Quotes from Krishna Das

Let's just chant and be good people, alright?

The ultimate act of power is surrender.

The practice of the Name turns us in the direction of the light. The practice of the Name removes the dust from our eyes so that we can see the world as it really is: lit up by the light of the guru.

To me it is not about trying to achieve ecstatic states. It is about love. I want to be there all the time. Ecstasy comes and goes. I want to get to the place where there's only Sitaram. I don't want to be thinking about love, I want to be in love and eventually become love. In

Don't wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.

Chanting is the main thing in my life.

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.

I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that's what I'm doing.

The only real protection will come from doing a spiritual practice over a prolonged period of time. Because it retrains us to see the world and ourselves in a different way.

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.

Bhakti yoga isn't something you join, it's love. It means falling in love.

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

To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.

When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.

Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.

The presence of real love in the world inspires me.

Chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it. That's the point of this whole thing. That's what cuts through all the 'stuff'. You get lit up. You don't have to know what it means.

When our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy - this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.

Don't give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are.

Compassion is a college education. It's a doctorate.

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