Volume XVIII

The Collected Works of

J.KRISHNAMURTI

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Abandonment: and the absence of ‘me’, (VIII) 311-12;
and beauty, (XI) 205-6; and reality, (X) 249; and
the self, (XI) 10; and what is, (XII) 165
Absorption: versus attention, (XIII) 337; and
concentration, (XIII) 264; and the deluded mind,
(XI) 37; versus self knowing, (XV) 177
Acceptance: and acknowledgement, (XI) 267; of
authority, (XIV) 246; of conflict, (XVI) 85;
defining, (XVI) 142; and denial, (XIII) 86; and
desire to become, (IV) 134-35; and deterioration,
(XVI) 60; and dulled feelings, (XIV) 34; and
escape, (V) 329; as hindrance to meditation, (XIV)
33; meaning of, (VI) 291; of problems, (V) 335;
(XIV) 181; of religious authority, (XIV) 258-59; of
sorrow, (XIII) 314; and transformation, (V) 252.
See also Conformity
Accumulation, (II) 77; and ambition, (VII) 242-43;
and awareness, (IV) 80-81; (X) 53; and belief, (V)
319-20; as the cause of sorrow, (IX) 100; and the
center, (X) 23-24; and ceremony, (II) 22-23; and
conflict, (VI) 337-39; (IX) 66; (XVII) 172; and
continuity, (VIII) 250; and the creation of patterns,
(X) 64; versus creativeness, (VIII) 235-36; and
creative thinking, (II) 101; and deterioration, (IX)
263; dying to, (XIV) 257; and emptiness, (l) 141;
(II) 76-77; (X) 30; and experience, (X) 51; (XIII)
193, 195; of experience, (XIV) 215-16; and
exploitation, (X) 168-69; and fear, (VI) 36; (VII)
302; and fear of death, (XVI) 31; freedom from,
(XI) 241; and the fresh mind, (VI) 161; versus the
fresh mind, (VIII) 267; and the growth of
nationalism, (V) 75; as hindrance, (IX) 111, 113; as
hindrance to creation, (XV) 244; as hindrance to
discovery, (IX) 35-36; (XI) 260; as hindrance to
learning, (X) 212; as hindrance to understanding,
(II) 15-16; and inertia, (XVI) 27-28; and inner
poverty, (III) 185, 241; versus intelligence, (VII)
134-35; and knowledge, (VIII) 276, 322; (IX) 244;
(X) 172-73, 260-62; (XIII) 80-82; (XVII) 59, 230-
31; of knowledge, (XI) 79-80, 82, 185, 249-50,
335-36, 337-38; (XIV) 170-71; and knowledge
versus learning, (XVII) 21-22; and learning, (IX)
196, 238-40; (XVII) 40, 211-12; versus learning,
(XI) 29, 60-61, 214, 227; (XII) 157-58; (XIV) 73,
239, 241, 243; (XV) 248; (XVI) 220; and
meditation, (IX) 74-75; and memory, (IX) 49; as
memory, (IV) 67; (V) 221; (X) 21; and the mind,
(VII) 277; (XI) 108-9; and nationalism, (l ) 156;
versus the new, (XI) 178; and the observer, (XVII)
210-11; and the past, (XVII) 177; of the past, (XV)
232; and the petty mind, (X) 157; of pleasant and
unpleasant, (IX) 54; versus problem solving, (VII)
310, 312; and the process of time, (VIII) 50;
reasons for, (VII) 322-26; (VIII) 105-6; results of,
(l) 17-19; and security, (X) 87; and the self, (IV)
75; and self-knowledge, (IV) 22; (X) 59; versus
self-knowledge, (VIII) 308; versus the sensitive
mind, (X) 152; and simplicity, (VIII) 106; versus
the still mind, (VIII) 52; and suffering, (VIII) 204;
and the thinker, (XI) 250; and time, (XI) 390;
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(XVI) 200; versus truth, (X) 243; and the
unconscious, (VIII) 345; and the unknowable, (IV)
67; and wisdom, (VI) 33; and worship of
knowledge, (VII) 102. See also Acquisitions;
Acquisitiveness; Environment; Envy; Experience;
Greed; Heredity; Knowledge; Memory; Mind; Past;
Possessions; Possessiveness; War
Accumulative process: defining, (III) 6
Achievement, (l) 147-48; and desire for technique, (V)
309; and discipline, (IX) 146; and effort, (l) 84-85;
and finality, (l) 8, 11-12; and frustration, (VII) 205;
(XII) 52; futility of, (l ) 12; search for, (l ) 50-52;
and sorrow, (XIII) 308; struggle for, (XVII) 119.
See also Ambition; Becoming; Success; Virtue
Acknowledgement: and acceptance, (XI) 267
Acquiring: versus learning, (XIII) 91
Acquisition: and authority, (VII) 54; as basis of
society, (IX) 83-84; and consciousness, (III) 14;
desire for, (IV) 95-96; (VII) 90; and disintegration,
(VII) 113; and envy, (VII) 208; and exploitation,
(III) 15; and isolation, (VI) 88; and opposites, (III)
40; and path to war, (IV) 23; and the shallow mind,
(VII) 312-13; and society, (XII) 310-11; and will,
(VIII) 36. See also Accumulation; Acquisitiveness;
Ambition; Envy; Exploitation; Greed; Possession;
Security
Acquisitive discontent: freedom from, (VIII) 29-30
Acquisitiveness, (II) 116-17; as basis of religious and
social life, (VII) 114; breaking away from, (IX)
219; and career, (X) 263; and change, (VIII) 163;
(IX) 27-28; and the collective will, (VIII) 273; and
compromise, (II) 116-17; and conformity, (II) 104;
and culture, (IX) 196; and destruction of the social
order, (III) 182; and discontent, (VIII) 27; and
divisions, (II) 209; as effort, (XII) 127; and
egotism, (II) 156; and envy, (III) 230-31; (VII)
112-13; and exploitation; (IV) 134; freedom from,
(VIII) 189; and the free mind, (VIII) 185; as
hindrance to truth, (X) 3; and inequality, (IV) 95-
96, 198; and livelihood, (V) 145; and morality,
(III) 54; and principles, (l ) 175-76; as road to war,
(II) 131; as the social base, (XVII) 168; as social
desire, (XII) 148; and the social structure, (XV)
116; and society, (VIII) 257-58; (IX) 99, 202, 251-
52; and thought, (XII) 312; the urge of, (IX) 39-40.
