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.
KRISHNA DASDon’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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Even if somebody tells us something, the hit, the light goes on inside of us, not out there. We learn and understand everything within ourselves.
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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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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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Unlimited inner strength can only be awakened when it is in the service of Love. When we align ourselves with that love and act in service of that love, anything is possible.
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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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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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As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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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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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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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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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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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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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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It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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There is love in this world, and it lives within us as who we really are, not who we think we are.
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