Studying Krishnamurti's Teachings

Krishnamurti talking about books, videos, study centres

Ojai, California - Conversation with Trustees

March 1977

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Chapter 1. You Have Drunk at the Fountain

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Krishnamurti: K's teachings are a living thing, and the books, I am afraid, are not; no book is. When K dies, what is going to happen to the teachings? Are there people who have, if I may use the phrase, drunk at the fountain, and can carry on from there? Not merely quoting K but getting the spirit of it, the truth of it, the vitality of it, the energy of it. The books are all right, but they remain on the shelves. You pick them up occasionally, look at them, read them and forget them.
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I have come from Seattle. I hear there is a place at Ojai where one or two people have gathered, discussing. I come there; I want to remain there for three weeks to really understand what it is all about, discuss with them, and go away. I might come back next year for three weeks, and so on. Various people are invited, or come and stay three weeks or a month.

Chapter 3. Can You Convey that Perfume?

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I come from Seattle. [Laughs] I am the Seattle man today. I meet a few of you. I say, “Look, tell me. I want to know everything, not merely his teachings. I want to have that perfume, that atmosphere, that sense of whatever it is, immensity, all that. I want to understand all that.” If you say, “Sorry, read the books,” he'll say, “Well, I've read the books in Seattle. I come here not to read the books but to work together, to find out what it's all about.”

Chapter 7. Don’t Come to the Well with a Small Bucket

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My intention is to be free of fear. How will you deal with it? Will you say, “Sorry, I can't help you to end fear, but we can have a dialogue about it; I have not ended my fear, therefore let us go into it, both of us, feel the urgency of ending fear, so we'll help each other to end fear.” Would you say that? So there is no authority. I have not ended my fear; you have not ended fear. By coming together, sitting quietly, discussing, having a dialogue very, very deeply every day or every other day, we may help each other to dissolve it. If you did that, I would come.

Brockwood Park, UK - Conversation with Staff

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Rajghat, Varanasi

21 Nov 1985 Public Discussion

STUDY CENTRES

krishnamurticentre.org.uk Brockwood Park, UK