Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
KRISHNA DASCompassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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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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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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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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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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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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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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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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 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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Don’t give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are.
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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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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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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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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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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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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If I had been born in Germany with family of Nazis and if I had been raised with those beliefs, there was very little chance that I wouldn’t be exactly like all those guards and all those people who tortured everybody.
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