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Editors Speak A major portion of this work consists of various recorded dialogues between U.G. and different individuals. The first chapter is an essay written by T.R. Raghunath to present and critically evaluate U.G.'s thought. The last but one chapter is an account written by an anonymous lady in which she relates her rather dramatic encounter with U.G. We thought that this would give the reader at least one example of the many possible impressions U.G. might leave with his audience. The dialogues are transcribed and minimally edited to ensure readability. The editors gratefully acknowledge the helpful part played by everyone in the production of this book. Our thanks especially to Wendy Moorty and Geetha Noronha for their help in reading the manuscript and suggesting innumerable corrections and changes. Thanks particularly to Mr. Hilary Joseph who has helped a great deal in transcribing the talks of U.G. Introduction Trying to understand U.G. or his teachings is like trying to g
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The Unrational Philosophy of U.G. Krishnamurti

Dr. T. R. Raghunath Department of Philosophy McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada I am not anti-rational, just unrational. You may infer a rational meaning in what I say or do, but it is your doing, not mine. — U.G. U.G. Krishnamurti is well-known in spiritual circles as an anomalous, enigmatic, and iconoclastic figure. He has been variously and aptly described as the “Un-Guru”, as the “Raging Sage”, and also as the “Don Rickles of the Guru Set”. The man is a walking Rudra who hurls verbal missiles into the very heart of the guarded citadels of human culture. He spares no tradition however ancient, no institution however established, and no practice however sanctimonious. Never have the foundations of human civilization been subjected to such devastating criticism as by this seventy-three year old man called U.G. Unlike J. Krishnamurti, U.G. does not give “talks” to the general public, or “interviews” to VIPs. He keeps no journals or notebooks and makes no “commentaries” on li
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Nothing to Be Transformed

Q1: Is there any such thing as your own experience? UG: Whatever you experience has already been experienced by someone else. Your telling yourself, “Ah! I am in a blissful state,” means that someone else before you has experienced that and has passed it on to you. Whatever may be the nature of the medium through which you experience, it is a second-hand, third-hand, and last-hand experience. It is not yours. There is no such thing as your own experience. Such experiences, however extraordinary, aren't worth a thing. Q1: But we get caught up with that idea. UG: The experience is you. Q2: We want to know what truth is. We want to know what enlightenment is. UG: You already know it. Don't tell me that you don't. There is no such thing as truth at all. Q1: I don't know. UG: You can only say that there is a logically ascertained premise called truth and you can write a book, My Quest for Truth , like your ex-president Radhakrishnan. Q2: But you had this search. Was it real?
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