Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Again, I maintain that no organization can lead man to spirituality. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“It is only the innocent mind which knows what love is, and the innocent mind can live in the world which is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Space and time are real for the man who is yet imperfect, and space is divided for him into dimensions; time, into… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“But there's a sacredness which is not of thought, nor of a feeling resuscitated by thought. It is not recognizable by thought… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
To understand the present with its full, rich significance, the mind must free itself from the habit of self-protecting acquisition; when it… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Instead of old spiritual distinctions you have new spiritual distinctions, instead of old worships you have new worships. You are all depending… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
If we could, and we must, establish a deep long abiding relationship with nature, with the actual trees, the bushes, the flowers,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Surely, life is not merely a job, an occupation; life is something extraordinarily wide and profound, it is a great mystery, a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Living is not this tawdry, mediocre, disciplined thing which we call our existence. Living is something entirely different; it is abundantly rich,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
It is a great art to have an abundance of knowledge and experience - to know the richness of life, the beauty… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Have you ever sat very quietly with closed eyes and watched the movement of your own thinking? Have you watched your mind… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“In order to observe the movement of your own mind and heart, of your whole being, you must have a free mind,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“So if you understand that where there is a search for pleasure there must be pain, live that way if you want… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“You also want to know if there is something more than mere physical existence, do you not? This ceaseless round of going… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“So if you can look at all things without allowing pleasure to creep in - at a face, a bird, the colour… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an answer. Thus the question is suspended between the two persons involved in this answer and question. It is like a bud with untouched blossoms . . . If the question is left totally untouched by thought,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
I have only one purpose: to make people free, to urge them towards freedom, to help them to break away from all limitations, for… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Whatever discipline you exercise should be based on the goal your child is eventually to reach, namely, freedom and happiness. I would show him towards what he is growing, his ultimate fulfilment, and help him to adapt himself to that. In everything that you do, you should keep the goal in view, and hence your discipline must aim at helping… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
Begin where you are. Read every word, every phrase, every paragraph of the mind, as it operates through thought. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Without discontentment, without revolt, you can never attain harmony. It is a necessary stage, which must be gone through by everyone. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Meditation is a state of mind which looks at everything with complete attention, totally, not just parts of it. And no one can teach… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
We need tremendous energy to bring about a psychological change in ourselves as human beings, because we have lived far too long in a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Life is a movement, a constant movement in relationship; and thought, trying to capture that movement in terms of the past, as memory, is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Meditation is like going to a well, the waters of which are inexhaustible, with a pitcher that is always empty. The pitcher can never… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image