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.
KRISHNA DASWhen our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy – this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.
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 heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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I didn’t know what I was looking for, but I knew whatever it was that I was looking for was real.
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We instantly believe everything we think. Isn’t that insane? It’s good for us to explore the depravity of our minds, so we know we are just as crazy as everyone else!
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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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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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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Even if somebody tells us something, the hit, the light goes on inside of us, not out there. We learn and understand everything within ourselves.
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One of your biggest lessons so far in life has been to learn to forgive myself over and over again and not to be so harsh with myself.
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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Real compassion is not emotional. Real compassion is based on the experience that all beings, which might appear separate, are actually a part of my own body, and I am a part of the body of the universe. We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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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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Unlimited inner strength can only be awakened when it is in the service of Love. When we align ourselves with that love and act in service of that love, anything is possible.
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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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When our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy – this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.
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