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 MusicThis time on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das chants and gives guidance on: Finding time for practiceReceiving messages through dreamsBeing where we are and accepting our karmasSurrendering to the will of the guruGenerating kindness instead of greedWhat to do when we lose our faith in humanityRecognizing the light and darkness within us allReleasing thoughts, emotions, and negativity during practiceInsights from time with Maharaj-jiKrishna 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 crea

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 MusicThis podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenowIn this episode of Pilgrim Heart: Krishna Das does a variety of chants, including one to his guru, Maharaj-jiHe 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 kindKrishna Das explores the importance of patience and how, when it comes to spiritual practice, shortcuts will only lead us to d

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 MusicThis podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenowThis week on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das imparts wisdom on:K.C. Tewari’s mantra practiceThe divine mother’s nature to giveWhat it truly means to go withinIdentification of thoughts, feelings, and the physicalSubjective versus objective experiencesRelative and ultimate realitySurrender and agreeing to be ourselvesThe puppet and the puppet masterStories of Rama and

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/beherenowThis 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 MusicThis week on Pilgrim Heart, join Krishna Das for chanting and chatting about:Buddhism and moving through life without the motivation to harmUnwinding the heart and opening the mindContinuing to chant as feelings come and goFollowing advice from the guruContemplation of the bodyThe Hanumat Stavan and other prayersLoving someone regardless of what we want them to be doingExtending our inner love and acceptance out to othersPhysical pleasure, imper

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 DasThis time on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das holds a virtual kirtan and responds to questions on:Our thoughts/feelings versus who we really areLearning to stop the habit of negative self-talkRepeating the name and coming homeFaith as a belief in ourselves and overcoming sufferingDeveloping confidenceMergi

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 MusicIn this episode of Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das answers questions on:Attachment and working with the egoChanting, finding a regular practice for yourself, and chanting the Hanuman ChalisaLiving a peaceful lifeNeem Karoli Baba, sharing a story about Dada Mukherjee and Maharaj-jiPractices for cultivating wisdomHanuman & JesusThe 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 w

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/beherenowIn this episode of Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das holds a discussion on :The strength we can gain from the repeating God's nameServing others and treating them as best we canMaharaj-ji and serving our parents as the highest form of WorshipPraying from a far, trauma, and releasing negative energyKarmic freeing, broken hearts, and abuseOvercoming difficult parental relationshipsDeep connections and the crumbling ego in India with Maharaj-jiLoving 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 DasSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califor

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/beherenowIn 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 chantHow 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 emotionsThe importance of spiritual perspective, practice, and paying attention in our livesInterconnection and offering the intention and merit of practice to all beingsThe meaning behind the powerful mantra to Hanuman, the Bajrang Baan, the instructions Siddhi Ma gave to Ram Da

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 workExtending compassion to our parents and seeing them as human beings, beyond the karmic roles they playThe story of Dada Mukerjee meeting Maharaj-ji for the first timeWorshiping the Divine MotherHonoring the transition of our parentsThe story of the 4AM Hanuman ChalisaSee 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 usBalancing 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 HanumanLearn 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

Discussing the power of the present moment, Krishna Das empowers us to make a difference in our lives by redirecting our negative habits into positive changes.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow“You have to find out what you have to do to make your life what you want it to be.” – Krishna DasIn this episode of Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das discusses: His thoughts on reincarnation and karmaGoing after the things you want in lifeThe lesson of betrayalThe western fantasy of romance compared to the spirit of unconditional loveBeing alone with our thoughts and emotionsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Discussing the intensity of painful emotions, Krishna Das describes how practicing letting go can allow us to live at home within ourselves.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow“Right now, we’re programmed to hold onto everything. But over time, we can let go of our identification with the negative states of mind, the negative self images, and the negative stories we tell ourselves. But you can’t push those away. We have to train ourselves to release them.” – Krishna Das This episode features a special kirtan with Krishna Das and friends, Benjy and Heather Wertheimer and Steve Gorn, as well as a conversation on: How regular practice allows us to habituate to the feeling of letting go to allow intense emotions to run through usMaharaj-ji’s response to the death of a devoteeA miracle story about Swami NityanandaThe lila when Ram Dass gave Maharaj-ji the first copy of Be Here Now

