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Post by virtualwhys »

tech_browser wrote: post #43

Krishnamurti's teachings are based on scriptures such as Upanishads and Gita. He was averse to the notion of having a Guru (or teacher) because the teachers he had seen in his time were very steeped in orthodoxy, despite their learning. He was also against quoting verses from scriptures because he wanted to break away from the traditional teacher-student model. His teachings are appealing to many people who do not ha…

> Krishnamurti's teachings are based on scriptures such as Upanishads and Gita.

"the truth is a pathless land", what place does sacred scripture hold in JK's teaching? From everything I've read by him, none. Similarly for meditation practices, which he usually described as one of many ways to avoid the truth, there was a rejection of all (non)traditional means to awakening.

If anything JK's teaching is that of the Buddha: negate all ways and the truth appears.

As for contemporary teachers in the JK lineage, Ramana Maharashi actually precedes JK (with some overlap); otherwise I only know of Tolle and Mooji, the latter of which should not, IMO, be linked with JK, Maharshi or any other spiritual giant (attending one of his talks at his retreat center in Portugal felt more like a cult of personality than anything else).

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Post by MonkeyIsNull »

eternalban wrote: post #36

I've read Krishnamurthy and frankly it is hard to tell how much of his output is genuine spiritual insight instead of Theosophic hand-me-down. One thing is for sure, his images in old age (at least to me) convey a melancholic doubt as opposed to the expected beatific enlightened soul. YMMV.

Little of what he taught came from the Theosophical Society, he broke with them relatively early in his life.

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Post by dominotw »

tech_browser wrote: post #43

Krishnamurti's teachings are based on scriptures such as Upanishads and Gita. He was averse to the notion of having a Guru (or teacher) because the teachers he had seen in his time were very steeped in orthodoxy, despite their learning. He was also against quoting verses from scriptures because he wanted to break away from the traditional teacher-student model. His teachings are appealing to many people who do not ha…

>Krishnamurti's teachings are based on scriptures such as Upanishads and Gita.

I am curious why you say this?

Re: On Loneliness

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Post by throw_rv »

athyuttamre wrote: post #25

Interesting to see JK on HN. I went to the first boarding school he founded, Rishi Valley, in southern India. Certainly the most transformative part of my life, although we weren't exposed to much of his philosophy. He also founded the Oak Grove School in Ojai, California.

Was waiting to see rvites join this thread. 2 in so far! (We meet on HN again atty.)

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Post by Diederich »

acqq wrote: post #46
tech_browser wrote: post #43

Krishnamurti's teachings are based on scriptures such as Upanishads and Gita. He was averse to the notion of having a Guru (or teacher) because the teachers he had seen in his time were very steeped in orthodoxy, despite their learning. He was also against quoting verses from scriptures because he wanted to break away from the traditional teacher-student model. His teachings are appealing to many people who do not ha…

Not only he decided to be against the "gurus", he was explicitly against every religion too. http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/about-krishnamurti/dissolution-... "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…

Wow, thanks you!

On the surface, this appears to be the same 'religious system' my wife and I have come to embrace over the past decade or so.

We will be reading into this a good bit more.

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Post by vram22 »

Anecdote: Years ago I attended a talk by him at a large open ground in Chennai. Many people including some bigwigs were present. A few memories:

- at one point he said, "burn all books, including those of the speaker / author". He used to refer to himself like that, not with "I" or "me" or "mine".

- at one point, in some context, he used the words "over the table, under the table" - before he could even complete the sentence, huge knowing / guilty laughter erupted in the audience.

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Post by happy-go-lucky »

andybak wrote: post #14

For anyone not familiar with Krishnamurti his relationship and work with the physicist David Bohm is worthy of note. I can't find a good summary link I can vouch for but google for it yourself.

David Bohm and Jiddu Krishnamurti Timeline: http://dbohm.com/david-bohm-jiddu-krishnamurti-timeline.html

David Bohm's Introduction to Jiddu Krishnamurti: http://dbohm.com/david-bohm-introduction-to-krishnamurti.htm...

THE BOHM–KRISHNAMURTI PROJECT: http://bohmkrishnamurti.com/

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Post by mapcars »

vram22 wrote: post #56

Anecdote: Years ago I attended a talk by him at a large open ground in Chennai. Many people including some bigwigs were present. A few memories: - at one point he said, "burn all books, including those of the speaker / author". He used to refer to himself like that, not with "I" or "me" or "mine". - at one point, in some context, he used the words "over the table, under the table" - before he could even complete the…

I didn't get the "table" joke, what is it about?
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