Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
KRISHNA DASYou can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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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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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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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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I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
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When 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.
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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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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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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There is an eighth color that we don’t have the sense apparatus to see or experience.
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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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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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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.
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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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