See also Accumulation; Achievement;
Acquisition; Ambition; Becoming; Craving;
Discontent; Envy; Freedom; Fulfillment; Gain;
Greed; ‘More’; Nationalism; Possessions;
Possessiveness; Power; Professions; Society; War
Acquisitive society, (XI) 250; and the collective will,
(VIII) 300-302; and competition, (XII) 123; and
enslavement to its values, (XIII) 295. See also
Power; Society
Acting: as the essence of freedom, (XVII) 134-35; and
learning, (XVI) 215-16, 218; on and off stage,
(VIII) 137; and seeing, (XIII) 72. See also Action
“Acting”: and “verb”, (XI) 16
Action, (l) 13-15, 75, 87-88, 96-97, 98-99, 100, 153-
54; (II) 45, 77, 146, 181-82; (V) 153-56; (VI) 50-
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52, 123-25; (VIII) 314-17; (XI) 109-13, 160-65,
223-28, 262-65, 314-19, 341-46; (XII) 20-29, 31,
33-36, 40; (XIII) 326-30; (XIV ) 203-8, 231-37,
280-85; (XVI) 72-77, 173-75, 225, 228, 230;
(XVII) 18-22; and the absence of consciousness,
(XII) 125; and the absence of pretension, (XVI)
228; and the absence of time, (XVII) 140; through
acceptance of work, (V) 54; and accumulation, (II)
77; and accumulation of knowledge, (XVII) 59; as
the act of listening, (XV) 189; and agreement, (III)
8; and analysis, (l) 29-30; and attention, (XVI) 246;
and authority, (XI) 381; avoidance of, (II) 2; and
awareness, (l) 57-58, 193; based on friction, (XIII)
109; and beauty, (XVI) 301; and behavior, (XVII)
204; versus being, (XI) 16; and belief, (V) 239;
(XVI) 260; born of fullness, (XII) 75; and cause
and effect, (X) 222; (XV) 132; and the center, (X)
178-80; and cessation of ritual, (VIII) 44; and
challenge, (VI) 124-25; and change, (VIII) 36; (X)
137; as change, (XI) 313; (XVII) 13; and choice,
(XI) 221; and clarity, (XVI) 31; as both collective
and individual, (XIV) 56; and commitment, (XI)
371-72; (XIII) 44; and communion, (XV) 309-10;
and comparison, (X) 188; and compassion, (XIII)
298-99; and complete life, (l) 13; as completeness,
(II) 85; completeness of, (l) 65, 180; and
comprehension of the whole, (XII) 57; and
condemnation, (XII) 5-6; and conditioning, (VIII)
289; (IX) 258; (XVI) 241; (XVII) 16, 19-20;
without conditioning, (XII) 123; and conflict, (II)
115; (VIII) 310; (XVI) 56, 225; without conflict,
(XII) 129; and conflict through contradiction, (XII)
130; and the conflict of ideology, (XVII) 248-49;
and conformity, (l) 58; and confusion, (VII) 197;
(VIII) 201; (IX) 29, 89; (XVI) 247, 278; (XVII)
17, 21; and the confusion of challenge and
response, (XII) 130; and consciousness, (III) 63-
64, 71-72; (IV) 165; and contradiction, (XI) 336-
37; (XV)198, 310; without contradiction, (XVI)
228; as creative, (VII) 236; and creative being, (V)
117; and creative energy, (XIII) 112; and creative
intelligence, (III) 91; and crisis, (XIV ) 152;
deciding on, (IX) 205; defining, (l) 121; (II) 99-
100; (V) 230; (XIV) 68, 231-32, 283; and desire,
(VI) 287-88; (XV) 64, 312; and desire and
pleasure, (XV) 166; desire for, (XI) 48; desire for
immediate, (IX) 206; and the desire to do “good”,
(X) 46; and despair, (XVI) 265; as destructive,
(XII) 14; disassociated from society, (IX) 202-3;
and discontent, (XII) 13-14; and disintegration,
(VI) 263; and disorder, (XV) 199; divided, (XIV)
20-21; divided from life, (XI) 314-15; divisions in,
(l) 27-28; and dogma, (VI) 152; and duality, (l) 46,
76; and effort, (l) 85-86; and emptiness, (XIV) 118;
from emptiness, (XI) 93-94; as an end, (l) 88; and
energy, (XV) 178-79, 181, 235-36, 279, 288, 318;
and enslavement, (l ) 8; and environment, (II) 40,
89-90; and existence, (IV) 195-96; and
experimentation, (II) 127-28; explaining process,
(V) 86-87; explanation of, (II) 147; and facing fear,
(XVI) 276; and fact(s), (XI) 347; (XIII) 69; (XIV)
1; (XV) 25, 337, 339; and fear, (l ) 9; (II) 200-201;
and feeling, (XI) 96-97; and the field of
consciousness, (XI) 385; and the field of the
known, (XVI) 180; as finite, (l ) 8; and the follower,
(VIII) 45; as fragmentary, (X) 232-33, 234;
fragmentation, of, (XVI) 241; and freedom, (VI)
68-70; (VIII) 45; (XIV) 139; (XV) 211, 214;
(XVII) 19; and freedom from confusion, (XVI)
275, 276; and freedom from ideas, (XV) 214; and
freedom from identification, (XVI) 151; and free
flow of life, (l) 12; and fulfillment, (l) 10, 193; (II)
211-12; (VII) 234; fundamental, (II) 61; and
gradual self-knowing, (XIV) 155; and habit, (III)
115; and harmo ny, (l) 11-12, 161; of heart and
mind, (XV) 6; and the hindrance of ideology,
(XVII) 191; and hope, (XVI) 267; and humility,
(XI) 267; and the ‘I’, (III) 10-11, 13; and idea(s),
(V) 280, 349-51; (VI) 259-62, 272, 291-92, 326,
349-51; (XI) 214; (XII) 102; (XIII) 45, 51, 110;
(XIV) 21, 53, 68-70, 135-36, 139, 194-95; (XV)
88-89, 168-69, 183, 211, 214, 265; without ideas,
(XVI) 260-61, 267; and ideology, (XVII) 138,
139-40, 141; and ignorance, (III) 12, 13; and
image, (XVII) 250; immediate, (XV) 339; and
importance of the individual, (III) 184; as inaction,
(XVI) 122; incomplete, (II) 198; and incomplete
life, (l) 13, 81; individual and collective, (VI) 93-
94; (XIII) 1-2; and individual responsibility, (II)
10-11; and individual understanding, (l) 4; and
inquiry, (IX) 268-69; and instinct, (l) 19; versus
intellect, (XVI) 8; and intellectual sensitivity,
(XIII) 42; and intelligence, (VII) 188-89; and
intuition, (II) 23; and inward revolution, (IV) 102;
and knowing ourselves, (XI) 306; and knowing
what to do, (XII) 123, 128; and knowledge, (VI)
265; of the known, (XVII) 82; and learning,
(XVII) 59; as learning, (XI) 358; (XVI) 20; as
liberation, (l) 19, 41-42; and life, (XIV) 68, 70; as
life essential, (XII) 307; and limitation, (III) 39; as
limitation, (II) 82-83; limited and unlimited, (l) 39;
and listening, (XI) 380; (XIII) 302; (XV) 155, 222;
(XVI) 245; (XVII) 22-24; and living, (XV) 163;
and looking, (XIV) 234; loss of freedom in, (XIII)
326-27; and love, (V) 115; (XVII) 250; and love of
life, (II) 210; meaning of, (l) 82-84; (II) 214-15;
(XVI) 151; and meditation, (l ) 26-27; (XII) 42; and
memory, (l) 24-26, 180-81; and motive, (l ) 24;
(XVII) 155; as motiveless, (XIII) 45; and the
movement of life, (XIV ) 290; nature of, (XVII) 18-
19; and the need for clarity, (XIV) 229-30; and the
negative, (XV) 264-65; as new, (XV) 168; not of
time, (XVI) 58, 59; and observation, (XVI) 152;
past and future, (II) 163-64; and perception, (II)
11; (XV) 332; and personal control, (II) 102-3; and
physical danger, (XVI) 155; and pleasure, (XVII)
12; through pleasure and pain, (II) 100-101; and
the positive, (XV) 264-65; and the postponement of
time, (XIV) 253; precedes the idea, (V) 42-44; and
predestination, (II) 146; and prejudice, (l) 24; as

the present, (XIV) 13; in the present, (XI) 368;
process of, (XVII) 12-13; and progress, (l) 189-90;
psychological, (XIV) 68; purity of, (II) 37;
