Niko wrote: “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 …
Am going to try to write more regularly now. Two topics Niko and I both are interested in are the comparison of the approach of the Chittamatrin (Mind Only) School of Buddhism to the approach of the Pransagika Madhyamika (Middle Way) School. This kind of focus significantly relates to the teaching of Krishnamurti and also …
Was K disingenuous? Why ask this? Because not just what K said, but K himself, K the (supposed) great world teacher, is for many the inspiration. If K was disingenuous, that is human, and we all may be to some degree until we are “pure,” but if we take as the foundation of a topic …
So what does it mean to say that someone is disingenuous? Basically it means that a person is dishonest, but imo not in the sense of presenting a false picture in order to help someone, such as it said that the Buddha sometimes lies; an example of the latter might be telling a child there …
Niko wrote in the intro: “A central tenet of most Krishnamurti dialogues is that Krishnamurti’s formulations are to be encountered within a framework which was proscribed by K himself. Although he exhorted his listeners to “question everything”, he did set limits by suggesting we look only at his words and leave out various contextual elements.” …
Intro: My apologies for disappearing; got deeply involved in another project but am still dedicated to writing here. As some know, one of my final disillusionments with Krishnamurti came when reading his book “The Ending Of Time.” Oddly, and even sadly, many people feel this is his most significant important work and that there is …
First, if there is one person perceived to be at the top of the ladder or seeming to encompass by his own expressed understanding the entire spectrum, it is natural to follow that person. As children we are culturally conditioned to follow all kinds of ideas given to us, and we do tend to accept …
So a person reads Krishnamurti whose very skillful use of language affects the reader’s brain function, causing him to focus in a specific way, due to which there is a very intense quality of experience which is pleasurable. This happens many times, and such a person keeps reading K because, plain and simple, he desires …
On Jan 24, 2013 12:11 PM Wry wrote: “Just sent this to a Gurdjieff list where participants have started talking about Krishnamurti, and people here might like to see it. What I wrote may sound to some like I am anti-Krishnamurti and pro Gurdjieff, but that is not really true on either end, nor am …
Deconstructing Krishnamurti 
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