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We instantly believe everything we think. Isn’t that insane? It’s good for us to explore the depravity of our minds, so we know we are just as crazy as everyone else!
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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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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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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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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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