This is Samsara -interview with Tenzin Palmo 38 Replies

http://www.mro.org/mr/archive/23-3/articles/samsara.htmlI have read this interview and am fascinated with Tenzin Palmo, a Western Buddhist Nun who spent 12 years meditating in a cave.I was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to read this interview and comment on it, on some of the things she says compared to Krishnamurtis teachings. Does anything she say really contradict Ks teachings or is she a helpful addition to Ks…Continue

Started by SDS. Last reply by anyone 4 hours ago.

Tao 2 Replies

http://thesecretofthegoldenflower.com/ch1.htmlthis book converted me to Taoism and i see zero hope of changing denominations since this is inclusive of all religions and all of their dogma and their goodnessall of the differences between all the religions becomes the same difference in this book COMMENTS ARE NOT BEING MONITORED (monitored isn't the word i'm looking for here but another one very like it, when i think of it i will come…Continue

Started by Therese Okamoto. Last reply by Therese Okamoto on Monday.

responsibility with awareness. 5 Replies

Say I am an employee. I have contractual obligations. What happens to these in an emergency? For example, during the normal day of work, an emergency arises at work, do the contractual obligations end as normal, at the end of the normal working day, regardless of the emergency still in force? If due entirely to the emergency the employee is held over and beyond the normal working day at the work place, is the employee given extended contractual benefits for the period? Is an hourly paid worker…Continue

Tags: conscience, awareness, responsibility

Started by Peter Stephens. Last reply by Peter Stephens on Monday.

Must human consciousness always be human-centric? 15 Replies

Do we have to see things from a human-centered perspective?Is it possible to see with a wider perspective?The perspective is that of a human, of course, but must we view the human from a human-centric perspective?Continue

Started by anyone. Last reply by Therese Okamoto on Sunday.

conscience 4 Replies

instead of findingit really is all our faultguilt does us no good jiminy cricketas if it were not our faultfeeling resentment?! Continue

Started by Therese Okamoto. Last reply by anyone Dec 5.

This is not Love. 52 Replies

This is not love.Talking about matters, talking about being a better person, making lifestyle changes, looking for moral and ethical answers, reading words of wisdom, and passing it on, giving correction, all of that, is the standard approach to change. The question of love may not even get asked. Change is treated as a mechanical development, a technological achievement, and consequently is considered an esoteric knowledge, for which poor souls like me can't possibly understand. The reviewer,…Continue

Started by Peter Stephens. Last reply by Therese Okamoto Nov 30.

The Second Tree From The Corner 2 Replies

"Ever have any bizarre thoughts?" asked the doctor.Mr. Trexlor failed to catch the word. "What kind?" he said."Bizarre," repeated the doctor, his voice steady.  He watched his patient for any slight change of expression, any wince. It seemed to Trexlor that the doctor was not only watching him closely but was creeping slowly toward him like a lizard toward a bug.  Trexlor shoved his chair back an inch and gathered himself for a reply.  He was about to say "Yes" when he realized that if he said…Continue

Started by Therese Okamoto. Last reply by Therese Okamoto Nov 24.

Kulture? 123 Replies

Is it possible to create a new culture based on K's teachings?Not based on greed, glamour, acquisition, domination, fear, longing, sorrow, and escape?Not based on "me" and "you" but "us"?A culture where artists don't sign their name?Where no entertainment lawyers are needed?What would such a culture be like, this K-culture?."Without that creativeness which is not of time, which is not of thought, we cannot bring about a vitally different culture, a different state of human relationship? Is it…Continue

Started by anyone. Last reply by anyone Nov 23.

Extensional Awareness - What, How 30 Replies

It is good that we resist the urge to quote reams of what Krishnamurti said. If we are not expressing our own understanding and holding that up to our peers for review then we may as well just watch K on you tube or whatever. I prefer to use my own words and will continue to do so. However i freely admit to being less than consensual and as Sky described a pedagogue. Given that good intentions are no excuse I would like to at least start with a K excerpt and finish with what i hope will be seen…Continue

Started by Lyn Mccormack. Last reply by Therese Okamoto Nov 23.

acting out 2 Replies

 i have no idea what i am going to say and isn't that always the way with me, my sense of time is so tuneful that when i got an extra hour of daylight savings this week it seemed to make a whole lot of difference somehow, i had a lot of extra time, and it made me realize how much an hour really is....  there is a poem in the Paris View about the timelessness of god and it is sad for me, the poet is struggling and i don't really see anyway to help her, i suppose i could go into it, it's like…Continue

Started by Therese Okamoto. Last reply by skyblack Nov 23.