Facundo
is a reader of the blog who has studied Eastern teachings, and when I
asked him to mention the authors he recommends, he replied as follows:
Ramaji: He is a master of self-inquiry; it is important to read him.
SantataGamana:
teaches self-inquiry, sahaja samadhi, Kriya yoga, and the turiya state;
all in an accessible way so as not to depend on gurus.
Roderick S. Bucknell: is an expert in Buddhism who works on the three final stages of self-inquiry of the original Buddha.
The 2016-2019 PDF compilation of the Tao blog: its author knows a lot and studies the levels from the Tibetan Mahamudra.
Nisargadatta Maharaj; he is one of the most famous teachers of Advaita.
Shinzen Young: explains very well the communication between metta and seated meditation and its practice.
Michael
Langford: his meditation method is the freest, clearest, and simplest,
also making it clear what to do and what not to do to progress in just
100 pages.
William
Bodri: He is an expert in esoteric Buddhism and the East who knows from
experience what he speaks and teaches, and of course, he is based on
the paramitas of " The Voice of the Silence ".
Facundo recommends the following sequence:
All
those books make it clear what the basics are for working on yourself.
The order I discovered is: Paramitas, seated meditation, metta for daily
life, and arriving at the observation of oneself as a single taste of
Krishnamurti, and finally, when introspection begins, self-inquiry in
four levels to destroy the mind (three levels of the Buddha and the last
of Ramaji-Ramana).
The
rest of the books can be used to adapt to your needs or clarify points,
as well as add practices according to personal needs.
Warm greetings, and don't depend on gurus, teachers, or institutions. Be free!
Blessed are all true seekers.
His opinion on Jiddu Krishnamurti
Regarding Krishnamurti, Facundo comments as follows:
There
are levels of enlightenment, Krishnamurti was not fully enlightened, he
was highly enlightened but not fully enlightened, the proof is that he
had almost no enlightened followers and he liberated almost no one,
although his teaching was interesting (very much for the bourgeois
atheist intellectual of the time).
Furthermore,
I believe that he had the "one flavor" level (level 3 of 4) of
Mahamudra and level 8 of 10 of Ramaji's classification, which is seen as
"I AM".
My
conclusion after years is that it's not worth reading Krishnamurti. I
loved him, but he was only a stimulus to my intellect and somewhat to my
inner Buddha, as Ramón Sordo said in his graphic, "he spat out all of
tradition," otherwise he wouldn't have gone off to teach without being
fully enlightened.
A
truly enlightened person doesn't need wealth and has no social or
romantic needs, nor are they addicted to food (like Blavatsky). The
truly enlightened person is in the world to help others, not because
they believe the world is real. That's why I disagree with Alsibar's
ideal of an awakened person who is a professional and works; this makes
me realize that Alsibar isn't enlightened either, since he considers
this world real.
Obviously,
compared to Osho and other pseudo-gurus, Krishnamurti is a saint, but
he doesn't liberate and he stagnates. How do you think a bodhisattva can
be one if not based on the Dharmakaya? How can he be useful if not from
a state of non-meditation or natural state to apply the paramitas?
Isn't the Bodhisattva the theosophical ideal?
What do you think Prajna, the seventh paramita of theosophy, is? Is it mind, world, beliefs, or something like that?
It
is Sahaja samadhi or natural state free of mind (Dharmakaya)... the
Mahayana scriptures themselves warn against being deceived by Ishvara or
false god.
My opinion on what Facundo said
I
get the impression that Facundo has done quite a bit of research, and
that's why I'm sharing his recommendations with you, to offer you more
options, but I can't comment on the guides and texts he recommends
reading because I haven't studied them.
I agree that Krishnamurti and Blavatsky were not fully enlightened. However, several researchers I respect, who have studied spirituality extensively, are fascinated by Krishnamurti.
I do recommend it if you connect with Krishnamurti, but be aware that Krishnamurti also had his flaws.
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