Mind Is a Myth Disquieting Conversations with the Man Called U.G.

by Krishnamurti, U. G.

• ISBN13: 9781591810650
• ISBN10: 1591810655
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-10
• Publisher: Sentient Publications

Summary

A scathing critique of contemporary spirituality by one of its most unusual figures. In a world in which spiritual techniques, teachers, concepts, and organizations are legion, U. G. Krishnamurti stands nearly alone in his rejection of it all: The natural state is acausal: it just happens. The author does not equate the natural state with enlightenment, which he describes as an illusion created by our culture. He states emphatically that one can do nothing to attain the natural state.

Author Biography

Born in India in 1918 to Brahmin parents, U. G. Krishnamurti was given a rigorous education in classical Hindu literature. He was raised to take on the mantle of guru, in a manner similar to J. Krishnamurti (to whom he is not related). By the time he met J. Krishnamurti in the late 1940s, both men had rejected the guru calling. For seven years they conversed daily, struggling to uncover the nature of truth, and parted without resolving their differences. U. G. continued lecturing throughout the world. Then in 1961 he left his family and went to London without means and purpose.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Certainty that Blasts Everything	p. 15
Hope Is for Tomorrow, Not Today	p. 46
Not Knowing Is Your Natural State	p. 57
There Is Nothing to Understand	p. 79
We Have Created This Jungle Society	p. 108
The Body as a Crucible	p. 142
Glossary	p. 159
Endnotes	p. 162
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