Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
KRISHNA DASThe heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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All we can know is our own subjective version of reality. That’s the way we go through our lives. Everybody.
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You can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego.
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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.
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Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
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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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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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Devotion is a way of being, it’s not something you do. It’s dedication to finding awareness and Love. Chanting is like asanas for the mind and the heart.
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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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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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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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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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You can’t manipulate a heart open. You can only allow it to open in the right circumstances.
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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 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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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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Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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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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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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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