I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
KRISHNA DASYou cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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One of your biggest lessons so far in life has been to learn to forgive myself over and over again and not to be so harsh with myself.
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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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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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The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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When our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy – this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.
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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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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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We are just here, right? We are just people doing our thing. And the most important aspect of anything we do is our motivation, why we do it.
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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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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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