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Jiddu Krishnamurti vs. U.G. Krishnamurti

There are two famous Krishnamurti's in the world of Spirituality. Both were anti-guru's. U.G. Krishnamurti was so against being a guru that he didn't give many lectures. He stopped when his lectures became popular. Jiddu Krishnamurti chose to abandon the spiritual organisation that was made for him and went his own way, teaching all his life.

Krishnamurti felt we should each find our own Truth

Both Krishnamurti's stressed finding our own truth within ourselves. Authority is only good for learning about specialized information - not for finding out how to live. That's a job we each have to do ourselves.

Three reasons to love Krishnamurti 

Both Krishnamurtis have my admiration for being different and thinking outside the box.

They were both extremely good at observing the personality: their own and other people's. Their insights will help people grow for centuries.

I love Jiddu Krishnamurti's devotion to education. He founded schools in India, England and Australia.

Krishnamurti Pictures 

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U.G. Krishnamurti

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the Young Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Older Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Jiddu Krishnamurti teaching

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Jiddu Krishnamurti at a Glance 

Jiddu Krishnamurti or J. Krishnamurti, (May 12, 1895-February 17, 1986) was a popular writer and speaker on philosophical and spiritual subjects. His subject matter included (but was not limited to): the purpose of meditation, human Category: wikt - :relationship|relationships, and how to enact positive change in global society.

Krishnamurti was born into a Telugu Brahmin family in then colonial India. In early adolescence, he had a chance encounter with prominent occultist and high-ranking theosophist C.W. Leadbeater on the grounds of the Theosophical Society headquarters at Adyar in Madras (n...

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A teaser: a Jiddu Krishnamurti quote 

For the total development of the human being, solitude as a means of cultivating sensitivity becomes a necessity.
One has to know what it means to be alone, what it is to meditate, what it is to die;
and the implications of solitude, of meditation, of death, can be known only by seeking them out.
These implications cannot be taught, they must be learnt.
One can indicate, but learning by what is indicated is not the experiencing of solitude or meditation.
To experience what is solitude and what is meditation, one must be in in a state of inquiry;
only a mind that is in a state of inquiry is capable of learning.
But 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 being to repeat what is learnt without experiencing it.

From the Book, "Life Ahead" by Krishnamurti

U.G. Krishnamurti at a glace 

Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti (July 9, 1918 - March 22, 2007), better known as U.G. Krishnamurti, or just U.G., was a speaker and philosopher, often known as an "anti-guru" or as "the man who refused to be a guru"An Interview with U.G. at lifepositive.com.

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Jiddu Krishnamurti Links 

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Another teaser: a U.G. Krishnamurti quote 

Anger as such is something you don't know. You are all the time controlling, suppressing, living with or choicelessly aware--you are all the time doing something with what is not there any more. It is already gone. It is the thinking that results in hitting somebody--your child, for example--and not the anger. You are attributing it to something that is not there any longer. That has set in motion this nonsensical movement of thought. So it is not the anger but the frustration that is your problem. You are not dealing with desire. Desire is life. If you destroy desire you are destroying life. It is there--not must be there--whether you like it or not. Have you freed yourself from desire? Don't say `good desires', `bad desires', `spiritual desires' and `material desires'. They are all the same. What you are going to do with the desires is all that you are interested in."

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We don't need help on the spiritual path? 

Or do we?

How do you sit on the paradox of a spiritual teacher who teaches that we don't need a spiritual teacher - we just need to look inside ourselves and learn from everything....

Doe we need help on the spiritual path?

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Yes, absolutely.

spirituality says:

We do need help on the spiritual path. Sure - at the end of it, we don't... Spiritual maturity means standing on your own two feet. BUT most of us simply do need help to find our way in life. I feel both Krishnamurti's, however insightful they were, went too far in stressing independence.

Posted March 22, 2008

No, we can do it all ourselves.

Pete S says:

I don't know anything. It's not a "cool" I don't know.

It is an empty I don't know.

Posted April 22, 2008

 
 
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So - which do you prefer - Jiddu or U.G.? 

Jiddu Krishnamurti: spiritual teacher all his life, yet an anti-guru.
U.G. Krishnamurti: lived a withdrawn life, married, had kids. Refused to lecture after gaining popularity.

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Pete S.

I don't know. . .really.

Posted April 22, 2008

Y V Chawla

The human mind is programmed.
whatever you say or I say or any body says is coming from the programmed mind. There is no way this programming can be undone.
To see this, to understand this is the end of the game.
There is no 'how to' do it. It will still be within the programmed structure.
Mind is helpless in solving the mystery.
Seeing one's helplessness puts one with the mystery.
Y V chawla
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Posted April 16, 2008

David N

The two most important thinkers ever!

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