Jiddu Krishnamurti

Philosopher and teacher of freedom.

A renowned philosopher and spiritual teacher, he rejected traditional religious systems and sought to awaken individuals to the importance of personal observation and self-inquiry. He encouraged people to question everything, including their beliefs, to achieve freedom from the constraints of the mind. His teachings focus on understanding the nature of thought and the liberation from psychological suffering, urging humanity to find peace within.

Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes about Effort

Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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Is there a meditation that is not the ego trying to become? Is meditation conscious if every effort implies time?
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When the mind is relaxed, no longer making an effort, when it is quiet for just a few seconds, then the problem reveals itself and it is solved. That happens when the mind is still, in the interval between two thoughts, between two responses. In that state of mind, understanding comes.
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Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then unexpectedly, mysteriously, happiness is there, born of purity, of a loveliness of being.
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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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