Congrats on the relaunch - liking the new style. It seems to me that although Krishnamurti claimed to be speaking from a universalist position, that the idea of "Truth being a pathless land" seems fundamentally dharmic. Abrahamic and Western thought (with post-modernism being a possible exception) often pushes the idea of a singular salvation, whether religiously or politically.
For example, very famously Gandhi said "I am a Christian, a Muslim, a Hindu, a Christian, a Jew, and so are all of you", to which Jinnah replied "Only a Hindu could say that". Do you think that's true or do other spiritual traditions also have this thread of thought?
Thanks! And I couldn't agree more. The Gandhi quote you mention reminds me of another one, from Vivekenanda:
“May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you...the Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor is a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth."
Wow, this is awesome.
Congrats on the relaunch - liking the new style. It seems to me that although Krishnamurti claimed to be speaking from a universalist position, that the idea of "Truth being a pathless land" seems fundamentally dharmic. Abrahamic and Western thought (with post-modernism being a possible exception) often pushes the idea of a singular salvation, whether religiously or politically.
For example, very famously Gandhi said "I am a Christian, a Muslim, a Hindu, a Christian, a Jew, and so are all of you", to which Jinnah replied "Only a Hindu could say that". Do you think that's true or do other spiritual traditions also have this thread of thought?
Thanks! And I couldn't agree more. The Gandhi quote you mention reminds me of another one, from Vivekenanda:
“May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you...the Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor is a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth."