Guest guest Posted June 21, 2000 Report Share Posted June 21, 2000 The following question was put to UG Krishnamurti. ------ Q: What are the features of a Jivanmukta or a Jnani or a Yogi? UG : I wish I knew. If a Jivanmukta is sitting right in front of you, you will never know [that he is one]. You have no way of knowing whether a man is a Jivanmukta. You have a definition, a behavior pattern. If he fits into that framework, you call him a Jivanmukta. If there is anyone like that, he will never know that he is a self-realized man or a Jivanmukta. You have been told by somebody that I am a Jivanmukta. I may be a phony, a clever chap. I have picked up the art of elocution and all that. I have travelled around the world. Any actor could do that. How would you know? -------- Jivanmukta - Liberated while Alive Jnani - A Wise person Yogi - A Disciplined, detached person Those of you interested in more UG, visit www.ugkrishnamurti.org Send instant messages with Messenger. http://im./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2000 Report Share Posted June 22, 2000 For a very long period I used to gaze in the mirror while brushing my teeth in the morning, trying to figure out if there was any progress, if I was starting to look a little more like a Jivanmukta, if there were any signs of enlightenment. Until one morning I was stopped dead in my tracks, humbled by the recognition of who had been looking into that mirror the whole time, remaining unrecognized... Love, Mira - " Shiva Kumar " <shivak <Realization > Wednesday, June 21, 2000 11:02 PM Features of an enlightened person > The following question was put to UG Krishnamurti. > ------ > > Q: What are the features of a Jivanmukta or a Jnani > or a Yogi? > > UG : I wish I knew. If a Jivanmukta is sitting right > in front of you, you will never know [that he is one]. > > You have no way of knowing whether a man is a > Jivanmukta. You have a definition, a behavior pattern. > > If he fits into that framework, you call him a > Jivanmukta. If there is anyone like that, he will > never know that he is a self-realized man or a > Jivanmukta. > > You have been told by somebody that I am a > Jivanmukta. I may be a phony, a clever chap. I have > picked up the art of elocution and all that. I have > travelled around the world. Any actor could do that. > How would you know? > > -------- > > Jivanmukta - Liberated while Alive > Jnani - A Wise person > Yogi - A Disciplined, detached person > > Those of you interested in more UG, visit www.ugkrishnamurti.org > > > > Send instant messages with Messenger. > http://im./ > > ------ > SALESFORCE.COM MAKES SOFTWARE OBSOLETE > Secure, online sales force automation with 5 users FREE for 1 year! > http://click./1/2658/11/_/691401/_/961621372/ > ------ > > ..........INFORMATION ABOUT THIS LIST.......... > > Email addresses: > Post message: Realization > Un: Realization- > Our web address: http://www.realization.org > > By sending a message to this list, you are giving > permission to have it reproduced as a letter on > http://www.realization.org > ................................................ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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