questioning, (XVI) 72; through questioning, (II)
59; and the quiet mind, (XVII) 137; and reaction,
(l) 38; (II) 102-3; (XII) 79, 82-84; without
reaction, (XII) 123, 128, 278; (XIII) 233; and
reason, (XI) 36; and relationship, (VI) 78; (XIII)
116; (XV) 13, 129; and relationship to society, (V)
342-43; and the religious mind, (XIII) 91, 156-57,
162; repetition of, (XVI) 228; and responsibility,
(II) 201-2; and result, (VI) 233; and revolution,
(VII) 199-200; (XIV) 44; and reward and
punishment, (III) 135; and satisfaction, (VII) 185;
and saying no, (XVI) 60; and search for security,
(II) 208; as secondary to the good mind, (IX) 262;
and seeing, (XVI) 2, 170-71; and seeing the fact,
(XIV) 294; and the self, (VII) 253-54; and self-
awareness, (V) 270; and self-consciousness, (II) 8;
and self-fulfillment, (VII) 167-68; and self-
knowledge, (V) 79; (XI) 184; and silence, (XVI)
32, 71; and silent observation, (XV) 47; and sleep,
(XII) 46; small scale, (V) 96; and society, (XIII)
110; without sorrow, (XI) 239; source of, (XII) 65-
66; as spontaneous expression, (II) 56, 67-68; and
still mind, (VI) 176; and suffering, (II) 9-10;
(VIII) 205; and thinking, (X) 221; and thought, (V)
5-6, 7; (IX) 260; (XIII) 315; (XVI) 134; (XVII)
163; as thought, (X) 260; without thought, (XVII)
252; and time, (XI) 364; (XIV) 149; (XV) 115,
141; and the time interval, (XVII) 141-42; versus
tolerance, (II) 21; and total recognition of reaction,
(XIII) 141-42, 143; and truth, (l) 177-78; (II) 157;
types of, (VIII) 200-201; (XI) 109-11, 314; (XIII)
93-94; (XIV) 135; understanding, (III) 99; (V) 37-
40, 72, 205-7; (VII) 108-9; (XI) 201-3, 205-6;
(XII) 278; and understanding, (XV) 20, 62, 67,
335-36; (XVII) 168; as understanding, (l) 79-81;
(VI) 18; through understanding, (II) 10-11, 224;
and understanding the conditioned mind, (VII)
150-51; understanding the process of, (XVII) 55;
and urgency, (XVII) 54; and violence, (VI) 233;
(XIV) 293; or voluntary compulsion, (II) 155-56;
and watching, (XIV) 66; as the whole of life, (XV)
331, 344, 345; and the will, (XIV) 189-90; without
will, (XV) 200; and wisdom, (II) 25-26, 45; and
words, (XII) 6; versus words, (V) 38; and world
unity, (II) 47. See also Action and ideas; Choice;
Hindrance; Religion; Systems; Thought; Total
action; Unity
Action and idea(s), (XVII) 4, 12-13, 87, 248-53; and
conflict, (XVI) 38-39, 216, 218-19; (XVII) 249,
250; and contradiction, (XIV) 231-34; (XV) 253,
315; and the disorder of division, (XVII) 248;
division between, (XIV ) 44-45; and the gap
between, (XIV) 20-21; gulf between, (XIV) 58;
and the sense of danger, (XVI) 184; and the time
interval, (XVI) 152. See also Action; Conflict;
Idea(s); Ideal(s)
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Action and inaction: and sorrow, (XVI) 57. See also
Action; Inaction
Action and reaction: and the role of conflict, (XII) 131
Action, awareness, and living: as the same, (XVII)
253. See also Action; Awareness; Living
Action, effort, and sorrow: as interrelated, (XV) 341-
42
Action, knowledge, and love: contradiction between,
(XIII) 45
Action of will: and change, (VIII) 164, 176-77; and
conditioning, (VIII) 218-19; defining, (VII) 182-
83; and desire, (IX) 206; as desire, (X) 57-58; and
discipline, (X) 247; and the ‘me’, (VIII) 155-56;
and meditation, (VIII) 192; and revolution, (VIII)
36-38; and time, (XVI) 21-22. See also Action;
Effort; Resistance; Will
Action without effort: and awareness, (XII) 131
Active mind: without center, (XI) 200; defining,
(VIII) 7; and dying, (XII) 160-61; and freedom
from thought, (VIII) 6-7; limitations of, (XII) 163.
See also Mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind
Active stillness: and cessation of fear, (IV) 51; and
well-being, (IV) 37. See also Silent Awareness;
Still mind; Stillness; Tranquillity
Activity, (V) 366-67; divisions of, (X) 174; and inertia,
(XVI) 28; and leisure, (XIII) 42; meaning of, (V)
86-87, 230-31; as self-centered, (VII) 13, 15; and
the state of tension, (XI) 25. See also Action
Actor: and action, (IV) 195-96
Actual: versus the conceptual, (XVII) 209; versus the
ideal, (XI) 150; understanding, (IV) 159. See also
Action and ideas; Fact; Real; Reality; Truth
Actuality: as personal experience, (III) 56
Adaptability: and specialization, (V) 128-29
Addiction, (l) 122; as escape, (V) 345-46
Adjustment: and change, (X) 135-36; (XII) 254, 290-
91; to change, (XI) 124, 126; versus change, (XI)
149-50, 152; and cooperation, (XIV) 164; versus
destruction, (XII) 225; as destructive, (XIV) 124;
destructiveness of, (XV) 342-43; as hindrance to
change, (XV) 329; (XVI) 55; versus learning, (XV)
316; and reformation, (IX) 13; superficial, (IX) 97-
98. See also Conditioning; Conflict; Conformity;
Discipline; Tradition
Adults: and the ability to love, (VII) 104
Advertising: and influences, (XI) 272. See also
Propaganda
Affection: and the absence of comparison, (XVII) 216;
achieving, (XVI) 65; and awareness, (XIV) 301;
and care, (XVII) 259; and communication, (XVII)
1; and communion, (XIV) 281; and cooperation,
(XV) 35; defining, (XIII) 26; (XVI) 6; and the
empty mind, (XII) 294; and learning, (XIII) 131;
and observation, (XII) 60; as quality of the new
mind, (XII) 294, 297-98; and relationships, (XVI)
34; and respect, (VIII) 126; and seeing the totality
of life, (XVI) 5, 6; and suffering, (XIII) 31-32. See
also Caring; Love
Africa: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions;
Nationalism; Society; War; World problems
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Afterlife, (l) 130; (IX) 115-16. See also Death;
Reincarnation; Religion
Age: and desire for peace, (VIII) 128-29; and loss of
enjoyment, (VIII) 118; and memory, (V) 327; and
orthodoxy, (V) 171; and quality of life, (V) 201;
understanding the nature of, (XIII) 145
Aged: and the corrupt mind, (VIII) 66
Aggression: dealing with, (IV) 27. See also Violence;
War
Aging: and becoming, (XI) 74-76; and destruction,
(XVI) 298; and the deteriorating mind, (IX) 185;
and the dull mind, (XI) 342; and growing
insensitivity, (XVII) 78; and habits, (XIII) 221;
and physical care, (XIII) 204; and the rigid mind,
(XIII) 204-5; and time, (XV) 127. See also Old
age; Older generation; Young; Young people
Agitated mind: ending, (XVII) 43. See also Dull mind;
Innocent mind; Mind; Petty mind
Agitation: as hindrance to learning, (XV) 247-48; as
hindrance to listening, (XIII) 101
Agreement: and confusion, (III) 8; and influence, (XI)
321-22; and intelligence, (III) 8; and tolerance,
(III) 66; understanding, (X) 157-58
Alcoholism: and exploitation, (II) 214. See also
Problems
Alert mind: and meditation, (XIII) 322; and
nonacceptance, (XV) 343; and observation, (XIV)
73. See also Clear mind; Free mind; Fresh mind;
Innocent mind; Mind; Quiet mind; Religion
