A Beautiful Quote

Discussion in 'Buddhism' started by Burn, Sep 24, 2005.

  1. Burn

    Burn Member

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    "So, what is beauty? The same question put in different words is what are you?

    What is the nature and structure of you, apart from the biological factor? That is very closely related to what is beauty. When you look at a mountain, snowcapped, deep valleys, blue, deep hills, what do you feel, what's your real response to all that? Aren't you, for a second or for a few minutes, absolutely shocked by it, by the greatness, the immensity of the green valley, the extraordinary light and the blue sky against the snowclad mountains? What happens to you at that moment when you look at that - the grandeur, the majesty of those mountains? What do you feel? Do you, for the moment, or for a few minutes, exist at all? You understand my question?

    Please don't agree; look at it very closely. At that moment when you look at something grand, immense, majestic, for a second you don't exist - you've forgotten your worries, your wife and your children, your job, all the messiness of your life. At that moment you are stunned by it. For that second, the grandeur has wiped out all your memory, just for a second, and then you come back. What happens during that second when you are not there?

    That is beauty - you understand? - when you are not there. "


    -Jiddu Krishnamurti
     
  2. Bhaskar

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    In other words, rising beyond the limitations of body and mind to a pure state of being is beauty. I love Krishnamurti. Thanks, this made my day.
     
  3. nitemarehippygirl

    nitemarehippygirl Senior Member

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    thank you, burn.....
     
  4. white ginger

    white ginger Senior Member

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  5. krin

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    right on ill just suck out my frontal lobe through my nostrils,eliminate myself,and just float on down to beauty town!
    woo!
    i could whack off too,thats beauty man
     
  6. TreeFiddy

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    wow...that quote is amazing. it really seems to make sense when someone puts it like that
     
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