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Title: The Mystique of Enlightenment: The Radical Ideas of U. G. Krishnamurti by U. G. Krishnamurti, Rodney Arms ISBN: 0-9710786-1-0 Publisher: Sentient Publications Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Mystique of a man called UG.
Comment: U.G. Krishnamurti is definately a character in the "spiritual" (he dislikes that word associated with him)community.
It is quite difficult to describe him and his system of thought since he doesn't really have one. I will attempt to do so only for the sake of the reader, not that it will be totally accurate since it will still be a label which he would probably himself disagree with. He's part philospher, guru, social commentator, and ironically-an anti-guru.
He seems to be a self realized man. His main attitude is that of breaking down all these spiritual systems, gimmicks, money making, scamish guru businesses. In short, pointing out the stranglehold that society can create in an individual who has been sucked into the system of always trying to fix yourself, change, improve or naively following a false spiritual teaching only to become more confused than when you started. His books do a lot of bashing. He's not a gentle, passive kind of guy, he's a negator of man made concepts and their many traps. Mostly he's tearing down ideologies not creating them.
From what I can absorb, most of what he says is quite true. You may not agree with it at first, but he plants a seed in you that germinates later, and makes you question. He even can come across a bit repulsive because he's so on the attack always.
Personally, I find him to be more enlightened than the famous J. Krishnamurti who UG. bashes also because he felt that altough J. Krishnamurti kept claiming the "no guru is necessary" philosphy, UG. felt that he was being hypocritical since his teachings became a bit of a system that was very institutionalized, he came out with dozens of books and got trapped in his own following, so U.G. Krishnamurti argues that JK. was in essence another self-inflated guru with a gimmicky system.
It's a bit difficult to get a direct positive outcome of U.G. Krishnamurti's teachings becuase most of the time he's on the negative, discarding mode, however in the discarding process, one can be forced to give up all these gimmicks and learn to just BE once again. Function from a more natural state of BEING instead of DOING practices all the time.
For "no-nonsense" type "seekers" that enjoy these types of teaching I very strongly recommend Nisargadatta Maharaj. Starting with his book I AM THAT and moving into his even more direct works that came later. Nisargadatta Maharaj while also being a annhilator of mind made concepts for the spiritual seeker, offered a more positive tone that is direct yet a bit more practical than UG. He was one of the few guru's that never got trapped and who sincerely pointed earnest seekers in the right direction
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Philosophy
Comment: Krishnamurti is best understood if one understands the religions that dominate his culture in India (and even ones that are influenced from hindu belief, even those far removed, like Taoism). Much of what the critic below says is true, that Krishnamurti does not offer many positive words, that he often tells a speaker that what he is saying is false. These practices were/are common in eastern religions. These are methods to get the seeker to throw away any thoughts they have by presenting the opposite, since thought is considered to them the root of all problems in life (if you stop thinking you have a problem or not think you need this or that, then you have no problem). Krishnamurti doesnt precisely respond in this way, but it might be beneficial to understand eastern thinking in order to understand Krishnamurti. Krishnamurti was affected by this, and his language is only unique as it comes from him, instead of someone else. He is not saying many new things - perhaps nothing he says is new - he just says old things in interesting ways that might perk up your ears.
But ultimately I found that what Krishnamurti says can be intepreted as either negative or positive (or anywhere in between), depending upon the listener. His intention is not to influence you in either direction. And Krishnamurti does not demand that he is the only one that possesses the truth (in fact he would say, I think, that one can never understand the truth), but the critic below would have you believe that what he is critizing about Krishnamurti is truth. We all say what we think. You can take it or leave it. And for some it may be better that they leave it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Powerful, Challenging, Important
Comment: There's nothing to be said about U.G. except that he is absolutely mandatory reading for the serious seeker. This isn't warm and fuzzy spirituality, this is burning-down-the-house spirituality, and this book should have a prominent place in any thoughtfully-stocked spiritual library.
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Title: The Courage to Stand Alone by U. G. Krishnamurti, Plover Press ISBN: 1570270376 Publisher: Autonomedia Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: No Way Out: Conversations with U. G. Krishnamurti by Sunita Pant Bansal, J. S. R. L. Narayana Moorty, Antony Paul Frank Noronha, U. G. Krishnamurti, Mahesh Bhatt ISBN: 8187967080 Publisher: Smriti Books Pub. Date: 05 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Lives in the Shadow : with J. Krishnamurti by Radha R Sloss ISBN: 0595121314 Publisher: Backinprint.com Pub. Date: 18 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Mother of God by Luna Tarlo ISBN: 1570270430 Publisher: Autonomedia Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Just Like You: An Autobiography by Gangaji, Roslyn Moore ISBN: 0964699923 Publisher: DO Publishing Pub. Date: 30 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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