Self-knowledge cannot be gathered through anybody

That is why it is important, as I said, to understand the process, the ways of our own thinking. Self-knowledge cannot be gathered through anybody, through any book, through any confession, psychology, or psychoanalyst. It has to be found by yourself, because it is your life; and without the widening and deepening of that knowledge of the self, do what you will, alter any outward or inward circumstances, influences - it will ever be a breeding ground of despair, pain, sorrow. To go beyond the self-enclosing activities of the mind, you must understand them; and to understand them is to be aware of action in relationship, relationship to things, to people, and to ideas. In that relationship, which is the mirror, we begin to see ourselves, without any justification or condemnation; and from that wider and deeper knowledge of the ways of our own mind, it is possible to proceed further; then it is possible for the mind to be quiet, to receive that which is real. 

 

J. Krishnamurti - Ojai 4th Public Talk 24th July 1949 Collected Works, Volume 4

Kriya yoga kennsla í ágúst

 

Þann 13. ágúst næstkomandi mun Peter Van Breukelen koma til landsins og vígja þá sem þess óska inn í Kriya Yoga.
Einnig mun hann leiða hugleiðslur yfir helgina 14. - 15. ágúst.
Kynningarfundur verður í Yogastöðinni Heilsubót þann 13. ágúst og hefst
kl. 19:00.

Hvers vegna segjum við að við ,,gleymum okkur"?

 

Hvers vegna segjum við að við ,,gleymum okkur"?

Vegna þess að þetta venjulega ,,ég" - þessi hrærigrautur úr hugsunum, löngunum, óbeit, vonum, draumum og minningum - er skyndilega alveg horfið.

Og þetta er þægilegt sálarástand, eiginlega hrein sæla.

Hvers vegna?

Vegna þess að öll okkar vansæla liggur í þessu venjulega ,,égi". Þegar það er horfið hverfur öll þjáning af sjálfri sér um leið.

Og þótt þú ,,gleymir" þér og ,,égið" hverfi þá ertu samt ekki í neins konar leiðslu. Þú ert ekki sofandi eða hættur að vera til. Þú hefur ef til vill aldrei verið meira lifandi. Þú ert orðinn annað, einhver annar miklu stærri og þögulli veruleiki.

Þessa reynslu þekkja allir.

Á slíkum andartökum hefurðu skýra vitund um dýpri veruleika sálarlífsins, líkt og þegar sést upp í heiðan himin milli skýja.

Þetta er ævintýri andartaksins. Það er svo nærri að við sjáum það ekki, svo sjálfsagður hlutur að við tökum ekki eftir því.

 

Sigvaldi Hjálmarsson - Eins og opinn gluggi. Tólf erindi um mystísk viðhorf.

 

 

 

 

Dalai Lama asks Japanese priests to produce Buddhist scientists

 

At an informal discussion with over 200 Buddhist priests, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said Japan with its highly developed scientific knowledge combined with its ancient Buddhist tradition can produce Buddhist scientists.

He said Japanese Buddhist practitioners should engage in dialogues with scientists to explore areas where science and religion can find a common ground in understanding universal values like compassion and kindness. In the last few years, secular dialogues between Tibetan Buddhists and Western scientists have attracted attention to the role of meditation in creating balance between mind and body. Research has shown that a calm mind reduces stress and blood pressure. Quoting another scientific study, he said when one develops anger, things looks very negative and 90% of that negativity is just one’s own mental projection which is just illusion and unrealistic.

He said while modern science has made unprecedented contribution to material development, Buddhist science of training an agitated mind through meditation and warmheartedness is far more advanced than the former.

“Meditation is a healthy way to develop a calm mind. You don’t have to use injections or drugs to achieve peace of mind,” he said. Interests in Buddhist science, which has little to do with abstract and esoteric notions of religion like after-life, has grown over the past years as scientific findings increasingly point to the inherent connection between physical and emotional well-being. He said Buddhism can be divided into three

In the United States, universities of Stanford, Wisconsin, and Emory have already established programs to study the development of a peaceful life. Tibetan monks in India now study modern science in addition to regular Buddhist curriculum. All western scientists interested in Tibetan Buddhism were either Jews, Christians or non-believers, he said, but Japan with its background in Nalanda tradition of Buddhism that emphasizes logic and investigation in reaching the ultimate reality has the potential contribute a lot in such secular dialogues.

According to Ven. Yukai Shimizu, an official with Zenkoji Temple, this exchange of ideas between His Holiness and Japanese priests on Buddhism which was held at the convention hall of Kokusai Hotel is a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” because not many Japanese priests get such forums to discuss and debate. “It’s a great opportunity for them to learn from His Holiness,” he said.

The event was organized by four major Buddhist associations in Japan: All Japan Buddhism Association, Nagano Prefecture Buddhist Association, Nagano City Buddhist Association, and the National Zenkoji Association. The Nagano-based Zenkoji Temple has 200 branch temples all over Japan.

