Chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it. That’s the point of this whole thing. That’s what cuts through all the ‘stuff’. You get lit up. You don’t have to know what it means.
KRISHNA DASLove 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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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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.
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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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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.
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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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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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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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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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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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The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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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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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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