Jiddu Krishnamurti's Teachings

Aloha Everyone,

More often  known as J.Krishnamurti (May 12, 1895 – February 17, 1986) was considered and revered as a World Teacher.  He was a writer and speaker with world-wide audience.  Subject of J.Krishnamurti’s writings and talks included but not limited to: meditation, learning, life, education, fear, kindness, understanding, love, compassion and  human relationship.  Here is a selection of his quotes which is still contemporary and relevant in today’s society.

The flowering of love is meditation.

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

Namaste — Cathi