Three final talks given by Jiddu Krishnamurti to the public audience at Madras, on 28th December 1985, 1st January 1986, and 4th January 1986.
Talks 1 (Part 1 of 8)
I would like to know why you are all here. I really mean it. With what
intention, with what purpose, with what kind of imaginary or superstitious
concepts that one has?
And perhaps, if I may be so bold as to suggest it, you
might have come with those ideas, with those formulas. And I am afraid you will
be disappointed because - I hope you can hear, all right?
I hope you all can
hear - one has talked all over the world for a long time, seventy years, that's
a long time, and one has naturally built up all kinds of fanciful, superstitious
imaginary reputations, and those reputations, those images that one has created
are really meaningless because what we are talking about is totally different
from a lecture. A lecture is meant to inform, to instruct, to guide and so on.
This is not a lecture.
Jiddu Krishnamurti lived from 1895 to 1986, and is regarded as one of the greatest philosophical and spiritual figures of the twentieth century. Krishnamurti claimed no allegiance to any caste, nationality or religion and was bound by no tradition. His purpose was to set humankind unconditionally free from the destructive limitations of conditioned mind. For nearly sixty years he traveled the world and spoke spontaneously to large audiences until the end of his life in 1986 at the age of ninety. He had no permanent home, but when not traveling, he often stayed in Ojai, California, Brockwood Park, England, and in Cennai, India. In his talks, he pointed out to people the need to transform themselves through self knowledge, by being aware of the subtleties of their thoughts and feelings in daily life, and how this movement can be observed through the mirror of relationship.
Part 1 of 10
All that we have invented, the symbols in the church, the rituals, they are all put there by thought. Thought has invented these things. Invented the savior. Invented the temples in India and the contents of the temples. Thougts has invented all these things called sacred. You cannot deny that. So thought in itself is not sacred. And when thought invents God, God is not sacred.
So what is sacred?
That can only be understood or happen when there is complete freedom, from fear, from sorrow, and when there is this sense of love and compassion with its own intelligence. Then, when the mind is utterly still, that which is sacred can take place.
The Future of Humanity is a dialogue between J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm which took place in Brockwood Park, England in 1983. Starting with the questions: Are psychologists really concerned with the future of man? Are they concerned with the human being conforming to the present society, or going beyond that? - the conversation embarks on the incredible journey of the unconditioned mind and asks if the consciousness of mankind can be changed through time into timelessness.
The Future of Humanity is a dialogue between J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm which took place in Brockwood Park, England in 1983. Starting with the questions: Are psychologists really concerned with the future of man? Are they concerned with the human being conforming to the present society, or going beyond that? - the conversation embarks on the incredible journey of the unconditioned mind and asks if the consciousness of mankind can be changed through time into timelessness.
What Brings Freedom From Fear -- and I assure you the freedom is complete -- is to be aware of fear without the word, without trying to deny or escape from fear, without wanting to be in some other state. If with complete attention you are aware of the fact that there is fear, then you will find that the observer and the observed are one, there is no division between them. There is no observer who says, "I am afraid"; there is only fear without the word which indicates that state. The mind is no longer escaping, no longer seeking to get rid of fear, no longer trying to find the cause, and therefore it is no longer a slave words. There is only a movement of learning which is the outcome of innocence, and an innocent mind has no fear.
J. Krishnamurti - Saanen, 6th public talk, 2 August 1962
