प्रश्नकर्ता: बार-बार कृष्णमूर्ति साहब ये कहते हैं कि कोई गुरु की आवश्यकता नहीं है।
आचार्य प्रशांत: हाँ, क्योंकि सब अपना ही है, ज़िम्मेदारी सारी अपनी है, तो बाहर वाले का फिर नाम भी लेने की तकलीफ़ क्यों करनी है। और जो गुरु है वह सर्वप्रथम आंतरिक है। मैं कह रहा… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: मेरा प्रश्न नोट्स में से है: "बीइंग अवेयर ऑफ़ डिमांड्स ऑफ बॉडी, बीइंग अवेयर ऑफ़ स्ट्रे थॉट्स, दिस इज़ इंटेलिजेंस। इट ऑकर्स थॉट् इज़ एन इनेडिक्वेट रिस्पांस टू स्टिमुलस। एन एडीक्वेट रिस्पांस इज स्पॉनटेनिटी।" ("शरीर की माँगों के प्रति जागरूक होना, आवारा विचारों से अवगत होना, यह बुद्धिमत्ता है।… read_more
Questioner: Namaskar Acharya ji! I am reading a book called “Freedom from the Known”, where the author, Jiddu Krishnamurthi, talks about removing authority to be free from the ego. What does he mean by authority? Can we take anything to be the authority and then say, “I’m not going to… read_more
Acharya Prashant: You are in front of food and you see how your body wants to lunge towards food. And do you know why the body wants to lunge towards food? Especially, let’s say, sweetmeats or high-calorie items? Why? – Because evolution taught it to, because the survival of the… read_more
A religious man must be both masculine and feminine
~ J. Krishnamurti
Speaker: You could read it either way that – he must be both feminine and masculine, or he must be neither masculine nor feminine. You know what masculinity stands for in popular parlance, as a psychological state, as… read_more
“It is the incapacity to understand a challenge that brings about a problem.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Acharya Prashant: “It is the incapacity to understand a challenge that brings about a problem”, this is what Krishnamurti says. And habituated we are of concluding, we are very habituated to conclude; we immediately take… read_more
Questioner (Q): I am reading J. Krishnamurti’s Freedom from the Known , where the author talks about freedom from authority as a means to be free of the ego. What does he mean by authority? What does freedom from authority mean? He also says that we should not accept even… read_more
Question: Acharya Ji, what does J. Krishnamurti mean when he says “Become deeply aware”.
Acharya Prashant: It is said, become deeply aware.
Now, we already live in problems and challenges. We already live in incompleteness. We already live in the quest to achieve something, to become something. When it is… read_more
Questioner (Q): Dear master, Jiddu Krishnamurti asks, “Has love an object? Or is love divine or profane? You follow? Sir, when you love, you are neither giving nor receiving.”
Acharya Ji, could you explain how can we love in daily life, without giving or receiving? What is love, if it… read_more
Questioner: Acharya Ji, there is a quote by you, “Seek Light, See Light, Be Light.” I was reading a book by Krishnamurti where he said, “Seeking is a kind of expansion. It’s an escape. You cannot get freedom from it.”
I am confused between the two. Please help.
Acharya Prashant: … read_more
“Love is a state in which there is no ‘me’; love is a state in which there is no condemnation, no saying that sex is right or wrong, that this good and something else is bad.
Love is none of these contradictory things.
Contradiction does not exist in love.”
~ … read_more
To understand the nature of sorrow, and the ending of sorrow, one must understand time and to understand time is to understand thought.J. Krishnamurti
Speaker: To understand sorrow, one must understand time, and to understand time is to understand thought.What is ego?We usually say the ego is “I am this”… read_more
Can you honestly, seriously, bring yourself to find out whether you are free from authority? It needs tremendous enquiry into yourself, great awareness.
