Alter | 90 Jahre (verstorben) |
Beruf | Philosoph |
Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 11. Mai 1895 |
Geburtsort | Madanapalle |
Todesdatum | Montag, 17. Februar 1986 |
Todesort | California |
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Beschreibung | Jiddu Krishnamurti (/ˈdʒɪduːkrɪʃnəˈmuːrti/; 11. Mai 1895 – 17. Februar 1986) war ein Philosoph, Redner und Schriftsteller. In seiner frühen Jugend wurde er darauf vorbereitet, den neuen Weltherrscher zu werden, eine hochrangige spirituelle Position innerhalb der theosophischen Tradition, später lehnte er diese Rolle jedoch ab und distanzierte sich von der dahinterstehenden Organisation. Zu seinen Interessen gehörten psychologische Revolution, die Natur des Geistes, Meditation, ganzheitliche Forschung, zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen und die Bewerkstelligung radikaler gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen. Er betonte die Notwendigkeit einer Revolution in der Psyche jedes Einzelnen und wies darauf hin, dass eine solche Revolution nicht durch irgendeine äußere Instanz, sei es religiöser, politischer oder sozialer Natur, bewirkt werden kann. |
Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms.
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.
We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.
The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life.
A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.
Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.
