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2009-07-03

Like two friends…


We are like two friends sitting in the park on a lovely day, talking about life, talking about our problems, investigating the very nature of our existence, and asking ourselves seriously why life has become such a great problem; why, though intellectually we are very sophisticated, yet our…

2009-07-02

A pilgrimage together


If we could take a journey, make a pilgrimage together without any intent or purpose, without seeking anything, perhaps on returning we might find that our hearts had unknowingly been changed. I think it worth trying. Any intent or purpose, any motive or goal implies effort—a conscious…

2009-07-01

When thought is active, can there be compassion?


What does it mean to be compassionate? Not merely verbally, but actually to be compassionate? Is compassion a matter of habit, of thought, a matter of the mechanical repetition of being kind, polite, gentle, tender? Can the mind which is caught in the activity of thought with its conditioning…

2009-06-30

Compassion is not yours or mine


You may be very clever in your studies, in your job, in being able to argue very cleverly, reasonably, but that is not intelligence. Intelligence goes with love and compassion, and you cannot come upon that intelligence as an individual. Compassion is not yours or mine like thought is not yours…

2009-06-29

Is that compassion?


How can one be compassionate if you belong to any religion, follow any guru, believe in something, believe in your scriptures, and so on, attached to a conclusion? When you accept your guru, you have come to a conclusion, or when you strongly believe in god or in a saviour, this or that, can…