From that clarity comes a totally different kind of action, an action that is not fragmentary, that is not divided politically or religiously – it is a … read_more
Questioner (Q): Acharya Ji, pranam. Is there any difference between being immersed and being alert? What we see in nature is that the animals are very much alert of their surroundings from moment to moment. What does J Krishnamurti mean when he says that great alertness is needed to remain… read_more
Question: Acharya Ji, J.Krishnamurti says, “In a right relationship, you come to know yourself.” Please explain.
Acharya Prashant: The question is, Krishnamurti says, “In the right relationship, you come to know yourself.” So, how does one know himself?
That which you have quoted, is in itself the solution. He is… read_more
Explanations blind you,
they prevent you from actually seeing ‘what is’.
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
Questioner: Acharya Ji, JK says, “Explanations blind you, they prevent you from actually seeing ‘what is’.” But I require explanations all the time from the Guru.
Please throw some light on this.
Acharya Prashant: The problem… read_more
Question: “Observe the disorder without the observer.” How will it be possible?
Acharya Prashant: A man is driving his car in a drunk state. In an absolutely drunk state and the car is moving about in a very disorderly way. There are two rear seats. Will one seat know that… read_more
Questioner (Q): What is the relationship between witnessing, the observer, and the observed? How does witnessing relate to J Krishnamurti’s statement “Observer is the observed”?
Acharya Prashant (AP): What is observation? What is the observed one? Who is the observer? Who is the observer?
Q: The mind (someone from the… read_more
Question: “To be alone, is to be against the whole set-up of the society.” J. Krishnamurti
Sir, what is ‘being alone’?
Speaker: Society is not one thing; society is the very substance of the conditioned mind. And it’s very deceptive.
(Here, ‘I’ is used for the conditioned mind)
‘I’ belong… read_more
When you teach a child that a bird is named ‘bird’, the child will never see the bird again. ~ J. Krishnamurti
Acharya Prashant (AP): Beautiful quotation.
Because naming comes with a total bundle of association, references, memories, past, prejudices. Having named something, having tagged or labeled something, you are… read_more
“We seek happiness through things, through relationships, through thoughts, ideas and do not realize their impermanence. To find out the true meaning of happiness, we must explore the river of self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is not an end in itself. Is there a source to a stream? Every drop of water from … read_more
Question: Acharya Ji, what does J. Krishnamurti mean when he says, “To understand what is, is more important than to create and follow ideals.”
Acharya Prashant: Actually, the first part of that sentence, is the absolute, the second part is the actionable. Understanding what is, is not really a task.… read_more
Questioner (Q): Sir I have read that a few teachers have spoken about the consciousness and life after death. So, I am confused that how did they come to know about this. Are these just concepts or anything?
Acharya Prashant (AP): It’s just a concept.
It’s just that there are… read_more
Questioner: Acharya Ji, today let’s talk about the two very famous and inscrutable Masters of the 20th century.
Acharya Prashant: (Reading the questioner’s mind)
Yes, you want to talk about Osho and J. Krishnamurti, that whether there is any difference in their method, or they converge at some point.
Q: … read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: सर, रेस्टलेस (बेचैन) न होना और सीरियस (गम्भीर) होना और शान्त होना, इन तीनों में डिफरेंस (अन्तर) क्या है?
आचार्य प्रशांत: सीरियस (गम्भीर) होना दो तरीक़े से प्रयुक्त होता है। कैसे बोलूँ? एक ओशो के तरीक़े से, एक कृष्णमूर्ति के तरीक़े से — जब कृष्णमूर्ति कहते हैं, ‘लेट्स बी … read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: प्रणाम, आचार्य जी। 'निर्वाण षटकम्' की एक पंक्ति है —
'न धर्मो न चार्थो न कामो ना मोक्ष: चिदानन्द रूप: शिवोऽहम् शिवोऽहम्।'
तो इसमें जो मोक्ष के विषय में कहा गया है कि मैं मोक्ष भी नहीं हूँ, तो क्या शिव को मोक्ष भी नहीं चाहिए?
