Pilgrim Heart with Krishna Das

Krishna Das gives insights on continual grace and transforming our self-limiting inner narratives through spiritual practice.

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This week on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das thoughtfully discusses:

• What it means for the guru to have a key to our minds
• Teachings from Siddhi Ma: ...

Sharing personal stories of his time with Maharaj-ji, Krishna Das walks us down the path of recognizing grace, loving all beings, and keeping the heart open, no matter how hard it gets.

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"Grace is always here but we're too busy, too involved in our stuff, our thoughts and emotions...

Krishna Das shares a realistic path for resting in the true nature of love that is always accessible to us all. 

In this episode of Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das thoughtfully discusses:

• The many versions of The Bhagavad Gita from different lineages 
• Figuring out which practice works for you
• How the soul/buddha-nature is always present, even when we aren’t looking
• Meditation practices that increase the awareness of be...

In this heart-led exploration, Krishna Das shares how mantra, willpower, and grace guide us from the illusion of ego and into the freedom of real love.

This time on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das offers wisdom on:

• Inspiration from Maharaj-ji’s picture, dream visits, and more
• How the soul pulls us towards real love and freedom
• Why meditating/chanting/any form of practice is a good idea
• The jungle guru who helped Krishna Das with...

Discussing how to work through afflictions like addiction, heartbreak, and self-hatred, Krishna Das gives spiritual guidance to listeners. 

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This week on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das explains:

• Learning to chant the Hanuman Chalisa 
• Working with addiction a...

Revealing the true Buddha nature, which rests beyond ego, Krishna Das shows how regular practice can unveil the inherent purity within us all.

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This time on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das gets into

• Desireless action and other teachings of the Gita
• The ‘evil’ within us...

Providing mantra and mentorship, Krishna Das explores how we can heal our heavy hearts and manage both personal and global suffering.

In this episode of Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das explores:

• Mantras to use during wartimes or other painful experiences
• Hanuman, the remover of all difficulties and negative energy
• Tibetan philosophies of the transition between life and death
• Best wishes for all who are suffering across the globe
• ...

Explaining the fruits of dedicated practice, Krishna Das urges listeners to move past instant gratification and artificial forms of awakening.

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Sharing insight from Maharaj-ji, Krishna Das discusses reaching higher states of consciousness through service, repetition, and purification.

This episode includes wisdom from Krishna Das on:

• Shedding our belief system of ego and separate self
• The importance of regular practice and finding time everyday
• Learning from Maharaj-ji through dreams and meditation
• Finding Maharaj-ji in our world
• Reaching higher states of consciousn...

Through devotional chanting and conversation, Krishna Das offers guidance on living out our practice both on and off the mat.

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In this episode, Krishna Das answers questions on:

• The deep intuition that develops over time
• Making our practice a way of life
• Rebirth an...

Closing the year, Krishna Das explores the transformative power of deepening our awareness and how practice helps us navigate life’s challenges.

This time, on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das speaks on:

• Going within and deepening our awareness
• Subjective versus objective experiences
• Advice that Krishna received from Maharaj-ji
• How repeating the name gives us strength
• Practicing awareness and breaking bad habits
• How to work through ...

Krishna Das teaches listeners all that is possible through total sincerity of the heart and self-awareness.

This week on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das holds a talk on:

• How Krishna Das’ bar mitzvah transformed his outlook on organized religion
• What initially struck Krishna Das about Zen Buddhism and Indian philosophy
• Sensing an ongoing connection to Ram Dass
• Sitting down and chanting without over-intellectualizing everything
• Hav...

Contrasting the physical, impermanent world with the ever-present spiritual world, Krishna Das shares insights from the heart space.

This time on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das shares insights on:

• How each situation has its own parameters
• Practicing the principle of non-harm
• Giving yourself 100% to whatever you are doing
• Conceptualizing our approach to religion
• The love that exists in the non-physical reality within us
• Real love ...

Krishna Das guides listeners to develop the strength to overcome painful situations through regular practice and surrendering to what is.

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This week on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das dives into:

• Chanting for a balance between light and dark
• The inner strength to not i...

Exploring the many fruits of making time for spiritual practice, Krishna Das shares the beauty of forgiving those who have hurt us.

This week, Krishna Das responds to questions on:

• The ways we nurture our wounds and carry our pain
• Forgiving those who have hurt us
• How hurt people hurt others out of their own pain
• The power of loving-kindness mediation for forgiveness
• Maturing and realizing that pain is just a part of life
• Forg...

Krishna Das explains how we can serve our parents and release their karmas along with our own as a labor of love.

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This week, Krishna Das responds to questions on:

• What Maharaj-ji said about service to our parents
• Praying for people from afar and working through traumas
• ...

Amidst global and individual suffering, Krishna Das teaches listeners how to move forward even when our spirit is heavy.

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This week on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das offers advice about:

• Coping when we are worn out from global and individual pain
• Honoring all of our feeling...

Dissolving our erroneous beliefs of separateness, Krishna Das shares the importance of continuous service and devotional practice.

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In this episode of Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das speaks about:

• Service anytime and anywhere
• Planting seeds for the fruits of our practice
• Clearing out b...

Gracefully describing the truth of love that unites all people, Krishna Das shares how self-compassion can extend into the world.

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This week, Krishna Das responds to questions on:

• The concept of Sub Ek, or, all one
• Making peace with the many paths to God
• How relations...