Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurtiwas a speaker and writer on matters that concerned humankind. In his early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected this mantle and withdrew from the organization behind it. His subject matter included psychological revolution, the nature of mind, meditation, inquiry, human relationships, and bringing about radical change in society. He constantly stressed the need for a revolution in the psyche of every human being and emphasised that such revolution cannot be brought...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth12 May 1895
CountryIndia
To come upon love without seeking it is the only way to find it.
All paths do not lead to truth. There is no path to truth, it must come to you.
Seeing, observing, listening, these are the greatest acts
When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.
Observe, and in that observation there is neither the "observer" nor the "observed" - there is only observation taking place.
Free yourself from the psychological structure of society, which is to free yourself from the essence of conflict.
Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.
To revolt within society in order to make it a little better, to bring about certain reforms, is like the revolt of prisoners to improve their life within the prison walls; and such revolt is no revolt at all, it is just mutiny. Do you see the difference? Revolt within society is like the mutiny of prisoners who want better food, better treatment within the prison; but revolt born of understanding is an individual breaking away from society, and that is creative revolution.
What you believe you experience.
Fear is not of the unknown, but of loss of the known.
Happy is the man who is nothing.
I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.
Do you decide to observe? Or do you merely observe?
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.