Pilgrim Heart with Krishna Das

Anchored by the subject of Karma, Krishna Das explains the ways we can accept the present moment and live with an open heart.

Today’s episode originally aired on Krisha Das’ “Hanging Out In the Heart Space” online satsang on February 24th, 2022. Be sure to subscribe to Krishna Das on Youtube to get new episodes of “Hanging Out In the Heart Space”, fresh music from KD and more: Krishna Das Music

This time on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das chants and gives guidance on: 

• Finding time for practice
• Receiving messages through dreams
• Being where we are and accepting our karmas
• Surrendering to the will of the guru
• Generating kindness instead of greed
• What to do when we lose our faith in humanity
• Recognizing the light and darkness within us all
• Releasing thoughts, emotions, and negativity during practice
• Insights from time with Maharaj-ji

Krishna Das suggests reading the book Love Everyone to learn more about experiences with Maharaj-ji

“The higher states, the more subtle states of consciousness, can’t be created from your own personal will. But, through service to others and repetition of the name and purification of the heart, those states will arrive and arise when you are ready.” – Krishna Das

----

Discover the transformative practice of teaching mindfulness in a new FREE 30-page ebook by Senior Buddhist teacher and Emmy award-winning musician, David Nichtern. 

With its blend of humor, wisdom, and accessible approach, The Art of Teaching Mindfulness ebook is a must-read for anyone interested in sharing the life-changing practices of mindfulness with others.

Already downloaded by over 15k people, visit dharmamoon.com/ebook to get YOUR free copy of The Art of Teaching Mindfulness!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das explores the importance of patience and how, when it comes to spiritual practice, shortcuts will only lead us to dead ends.

Today’s episode originally aired on Krisha Das’ “Hanging Out In the Heart Space” online satsang on February 17th, 2022. Be sure to subscribe to Krishna Das on Youtube to get new episodes of “Hanging Out In the Heart Space”, fresh music from KD and more: Krishna Das Music

This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow

In this episode of Pilgrim Heart: 

• Krishna Das does a variety of chants, including one to his guru, Maharaj-ji
• He offers wisdom to his audience, including how to deal with stress in times of great difficulty, how reincarnation works, and why it can be difficult to be authentic and kind
• Krishna Das explores the importance of patience and how, when it comes to spiritual practice, shortcuts will only lead us to dead ends
• He offers further advice on dealing with difficult family members, facing suicidal feelings, and confronting humiliating thoughts

“We’re all interconnected. There are no separate people. We just think we're separate and that's why we are suffering. Every chant is about peace. Every chant is about love. You have to let yourself feel it. If you don’t let yourself feel it, how is somebody else going to feel it? Find that peace in you and then anyone you meet will feel it.” – Krishna Das

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hinging on the importance of trust and self-awareness, Krishna Das helps listeners accept themselves and live in ultimate reality. Get ready for a long one – full of music, mantra, and wisdom from KD’s years of practice.

Today’s episode originally aired on Krisha Das’ “Hanging Out In the Heart Space” online satsang on January 20th, 2022. Be sure to subscribe to Krishna Das on Youtube to get new episodes of “Hanging Out In the Heart Space”, fresh music from KD and more: Krishna Das Music

This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow

This week on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das imparts wisdom on:

• K.C. Tewari’s mantra practice
• The divine mother’s nature to give
• What it truly means to go within
• Identification of thoughts, feelings, and the physical
• Subjective versus objective experiences
• Relative and ultimate reality
• Surrender and agreeing to be ourselves
• The puppet and the puppet master
• Stories of Rama and his role of imperfection
• Krishna as the rule-breaker
• The universal advice of loving, serving, and repeating the name
• Overcoming greed and shame
• Getting rid of bad habits with awareness
• Living through Heartbreak
• Developing inner strength by having a regular practice
• Trusting our own heart and intuition

Check out the book that Krishna Das mentions, Dev Bhumi, written by K.K. Sah

“We haven’t been brought up in a culture where people really trust themselves. Everybody is telling everybody else what they should be feeling, what they should be buying, what they should be doing, how they should do it, what they should wear, what they should listen to. Nobody is listening to their own heart. That’s what we have to learn to do. – Krishna Das

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Krishna Das helps us understand the spiritual lessons in lusting for pleasure and the impermanence of all things physical.

Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow

This episode originally aired on Krisha Das’ “Hanging Out In the Heart Space” online satsang on January 6th, 2022. Be sure to subscribe to Krishna Das on Youtube to get new episodes of “Hanging Out In the Heart Space”, fresh music from KD and more: Krishna Das Music

This week on Pilgrim Heart, join Krishna Das for chanting and chatting about:

• Buddhism and moving through life without the motivation to harm
• Unwinding the heart and opening the mind
• Continuing to chant as feelings come and go
• Following advice from the guru
• Contemplation of the body
• The Hanumat Stavan and other prayers
• Loving someone regardless of what we want them to be doing
• Extending our inner love and acceptance out to others
• Physical pleasure, impermanence, and spiritual lessons
• The inevitability of Karma
• Looking within when we are upset with others

“There’s no end to the lust for pleasure until you recognize what they call impermanence; the changing nature of everything. When you do recognize that, pleasure actually can be more intense because you are not expecting it to last forever. You are not approaching it with grasping and clinging and neediness. You approach it with joy.” – Krishna Das

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Musing on sincerity towards ourselves and others, Krishna Das shares some of the many lessons he learned from Ram Dass, Maharaj-ji, KC Tewari, and more.

