(This chapter is collected works from J. Krishnamurti’s teachings)
A school is a place of learning and so it is sacred. Most of the temples, churches and mosques are not sacred for they have stopped learning. They believe, they have faith and that denies entirely the great art of learning. Learning has been the ancient tradition of man, not only from books, but also about the nature and structure of the psychology of a human being. As we have neglected this entirely, there is disorder in the world, and terror, violence and all the cruel things are taking place. We have put the world’s affair first, not the inner. The inner if it is understood, educated and transformed, will always overcome the outer, however well organized it may be politically, economically and socially. This is the truth, which many seem to forget. We are trying politically, legally and socially to bring order in the outer world in which we are living, and inwardly we are confused, uncertain, anxious and in conflict. Without the inner order there will always be danger to human life.
What is important is not to support any person or any political party but to observe what is actually taking place in our daily life, inwardly and outwardly. When we look at what is taking place in the world we begin to understand that there is no outer or inner process. It is a whole, total movement, the inner movement expressing itself as the outer and outer reacting again on the inner. To be able to look at this seems to me all that is needed, because if we know how to look, then the whole thing becomes very clear and to look needs no philosophy, no teacher. Nobody need tell you how to look; you just look.
Both educator and the educated are learning in the deeper sense of the word. When both are learning there is no educator or one to be educated. There is only learning. Learning frees the brain and thought of prestige, position and status. Learning brings about equality among human beings.