All we can know is our own subjective version of reality. That’s the way we go through our lives. Everybody.
KRISHNA DASWhen 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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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The Presence is our own presence. We are not getting anything from the outside. We already have all we need inside.
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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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Don’t give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are.
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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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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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There is an eighth color that we don’t have the sense apparatus to see or experience.
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Real compassion is not emotional. Real compassion is based on the experience that all beings, which might appear separate, are actually a part of my own body, and I am a part of the body of the universe. We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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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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To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
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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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