This episode of the Pilgrim Heart Podcast originally aired on Krisha Das’ “Hanging Out In the Heart Space” online satsang on December 23, 2021. Be sure to subscribe to Krishna Das on Youtube to get new episodes of “Hanging Out In the Heart Space”, fresh music from KD and more: Krishna Das Music

“You try to be as sincere with people as you can. It is not our job to set everything right in the universe and to correct everyone according to our ideas about what’s right and wrong. That kind of honesty is just more arrogance. Real honesty is love.” – Krishna Das

This time on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das holds a virtual kirtan and responds to questions on:

• Our thoughts/feelings versus who we really are
• Learning to stop the habit of negative self-talk
• Repeating the name and coming home
• Faith as a belief in ourselves and overcoming suffering
• Developing confidence
• Merging the guru and the self
• One light and many reflections
• A story of KC Tewari and a Hanuman Murti
• Krishna Das’ last moments with Ram Dass
• Honesty and sincerity with oneself and others
• Roles, souls, and loving everyone
• Allowing things to come and go
• Raising Kundalini through service
• Maharaj-ji’s favorite scripture, the Tulsidas Ramayana and Ramcharitmanas

“The self is not a thing. It’s pure being, pure consciousness, pure awareness, pure love. It’s not a thing; it can’t be held in a cup or caught in your hands. It can’t be caught with your minds or thoughts. It is awareness of all that. It is deeper than that.” – Krishna Das

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Krishna Das offers up wisdom from his years of practice and study, answering questions about Hanuman, finding peace through practice, working with the ego and much more.

This episode of the Pilgrim Heart Podcast was originally aired during Krisha Das’ “Hanging Out In the Heart Space” online satsang on December 16, 2021. Be sure to subscribe to Krishna Das on Youtube to get new episodes of “Hanging Out In the Heart Space”, fresh music from KD and more: Krishna Das Music

In this episode of Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das answers questions on:

• Attachment and working with the ego
• Chanting, finding a regular practice for yourself, and chanting the Hanuman Chalisa
• Living a peaceful life
• Neem Karoli Baba, sharing a story about Dada Mukherjee and Maharaj-ji
• Practices for cultivating wisdom
• Hanuman & Jesus
• The role of doubt and questioning on the spiritual path

“You can always find some time to chill and to relax and to let go. Chanting is my main practice. One has to develop the ability to pay some attention to what one is doing. If you don’t plant the seeds of the things you want peace, where will you find them?” – Krishna Das

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Krishna Das explores working through our traumas to heal our karma and unveil the jewel of love within us all.

Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow

In this episode of Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das holds a discussion on :

• The strength we can gain from the repeating God's name
• Serving others and treating them as best we can
• Maharaj-ji and serving our parents as the highest form of Worship
• Praying from a far, trauma, and releasing negative energy
• Karmic freeing, broken hearts, and abuse
• Overcoming difficult parental relationships
• Deep connections and the crumbling ego in India with Maharaj-ji
• Loving the soul instead of the role- Loving the soul instead of the role

“We’ve been told their is a jewel within us, our true nature, the soul, real love; through repetition of the name we are shoveling away the shit that is covering that. ” – Krishna Das

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Krishna Das dives into how practice helps mantra become our home base, and shares a Ram Dass story about the powerful mantra to Hanuman, the Bajrang Baan.

Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow

In this episode of Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das opens up a conversation around:

• The story of how Maharaj-ji first got the Westerners to sing kirtan and bhajan, and how that forced them to face their minds and learn how to let go and come back to the chant
• How practicing singing for long periods consistently helps the mantra become your home base to always come back to when we notice we’ve been lost in our thoughts and emotions
• The importance of spiritual perspective, practice, and paying attention in our lives
• Interconnection and offering the intention and merit of practice to all beings
• The meaning behind the powerful mantra to Hanuman, the Bajrang Baan, the instructions Siddhi Ma gave to Ram Dass surrounding it, and how Krishna Das tried to teach it to him

“After a few weeks of singing everyday so many hours, the mantra became home base, and the thoughts were like hawks that came and grabbed you and pulled you away, only to drop you back on yourself after some period of time. You’d be chanting, but going off in your mind while you’re singing, and you don’t even know you’re not there until you go, ‘Oh,’ and you realize you’ve been gone.” – Krishna Das

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Krishna Das helps us practice letting go of anger and expanding our hearts towards others.

Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow

"We might feel pain based on things that happened with people or situations outside of us. But where do we feel that is within. So this is where we have to work on it." – Krishna Das 

In this episode of Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das opens up conversation around:

• Letting go of feeling like the victim and starting to forgive people by doing the inner work
• Extending compassion to our parents and seeing them as human beings, beyond the karmic roles they play
• The story of Dada Mukerjee meeting Maharaj-ji for the first time
• Worshiping the Divine Mother
• Honoring the transition of our parents
• The story of the 4AM Hanuman Chalisa

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Speaking about the power of the path of devotion, Krishna Das offers wisdom on finding balance and taking care of ourselves and others through practices like the Hanuman Chalisa to polish the mirrors of our hearts.

In this episode of Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das offers his thoughts on:

- Honoring our feelings without allowing them to destroy us

Balancing being of service to ourselves and others through self-care and healthy boundaries

- Asking “how?” instead of “why?”

- How opening to the path of devotion can dust off the mirrors of our hearts

- The meaning of the Hanuman Chalisa and how his recent epiphany helped him deepen even further into the practice of the 40-line mantra singing the praises of Hanuman

Learn to sing the Hanuman Chalisa and dive deeper into its meaning here

“The less separate we feel from other human beings, the more we naturally want to help them. If we desire a way to help, we will find a way to help. But if you’re dying of thirst, you have no water to give anybody else either. So we have to find a balance.” – Krishna Das

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.