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Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti (9 July 1918 – 22 March 2007) was a philosopher and orator who questioned the state of spiritual liberation.Having pursued a religious path in his youth and eventually rejecting it, U.G. claimed to have experienced a devastating biological transformation on his 49th birthday, an event he refers to as "the calamity".
Hinduism (/ ˈ h ɪ n d u ˌ ɪ z əm /) [1] is an umbrella term [2] [3] [a] for a range of Indian religious and spiritual traditions (sampradayas) [4] [note 1] that are unified by adherence to the concept of dharma, a cosmic order maintained by its followers through rituals and righteous living, [5] [6] [7] [b] as first expounded in the Vedas.
U. G. Krishnamurti, [no relation to Jiddu], sometimes characterized as a spiritual anarchist, denied both the value of gurus and the existence of any related worthwhile teaching. [114] Dr. David C. Lane proposes a checklist consisting of seven points to assess gurus in his book, Exposing Cults: When the Skeptical Mind Confronts the Mystical.
The Library Journal stated in review, "[Krishnamurti's] insights are, as always, written in plain, nonsectarian language, and give perhaps the best picture we have today of the life of the spirit outside a strictly religious context. " [27] Publishers Weekly called the work a "luminous diary" and characterized Krishnamurti's teaching as "austere, in a sense annihilating. " [10]
Since, U.G's work has no copyright his quotes can be placed here directly if you don't like those in my language. But if you are waiting for a research paper or book that makes an analysis on his work on philosophy of the mind, it might never happen. U.G., luckily for us, did not use high sounding statements.
Krishnamurti met very many people in his lifetime who went on to become writers, philosophers, teachers etc. Their disagreement may have been somewhat formative of U.G.'s view of the world, but really it is only relevant within that context and had very little to do with the life of J. Krishnamurti.
The Shanti Mantras, or Pancha Shanti mantras, are Hindu prayers for peace found in the Upanishads.Generally, they are recited at the beginning and end of religious rituals and discourses.
Two major versions of its manuscripts are known. One has fifteen verses but attached to Atharvaveda, [8] while another very different and augmented manuscript exists in the Telugu language [8] which has one hundred and forty two verses and is attached to the Krishna Yajurveda. [9] [10] The text is notable for describing Yoga in the Vaishnavism ...