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 DASOn the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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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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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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The only real protection will come from doing a spiritual practice over a prolonged period of time. Because it retrains us to see the world and ourselves in a different way.
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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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Chanting is a way of getting in touch with yourself. It’s an opening of the heart and letting go of the mind and thoughts. It deepens the channel of grace, and it’s a way of being present in the moment.
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Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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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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As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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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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It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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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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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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