Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a possibility of a happiness that…
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When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation, and imitation causes a human…
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Without freedom, there is no creation.
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As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and from this arise the crude…
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Now, is it possible not to be hurt at all? Because the consequences of being hurt are the building of a wall around oneself, withdrawing…
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To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
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It is much easier to condemn a child than to understand a child.
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Thought comes to an end. Then there is that sense of absolute silence in the brain. All the movement of thought has ended.
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Tradition, long conditioned thinking, can bring about a fixation, a concept that one readily accepts, perhaps not with a great deal of thought.
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Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person,…
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The mind gives meaning to anything but the meaning it gives is meaningless.
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In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and condemnation, from which there comes…
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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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The first thing to realize in meditation is that there is no authority, that the mind must be completely free to examine, to observe, to…
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Meditation is the most extraordinary thing if you know how to do it, and you cannot possibly learn from anybody; and that's the beauty of…
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Freedom is not a reaction; freedom is not a choice. . Freedom is found in the choiceless awareness of our daily existence and activity.
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...Choice in every form is conflict. Contradiction is inevitable in choice; this contradiction, inner and outer breeds confusion and misery.
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Awareness is observation without choice, condemnation, or justification. Awareness is silent observation from which there arises understanding without the experiencer and the experienced. In this…
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Awareness is that state of mind which takes in everything-the crows flying across the sky, the flowers on the trees, the people sitting in front,…
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True understanding is possible only when we are fully conscious of our thought, not as an operative observer on this thought, but completely and without…
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