Truth is not a pathless land many great spiritual teachers throughout the ages have pointed the way, and done so with humor and compassion, two traits which Krishnamurti completely lacks. His teaching is as if the Buddha had stopped with the first two of the noble truths, only telling us that life is suffering because of attachment and desire, but offering no way out, no path to nirvana. His vision of the world is utterly grim and dour, without hope.
In fact, he is disrespectful of all the great spiritual traditions of the world, including yoga, Hinduism, and Buddhism, dismissing all spiritual teachers as worthless. The few insights that he does have are not at all original, but are classic teachings of Buddhism, and yet he never acknowledges this. The vision of the world he paints is totally grim and dour, and he offers no hope at all.
His imaginary dialogue with his "friend" is completely gratuitous. His tone towards his audience is extremely condescending. He never engages his audience, missing an opportunity when he asks the audience if they agree, and someone in the crowd shouts "No." He could have asked the man why he disagreed, but dismisses him and moves on. I call Krishnamurti hypocritical because he claims not to be an authority and not to be giving a lecture, and yet this denies the fact that he is revered as a spiritual authority and is standing before a group of people giving a monologue, telling them what to think, while denying the fact of what he is doing. What disappointed you about Truth Is a Pathless Land?
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