There is love in this world, and it lives within us as who we really are, not who we think we are.
KRISHNA DASAll we can know is our own subjective version of reality. That’s the way we go through our lives. Everybody.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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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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I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
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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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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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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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Surrender happens by Grace. All we’re doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.
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I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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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 repetition of the holy names reveals a presence hidden within the heart. Something begins to happen that’s very disturbing – we get happy.
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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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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 takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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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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