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.
KRISHNA DAS
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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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You can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego.
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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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I just try to keep my heart open. By this, I mean to try not to let my own programmed reaction to things keep me closed down for too long.
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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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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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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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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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To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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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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