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.
KRISHNA DASChanting 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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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The presence of real love in the world inspires 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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Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
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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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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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The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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I knew that if I did not start chanting with people, that I would never be able to clean out the dark corners of my own heart. I knew it with every cell in my body and mind.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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Grace removes obstacles that we don’t even know are there. Grace is what arranges our lives so we are forced to look within.
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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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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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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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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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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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