I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
KRISHNA DASEven if somebody tells us something, the hit, the light goes on inside of us, not out there. We learn and understand everything within ourselves.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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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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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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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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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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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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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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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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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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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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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