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20/05/2026

Krishnamurti’s last public words

(4th January 1986, Chennai)

Questioner: May I ask just one question? In what manner should one live one’s daily life?Krishnamurti: As though one wer...
18/05/2026

Questioner: May I ask just one question? In what manner should one live one’s daily life?

Krishnamurti: As though one were living for that single day, for that single hour.

Q: How?

K: If you had only one hour to live, what would you do?

Q: I don’t know.

K: Would you not arrange what is necessary outwardly, your affairs, your will, and so on? Would you not call your family and friends together and ask for forgiveness for the harm you might have done to them, and forgive them for whatever harm they might have done to you? Would you not die completely to the things of the mind, to desires and to the world? And if it can be done for an hour, then it can also be done for the days and years that remain.

Q: Is such a thing really possible?

K: Try it and you will find out.

From, Commentaries on Living 3—Chapter 55

17/05/2026

"There is the silence when you go of an evening in the woods, there is great silence, all the birds have gone to bed, the wind, the whisper of the leaves has ended, there is great stillness, there is the outward stillness. And people observe that stillness and say, ‘I must have that stillness’, and therefore depend on the stillness of being alone — you understand? — being in solitude. That is not stillness.

And there is the stillness created by thought. Which is, thought says, ‘I must be still, I must be quiet, I mustn’t chatter,’ and gradually it produces a stillness. But that is not it, because it is the result of thought operating on noise. Right? So we are talking of a stillness which is not dependent on anything. And it is only that quality of stillness, that absolute silence of the mind that can see that which is eternal, timeless, nameless. This is meditation."

—Krishnamurti
Public Talk 7, Saanen, 22 July 1979

"Sirs, for a mind that cannot stand alone, search will have no meaning at all. To stand alone is to be uncorrupted, inno...
17/05/2026

"Sirs, for a mind that cannot stand alone, search will have no meaning at all. To stand alone is to be uncorrupted, innocent, free of all tradition, of dogma, of opinion, of what another says, and so on. Such a mind does not seek because there is nothing to seek; being free, such a mind is completely still without a want, without movement. But this state is not to be achieved; it isn’t a thing that you buy through discipline; it doesn’t come into being by giving up s*x, or practicing a certain yoga.

It comes into being only when there is understanding of the ways of the self, the ‘me’, which shows itself through the conscious mind in everyday activity, and also in the unconscious. What matters is to understand for oneself, not through the direction of others, the total content of consciousness, which is conditioned, which is the result of society, of religion, of various impacts, impressions, memories—to understand all that conditioning and be free of it. But there is no “how” to be free. If you ask how to be free, you are not listening."

— Krishnamurti
Second Talk, Ojai
August 7, 1955

15/05/2026

"First of all sit completely quiet, comfortably, sit very quietly, relax, I will show you. Now, look at the trees, at the hills, the shape of the hills, look at them, look at the quality of their colour, watch them. Do not listen to me. Watch and see those trees, the yellowing trees, the tamarind, and then look at the bougainvillaea. Look not with your mind but with your eyes. After having looked at all the colours, the shape of the land, of the hills, the rocks, the shadow, then go from the outside to the inside and close your eyes, close your eyes completely.

You have finished looking at the things outside, and now with your eyes closed you can look at what is happening inside. Watch what is happening inside you, do not think, but just watch, do not move your eyeballs, just keep them very, very quiet, because there is nothing to see now, you have seen all the things around you, now you are seeing what is happening inside your mind, and to see what is happening inside your mind, you have to be very quiet inside. And when you do this, do you know what happens to you? You become very sensitive, you become very alert to things outside and inside. Then you find out that the outside is the inside, then you find out that the observer is the observed."

—Krishnamurti
On Education

14/05/2026

“You learn a great deal if you are really humble.”
— Krishnamurti

From, Rishi Valley 1984 - Students Discussion 3

"What we are talking about is something of immense importance because unless there is a fundamental revolution in each o...
14/05/2026

"What we are talking about is something of immense importance because unless there is a fundamental revolution in each one of us, I do not see how we can bring about a vast, radical change in the world. And surely, that radical change is essential. Mere economic revolution, whether communistic or socialistic, is of no importance at all. There can be only a religious revolution, and the religious revolution cannot take place if the mind is merely conforming to the pattern of a previous conditioning. As long as one is a Christian or a Hindu, there can be no fundamental revolution in this true religious sense of the word. And we do need such a revolution.

When the mind is free from all conditioning, then you will find that there comes the creativity of reality, of God, or what you will, and it is only such a mind, a mind which is constantly experiencing this creativity, that can bring about a different outlook, different values, a different world."

— Krishnamurti
First Talk, Ojai
August 6, 1955

12/05/2026

From, Rishi Valley 1984 - Students Discussion 2

"Most people are unhappy; and they are unhappy because there is no love in their hearts. Love will arise in your heart w...
12/05/2026

"Most people are unhappy; and they are unhappy because there is no love in their hearts. Love will arise in your heart when you have no barrier between yourself and another, when you meet and observe people without judging them, when you just see the sailboat on the river and enjoy the beauty of it.

Don’t let your prejudices cloud your observation of things as they are; just observe, and you will discover that out of this simple observation, out of this awareness of trees, of birds, of people walking, working, smiling, something happens to you inside. Without this extraordinary thing happening to you, without the arising of love in your heart, life has very little meaning."

—Krishnamurti
Think on These Things

Questioner: What is the difference between respect and love?Krishnamurti: You can look up “respect” and “love” in a dict...
10/05/2026

Questioner: What is the difference between respect and love?

Krishnamurti: You can look up “respect” and “love” in a dictionary and find the answer. Is that what you want to know? Do you want to know the superficial meaning of those words, or the significance behind them? When a prominent man comes around—a minister or a governor—have you noticed how everybody salutes him? You call that respect, don’t you? But such respect is phony, because behind it there is fear and greed. You want something out of the poor devil, so you put a garland around his neck. That is not respect; it is merely the coin with which you buy and sell in the market.

You don’t feel respect for your servant or the villager, but only for those from whom you hope to get something. That kind of respect is really fear; it is not respect at all, it has no meaning. But if you really have love in your heart, then to you the governor, the teacher, your servant, and the villager are all the same; then you have respect, a feeling for them all, because love does not ask anything in return.

From, Think on These Things

09/05/2026

From, Rishi Valley 1982 - Students Discussion 2

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