38 Quotes by Krishna Das

Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.

Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.

When you meet your guru or a being who knows, who is no longer loving, but has become love, a being who is sitting in truth, and in compassion and kindness for all beings – you know. When I met my guru, I knew. And it was before I met him physically, actually.

Surrender happens by Grace. All we’re doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.

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.

You can’t manipulate a heart open. You can only allow it to open in the right circumstances.

As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!

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

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!