You can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego.
KRISHNA DASI chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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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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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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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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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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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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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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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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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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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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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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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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