Jiddu Krishnamurti

‌ Systems imply repetition, practice, following a method. If you follow a method, a system, a practice, it becomes a routine. And when the mind becomes a mechanical thing, then you have conflict, then there is an escape through sex, or through other forms of activity. Therefore, at all costs, avoid any system of medita…

‌ What is meditation, and why should one meditate? Is it natural? Like breathing, like seeing, like hearing, is it natural? And why have we made it so unnatural, taking postures, following systems of Buddhist meditation, Tibetan meditation, Christian meditation, Tantric meditation, and the meditations set by your favou…

‌ طبیعت چه مهربان هستیم به‌طور طبیعی؛ به‌ویژه وقتی از شهرها دوریم، در میان دشت‌ها و روستاهای کوچک. جیدو کریشنامورتی @Krishnamurti

‌ Any system, any method, that teaches you how to meditate is obviously false. One can see why, intellectually, logically, for if you practise something according to a method – however noble, however ancient, however modern, however popular – you are making yourself mechanical; you are doing something over and over aga…

‌ What is essential is to see that one is confused, that all activity, all action which springs from confusion, must also be confused. It is like a confused person seeking a leader– his leader must also be confused. So it is essential to see that one is confused and not try to escape from it, not try to find explanatio…