Pilgrim Heart with Krishna Das

Pilgrim Heart with Krishna Das

The Krishna Das Pilgrim Heart Hour features Krishna Das’ no-nonsense take on everyday struggles for finding balance on the spiritual path. Through the honesty, humility and humor of his own personal experiences, he points to the possibility of navigating life’s trials with a true inner yearning for truth. His own practice of kirtan or chant is the well stone of his ability to share from his spiritual heart. As KD says, “Love is a disease - we catch it from those who have it.”

Episodes

April 17, 2025 46 mins

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...
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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...
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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...
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March 6, 2025 81 mins

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
  • ...
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February 20, 2025 62 mins

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

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February 6, 2025 75 mins

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...
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January 24, 2025 72 mins

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...
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December 27, 2024 76 mins

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 ...
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December 12, 2024 84 mins

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...
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November 29, 2024 58 mins

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 ...
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November 14, 2024 74 mins

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...
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October 31, 2024 79 mins

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...
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October 17, 2024 67 mins

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
  • ...
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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...
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September 11, 2024 59 mins

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...
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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...
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August 8, 2024 68 mins

Discover new approaches to overcoming life’s challenges! In this episode of the Pilgrim Heart Podcast, Krishna Das offers powerful teachings that empower you to take control of your own liberation from suffering.

In today's episode, KD reflects on:

  • Developing the quality of bodhicitta
  • Staying present through tragedy and suffering
  • Changing how the present moment feels rather than being lost in the past
  • The impossibility of ...
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July 26, 2024 67 mins

Diving into principles of karma, Krishna Das describes how we can serve all beings and follow our own path, shares stories about his guru, Maharaj-ji, and much more.

Today’s episode originally aired on Krisha Das’ “Hanging Out In the Heart Space” online satsang on September 8th 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:&nbs...

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July 10, 2024 63 mins

This time on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das explores the experience and manifestation of enlightened beings and answers questions on Maharaj-ji, devotion, and more.

Today’s episode originally aired on Krisha Das’ “Hanging Out In the Heart Space” online satsang on August 18th 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: Krish...

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In between devotional chants, Krishna Das guides listeners on the path of radical self-honesty and self-examination.

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This time on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das teaches us about:

  • Facing our own egoistic desires
  • Maharaj-ji’s guidance on chanting and repeating the name of...
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