In earlier writings, I explored several questions surrounding David Bohm’s reservations about Krishnamurti’s teachings, including the broader issue of obscurity within the material and the difficulty of clarifying it. What follows revisits and draws together some of those earlier observations, while turning to a more specific question: what Bohm may have meant by a lack …
Wry wrote (on November 16th): Niko wrote: “In an earlier post on this blog, I talked about David Bohm’s doubts concerning the ultimate usefulness of Krishnamurti’s teachings.” This may be kind of dark, though it could be said that in order to see the light there must be contrast. Anyway, just musing, it occurs to …
(The following is a post from Wry, written in 2006 on a forum that no longer exists. It is reproduced here in order that she can comment about her present understanding of this teaching. The post was lightly edited so as to remove personal information. It’s possible that some readers of this post may wonder …
Scott Forbes, who was an important associate of Krishnamurti’s during his later years, and also a close friend of Mary Zimbalist, wrote a book about Krishnamurti’s last months. The book is entitled Krishnamurti, Preparing to leave. Published in 2018, it recounts Forbe’s experiences at Brockwood Park School, where he was once the principal, and also …
It’s been quite a year, and a lot of perspectives have surely broadened, including my own, so just to get started, here’s an interesting take on Krishnamurti which I found the link to a few days ago: Uh oh. Just now discovered that apparently this other blog site, Medium, does not allow its articles to …
I have personally participated in a few different Krishnamurti based discussion groups over the years. From my perspective, any insights garnered from participation in these groups have happened by critiquing K as opposed to agreeing with him or defending him. As I wrote in the introductory statement for this blog, there is something missing from …
Wry: Yes it is a matter of discernment in that each human being’s experience is contextual and also to some degree on the bias (at least on the bias according to someone else:-) I think a good teaching needs to account for this, which K did not really do; rather than attempting to shape a …
In an earlier post on this blog, I talked about David Bohm’s doubts concerning the ultimate usefulness of Krishnamurti’s teachings. In his book about the Oak Grove School, David Moody recounts a conversation with David Bohm in which Bohm states that Krishnamurti’s work lacked a “fine focus” in its depiction of the nuances of consciousness. …
According to Wikipedia, more than 75 books have been published which were either written by Krishnamurti, or else which contain records of his talks or his dialogues, with an estimated total circulation of at least 4,000,000 volumes. In addition to the books, there are a great number of sound and video recordings; also available to …
“Lessons were conducted mostly in English of which Krishna knew very little. So stupid did he appear that the teacher would frequently send him out on the verandah and forget all about him until he called some other boy stupid when he would be remembered and brought in again. He was caned almost every day …
Deconstructing Krishnamurti 
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