A study of Krishnamurti's attitude towards knowledge based on the teachings of Islam

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Education, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz

2 PhD student in Quran and Hadith University (Tehran Campus)

3 PhD student in Quran and Hadith, Arak University

10.30465/srs.2020.33223.1790

Abstract

Krishnamurti is known around the world as a mystic, thinker, writer and speaker. One of the main intellectual components of Krishnamurti (1895-1986) is his particular view of knowledge. rishna's idea of knowledge is very different from the view of Islam. Therefore, in this article, his view of Islam's view of knowledge has been comparatively compared to the library method and processed in a descriptive-analytical manner. It is completely different from the Islamic view and even contradictory in some cases. According to Krishna Morti, knowledge is the cause of numbness of the mind, wars and destructions, human instability, captivity of the mind, conditioning and hindering psychological change, along with ignorance, hindering human wisdom and freedom and is rejected. This is while the guidance of man through science according to the verses and hadiths of the Imams is emphasized by Islam. The Qur'an considers the cultivation of intellect and thought as one of the factors and constituent elements of man that cause his evolution. According to the teachings of Islam, what causes instability and confusion in human beings is ignorance.
According to the Qur'an, Krishnamurti's view that knowledge used as a means to guide man within is an obstacle to discovery is rejected. Therefore, Morty's thought and view of knowledge is generally rejected and unacceptable from the Islamic point of view.

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