Thank you both. There are abviously different aspects to your posting and I'm not going to get into debating Krishnamurti's status, but what you are saying about observation and stepping back to get a bigger picture certainly sits well with Buddhi...
Hello Brother Kurosh!
I have thought It was excellent your commentary here in Amida's Friend Ning on Krishnamurti's Teaching!
I agree with you,my friend, when you say that Krishnamurti could be the 'Buddha of this Era',on his marvellous "Observi...
At 10:32pm on November 16, 2008, Stanley Eden said…
Hello, Kurosh I hope this finds you well.
I recently recalled a book that if not already read you might find interresting.
The title is, 'The Analyst and the Mystic', by Sudhir Kakar. It presents psychanalysis from an 'object relations' viewpoint as well as from a Hindu perspective that brings forth the 'guru' concept as it relates to mental growth.
However, there are many interresting points within the book that coincide with many Buddhist views as they relate to psychotherapy as well as mentioning J. Krishnamurti.
Again, I hope you are doing well and if not already read by you I hope you find the book interresting.
I suppose it is really very hard to tell where something originates. Moods come and go like clouds in the sky. Is there an inside from which they come? Or are they from outside? I think the answers are probably circular.
Interesting, but can one ever have satisfaction without an outer reason? I know whsat you are saying, but suspect even when we think it is just inate, satisfaction rests on many external conditions.