Alertness, (IX) 173-74; and self-observation, (XIV)
138. See also Alert mind; Awareness
Alone: inability to be, (XII) 190; versus loneliness,
(IX) 63; state of, (XII) 179. See also Aloneness;
Loneliness
Aloneness, (IV) 75, 154; (VII) 221-22; and the
abandonment of authority, (XVII) 227; and the
absence of fear, (XII) 157; (XV) 322; and
achieving reality, (V) 357; and achieving truth,
(IX) 85; and authority, (IX) 151; beauty of, (XVI)
149; and challenge and response, (XII) 272; and
the collective, (IX) 14; and commitment, (XVI)
280; and confusion, (IX) 151; and cooperation,
(XIV) 117-18; and creation, (VI) 153; and
creativeness, (VII) 219-21; as death, (VIII) 309;
defining, (VI) 38-39; (XII) 87; and the desire to
belong, (XII) 66; versus despair, (XII) 261; and
discovery of the truth, (X) 171, 173; (XIV) 172;
and dying every minute, (XII) 225; and emptiness,
(VI) 173-74; and energy, (XII) 260; and
experiencing reality, (X) 130; without fear, (VI)
189; fear of, (XII) 256; (XV) 172, 173; (XVII) 74;
and freedom, (IX) 48; and freedom from
commitment, (XVII) 18; and freedom from fear,
(XIV) 268; and freedom from influences, (XIV)
220-22; and freedom from the known, (XIII) 270;
and the free mind, (X) 114, 167; as incorruptible,
(X) 109; and the individual, (IX) 126; (XI) 217;
and the individual mind, (XIII) 277; and inquiry,
(IX) 270; versus isolation, (V) 323-25; (X) 5; and
loneliness, (V) 308; (VI) 237-38, 312; (VII) 290;
(XIII) 269-70; versus loneliness, (VIII) 198, 309;
(X) 262; (XI) 210-11; (XV) 32; (XVI) 38; and
loneliness as different, (XIII) 187; as love, (XIII)
124; meaning of, (XVI) 38; (XVII) 18; versus
methods, (VII) 311; and the mind, (XIV ) 222-23;
and mutation, (XIV) 167; need for, (XI) 141;
(XVI) 118; and the new mind, (XIII) 61; process
of, (VIII) 313-14; and the real, (IX) 39; and reality,
(XII) 231; as religious, (XI) 291; and the religious
mind, (XII) 89; (XIV) 117; (XV) 317; and the
removal of masks, (XVI) 225; and the search for
God, (VIII) 269; and security, (XII) 135-36; and
sensitivity, (XVI) 99; (XVII) 76-77; and the simple
mind, (XIV) 269; and societal punishment, (XV)
328-29; state of, (XII) 271-72; (XIII) 230; (XV)
209-10; (XVII) 186, 188; as a state of love, (XI)
294; as a state of mind, (XIV) 118; as a state of
revelation, (XII) 40; and technique, (V) 310-11;
and total demand, (XI) 291; understanding, (XIII)
228; and understanding religion, (XIV) 220-21;
and the unknowable, (XIII) 67; and the unknown,
(XII) 315; and virtue, (XIII) 228; and
vulnerability, (VI) 74-75. See also Emptiness;
Isolation; Loneliness; Meditation; New; New mind;
Occupied mind; Quiet mind; Sorrow
Altruism: process of, (XVII) 127; and religious
revolution, (VIII) 186
Ambition, (IV) 39; (V) 292-93; (VIII) 96-99; ( IX)
274-77; (XIII) 124-27, 130; and the absence of
love, (XII) 130; (XVI) 52; and action, (VII) 234-
35; and the aggressive environment, (XIII) 296; as
antisocial, (XI) 2; and authority, (XIII) 261;
awareness of, (IX) 174-75; (XII) 56-57; cessation
of, (XI) 136; (XIII) 182; for children, (IX) 271-72;
as choice, (VII) 241-43; and comparison, (XII) 14,
15; as compassionless, (X) 202; and the
competitive society, (VIII) 244-45; and conflict,
(IV) 11-12; (VI) 337-38; (VIII) 232; (XI) 116;
(XIII) 21, 180, 182; (XIV) 10; (XVI) 81-82; as
conflict, (XII) 194, 264-66; and confusion, (XI)
51-52; and contradiction, (XII) 25; (XIII) 130;
(XV) 180; and the contradiction of religion, (X)
239-41; as corrupt, (XII) 309-10, 312; and the
creative, (XII) 192-93; and the cruel mind, (XII)
67; and daily life, (X) 207; denial of, (XIII) 78; as
the desire to achieve, (VII) 204-5; as the destroyer
of economic security, (VII) 144; as destructive,
(IX) 71; (X) 116; and discontent, (XI) 286; and
disorder, (XVII) 176; and division, (VIII) 346;
dying to, (XI) 368; and education, (VII) 159;
effects of, (X) 5-6; and effort, (IX) 233, 263; and
the effort to be, (VIII) 222-24; and energy, (XII)
67; (XVI) 164-65; and environment, (VIII) 288;
and envy, (VII) 113; versus equality, (VII) 314;
examining, (XVII) 192; and exploitation, (VI) 260-
62; facing the fact of, (XII) 289; (XIII) 36, 118;
and fear, (VII) 83-85; (VIII) 62; (X) 132-33; (XII)
45; and the feeling of nothingness, (X) 119;
freedom from, (X) 8; (XI) 210-11; (XII) 17, 227;
(XIII) 168, 272; versus fulfillment, (III) 32; versus

the good mind, (XII) 54; and habit, (XI) 135-36; as
hindrance to communion, (XV) 82; as hindrance to
freedom, (VII) 160; (X) 126; as hindrance to love,
(IX) 103; (XIV) 61; as hindrance to peace, (IX) 15;
and identity, (X) 45; and illusion, (VI) 339; and the
individual, (IX) 274-76; and inequality, (VIII)
180-81; versus interest, (VII) 85; versus inward
revolution, (VII) 156; irrational and rational, (XII)
18-19; as limitation, (VII) 95; living without, (XII)
150; (XIII) 261; and love, (XII) 135; (XV) 74;
versus love, (XIV) 91; versus the mature mind,
(XII) 205; and mediocrity, (VIII) 330; and
meditation, (XII) 266-67, 310; (XIII) 96-97; and
the mind without space, (XIII) 322; and the need
for change, (X) 46; and the new mind, (XIII) 53;
observing, (XIII) 299; as path to war, (X) 45; and
pleasure, (XV) 71; and psychological need, (XII)
244; and the quiet mind, (XIII) 98; reasons for,
(XVII) 123-24; recognizing, (VII) 15-16; and
reincarnation, (XI) 137; and security, (XII) 296;
and self-centered, (XI) 264; and self-contradiction,
(XII) 16; and self-fulfillment, (XIV) 289; and self-
improvement, (IX) 84; significance of, (III) 184;
and social structure, (XIII) 116; and society, (X)
130; (XI) 193; (XIII) 78; and spiritual entity, (V)
292-93; and the spiritual man, (XI) 372-73;
spiritual and worldly, (VII) 235; and superiority,
(VII) 33; and time, (VIII) 331; (IX) 169; (XII)
101; (XIV) 150-51; and thought, (XVI) 170; and
violence, (IX) 117-20; (XVI) 297; and war, (VIII)
261; (X) 74; and worldliness, (IV) 13-14. See also
Acquisition; Acquisitiveness; Becoming;
Comparison; Competition; Conditioning; Conflict;
Contradiction; Craving; Envy; Experience;
Fulfillment; ‘More’; Psychological structure of
society; Self-expansion; Society; Success; Virtue
Ambition, greed, and envy: as basis of the social
structure, (XIII) 167-68. See also Ambition; Envy;
Greed
Ambitious mind: as shallow, (IX) 106
America, (VII) 239-40; (IX) 193, 277; advertising in,
(XII) 15; discontent in, (XVII) 131; and
enslavement to prosperity, (XI) 306; and hippies,
(XVII) 189; and the loss of adventure, (XII) 276;
and manual labor, (VIII) 133; possible decline of,
(XVII) 57; and prosperity versus freedom, (XII)
130; as prototype of prosperity, (XVII) 56; and
racia l violence, (XVII) 94; and subliminal
advertising, (XII) 139; and tradition, (VII) 74; and
war, (XV) 343. See also Authority; Commitment;
Conditioning; Divisions; Environment;
