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Published on January 20, 2008

 
 
Reading: “Krishanamurti on Education” by J Krishanamurti
    “I have great respect for Krishanamurti for his philosophy of education. I’m touched by his analysis of the relations between education and an understanding of oneself. He observes that education in the secular world tends to focus on external sci¬ences too much, and that this has con¬tributed to our inadequate under¬standing of one’s inner life. For some reason, the knowledge acquired in the secular world has some impact on our spiritual life too. He asks, how much do we know about subjects like our happiness and peaceful coexistence? I admit it’s sort of a difficult read, but it’s a fine intellectual exercise too.     “He tends to raise questions in his prose that are thoughtprovoking while encouraging the reader to question his ideas. An intellectual contest kicks in at some point here. I like this book because his ideas seem to challenge traditional beliefs in education and can be very unpredictable.”