Discussing the inevitability of suffering, Krishna Das guides us on returning to our true, present nature.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow“There's no escaping suffering, that is the number one truth. This world is filled with it. We can develop a way to live in a world that changes the way we react to difficult and painful circumstances.” – Krishna Das This episode features a virtual kirtan with Krishna Das and a discussion on:Allowing love to show its faceThe grace of the saints and the guruThe Ramayana The inevitability of sufferingPresence and our true nature See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Krishna Das helps us notice the gradual, positive changes that come from maintaining practices like chanting.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow"Live your life. Go after the things you want. Hopefully, that will include some spiritual practice which will ripen you to become the love that lives within you." – Krishna Das In this episode, Krishna Das leads us in devotion and discusses:Connecting to an individualized practiceChanging fate through chantingThe Guru within and allowing grief Devotion through serviceThe Kundalini of an Open HeartSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Robert Thurman and Krishna Das lecture on chanting, Maharaj-ji, embodiment, and purpose in this devotion-filled episode. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow"Human beings are such a precious embodiment...it's a great opportunity to become enlightened That's what you do when you attain freedom. You don't stop living; you become infinite life, you become one with everybody's infinite life." – Dr. Robert Thurman"I would try to find the thing that you really want to do, and really do it. When I heard chanting in India, the first time I heard it I knew 'this, I could do.' And I'm still working at it." – Krishna DasIn this episode, Krishna Das chants and responds to questions with Dr. Robert Thurman on:Experiences with Maharaj-jiEnlightenment and Embodiment Having a less rigid spiritual practiceFinding purpose How mantras are holographicGiving up your will to the

After swaddling listeners in devotional chanting, Krishna Das describes thinning the ego and diving into the ocean of love.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow"That's what these practices are for, ultimately, so we can experience the depth of love and peace within us. There is no button to push, it is a question of developing trust in yourself, confidence in yourself, and practicing regularly." – Krishna DasIn this episode, Krishna Das chants and explores:Suffering, Relativity, and SubjectivityThinning out the EgoThe wisdom of Neem Karoli BabaSlowing down and practicing self-careLetting go of separateness in the ocean of loveAttachment versus the field of love See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Through non-attachment and mantra repetition, Krishna Das teaches us that we can invoke presence and find our true nature.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow"Because Ram, Sita, Radha, all these beings are rooted in a deeper consciousness than we have, by repeating their names we invoke that presence, that place within us that is deeper than our thoughts, emotions, and physicality. That's the real meaning of these names, they are real love. The same love that is within us. – Krishna Das In this episode, Krishna Das mindfully shares:The “Om Namo Bhagavate Vaasudevaayaa” chant on harmonium to begin the episodeA reflection on the impermanence of feelings and the bodyHow everything is accomplished through repeating mantras Maharaj-ji's interpretation of attachmentsThe importance of practiceSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https

Krishna Das offers flowing kirtan and explores mantras as the Divine Names which help us uncover the love that lives within us.Help others improve their mental and emotional well-being, reduce stress, improve focus, increase self-awareness and self-regulation — all while deepening your own practice and understanding.Join Buddhist teacher David Nichtern and special guest Professor Robert Thurman for a free online program on Tuesday, February 14th at 6:00pm ET. Visit dharmamoon.com/beherenow for more info and to reserve your spot for the free info session! "Sanskrit is considered to be a revealed language. What that means is that the sound is actually the sound form of the Divine. It's called 'The Name.' So, these Names, these sounds, are actually the form of that blissful reality that we all are already, the love that lives within us." – Krishna DasIn this episode, Krishna Das dives into:A flowing "Hare Ram / Sita Ram" chant on harmonium to kick off the episodeSanskrit mantras as the Divine Name

Krishna Das describes the first step of any mindfulness practice: calming the mind. When the mind is serene, we can handle it 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"Not only are you singing, you're using your breath, you're hearing the sound of your voice and other voices, and that all helps you pay attention. It all helps you stay home, here, where we are supposed to try to be." – Krishna DasIn this episode, we learn about:Staying focused and presentMantras and chantingGrief and lossBeing at home in our beingDetachment and relationshipsThe true nature of real loveSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Drawing on the availability of grace, Krishna Das explores being a good person to ourselves and others in this virtual Satsang.In this episode, you will learn about remembering the truth, having patience with yourself, and connecting to the guru.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow"Until we love ourselves enough, until we learn to give ourselves a break and not judge ourselves so harshly, we will always be comparing, judging, evaluating and trying to buy affection...you just have to do the work on yourself." — Krishna Das See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.