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Vedanta is not a religion, it is a science
I believe the conviction arising from legitimate spiritual experiences induced by drugs…that there is something beyond the realm of the senses and the mind’s mad craving for pleasure and security…not… Read more
First thing necessary is aspiration for the Divine
What do you want the Yoga for? To get power? To attain to peace and calm? To serve humanity? None of these motives is sufficient to show that you are… Read more
Don’t take your thoughts too seriously
Most people spend their entire life imprisoned within the confines of their own thoughts. They never go beyond a narrow, mind-made, personalized sense of self that is conditioned by the… Read more
Why is it that we are so frightened of death?
Questioner: Would you please explain what you mean by dying daily? J Krishnamurti: Why is it that we are so frightened of death? Because death is the unknown. We don’t… Read more
Investigating a car in a night of emptiness
A few days ago I was walking with a friend around the city. It was late in the evening, and he had asked me to elaborate on “emptiness.” Also taking… Read more
Inaction of Heaven is purity, inaction of earth is peace
Is there such a thing as supreme happiness in the world or isn’t there? Is there some way to keep yourself alive or isn’t there? What to do, what to… Read more
Meditation can counter the influence of past karma
As long as this fascination to achieve this and achieve that continues, so long will continue the cycle of birth and death. Because if all the desires are not satisfied… Read more
Identified with small problems, man forgets his great aims
Identification’ is so common a quality that for purposes of observation it is difficult to separate it from everything else. Man is always in a state of identification, only the… Read more
East & West must establish a golden middle path
The religious fairs held in India since time immemorial are known as Kumbha Melas; they have kept spiritual goals in constant sight of the multitude. Devout Hindus gather by the… Read more
Love is high inducement for individual to ripen
Rainer Maria Rilke was one of the greatest lyric poets of modern Germany. The following are excerpts from letters he wrote to Franz Kappus, a 19-year-old student at the Military… Read more
