I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
KRISHNA DASUltimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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One 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.
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You can’t manipulate a heart open. You can only allow it to open in the right circumstances.
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Chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it. That’s the point of this whole thing. That’s what cuts through all the ‘stuff’. You get lit up. You don’t have to know what it means.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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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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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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We all inhabit our lives, in different ways to some degree. We see ourselves a certain way, and based on how we see ourselves, that’s how we see the world.
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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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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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Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
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