The word 'innocence' means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
Interpretation
Innocence refers to a mental state that is untouched by harm or negativity.
Jiddu Krishnamurti's quote on 'innocence' suggests that true innocence is characterized by a mind that remains unharmed by external factors, indicating a profound state of peace and purity. It implies that an innocent mind is free from the scars of past experiences and the negativity that can taint one's perception of the world.
In practice
In a conversation about resilience, I might say, 'Krishnamurti believed that innocence signifies a mind untainted by hurt.'
The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a problem is only to intensify it, and in the process, self-knowledge and freedom are abandoned.
In seeking comfort, we generally find a quiet corner in life where there is a minimum of conflict, and then we are afraid to step out of that seclusion.
If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice; you are listening to your own desires.
If you have this extraordinary thing going in your life, then it is everything; then you become the teacher, the disciple, the neighbour, the beauty of the cloud - you are all that, and that is love.
Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life - perhaps the greatest, and one cannot possibly learn it from anybody, that is the beauty of it.
All of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with pleasant phrases, we have been educated for various professions within a system which is based on exploitation and acquisitive fear.
Whenever I'm in trouble, I pray. And because I'm in trouble all of the time, I pray almost constantly.
I thought it very strange, and very sad, that the fairy kingdom largely appears to be English. I thought it was time for some regional representation. And the Nac Mac Feegle are, well, they're like tiny little Scottish Smurfs who have seen Braveheart altogether too many times.
I must dissent emphatically from any proposal to spend any money on preparing a statue of me, more especially at a time when people do not have enough food and clothing.
The people who pretend that dying is rather like strolling into the next room always leave me unconvinced. Death, like birth, must be a tremendous event.
All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
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