Krishna Das Quotes

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.

There is love in this world, and it lives within us as who we really are, not who we think we are.

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.

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.

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.

The Presence is our own presence. We are not getting anything from the outside. We already have all we need inside.

Chanting is the main thing in my life.

Grace removes obstacles that we don’t even know are there. Grace is what arranges our lives so we are forced to look within.

There is an eighth color that we don’t have the sense apparatus to see or experience.