Identification; Influences; Nationalism; Society;
War; Words; World Problems
Americans: See Conditioning; Divisions; Ideology;
Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World
problems
Amnesia, (IX) 189; and thought, (XIV) 158. See also
Memory
Amusement: and belief, (XVI) 258; and emptiness,
(XVI) 232. See also Escape
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Amusements: as escapes of the lazy mind, (XIII) 141
Analysis: as adjuster to society, (XIII) 284;
approaches to, (XII) 155; as a barrier, (l) 29-30;
and conflict, (XVII) 248; and the conscious and
unconscious, (XIII) 226; as different from
perception, (XIII) 283-84; and ending fear, (XVI)
210, 212-13; and escape from fear, (VI) 335; of
fear, (XIV) 291; and the free mind, (X) 26-27;
futility of, (XVI) 279; as hindrance to change,
(XII) 254, 256, 257; as hindrance to freedom,
(XVII) 36; as hindrance to self-understanding,
(XIII) 292-93; hindrance to the unconscious,
(XIV) 38; immaturity of, (XVII) 66; need for,
(XVI) 277; versus observation, (XIII) 297; and the
presence of fear, (XV) 29-30; of problems, (XV)
151-52; and relationships, (XIV ) 249-50; and
thought, (XVI) 108; and time, (XIV) 190; (XV)
160; (XVII) 176; and the unconscious, (XII) 126;
(XIII) 167, 169, 194; (XVI) 188; uselessness of,
(XVI) 154-55. See also Authority; Self-analysis;
Self-knowing
Analyst: and conditioning, (XII) 257. See also
Authority; Specialists
Analytic process: implications of, (XII) 141
Analyzer: See Analyzer and the analyzed
Analyzer and the analyzed: and conflict, (XI) 321;
(XIII) 284, 292; (XVII) 248; and duality, (XIV)
190; and habit, (XIII) 243-44; as one, (X) 114. See
also Analysis; Center; Observer and the observed;
Thinker and the thought
Angels: and healing, (II) 25
Anger, (III) 203; and awareness, (XI) 18; and the
center, (XII) 147; and choiceless awareness, (IV)
117-18; dissolving, (III) 157-58; examining,
(XVII) 221; freedom from, (XV) 91; as
momentary, (VIII) 82; process of, (XI) 290;
reaction to, (XVII) 260; reasons for, (VIII) 80; and
self-image, (XII) 246; understanding, (III) 154;
(VIII) 104; and the word, (XI) 87. See also
Duality; Emotion; Feelings
Anglican: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning;
Divisions; Religion; Words
Animal(s): and conflict, (XVI) 297; cruelty to, (X) 59-
60; and the desire for pleasure, (XVII) 11; freeing
the mind from, (XIV) 235; and human behavior,
(XIV) 228; (XV) 299, 337; (XVI) 43; and human
beings, (XVI) 16; (XVII) 161-62; and human
culture, (XVI) 49; and human evolution, (XIV)
199; and inherent fear, (XIV) 287; and the
inheritance of violence, (XVII) 199; and the social
order, (XIV) 249-50; and violence, (XIV) 293;
within, (XVII) 43. See also Brain; Animal instincts
Animal brain: and pleasure, (XVI) 282. See also
Animals; Brain
Animal instincts: and the brain, (XVII) 135; human as
inheritance, (XVII) 100; and human violence,
(XVII) 220, 255; and pleasure and pain, (XVI)
147. See also Animals
Animal response: and physical fear, (XVII) 161-62.
See also Animal instincts
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Annihilation: and fear of death, (VIII) 277-78
Anonymity: beauty of, (XI) 372-73; as desirable, (XII)
89-90; as truth, (VIII) 192. See also Aloneness;
Ambition
Answers: absence of, (VIII) 171; (XVI) 188; approach
to, (XVII) 135-36; and futility of search, (VIII)
143-44, 184; (IX) 4; (X) 35, 199; as hindrance to
the problem, (X) 173; to life, (XI) 319; need to
find, (XVII) 133; nonexistence of psychological,
(XIV) 14; as nonexistent, (IX) 240; and the
problem, (X) 124; and problems, (XII) 8-10; (XIV)
182; search for, (XIII) 65-66. See also
Examination; Inquiry; Listening; Problems;
Questioning; Questions
Antisocial: defining, (VIII) 279
Antithesis to synthesis: spiral of, (XVI) 265
Anxiety: and discovery of truth, (V) 28; and fear, (VII)
315; and fear of not achieving, (XIII) 220; freedom
from, (XVI) 183; and intelligence, (VIII) 72-74;
and life as limited, (V) 26-28; reason for, (VIII)
75-76; separation from, (XVI) 161; and sorrow,
(XIII) 172. See also Conflict; Despair; Sorrow
Apes: and human behavior, (XIV) 199. See also
Animal
Appreciation: and life, (XI) 315
Argumentation: and action, (XI) 162
Armaments: as hindrance to peace, (XVII) 281. See
also War
Army: as hindrance to war, (IX) 86; as profession for
war, (V) 143. See also Professions; Society;
Violence; War
Arrogance, (IX) 248
Art(s), (II) 37-38; absorption in, (XV) 177; and action,
(V) 350; creation of, (l ) 65; and creative
expression, (XVII) 272; and dissatisfaction, (XVII)
86; and education, (V) 111-12; and escape, (XVI)
100-101, 182; as escape, (XVII) 42; and expression
versus creation, (XIV) 166; as expression of life,
(III) 76-77; and fragmentation, (XVI) 239, 288;
and leisure, (XIV) 203; and materialism, (II) 38;
and the search for experiences, (XIV) 215; and the
search for the new, (XIV) 196-97; and total
attention, (XIII) 176-77; and what is and ‘what
should be’, (XVII) 88. See also Artist(s); Creation;
Creative; Creative Artist; Creative Expression;
Creativeness
Artist(s): and communion, (XIV) 182; and
contradiction, (XV) 180-81; and the creative, (XII)
130-31; versus creativeness, (IV) 14-15; and
creativity, (XII) 192-93, 273; and knowledge,
(XIV) 138; and the known, (V) 237; and
mediocrity, (XIII) 94; and psychological
expansion, (IV) 199; and the search for the new,
(XIV) 228; and the still mind-heart, (IV) 18; and
technique, (IX) 58; two types of, (V) 285-86. See
also Art; Creative; Scientific Mind
Artistic creation: defining, (XIII) 324-25
Artistic creativeness: versus creation, (XIII) 267
Artistic expression: conditions for, (XIII) 219; versus
creation, (XV) 137; and freedom, (XIII) 288-89
Artistic output: and conflict, (XIII) 284
Art of living, (V) 89
Asceticism, (l ) 131-32
Ashram(s): as concentration camps, (XVII) 174. See
also Community
Asia: and meditation, (XV) 174. See also Authority;
Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Society;
War; Words; World problems
Asians: and meditation, (XVII) 80, 81. See also Asia
Aspiration: and time, (XII) 98. See also Ambition
Assassination: causes of, (IV) 168
Assumptions, (IX) 167; as hindrance, (X) 166-67; and
the occupied mind, (X) 157. See also Comparison;
Conclusions
Atheism, (II) 33-34; and belief, (XIV) 267; and belief
as one, (IX) 113; and the communist world, (XIV)
130. See also Belief; God; Religion
Atma, (VIII) 192; (IX) 233; (XI) 59; (XVII) 74; belief
in, (XVII) 110; and conditioning, (X) 158; (XIV )
36; and the dependent mind, (IX) 266; and the
known, (XI) 191-92; and learning, (XIV) 240; and
‘me’, (X) 140; meaning of, (XIV) 16; as
nonexistent, (XIV) 107; as non-spiritual, (IX) 236;
as over-soul, (X) 142, 143; and pleasure, (XVI) 37;
as the thinker, (XV) 66-67; and time, (XIV) 158.
