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 Time

The unknown is not measurable by the known. Time cannot measure the timeless, the eternal, that immensity which has no beginning and no end... when we try to measure something which is not measurable, we only get caught in words.
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The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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One of the functions of thought is to be occupied all the time with something. Most of us want to have our minds continually occupied so that we are prevented from seeing ourselves as we actually are. We are afraid to be empty. We are afraid to look at our fears.
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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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To understand the totality of this extraordinary thing called life, one must obviously not be too definite about these things. One cannot be definite with something which is so immense, which is not measurable by words. We cannot understand the immeasurable so long as we approach it through time.
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