” ‘There is a principle, proof against all argument, a bar against all progress, and which if persisted in cannot but keep the mind in everlasting ignorance-and that is, contempt prior to examination.’—PALEY. Just read this quote and thought it described K perfectly. K was a master at Zen, Hinduism, Vedanta, Buddhism and Christianity. He …
So, thanks again to Niko for the work put into making this blog. We did not try as yet to promote it, so the number of readers is limited, but please share this link, as there is going to be more frequent activity here, with a focus, at least from my end, on comparing these …
This is intended to be an inquiry. Many of us have had very powerful and deeply meaningful experiences when reading and/or listening to Krishnamurti, which experiences (at this point in my understanding, which understanding is radically greater then it was when I first read K) I would advise others having these kinds of experiences to …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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.” …
Deconstructing Krishnamurti 
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