आचार्य प्रशांत: हाँ,… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी, बुद्ध या कृष्णमूर्ति को मोक्ष आसानी से क्यों प्राप्त हो गया?
अचार्य प्रशांत: ये प्रश्न पूछकर के कि क्या कुछ लोगों को ज़्यादा आसानी से उपलब्ध हो जाता है? कहीं ऐसा तो नहीं कि तुम अपनेआप को यह सांत्वना देना चाहती हो कि जीवन तुम्हारे लिए अत्यधिक… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: अभी हम ये उपनिषद् पढ़ रहे हैं और आपसे समझ रहे हैं, तो ये बार-बार आप बता रहे हैं कि जब पढ़ो ब्रह्म और परमात्मा के बारे में तो अपनी ओर देखो; लेकिन यदि कोई खुद से ही बैठकर पढ़ता है तो ये मुश्किल होता है। तो उस संदर्भ… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी, भारतीय दर्शन में वेदों के आधार पर आस्तिक और नास्तिक का विभाजन किया गया। उसमें बौद्ध, जैन और चार्वाक दर्शन को नास्तिक बोल दिया गया; जिसमें से मुख्यत: बौद्ध और जैन धर्म ने वेदों की सत्ता को माना नहीं, इस वजह से उसमें वर्गीकरण किया गया।
तो… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ताः नमस्ते आचार्य जी। आपको मैं डेढ़ साल से सुन रही हूँ और काफ़ी बातें समझ में आने लगी हैं। जिसे आप झूठ, भ्रम कहते हैं वो समझ में आने लगा है।
मेरा सवाल मेरी बेटी के बारे में हैं। मेरी छ: साल की बेटी है, उसके मन पर पड़ने… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: कृष्णमूर्ति साहब सभी वृत्तियों, विचारों, भावनाओं वगैरह को बिना निर्णय के देखने को कहते हैं। ये मुझे असंभव लगता है। किसी भी विचार या भावना के उठते ही मैं या तो उसके पक्ष में हो जाता हूँ या विपक्ष में। कृपया समझाएँ।
आचार्य प्रशांत: विचार जिसको उठ रहा है… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: कृष्णमूर्ति कहते हैं कि “हम ‘*अननोन*’ (अज्ञात) से तो डरते ही हैं, और तो और, हम ‘*नोन*’ (ज्ञात) से भी डरते हैं।”
ऐसा क्यों?
आचार्य प्रशांत: वास्तव में जो अननोन भी है, वो है तो मानसिक ही न। मन, अननोन भी जब कहता है तो अननोन की एक छवि… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: गिरते हुए समाज में मेरा सही कर्म क्या है?
आचार्य प्रशांत: समाज या दुनिया क्या है? हम हैं, आप हैं; जैसे हम हैं, आप हैं, वैसा ही संसार है। अगर आप समाज को और संसार को गिरता हुआ पाते हैं, तो उसका कारण यही है कि इंसान गिर रहा… read_more
प्रश्न: इसका क्या मतलब है कि, “ट्रू ऑब्ज़रवेशन इज़ विदाउट थॉट(असली अवलोकन बिना विचार के होता है)”? इसको कृष्णमूर्ति बहुत बार कहते हैं कि, “ट्रू ऑब्जरवेशन इज़ ऑलवेज़ विदाउट थॉट।”
वक्ता: सोच-सोच के कुछ भी देख कैसे सकते हैं? थॉट विल एनलाइज़, थॉट विल नॉट ओब्ज़र्व , थॉट विल नॉट … read_more
Acharya Prashant: We want to look at ‘ambition’. So, as I enter, I see that we have been singing Kabir; Kabir talking about achievement, about ambition, about greed and desire and he seems to be taking a clear position, it’s unmistakable. Let us not leave it ambiguous, there is a… read_more
