Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
KRISHNA DASPractice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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 you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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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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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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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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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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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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As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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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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Devotion is a way of being, it’s not something you do. It’s dedication to finding awareness and Love. Chanting is like asanas for the mind and the heart.
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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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