If I had been born in Germany with family of Nazis and if I had been raised with those beliefs, there was very little chance that I wouldn’t be exactly like all those guards and all those people who tortured everybody.
KRISHNA DASThe heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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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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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.
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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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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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I didn’t know what I was looking for, but I knew whatever it was that I was looking for was real.
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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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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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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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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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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Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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