What Is a Chaste Mind? (EN)

Listen to talks from J. Krishnamurti's Saanen gathering in Switzerland, 1974.This talk: What Is a Chaste Mind? – 4 August 1974.• The word ‘"chaste" means pure, clean, untouched.• Do we have a chaste mind, a mind that has not been hurt, has no image, is free from the pleasure of yesterday and is innocent?• Is chastity a quality of the mind?• Can the mind be free of the word, symbols and the condemnation and approval of the word?• What is the nature of the mind when there is no attempt through will or desire for any way out through the known?• If you are really serious, not just with words but burning with responsibility, then you ask whether the mind can ever be free from the known.-Jiddu Krishnamurti (May 12, 1895 – February 17, 1986) was a world renowned writer and speaker on philosophical and spiritual subjects. His subject matter included: the purpose of meditation, human relationships, the nature of the mind, and how to enact positive change in global society. Krishnamurti was born into a Telugu Brahmin family in what was then colonial India. In early adolescence, he had a chance encounter with prominent occultist and high-ranking theosophist C.W. Leadbeater in the grounds of the Theosophical Society headquarters at Adyar in Madras (now Chennai). He was subsequently raised under the tutelage of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, leaders of the Society at the time, who believed him to be a "vehicle" for an expected World Teacher. As a young man, he disavowed this idea and dissolved the world-wide organization (the Order of the Star) established to support it. He claimed allegiance to no nationality, caste, religion, or philosophy, and spent the rest of his life traveling the world as an individual speaker, speaking to large and small groups, as well as with interested individuals. He authored a number of books, among them "The First and Last Freedom", "The Only Revolution", and "Krishnamurti's Notebook". In addition, a large collection of his talks and discussions