90 Krishna Quotes to Help You Find Inner Peace and Enlightenment
In the vast world of inspirational words, have you ever immersed yourself in the profound wisdom of Krishna quotes? If not, it's time to delve into this treasure trove of knowledge. Krishna quotes are not merely a collection of words, they are an embodiment of life lessons, a source of deep insights, and a beacon of light in times of confusion. Lord Krishna, through these quotes, offers guidance that transcends time and resonates with the core of our existence.
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Famous Krishna Quotes
This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciouness - namely sensual, mental and intellectual. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-gita all the goals of human existence become fulfilled. Bhagavad-gita is the manifest quintessence of all the teachings of the Vedic scriptures. — Adi Shankara
Brahma is the great Creator, Life a mystic drama; Heaven, and Earth, and living Nature Are but masks of Brahma. — John Stuart Blackie
Look after everybody So that they are happy to see you. It is better to serve the devotee of god than to serve god himself. — H. W. L. Poonja
When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous — Albert Einstein
The Gita is like a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers of spiritual truths collected from the Upanishads. — Swami Vivekananda
If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer of evil himself, Lord Shiva. — Amish Tripathi
All of us with one voice call one God differently as Parmatma, Ishwara, Shiva, Vishnu, Rama, Allah, Khuda, Dada-Hormuzda, Jehova, God and an infinite variety of names. — Mahatma Gandhi
It makes no difference whether you worship God, Jehovah, Allah, Mohammed, Buddha, Christ or Krishna- it is still and always one and the same God. — Satyananda Saraswati
In this world of Maya, which is averse to the Lord, full of trials and tribulations, only patience, humility and respect for others are our friends for Hari bhajana. — Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion. — Herman Hesse
Being a seeker means no matter what the Vedas said, what Krishna or Shiva said, you have to know the truth in your own experience. — Jaggi Vasudev
Inside every woman there is a Kali. [Hindu goddess who morphed into seven hidden beings to win a battle] Do not mistake the exterior for the interior. — Jennifer Beals
I'm a Bhakti, meaning I practice devotional yoga and the heart and love, so I say to people, start with your ego and go down to your heart. — Ram Dass
It is the duty of all to support and side with Dharma. All must fight and support Dharma regardless of their personality, background, status. — Swami Vivekananda
Short Krishna Quotes
- The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly. — Radhanath Swami
- The ultimate goal of Bhakti is to get Krishna and we get it by taking shelter of the holy name. — Bhakti Charu Swami
- If you want spiritual life you have to pay the price. The price is the four regulative principles. — Bhakti Charu Swami
- Spiritual life is absolute reality. Krishna is real but we have lost the ability to realize him. — Bhakti Charu Swami
- To struggle is difficult but to surrender is easy. Surrender is the beginning of devotion. — Bhakti Charu Swami
- A pharaoh's profile, a Krishna's grace, tail like a question mark. — Louis Macneice
- Be very humble when you plan so that Krishna is happy with you. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
- I have been born more times than anybody except Krishna. — Mark Twain
- That Krishna himself was a historical figure is indeed quite indubitable. — Rudolf Otto
- A spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Lord Krishna Quotes
I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and ten thousand civil servants drift homeward on a river of bicycles, brooding on the Lord Krishna and the cost of living. — James Cameron
My life belongs the Lord Krishna now. I'm just the servant of Krishna. I've never been so humble in all my life, and I feel great! — George Harrison
We don't have to become big scholars, we don't have to become big supermen. We simply have to become a humble servant of Lord Krishna. — Bhakti Charu Swami
The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita. — Swami Vivekananda
Krishna insisted on outer cleanliness and inner cleansing. Clean clothes and clean minds are an ideal combination. — Sathya Sai Baba
The message of the Gita is to be found in the second chapter of the Gita where Lord Krishna speaks of the balanced state of mind, of mental equipoise. — Mahatma Gandhi
Formerly when the Govardhanagiri (mountain) was raised aloft by a little boy, the gopis and gopalas realised that Krishna was the Lord. Now, it is not one Govardhanagiri, a whole range will be lifted, you will see! — Sathya Sai Baba
Krishna is dwelling in the hearts of everybody. It doesn't matter what kind of body you've got, the Lord's there with you. We're all the same really. — George Harrison
Yoga may have originated in India, where the cow has been revered as sacred for thousands of years, but times have changed since Lord Krishna played his flute for the cows of Vrindavan. There are factory farms in India now. — Sharon Gannon
My sweet Lord, hallelujah. My, my Lord, hallelujah. My, my Lord, hare krishna. — George Harrison
Hare Krishna Quotes
It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. — Steve Jobs
No matter how much money you've got, it doesn't necessarily make you happy. You have to find your happiness with the problems you have, not worry too much about them, and chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare. — George Harrison
When you're open to something it's like being a beacon, and you attract it. From the first time I heard the chanting Hare Krishna, it was like a door opened somewhere in my subconscious, maybe from some previous life. — George Harrison
Gays, lesbians, straights, feminists, fascist pigs, communists, Hare Krishnas - none of them bother me. I don't care what banner they raise. But what I can't stand are hollow people. When I'm with them I just can't bare it, and wind up saying things I shouldn't. — Haruki Murakami
In a way that somebody else converts to Judaism or becomes a Hare Krishna, I belong to the church of fried chicken. — Padma Lakshmi
Chanting Hare Krishna can make a person a better Christian. — George Harrison
