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.
KRISHNA DAS
KRISHNA DAS
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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.”
More Krishna Das quotes
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.
Krishna DasKrishna Das 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.
Krishna DasKrishna Das Love is what we are; we don’t get it from somebody, we can’t give it to anybody, we can’t fall in it or fall out of it. Love is our true Being.
Krishna DasKrishna Das The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
Krishna DasKrishna Das On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
Krishna DasKrishna Das It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
Krishna DasKrishna Das When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
Krishna DasKrishna Das The heart is like a mirror. When we dust it off, we are able to see ourselves. The dust is all our stuff – guilt, anger – this stuff is reflected back to us. Practice removes the dust from the mirror of our hearts.
Krishna DasKrishna Das 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.
Krishna DasKrishna Das Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
Krishna DasKrishna Das Surrender happens by Grace. All we’re doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.
Krishna DasKrishna Das Don’t give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are.
Krishna DasKrishna Das Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
Krishna DasKrishna Das 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.
Krishna DasKrishna Das I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
Krishna DasKrishna Das Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
Krishna DasKrishna Das