See also Entity; Religion; Self; Soul; Supreme self;
Thinker
Atomic weapons: and the momentum of war, (VIII)
262
Attachment, (l) 134-35; (V) 227-29; (IX) 37-38; and
conflict, (XI) 90; and continuity, (XI) 241; and
dependency, (IX) 63; (XIII) 269; and detachment,
(l) 126-27; (XI) 150-51; and dying, (XI) 210; dying
to, (XVII) 236; as evil, (XIII) 120; and fear of
emptiness, (IV) 208; forms of, (IX) 37; freedom
from, (IX) 3; (X) 116; versus freedom from
possessiveness, (X) 115; as hindrance to love,
(VIII) 337; (IX) 155; as hindrance to passion,
(XIII) 251; and love, (XIII) 123, 190; to the past,
(V) 251; and the religious spirit, (XI) 293-4; and
responsibility, (XIII) 223-24; and search, (IX) 182-
83, 185; and sorrow, (XIII) 32, 251; understanding,
(XI) 121-23; (XII) 30. See also Continuity;
Dependence; Detachment; Dying daily;
Relationship; Suffering
Attack: and defense, (IV) 27-28
Attention, (XIII) 172-77; and the absence of
condemnation, (XVII) 240-41; and the absence of
the conscious and unconscious, (XVII) 165; and
the absence of distraction, (XIII) 20; and the
absence of division, (XVII) 193; and the absence
of effort, (XVI) 63-64; and the absence of the
entity, (XV) 170; and the absence of escape,
(XVII) 42; and the absence of the fragmentary,
(XIV) 202; and absence of loneliness, (V) 324; and
the absence of memory, (XVII) 118; and the
absence of the observer, (XVII) 89-90, 164-65; and
the absence of reaction, (XIII) 322; and the
absence of thought, (XVII) 148; and the absence of
time, (XVII) 67; achieving, (XI) 8; (XII) 308;

achieving through inattention, (XVII) 260-62; and
achieving order, (XV) 174-75; achieving through
understanding, (XVII) 67; and achieving
understanding, (X) 85; and action, (IX) 203; as the
action, (XVI) 246; and aloneness, (XI) 211;
approach to, (IX) 177; as approach to problems,
(X) 72; without authority, (IX) 128; and the aware
mind, (XIV) 240; and awareness, (XII) 102; (XIII)
322, 324; (XIV) 111; (XVI) 185; and awareness of
consciousness, (XVII) 146, 150-51; versus the
awareness of inattention, (XVI) 190; and caring,
(XIV) 127; and the center, (XV) 146; and cessation
of following, (IX) 276-77; and choiceless
awareness, (XVII) 240-41; and communication,
(XVI) 41-42, 161; (XVII) 121; and communion,
(XIV) 128; without comparison, (IX) 95-96; (XII)
12; and concentration, (XV) 178; versus
concentration, (VIII) 292, 306; (IX) 49-50, 104-5;
(XI) 119, 247, 353; (XII) 306; (XIII) 149-50, 264;
without condemnation, (VIII) 344; conditions for,
(XV) 113-14; and conflict, (V) 226; (IX) 101; and
the conscious mind, (XI) 232; and the creative
mind, (XI) 209-11; and death, (XIV) 256; defining,
(IX) 79; (XI) 119; (XIV ) 62, 255; (XV) 161; and
denial, (XIII) 92; and the denial of contradiction,
(XIII) 72; describing, (XII) 215; (XVI) difficulty
of, (XVI) 26; and direct contact, (XV) 161; versus
discipline, (X) 181, 248; and discussion, (XVI)
253; and distraction, (XIII) 121, 336-37; versus
distraction, (VIII) 327; as divided, (X) 117; and
effort, (XII) 41; versus effort, (XV) 91; effortless,
(IX) 280; (XIII) 216; (XVI) 142-43; to emptiness,
(XVII) 124; and ending sorrow, (XV) 226; and the
ending of thought, (XVI) 223; and energy, (IX)
133; (XIV) 88, 156; (XV) 112-13, 162; (XVII) 14;
and examining, (XVI) 33; and the exclusion of
fear, (XII) 252; as exclusive, (V) 166-67; (IX) 55;
without exclusiveness, (IX) 153-54; and fact, (XII)
181; to fact, (XI) 288; and fear, (XI) 360; (XII)
249, 251; (XVII) 25, 165; and the field of the
known, (XVI) 174; and freedom, (XIII) 173;
(XVII) 39, 52; and freedom from fear, (XV) 321;
and freedom from sorrow, (XIII) 313; and freedom
of the mind, (XI) 51; and the freedom to look,
(XVII) 211; and the free mind, (IX) 202; (XI) 53-
54; and goodness, (VIII) 317-18, 340; (IX) 92-93,
229; (XII) 134-35; and the hindrance of effort, (X)
139-40; and the hindrance of the gradual, (XVI)
227; and the hindrance of memory, (XIII) 325; and
the hindrance of naming, (XI) 350-51; and the
hindrance of resistance, (XIII) 231; and the
hindrance of verbalization, (XVI) 50; and the
hindrance of words, (XVII) 75; and inattention,
(XV) 112-13, 153-54; (XVI) 152; and ideals, (V)
290; as inclusive, (XIII) 20, 154-55; and
investigation, (XIII) 100; and joy, (XVII) 123; and
knowing the unconscious, (XIV ) 62; and
knowledge, (XI) 383; and learning, (IX) 197; (XI)
109; (XIV) 244; (XVI) 53, 73; as limitless, (XI)
83; limitless and awareness, (XI) 199-200; and
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listening, (IX) 237; (XI) 282, 330; (XII) 143-44,
248; (XIII) 108, 117, 125, 166, 170, 307; (XIV)
20, 48, 186, 193; (XV) 59, 89, 297; (XVI) 140,
144, 237; (XVII) 1, 24, 64, 101, 177, 274-75; and
listening and seeing, (XIII) 70; and looking, (XVI)
130; (XVII) 259; and love, (XI) 79; meaning of,
(X) 255-57; (XI) 7-8; (XVII) 115-16; and the
meaning of words, (X) 112; and meditation, (XII)
44; (XIII) 192-93, 323, 324; (XIV) 301-2; (XV)
307-8; (XVI) 68; (XVII) 124, 125-26; without
motive, (XVII) 50-51; (XIII) 174-75; and
movement, (IX) 240; and mutation, (XVI) 6; and
nonrepressive discipline, (XIV) 263; and not-
knowing, (XII) 251; and observation, (XI) 237;
(XVII) 114; and the observer and the observed as
one, (XIII) 335; versus the occupied mind, (IX)
140; as the only virtue, (XIII) 75; and overcoming
laziness, (XVII) 124; and passion, (XIV) 154; and
perception, (XI) 258; and the perception of
confusion, (X) 36; and play watching, (XV) 177;
and power, (IX) 276; and problems, (IX) 200-201;
to problems, (X) 35, 167, 200; process of, (VIII)
312-13; (X) 235; (XI) 80-82; (XII) 264, 269; and
the process of the mind, (IX) 214; quality of,
(XIII) 162; and the quality of goodness, (VIII)
310; and the quiet mind, (IX) 135; and reaction,
(X) 269-70; as real discipline, (XI) 104; without
resistance, (XV) 310-11; and responding to the
new, (XVII) 136-37; and seeing, (XIII) 72-73;
(XV) 190-91; (XVI) 2; and seeing the fact, (XVI)
57; and seeing, listening, and learning, (XV) 130;
and self-awareness, (XI) 158; versus self-
consciousness, (IX) 100; and self-discovery, (XIII)
216; and self-knowledge, (X) 181; and self-pity,
(XVII) 127; and the sense of freedom, (XIV) 223;
