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From: radams@cerritos.edu
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Subject: Re: J. Krishnamurti
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Date: 14 Jun 91 02:17:30 GMT
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 [I have edited four lines out of this article. These lines contained my
  signature which got appended to Sitanshu Kumar's article on J. K.
  This was due to an oversight on my part. Sorry about the confusion.
  --Dinesh]

>There has been over past many weeks some remarks about J. Krishanmurti
>and his teachings. Some of them have come from people who are followers
>of some gurus(mostly Indian, or Japanase). As Krishnamurti vehemenently
>attacked the idea of gurudom(not the gurus) the author has seen an attempt
>to denigrate K by many people. It is one thing to say that one has not

I may be one of the ones you are refering to as someone who has been
critical of Krishnamurti in a previous post.  I have been a long time
admirer of J. Krishnamurti - he was a great soul.  One cannot dispute
with Krishnamurti on his own terms, using his method of conversing and
posing questions to the listener.  Especially when he was conducting a
talk, he would control the conversation and force people to participate
on his terms.  I have read alot of Krishnamurti and heard parts of many
tapes of his, but I see a flaw in his rejecting of gurus and teachers.
He seems to say that all gurus just exploit their followers and do little
else.  This is pure nonsense.  There have been many selfless gurus who
did nothing but serve others.  Did Ramana Maharshi exploit and use his
followers to his own selfish and worldly ends?
One profound influence Krishnamurti had on me has caused me to reject
any authority that seems to exist for its own sake and is self serving.
The many rules and exclusive clauses of the various religions has caused
me to reach the point where I tell people that I don't belong to any
religion but at the same time, I see some truth in all the religions
(even though sometimes you really have to dig deep for it :-).  

	Roger Adams

	radams@cerritos.edu               To those in whom love dwells,
	Cerritos College                  the whole world is one family.
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