Those who offer enlightenment or salvation appear to often operate more as businessmen than as authentic spiritual teachers. U. G. Krishnamurti denies any possibility of knowledge of enlightenment. The very attempt to achieve enlightenment is an obstacle in the path of the proclaimed goal. The search for enlightenment is a device of the mind to perpetuate [...]

Does the mind exist as a distinct entity apart from our thoughts about it? U. G. Kiishnamurti is a disquieting skeptic and author of Mind Is A Myth and The Mystique of Enlightenment. As “mind” is a myth, he says, so is the notion of “self” The human being is like a dog chewing a dry bone. When [...]