and separation of feeling and thought, (X) 264,
266; and seriousness, (XVII) 215-16; and the
shallow mind, (XVII) 122; and silence, (XVI) 51;
(XVII) 83; and the silent mind, (XIII) 264; and
sorrow, (XIII) 84; (XIV ) 211; (XVI) 144; to
sorrow, (XVII) 120; and space, (XV) 40; state of,
(XI) 37-40; (XVI) 226; as a state of mind, (XII)
215; and the still mind, (X) 111-12; and stillness,
(XII) 252; and the structure of pleasure, (XVII)
148; and the student, (XI) 9; and thinking, (IX)
191; and total action, (X) 175; as a total activity,
(XVI) 161; as total good, (X) 33; and total silence,
(XV) 238; and total virtue, (XI) 276; and
transformation, (V) 285; types of, (IX) 69; and the
unconditioned mind, (IX) 88; understanding, (XII)
167; (XVII) 44-45, 168, 259-60; and
understanding, (VIII) 345-46; (XI) 248-49, 322;
(XIII) 217; (XIV ) 82; (XVI) 128; and
understanding conflict, (XIV) 10; and
understanding fear, (XI) 175; and understanding
the problem, (XI) 363-64; and the unknowable,
(XIII) 188; as unlimited, (XI) 163-65; and the
unoccupied mind, (X) 189; and verbalization, (XI)
389; and violence, (XVII) 259; and virtue, (XIV)
46, 218; and the virtuous mind, (XIII) 278; and the
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whole, (XIV) 262. See also Concentration;
Listening; Meditation; Mind
Attention and inattention: two states of, (XVII) 220-
21. See also Attention; Inattention
Attentive: defining, (XII) 203. See also Attention
At the Feet of the Master, (II) 28-29; and followers,
(XIV) 71
Attitude: necessity for, (III) 61
Attraction: and repulsion, (V) 55
Austerity, (X) 248-49; and abandonment, (VIII) 311-
12; as complete attention, (X) 257; and continuity,
(XIV) 45; defining, (XII) 165-66; (XIV) 27; (XV)
225; (XVI) 282; (XVII) 237-38; and inward
aloneness, (XIII) 269; and love, (XVII) 242; and
observation, (XIV) 27-28; and order, (XVII) 239,
242; and passion, (XI) 374; and self-abandonment,
(XII) 273; and self-knowing, (XIV) 117; and
sensitivity, (X) 134-35; and simplicity, (XIV) 268-
69; (XV) 136. See also Simplicity
Authoritarianism: and obedience, (VII) 132; spread of,
(XI) 41. See also Authority; Tyranny
Authority, (l) 75, 167-68; (II) 15, 161-62; (III) 54;
(VI) 65-67, 185, 248-50; (VII) 51-54, 230, 299-
303; (IX) 145-47, 147-52; (X) 204-6; (XI) 379-83;
(XII) 234-38, 295-99; (XIII) 9-12, 120-24; (XIV)
244-47; (XVII) 33-34, 173-79; and the ability to
think, (VII) 73-75; (VIII) 370; absence of, (XIV)
1; and the absence of freedom, (XVII) 218;
acceptance of, (III) 237; (XVI) 181; acceptance of
factual, (X) 126-27; acceptance of the religious,
(XIV) 258-59; and the accumulation of knowledge,
(IX) 167; and ambition, (VII) 84; and the analysis
of dreams, (XIII) 293; and anarchy, (X) 70;
attitude of, (XV) 227; and the awakened mind, (IX)
233-34; as background, (XIII) 234; as barrier to
learning, (IX) 196-97; and the battle for the mind,
(XI) 42; and beauty, (XIV) 308; and belief, (V)
353-54; (XVI) 255; as broken parts, (XI) 107; and
the center, (XI) 225; and challenge, (V) 182-83;
and change, (VIII) 27; (XVI) 174; (XVII) 10, 33-
34; and children, (VII) 65-68; and commitment,
(XVII) 18; and community, (V) 133-34; (VI) 116-
17; versus comparison, (X) 188-89; and
conditioning, (XI) 217, 358, 360-62; (XVII) 97,
139; and the conditioning of children, (IX) 108;
and the conditioning of inattention, (XVII) 261;
and conflict, (VI) 198-99; and conformity, (VIII)
179-80; (X) 138; (XII) 28; (XIV) 268; and
confusion, (III) 235; (VIII) 213, 231; (IX) 29, 89,
246; (X) 35-36; (XI) 179, 181; (XIV) 12; (XVI) 2,
259, 280; (XVII) 17-18; confusion of spiritual,
(XVII) 161; and contradiction, (XI) 317; (XIII)
235; and the control of thought, (X) 99-101; and
cooperation, (VIII) 256; versus cooperation, (XIV)
266; craving for, (IV) 44-45; creating, (l) 6, 16;
(VIII) 85, 208, 213-14; (IX) 145-47; creation of,
(XII) 203-4; and creativity, (II) 37; versus
creativity, (VIII) 183; and criticism, (XIV ) 33-34;
and cruelty, (l) 163-64; and culture, (XV) 27;
danger of, (XVI) 281-82; as the death of truth,
(XII) 167-68; defining, (II) 193-94; (XV) 321-22;
and denial, (XII) 224-25, 250; denial of, (XIII) 55;
(XVI) 184, 234; and dependence as love, (VII) 88-
89; dependence on, (XVI) 196; (XVII) 121, 217;
and dependence on the past, (XVI) 47; and
dependency, (l) 21; (IX) 109; and desire, (XIV) 97;
desire for, (XVII) 206; and the desire for change,
(VIII) 21-23; and the desire for order, (XII) 189;
and desire for reflected glory, (V) 133-34; and the
desire for success, (XII) 295, 298; and the desire to
change, (XVII) 197; and the desire to be helped,
(VII) 11-12; desire to receive help from, (XIV)
163; as destructive, (IX) 207; (XIV) 230, 235; and
deterioration, (IX) 285; as detrimental, (XI) 377;
versus direct experience, (XI) 184; discarding,
(XVII) 43; and the disciple, (X) 127-28; and
discipline, (VII) 146-47; (X) 96; and disorder,
(XV) 328-29; (XVII) 173-74, 197, 200; and
division(s), (IX) 169-70; (XV) 227; and dogma,
(II) 208; and domination, (XI) 9; and doubt, (l)
154-55; and the dull life, (VII) 118; and duty, (VII)
122-23; and education, (VIII) 282-83; (X) 65, 147;
ending of, (XV) 219; as end to self-knowledge,
(IV) 141; as escape, (l) 127-28; and escape from
confusion, (XVII) 227; and escape from daily life,
(XI) 386-87; and escape from problems, (XV) 191;
as evil, (V) 178; (XI) 181; (XII) 296; evil of, (X)
70, 77-78; and example, (IX) 201-2; and
experience, (XIII) 71; and exploitation, (l) 172-73;
(III) 25, 26; (V) 308; (VIII) 25; as exploiter, (II)
163; external and inward, (VII) 300-301; and the
fact, (XIII) 38; failure of, (VIII) 142; (XVII) 94,
133; and the false, (XII) 279; and fear, (l) 11; (II)
223; (VII) 63; (VIII) 199-200; (XII) 278; (XV)
322; (XVII) 16, 227; and the fear of being
different, (IX) 14; fear of questioning, (XVII) 129;
and the field of the collective, (IX) 126; and
followers, (VIII) 43-46, 47-48, 171-73; (XIV) 28;
and following, (XI) 347-48; and following patterns,
(XVI) 232; forms of, (XI) 380; (XIV) 171; versus
freedom, (XI) 65-67; freedom from, (V) 18-19, 24,
218-19; (VIII) 141-42, 152; (IX) 14, 244-45; (X)
99-101; (XII) 204; (XIII) 334; (XIV ) 18-20, 116-
17, 130-31, 172-73; (XV) 312; freedom from
