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Krishnamurti Fascinates Students of Vedānta

surprised when they find the teachings laying stress on ‘doing
nothing’ and ‘quiet observation’.
The ego processes fall like a house of cards when there is silent
watching. We do not long to become anything any more, even
though in the phenomenal world becoming somebody, occupy-
ing a chair, holding some position are a part of the running show.
Wanting to become—inwardly—is of course different from getting
a designation outwardly. We are nobody or nothing when the self is
not raising its head. That does not come in the way of functionality.

Conclusion

Responsible students or teachers of Vedānta, if they study the
teachings, abstain from indulging, for mere pleasure, in the exer-
cise of comparison between their holy books and the teachings.
They rather take a look at both the disciplines with a discerning
eye. They find their understanding of life, more than of any book,
becomes deeper by a careful study of either the Upanishads or the
teachings. This article too is written in that spirit and has no inten-
tion to prove any point. May we understand this marvellous puz-
zle, filled with much joy and much suffering, called human life,
exactly as it is. In seeing things as they are, we can perhaps come
upon peace.

Endnotes

1 māyā-kalpita-desha-kāla… in Dakshināmurti Stotra of Shankara.
2 aprayatnād prayatnād vā…, Asthāvakra Geetā, 18.34
3 kasmin vijnāte… Mundaka Upanishad, 1.1.3
4 prajnānam brahma, Aitareya Upanishad, 3.1.1
5 aprāno hi amanāh shubhrah, Mundaka Upanishad, 2.1.2
6 sa esha neti neti ātmā, Brihadāranyaka Upanishad, 4.2.4
7 mochayet sakalān bandhān ātma-nisthā eva kevalam, Ramana Geetā, ch 1.

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