Surrender happens by Grace. All we’re doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.
KRISHNA DASAs we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
More Krishna Das Quotes
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It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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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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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 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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Love is what we are; we don’t get it from somebody, we can’t give it to anybody, we can’t fall in it or fall out of it. Love is our true Being.
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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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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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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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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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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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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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