Our Centre organised an online ZOOM session on Sunday 25 April. Not too long ago, some of us friends from Kolkata Centre visited Uttarkashi Retreat Centre and had the most amazing retreat. Unforgettable. Thanks to Vijay Chhabra. That retreat had silence, stillness, love ‘written all over’ it. So much beauty. One morning over tea at 6 a.m. and in the midst of all those beautiful trees, Chhabra ji played for us an audio of Krishna ji’s 1965 talk ‘What is a religious mind?’. Absolutely beautiful.
The links for the transcript and audio are given below.
http://jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/1965/1965-01-06-jiddu-krishnamurti-7th-public-talk
What is religious mind? (Audio)
That talk was at the heart of our ZOOM session on Sunday 25 April. Inevitably, the exploration of such a theme is complex and it is probable that we may have touched only the ‘tip of the iceberg’ in our discussions. In some ways, the following excerpt from the talk perhaps brought it all together quite beautifully.
“I do not know if you have ever noticed how a drum is always empty. When you strike on it, it gives the right tone; but it is empty. Our minds are never empty; they are always full. Therefore, our action is always from this dreadful noise of thought, of memory, of despair; and, therefore, action is always contradictory, leading to great misery.
But a mind that is completely empty, empty in the sense of observation, silence and, therefore, love and the whole understanding of death – such a mind is creative. And a creative mind is empty all the time; it acts from that emptiness, it speaks from that emptiness. And, therefore, it will always be true, it will never bring about a deception within itself. And it is only such a religious mind that can solve the problems of misery in this world.”
The program was recorded and is available for viewing on youtube.
Can I please attend your online discussion sessions