“You know, if we understand one question rightly, all questions are answered. But we don’t know how to ask the right question. To ask the right question demands a great deal of intelligence and sensitivity. Here is a question, a fundamental question: is life a torture? It is, as it is; and man has lived in this torture centuries upon centuries, from ancient history to the present day, in agony, in despair, in sorrow; and he doesn’t find a way out of it. Therefore he invents gods, churches, all the rituals, and all that nonsense, or he escapes in different ways. What we are trying to do, during all these discussions and talks here, is to see if we cannot radically bring about a transformation of the mind, not accept things as they are, nor revolt against them. Revolt doesn’t answer a thing. You must understand it, go into it, examine it, give your heart and your mind, with everything that you have, to find out a way of living differently. That depends on you, and not on someone else, because in this there is no teacher, no pupil; there is no leader; there is no guru; there is no Master, no Saviour. You yourself are the teacher and the pupil; you are the Master; you are the guru; you are the leader; you are everything. And to understand is to transform what is.
I think that will be enough, won’t it?â€
― Jiddu Krishnamurti
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“in this life there is no teacher, no pupil; there is no leader; there is no guru; there is no Master, no Saviour. You yourself are the teacher and the pupil; you are the Master; you are the guru; you are the leader; you are everything. And to understand is to transform what is. I think that will be enough, won’t it?†―
Then why is guru Jiddu Krishnamurti trying to “teach us our life”…? That is what he is doing right…?
The great question is the question that we didn’t understand and want answers for it.and the great answers atleast shouldn’t be contradict each other.
good point joinel. no, he is not trying to “teach” us life, he is trying to make us understand it. he always insisted on one to one discussion of things where one can understand things by himself during discussion itself instead of taking something home in form of “commandments”. that’s why he said “during all these discussions and talks” instead of “during all these discourses” or something.
but yes, there is always this communication limitation, and thus contradictions too. main thing is you understand what he is saying. if you understand for yourself that there should be no guru or teacher to be followed then you won’t treat him like a guru. but if you take his words like commandments then yes he will become a guru himself to you.
Good stuff.
^ this