I know people within the Hare Krishna community look at pop music as secular, different, and something separate from spiritual music but for me, there's no difference. — Taraka Larson
Chanting Hare Krishna is really the same sort of thing as meditation, but I think it has a quicker effect. I mean, even if you put your beads down, you can still say the mantra or sing it without actually keeping track on your beads. — George Harrison
Vrndavana is one of the holiest cities in India. Everyone, everywhere, chants Hare Krishna. It was my most fantastic experience. — George Harrison
Hallelujah and Hare Krishna are quite the same thing. — George Harrison
People Writing About Krishna
More Krishna Quotes
Buddha left a road map, Jesus left a road map, Krishna left a road map, Rand McNally left a road map. But you still have to travel the road yourself — Stephen Levine
If you put Buddha, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Shakespeare, Arjuna, Krishna at a dinner table together, I can't see them having an argument. — Hugh Jackman
Next time someone tells me they believe in God, I'll say 'Oh which one? Zeus? Hades? Jupiter? Mars? Odin? Thor? Krishna? Vishnu? Ra?...' If they say 'Just God. I only believe in the one God,' I'll point out that they are nearly as atheistic as me. I don't believe in 2,870 gods, and they don't believe in 2,869. — Ricky Gervais
There is a word Kristos in the Greek dictionary, and this word is supposed to be borrowed from the Sanskrit word "Krishna," and Christ is derived from Kristos. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
First birth is from your parents, but real birth, real life, begins when one accepts a bona fide spiritual master and renders service unto him. Then the path is open for going back to home, back to Godhead, to live eternally in full knowledge and full bliss and in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Lord Krishna. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Krishna is present fully in His holy name and this is realized by the humility and sincerity in our chanting. — Radhanath Swami
I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help it but to present to you the names of (Hazrat) Abu Bakar (RA) and (Hazrat) Umar Farooq (RA). They were leaders of a vast Empire, yet they lived a life of austerity. — Mahatma Gandhi
The Hindus have worshipped from ancient times the baby Krishna in the arms of Virgin Devaki just as the Roman catholics [sic] worship Madona [sic] with baby Christ. — Swami Abhedananda
Krishna says, fight. He says, go out on the battlefield and kill those people whom it's your job to kill; and whether they were your friends or not, you have to look at the big picture. In the big picture, you can't go kill anybody, you can't be killed. — Frederick Lenz
Krishna says, fight. He says, go out in the battlefield and kill those people whom it's your job to kill. — Frederick Lenz
One can be a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ without denying the flickers of the sacred in followers of Yahweh, or Kali, or Krishna — Leonard Sweet
One day, I remember it was in television. I was a fan of the Rolling Stones. One of the members, the guitarist, had died from an overdose of drugs. I cried tears – my model had died. After this, an exciting new group, the Radha Krishna Temple, came on and sang the Hare Krishna mantra. I immediately felt deep solace. — Sacinandana Swami
By only becoming aware of Krishna's greatness we can become aware of our minuteness. That's the way to become Humble. — Bhakti Charu Swami
When we become connected to the supreme spirit then we automatically becomes situated in our spiritual identity. — Bhakti Charu Swami
Krishna once said to Arjuna: Consider the past and future with an equal mind, and pass the peanut M&M's. — Frederick Lenz
Arjuna is a warrior of great renown, says he won't fight. He tells Krishna: I can't fight because I love these people. It's immoral. It's unjust. There's no winning. — Frederick Lenz
I've always believed in a higher power. You can call it God, you can call it Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, Allah, I don't care. I really believe we are all a part of God. — Olivia Hussey
The Bhagavad-Gita is a true scripture of the human race a living creation rather than a book, with a new message for every age and a new meaning for every civilization. — Sri Aurobindo
In truth, I am a single mother. But I don't feel alone at all in parenting my daughter. Krishna has a whole other side of her family who loves her, too. And so Krishna is parented by me, but also by her grandmother and aunts and cousins and uncles and friends. — Padma Lakshmi
He who is called Krishna is also Siva and the Primal Sakti...He again, who is called Jesus and Allah. Truth is one. — Ramakrishna
The Bhagavad-Gita is an empire of thought and in its philosophical teachings Krishna has all the attributes of the full-fledged montheistic deity and at the same time the attributes of the Upanisadic absolute. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bonafide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna. By the mercy of both Krishna and the spiritual masters, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The real wealth in Krishna Consciousness is Humility. We don't have to become a big devotee rather we have to become a Humble Devotee. — Bhakti Charu Swami
A living entity becomes aware of his Spiritual Identity and becomes aware of the Supreme Personality of Godhead only when he comes accross a Sprititual Teacher. — Bhakti Charu Swami
Krishna was conceived in the womb of Devaki mysteriously as the sun setting in the West imparts his rays to the rising moon in the East. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
In Conclusion
Why should we read Krishna quotes? What value can they add to our lives? The answers are simple yet profound. Krishna quotes instill in us a sense of purpose, inspire us to live a righteous life, and teach us the art of balancing our materialistic and spiritual pursuits. Whether it's the love story of Radha Krishna that symbolizes divine love or the teachings of Shree Krishna that elucidate the path to inner peace, these quotes serve as a spiritual compass. Hare Krishna quotes, in particular, ignite a sense of devotion and help us understand the essence of selfless service. So, let's embark on this enlightening journey and allow the wisdom of Krishna quotes to transform our lives positively!
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