I learned of Krishnamurti while a student at Naropa University. I was finally "coming around" - I finally wasn't drinking, I was mindful during classes, and I was "on fire" for what was once the annoying, yet required, meditation.

I went online to research dialogues folks had enjoyed with Chogyam Trungpa rinpoche (Naropa's founderthe man I never met who changed my life forever).

I found a video of his dialogue with some fellow named Jiddu Krishnamurti. I'd heard the name - hadn't he written a book or something? I watched the video, and found his ideas to be (apparently, to my newly "opened" eyes) in opposition to Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. His questions were posited in a polite manner, but they did't feel respectful to me (I was very defensive of Trungpa Rinpoche). I avoided Krishnamurti for sometime, until a friend asked me to read particular excerpts from his work. I had to admit - the man asked stellar questions.

Well, here I am working on a PhD at another school, dealing with "sacred education." I need to understand how stellar questions are asked to tackle this subject. So I am taking a class focussed on Krishnamurti's works. Exploring 'Questioning Krishhnamurti'and watching a class video, it "hit me" - Krishnamurti's seeming anathema towards time (p.4 of 'Questioning Krishnamurti' - and throughout the book) and ego ('Questioning Krishnamurti' Pp 99-128) are treated similarly in the Avlokitesvara Sutta:

"...Though Ananda memorizes all he has heard, He is not freed from inverted thought. By clinging to sound one falls into Samsara, By non-clinging one attains Nirvana ..." ('AVALOKITESVARA’S MEDITATION ON HEARING FROM SURANGAMA SUTRA' by Bodhisattva Manjusri, downloaded 1/20/12 from http://amitabhabuddha.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/avalokitesvaras-medi...)

Perhaps the ego must capitulate - even to time - to enter an enlightened state. Enlightenment is beyond the ken of the ego. Study isn't the key (also my penchant for studying isn't waning anytime soon, but I never claimed to be perfect, and I've had worse addictions).

Perhaps those of us on this path "after" something beyond thought - but not beyond what can be grasped by non-thought, non-ego. Something unknowable is not unattainable. I think this is where Avalokitesvara and Jiddu Krishnamurti meet - or at least have a sort of synergy.

My studies of Krishnamurti's work may not bear these initial assumptions out, but I'm sure going to enjoy my explorations!