Author: J Krishnamurti
Publisher: Krishnamurti Foundation India
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 233
ISBN/UPC (if available): 818732659X
Description
J Krishnamurti’s literary legacy in the form of talks, discussions, and writings is remarkable for its sheer variety and vastness. In 1980, Krishnamurti wrote, on request, a one-page summary of his work, which he himself referred to as the core of his teachings. The present compilation starts with this summary and follows it with a selection of passages of an amplifying kind. The editor takes the major aspects of Krishnamurti’s teachings and puts together extensive passages to expand on such themes as:
Truth is a pathless land;
Man has built in himself images as a fence of security;
Freedom is found in the choiceless awareness of our daily existence and activity;
Thought is time; and
Time is the psychological enemy of man.
The book also alerts the reader to Krishnamurti’s innovative use of language, the ways in which he uses old worlds with new interpretations.
Contents
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
Philosophy without Boundaries
PART I: THE CORE OF THE TEACHING
Listening
The Core of the Teaching
Truth Is a Pathless Land
Is There Such a thing as Truth Apart from Personal Opinion?
There Is Only Infinite Watching
A Man Addicted to Knowledge Cannot Find the Truth
There IS No Technique
You Have to Find Truth through the Mirror of Relationship
Human Begins Have Built in Themselves Images as a Fence of Security
The Burden of These Images Dominates Thinking, Relationships, and Daily Life
Freedom from Being a Slave to the Past
Though IS Always Limited
The Content of One’s Consciousness Is One’s Entire Existence
One’s Perception of Life Is Shaped by Concepts Already Established in One’s Mind
One’s Uniqueness as a Human Being Lies in Complete Freedom from the Content of One’s Consciousness
Choiceless Awareness
Freedom Is Found in the Choiceless Awareness of Daily Existence and Activity
Thought Is Time
Time Is the Psychological Enemy
In Observation One Begins to discover the Lack of Freedom
A Radical Mutation in the Mind
Total Negation Is the Essence of the Positive
The Division between the Thinker and the Thought, the Observer and the Observed
This Division between the Observer and the Observed Is an Illusion
Breaking the Mirror
PART II: WORDS AND MEANINGS
Words
Meanings
PART III: ACTION THROUGH INACTION
Observing
Staying with What Is
Asking but Not Answering Fundamental Questions
The Beauty of Not Knowing
On Issues Often Discussed
APPENDIX
SOURCE NOTES