Jiddu Krišnamurtí citáty

„Porozumět jakým jste - ať už jste krásný či škaredý, lstivý nebo nezbedný - rozumět tomu, vidět se jakým jste bez zkreslení - je počátkem ctnosti.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Obáváme se nechat mysl ničím nezaměstnanou. Člověk by pak mohl přijít na to, jaký vlastně je.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Tomu, co je kladné, neporozumíme tak, že se to budeme snažit analyzovat, ale jedině tak, že pochopíme to, co je chybné.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Bez porozumění, co je potěšení, není možné ukončit utrpení.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Chodíte do kanceláře, nevím proč. Říkáte, že musíte, protože máte zodpovědnost, musíte vydělávat, podporovat rodinu. Nevím, proč byste museli cokoli dělat. Jste otroci, to je všechno.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Ctnostný člověk je spravedlivý a ten nikdy nemůže pochopit, co je to pravda.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Začněte žít a budete zde bez ptaní, bez hledání, bez strachu.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Je-li zde jakékoli potěšení, musí zde být i utrpení-jedno nemůže být bez druhého.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Člověk s materiálním bohatstvím, ani ten, který má bohaté znalosti a víru, nikdy nepozná nic jiného než tmu a bude šířit nepokoj a utrpení.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Navážete-li vztah se stromem, navážete jej s celým lidstvem.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Řád, vytvořený sledováním autority, plodí chaos… Nejhorší je tzv. duchovní autorita. Je jedním z hlavních tvůrců "řádu", protože rozdělila svět na různé druhy náboženství a ideologií.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Jste-li vězeň, není mým zájmem popisovat, co je svoboda. Mým zájmem je ukázat, co tvoří vězení, a vy jste je tak mohli prolomit.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Velké štěstí spočívá v tom, že nechceme, že něco nejsme, že nikam nejdeme.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

Zdroj: [Exley, Helen, Pro klid v duši 365 : Citáty na každý den, Zuzana Pavlová, Slovart, Praha, 2018, 368, 978-80-7529-518-7, 353]

„Pro mimořádně hluboce nemocnou společnost neexistuje žádné měřidlo zdraví.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Poznání víry znamJe to pravda, co osvobozuje, nikoli vůle nebo úsilí. ená konec víry.“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„Není zdravý způsob, jak žít v nezdravé společnosti“

—  Jiddu Krišnamurtí

„But even when the choice is made, you must still remember that of the real and the unreal there are many varieties; and discrimination must still be made between the right and the wrong, the important and the unimportant, the useful and the useless, the true and the false, the selfish and the unselfish.“

—  Jiddu Krishnamurti

§ I
1910s, At the Feet of the Master (1911)
Kontext: In all the world there are only two kinds of people — those who know, and those who do not know; and this knowledge is the thing which matters. What religion a man holds, to what race he belongs — these things are not important; the really important thing is this knowledge — the knowledge of God's plan for men. For God has a plan, and that plan is evolution. When once a man has seen that and really knows it, he cannot help working for it and making himself one with it, because it is so glorious, so beautiful. So, because he knows, he is on God's side, standing for good and resisting evil, working for evolution and not for selfishness.
If he is on God's side he is one of us, and it does not matter in the least whether he calls himself a Hindu or a Buddhist, a Christian or a Muhammadan, whether he is an Indian or an Englishman, a Chinaman or a Russian. Those who are on His side know why they are here and what they should do, and they are trying to do it; all the others do not yet know what they should do, and so they often act foolishly, and try to invent ways for themselves which they think will be pleasant for themselves, not understanding that all are one, and that therefore only what the One wills can ever be really pleasant for any one. They are following the unreal instead of the real. Until they learn to distinguish between these two, they have not ranged themselves on God's side, and so this discrimination is the first step.
But even when the choice is made, you must still remember that of the real and the unreal there are many varieties; and discrimination must still be made between the right and the wrong, the important and the unimportant, the useful and the useless, the true and the false, the selfish and the unselfish.

„Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear.“

—  Jiddu Krishnamurti

1960s, Freedom From The Known (1969)
Kontext: Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.
When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.

„The fact is there is nothing that you can trust; and that is a terrible fact, whether you like it or not. Psychologically, there is nothing in the world that you can put your faith, your trust, or your belief in. Neither your gods, nor your science can save you, can bring you psychological certainty; and you have to accept that you can trust in absolutely nothing.“

—  Jiddu Krishnamurti

Bombay, Second Public Talk (25 February 1962)
1960s
Kontext: The fact is there is nothing that you can trust; and that is a terrible fact, whether you like it or not. Psychologically, there is nothing in the world that you can put your faith, your trust, or your belief in. Neither your gods, nor your science can save you, can bring you psychological certainty; and you have to accept that you can trust in absolutely nothing. That is a scientific fact, as well as a psychological fact. Because, your leaders — religious and political — and your books — sacred and profane — have all failed, and you are still confused, in misery, in conflict. So, that is an absolute, undeniable fact.