J.
Krishnamurthi was an enlightened soul, a writer and philosopher whose mission
was to bring about a positive change in human personality.
Jiddu
Krishnamurthi was born on May 11, 1895 in Madanapalle, Andra Pradesh state and
is from a family of telugu speaking Brahmins.
He was at most times assumed to be mentally retarded and punished by his
parents and teachers for revealing his psychic experiences.
Through his
association with the theosophical society, he was able to bloom into a true
spiritual guru. He
believed that everyone should meditate and have
a more spiritual approach to living. He respected humanity and nature
and wanted everyone to treat themselves well and preserve Earth.
He
did not encourage intellectual pursuits.
He believed that the ultimate truth can be realized only through each
seeker’s awareness to his own experience, understanding and observation leading
to involution (inward growth).
Later
he said, “I maintain that truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it
by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. That is my point of view,
and I adhere to that absolutely and unconditionally. Truth, being limitless,
unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor
should any organization be formed to lead or coerce people along a particular
path. ... This is no magnificent deed, because I do not want followers, and I
mean this. The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth”.
He
compared himself to Thomas Edison, meaning that the seeker has to just flick
the switch as all the hard work had been done by him through his process of
self-realization. He
wanted seekers to simply live the teachings laid out by him, in order to attain
the higher consciousness.
He
attained liberation through his own personal experiences and observations and died on
February 17, 1986.
Quotes of J.Krishnamurti
If
we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because
the answer is not separate from the problem.
In
oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is
there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key
or the door to open, except yourself.
Religion
is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.
The
end is the beginning of all things, Suppressed and hidden, Awaiting to be
released through the rhythm Of pain and pleasure.
The
flowering of love is meditation.
There
is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination,
and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to
the moment you die, is a process of learning.
Tradition
becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.
We
all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no
longer free.
What
is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other
resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come
directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear,not how to escape
from it.
