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.
KRISHNA DASTo love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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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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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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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I 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.
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There is an eighth color that we don’t have the sense apparatus to see or experience.
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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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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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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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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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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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