Present! - Huston Smith and His Interview with J. Krishnamurti

[dineshuthaman]

All these western scholars want to use their knowledge to understand what JK was saying. Unfortunately JK's first step towards the truth was self-inquiry with no knowledge ( illusioned "I") hence they were caught in a paradox therefore off balanced. JK never tried to convert/influence anyone in his whole life. In fact, he was opposing it everytime.

[dineshuthaman]

You still don't get it Dr. Do you? JK only lived in the present. When he met you second time, his past exeprience with you didn't distracted him. Because he was living in the present. That's the very essence of his teaching. Left you wondering why he is acting differently. Just get out of your conditioning to see the truth. One wonders how long it would take to realize the truth...

[micasilla]

Está gagá. Es bastante psicorígido el viejito. Vivió tan lento que duró bastante.

[Reminiscence26]

Forget Krishnamurti. All subjects aside. It's so great to see this man again talking about what he did in '68. Good on you sir.

[thedarkriver1]

I wish I could have met Jiddu

[Imperativism]

@thedarkriver1 There never was a Jiddu to meet.

[terryfitzsimmons]

The original interview is called, J. Krishnamurti - The Sage of Our Time

[peterproctology]

Krishnamurti pwned Huston Smith

[terryfitzsimmons]

Fantastic!

Be sure and watch the 1968 interview he is describing!

[tablababa]

@terryfitzsimmons where shall i find the interview?......not interview about the interview......

[888Kharami]

really nice interview. I especially appreciate the value of the old man. excellent to see age and kindness mixed so well together. we can be blessed by the value of the good old ones amongst us because the balance or vibes naturally as we open to them normally. I feel more a young man from watching the video and also more improved by the tone of his voice. The subject matter is no doubt valuable and shows the value of a life lived towards a more righteous goal. excellent interview. Thank You~~~

[tutor1006]

In order to understand JK one has really really listen. I thought he rejected the position of the world teacher. However, I am quite curious about his impatience. Maybe I am not quite getting that part.

[DieTheDeath]

@tutor1006 don't confuse impatience with unacknowledgment of illusions

[melcat63]

@Aadryk Maybe the second time Dr. Smith saw him, K was not "playing his role" as THE WORLD TEACHER, but was playing his other role of "a simple human being".

[888Kharami]

@melcat63 NICE: )

[melcat63]

Ego-inflation seems to be the insidious consequence of following J. Krishnamurti. I respect Dr. Smith for not falling into that trap.

[Aadryk]

@melcat63 Ego! LMAO! With all due respect!!

[JMierek]

Comment part 3:

If you are a "world teacher," you should be able to teach, right? Krishnamurti couldn't. In the interview with Huston Smith, K fell into his usual act of gazing into space and asking for definitions of the words Smith used in his question. After TEN FULL MINUTES, we finally get around to the "point" that Krishnamurti is trying to make, namely that questions about method, about "how," might be expressions of the very mind that keeps us from experiencing "lucidity."

[JMierek]

Comment part 2:

Perhaps he had a "higher," "spiritual" point in responding to Smith's basic question with pure pedantry, but I'm no longer able to suspend my disbelieve about this stuff. My verdict is in line with that of my wife. I know think Krishnamurti was more or less a spiritual con man who occasionally shared something like wisdom.

[sysphus13]

@JMierek CON MAN??? For what gain?? And do you have any intuition?? Even if you put these videos on mute, you can get the message...this man was the incarnation of his message...something that is 1 in a billion!!!

[JMierek]

After watching the first ten minutes of the interview in question, I showed my wife another "dialogue," this time between Krishnamurti and Chogyam Trungpa. After ten minutes of watching Krishnamurti rant without letting Trungpa get a single word in, my wife went to our bookshelf, took out the several Krishnamurti books she owns, and threw them on the floor with the single word: "fraud."

[DieTheDeath]

@JMierek if you watch that interview you will see Krishnamurti asking Trungpa what he thinks and so on, trying to get him to respond, because it seems like Trungpa does not want to say much. i got the impression that he was a bit "out of his element" talking to K

[HajtomY]

@JMierek I wonder if such acts that your wife has done can be considered wise.

[melcat63]

Could it be that the "non followers" of Krishnamurti have themselves been conditioned to believe that Krishnamurti has "transcended all cultural conditioning"? How would they know?

[thecrossed]

People who are heavily conditioned like Huston, cannot understand those like J Krishnamurti who have transcended all cultural-conditioning. The enlightened ones are not supposeto be "understood" in any conventional sense like Huston was aiming for. They no longer indentity as human, but as the ultimate Reality Itself. Huston didn't get it.

[giggleman]

The followup question pointed out a legitimate inconsistency with Krishnamurti's thinking, and that opened a little anger that stayed.

[sysphus13]

Wow! This is historic. I just watched that interview and to see this is so revealing. I only see the first 10 minutes of it on here. I hope I can find the rest.

[longstrandna1]

It's no surprise sheep don't get K's teachings.

[sysphus13]

@longstrandna1 Not sure if you were directing your comment toward me, in which case you would be jumping to the wrong assumptions as Krishnamurti is who I consider the ultimate human being to have ever lived,and the one person I would consider complete-in all of history. But even if you were not directing this toward me,it seems you get a bit of satisfaction by comparing your self to the "sheep" as if they are all below you, where K was only concerned with freeing the sheep-maybe u misunderstood