You cannot explain to someone who comes with no idea of what you are talking about without being misunderstood. Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes From Jiddu Krishnamurti If you wish to produce a perfect rose, you must cut off the other buds which are spoiling the growth of the perfect flower. Jiddu Krishnamurti cuttingflowerperfect Meditation is not the pursuit of an invisible path leading to some imaginal bliss. The meditative mind is seeing, watching, listening, without the word, without comment, without opinion, attentive to the movement of life in all its relationships throughout the day. Jiddu Krishnamurti meditationlisteningmind The craving to become causes fears; to be, to achieve, and so to depend engenders fear. Jiddu Krishnamurti achievecausesspiritual Truth is something which you must see immediately — and to see something clearly you must give your heart and your mind and your whole being to it immediately. Jiddu Krishnamurti spiritualheartgiving Analysis does not transform consciousness. Jiddu Krishnamurti analysisconsciousnessdoe Surely love has nothing to do with the mind, it is not the product of the mind; love is entirely independent of calculation, of thought. Jiddu Krishnamurti independentlove-isthinking The ending is the beginning, and the beginning is the first step, and the first step is the only step. Jiddu Krishnamurti first-stepsstepsfirsts Psychological knowledge has made us dull. Jiddu Krishnamurti psychologicalmadedull And the idea of ourselves is our escape from the fact what we really are. Jiddu Krishnamurti factsideas It is necessary for all of us to awaken in ourselves this spirit of cooperation, for then it will not be a mere plan or agreement which causes us to work together, but an extraordinary feeling of togetherness, the sense of joy in being and doing together without any thought of reward or punishment. Jiddu Krishnamurti punishmentagreementspiritual What is the difference between attention and inattention? What is attention and what is concentration? ...Attention has no centre. Jiddu Krishnamurti concentrationdifferencesattention The soil in which the meditative mind can begin is the soil of everyday life, the strife, the pain, and the fleeting joy. It must begin there, and bring order, and from there move endlessly. .. You must take a plunge into the water, not knowing how to swim. And the beauty of meditation is that you never know where you are, where you are going, what the end is. Jiddu Krishnamurti painknowingmoving Teaching is not the mere imparting of information but the cultivation of an inquiring mind which will penetrate into the question of what is religion and not merely accept the established religions, churches, and rituals. Jiddu Krishnamurti inquiringteachingmind If you are lucky and work very hard, you may someday get to experience freedom from the known. Jiddu Krishnamurti good-luckluckymay Goodness, generosity, or love does not come into being save through the search for reality. Jiddu Krishnamurti generosityspiritualreality There is not first understanding and then action. When you understand, that very understanding is action. Jiddu Krishnamurti understandingactionfirsts Conflict is not in the feeling of being in love. The feeling of being in love is utterly without conflict. There is no loss of energy in being in love. Jiddu Krishnamurti being-in-lovelosslife One of the functions of thought is to be occupied all the time with something. Most of us want to have our minds continually occupied so that we are prevented from seeing ourselves as we actually are. We are afraid to be empty. We are afraid to look at our fears. Jiddu Krishnamurti fearmindtime I was supremely happy, for I had seen. Nothing could ever be the same. I have drunk at the clear and pure waters and my thirst was appeased. ...I have seen the Light. I have touched compassion which heals all sorrow and suffering; it is not for myself, but for the world. ...Love in all its glory has intoxicated my heart; my heart can never be closed. I have drunk at the fountain of Joy and eternal Beauty. I am God-intoxicated. Jiddu Krishnamurti truthlovelife Learning in the true sense of the word is possible only in that state of attention, in which there is no outer or inner compulsion. Right thinking can come about only when the mind is not Jiddu Krishnamurti mindmemoriesthinking
