Chanting is the main thing in my life. Krishna Das More Quotes by Krishna Das More Quotes From Krishna Das Whenever I'm really stuck, when I really need to go 'in there,' I sing the Chalisa and that connects me to Maharajji, to Hanuman, to that powerful presence that's deeper than any of that stuff. And, by touching that, I'm able to overcome whatever I'm stuck in...at least for 10 minutes. Krishna Das touching able powerful On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing. Krishna Das disappear path impossible The ultimate act of power is surrender. Krishna Das surrender ultimate The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue. Krishna Das issues emotion heart To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do. Krishna Das I didn't know what I was looking for, but I knew whatever it was that I was looking for was real. Krishna Das real knows The repetition of the holy names reveals a presence hidden within the heart. Something begins to happen that's very disturbing - we get happy. Krishna Das holy names heart Bhakti yoga isn't something you join, it's love. It means falling in love. Krishna Das falling-in-love yoga mean You can't manipulate a heart open. You can only allow it to open in the right circumstances. Krishna Das manipulate circumstances heart As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy! Krishna Das something-unexpected unexpected practice Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds. Krishna Das planting-seeds how-you-feel practice Don't give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are. Krishna Das dont-give-up giving-up dream When we start talking about gurus, first of all we're starting to talk about something that can't be talked about, in the sense that you can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego. The true guru is someone who's transcended all that. And we don't know anything about that. Krishna Das ego talking long 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. Krishna Das cells dark heart Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person's reality is like for them. Krishna Das enlightened persons reality 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. Krishna Das degrees different world We are just here, right? We are just people doing our thing. And the most important aspect of anything we do is our motivation, why we do it. Krishna Das motivation important people 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. Krishna Das light ifs goes-on If you stub your toe, you don't need to dialog yourself to be good to your foot, do you? When you see things that clearly, there's no dialogue or emotional manipulation that you need to do to extend compassion to that being, because that being is a part of you, and if that being hurts, you hurt. Krishna Das emotional compassion hurt The presence of real love in the world inspires me. Krishna Das real-love real inspire