 

Sjá grein

 

 

Heimasíða Wildmind  

Meditation, prayers and freedom

The whole of the Orient is mesmerized by the word meditation, and in the Occident, the word prayer is of tremendous importance. It is essential to find out whether the mind - which is so very complex, and then caught in a system of what is called meditation, or in a repetition of words, however ancient, however meaningful as prayer - whether the mind can actually know what meditation is, or what lies beyond the word prayer, and discover an actual state that is really silent. It is only when the mind is silent that we can understand anything. If I want to understand somebody, my mind must be quiet, not chattering, not prejudiced, not having innumerable opinions and experiences, for they prevent the observation and the understanding. One can see directly that it is only when the mind is very quiet that there is a possibility of clarity; and the whole purpose of meditation in the East is to bring about such a state of mind. That purpose is the controlling of thought - which is the same purpose in constantly repeating a prayer - so that in that quiet state one may hope to understand one's problems. One has to understand these problems, one has to be free of the anxieties and fears which they entail, otherwise one cannot really be a human being, one is a tortured entity, and the tortured entity obviously cannot see anything serious very clearly. Unless one lays the foundation - which is to be free from fear, free from sorrow, anxiety, and all the traps that consciously or unconsciously one lays for oneself - I do not see how it is possible for a mind to be actually quiet. This is one of the most difficult things to communicate, or even to talk about. 

 

 

Talks in Europe 1967 4th Public Talk Paris 27th April 1967 Collected Works Volume 4

Friður

 

Kristni: Friður á Jörðu, blessun til alls mannkyns.

 

Konfúismi: Leitast við að vera í sátt við alla nágranna þína ... Lifðu í friði með bræðrum þínum.

 

Islam: Guð mun leiða menn til friðar, ef þeir vilja gefa honum gaum. Hann mun leiða þá frá myrkri átaka inn í ljós friðarins.

 

Taoismi: Hinir vitru hafa frið og þögn í hávegum, umfram allt annað.

 

Jainismi: Allir menn ættu að lifa í sátt og friði við meðbræður sína. Þetta er þrá Drottins.

 

Hindúismi: Hvar er friður, án hugleiðingar? Hvar er hamingja, án friðar?

 

Shintótrú: Látið jörðina losna við alla ókyrrð og mennina una við frið undir vernd hins guðlega.

 

Sikhismi: Aðeins í nafni Guðs finnum við frið.

 

Baha'i: Stríð er dauði meðna friður er líf.

 

 

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Vitundarneistinn, sjálfið, vakir hið innra ...

 

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Vitundarneistinn, sjálfið, vakir hið innra

með sérhverjum manni, ljós í hjarta.

Lærið að þekkja hið innra, hreina ljós,

lærið að þekkja hið ódauðlega ljós.

 

Katha Upanishad (Sören Sörenson endursagði úr frummálinu)

I rest on the bank of a stream

 

I rest on the bank of a stream Whose water is calm and clear. After rain, the wisterias are clean, The ancient rocks beautiful in the clouds. The new green leaves are lovely, And the falling flowers Are still charming. Green rocks equal embroidered Folding screens, Blue moss replaces a silk cushion. I wonder what else is needed for a life. Sitting with my chin in my hand, I forget to return It's lonely, the sun sets Above the mountain, And evening smoke rises at the Edge of the forest. Choeui Eusoon (1786-1866)

To live differently

 

QUESTION: The whole world of nature is a competition to survive. Is it not innate in humans to struggle for the same reason? And are we not struggling against our basic nature in seeking to change?

 

Krishnamurti: Don't change. It's very simple. If you want to remain as you are, carry on, nobody is going to prevent you. Religions have tried to civilize man. But they haven't succeeded. On the contrary. Some religions, like Christianity, have killed more people than anybody on earth. Right? I don't know if you have watched this. They have had two appalling wars, and they have killed millions. Not only Stalin and Mao Tse-Tung, these wars have destroyed. Right? And if we carry on this way, not wanting to change, it's all right. But the question is: nature struggles to achieve light, like in a forest, for example. And it is a struggle. Right? The big, the stronger kills the weaker in nature. The tiger kills the deer, the lion kills some other thing, this goes on, this is part of nature. And the questioner says, if it is part of nature, why should we change at all? Because it's intrinsic. Why do we say it's intrinsic? Why do  we say, there it's all right, and therefore it's all right with us too; and so why bother to change. It's part of us, part of nature, part of our existence, intrinsically this is what we are. And if that is so, that it is instinct, that it's innate in us, which one questions very deeply, then I can't change anything. But why should we accept that it's innate in us? Is it my indolence that says, "For God's sake, leave it all alone." Is it my sense of exhaustion? Or we are supposed to be as human beings a little more intelligent, little more reasonable, little more sane, and we are supposed to use our sanity, our intelligence, our experience to live differently? Right? To live differently. Perhaps that difference may be total; and not just remain as a mediocre person which is now being encouraged for human beings to remain mediocre, through their education and all the rest of it.

 

 

Krishnamurti - Ojai 6th Public Talk 21st July 1955

Það ert þú

 

Það ert þú. Þú sá sem horfir er alltaf það allra hinsta, það horfir aldrei neinn, verður aldrei var við neitt nema þetta eina allra hinsta sem við höfum ekki orð yfir. Það er hann sem horfir í gegnum augu ykkar núna á mig, og það er hann sem horfir  gegnum mín augu á ykkur. Guðdómurinn sjálfur, þetta sem er nær manni heldur en nokkuð annað, þetta eina sem þú getur aldrei losað þig við. Hann er það.

 

 

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