Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
KRISHNA DASYou can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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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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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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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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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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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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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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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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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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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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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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You can’t manipulate a heart open. You can only allow it to open in the right circumstances.
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