conditioning, (IX) 2-3; freedom from
psychological, (XIII) 334; and freedom from
tradition, (XII) 171; and the free mind, (IX) 218;
versus the free mind, (X) 172-73; function of,
(XIII) 70-71; futility of, (IV) 33; (X) 71; (XI) 230-
31; (XIII) 61; (XVI) 233; and God, (XIII) 41-42;
government, (XII) 286; as guide to happiness, (V)
256-58; and helping sufferers, (XIII) 313; as
hindrance, (IV) 115; (X) 21; (XII) 180; as
hindrance to change, (VII) 51-52; (XVII) 50, 198;
as hindrance to clarity, (XIV) 229; as hindrance to
communication, (XI) 155-56; as hindrance to
communion, (XVI) 161; as hindrance to discovery,
(X) 122-24; (XIII) 215; as hindrance to
exploration, (XVII) 161; as hindrance to freedom,
(XV) 172-73; as hindrance to inquiry, (XVI) 221;

as hindrance to learning, (XIV ) 170-71, 246; (XV)
12; as hindrance to the new, (XVI) 214; as
hindrance to the new mind, (XII) 114; as hindrance
to observation, (XIII) 335-36; as hindrance to
order, (XV) 298; as hindrance to reality, (II) 157;
(XI) 204; as hindrance to religion, (X) 181; as
hindrance to self-inquiry, (X) 254; as hindrance to
self-knowledge, (IV) 78; (X) 48; as hindrance to
solving problems, (IX) 206; as hindrance to truth,
(X) 109-10, 165; (XI) 20; as hindrance to
understanding, (X) 33; (XI) 166; as hindrance to
the unknown, (IX) 54; and humility, (XVII) 274;
versus humility, (IX) 112; and idea of God, (VII)
85-86; and ideology, (XVII) 180; as immoral, (X)
198; and the imposition of formulas, (XIV) 142;
versus the individual, (XI) 145; versus individual
discovery, (VIII) 342-43; and inequality, (VIII)
180-81; and influence, (XIII) 226-27, 326; inner
and outer, (II) 157-58; (VIII) 213-14; and inquiry,
(IX) 269-71; and inquiry into deterioration, (XIV)
29-30; and inquiry into the true, (XIV) 265; and
insensitivity, (XV) 277; and the intellect, (III) 187;
and intelligence, (VII) 189-90; internal and
external, (II) 177-78; and the interpretation of
dreams, (X) 120; inward and outward, (III) 82;
(XII) 144; and knowledge, (VII) 102-4, 310-11,
312; (X) 260-61; (XIV) 86-87; and the known, (X)
87; and the law, (XVI) 17; of law, (XV) 92; and
learning, (XIV) 171, 292; versus learning, (XI) 2;
(XIII) 245; levels of, (VII) 300, 302; liberation
from, (XIII) 58-59; and listening, (VIII) 173-74;
(XV) 239; and looking at the self, (XIV) 242; and
the loss of faith, (XVII) 57; and loss of harmony,
(II) 37; and the loss of inquiry, (XIV) 75; and love,
(XVI) 64; (XVII) 187-88; in marriage, (V) 87; and
the meaning of life, (X) 66; and the mechanical
mind, (IX) 187; and the mediocre mind, (VIII)
124; and meditation, (XI) 247; (XIII) 152, 154;
(XV) 84; versus meditation, (IX) 74, 132, 279-80;
and method, (IX) 176; (XV) 83-84; as momentary
satisfaction, (XIII) 65-66; and mutual discovery,
(V) 64; and the narrowing of freedom, (XI) 247;
necessary forms of, (XIII) 72; need for, (II) 164-
65, 196; (VIII) 25; (IX) 256-57; and need for
security, (VI) 94; (IX) 8; and the need through fear,
or religious, psychological and philosophical, (IX)
3; need to abandon, (X) 131-32; need to be
independent of, (XVII) 5-6; and the need to find
answers, (XVII) 133; need to understand, (V) 19;
versus the negative approach, (XI) 292; versus the
new, (IX) 278; versus new thinking, (XIV) 5;
nonacceptance of, (XV) 317-18; (XVII) 269;
nonreliance on, (XVI) 38; and obedience, (XIII)
70-71, 73, 261; versus observation, (XIV) 18, 19-
20; and the old mind, (XIV) 15, 20; and
organizations, (V) 184; and organized religion, (V)
36-37; origins of, (II) 224-25; over others, (II) 22;
and parenting, (l) 55-56; as path to darkness, (XVI)
51; placing trust in, (XIV) 275-77; and political
peace, (VIII) 225; and positive thinking, (XII) 283;
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and power, (V) 45; and prayer, (XIV) 156; and the
principle of pleasure, (XVII) 66; and problems,
(XV) 212; and the promise of physical security,
(XVII) 174; and psychological order, (XV) 57; and
the purpose of life, (VII) 86-87; (VIII) 328;
questioning, (XIII) 4-5; and questioning, (XII)
285-87; and reaction, (XII) 21; and the reasons for
dependency, (IX) 61-62; rejection of, (XII) 145;
(XV) 95, 97; (XVI) 92-93; (XVII) 154, 198; and
relationship, (IV) 142; and religion, (IX) 38-39;
(X) 125; (XI) 146; (XIII) 333, 336; (XIV) 6, 86-
87; and religious dogma, (l ) 150; and the religious
life, (XIV ) 267; and the religious mind, (XII) 270,
323-24; versus the religious mind, (XIII) 88-89;
(XVII) 246; and repetition, (XV) 251; and
resistance to change, (XI) 311; and revolution, (II)
230-31; and righteousness, (X) 184; on right and
wrong, (VII) 291; and the ritualistic mind, (XII)
84; and search, (IX) 48-49, 87, 180-81, 184-85; the
search for, (IV) 46; (X) 203, 205-6; and the search
for answers, (XV) 106; and the search for comfort,
(XV) 241; and the search for God, (VII) 72; (VIII)
254; and the search for an ideal, (II) 211-12; and
the search for life’s meaning, (X) 63; and the
search for meaning, (VIII) 240-41; and the search
for permanence, (XVII) 151; and search for
security, (X) 66; (XI) 36; (XIV ) 129-30; and search
for truth, (II) 233; (IX) 165-66; (XI) 222-23; and
security, (VIII) 47; (XIII) 176; (XIV) 130; and
seeking, (XVII) 87; self as, (XVII) 70; versus self-
discovery, (X) 179; and self-knowledge, (V) 224-
25; versus self-knowledge, (IX) 79; without self-
knowledge, (IV) 71; versus sensitivity, (XV) 21;
and sex, (XIV) 166; and social morality, (XII) 142-
43; and social obedience, (VIII) 83-84; and
solutions, (VII) 140-42; as a solution to problems,
(XVI) 72; as source of confusion, (V) 90; as source
of oppression, (II) 196; spiritual, (X) 204-5; (XIII)
108; (XV) 92; and success, (XIII) 75; and
teaching, (IX) 238-40; and thought, (XII) 205; and
time, (IX) 177; and the timeless, (IX) 138; and
tradition, (XVII) 280; and traditional behavior,
(XVII) 200; and tranquillity, (IV) 23; and the true
and false, (XV) 3; and the true democrat, (XVII)
270; and truth, (VIII) 144; versus truth, (IX) 67;
(XI) 167; types of, (III) 57; (VII) 51-52; (X) 205-
6; as tyrannical, (XI) 260; tyranny of, (XII) 144,
145; and uncertainty, (XIII) 63; uncertainty and the
desire for, (XVI) 207; understanding, (l) 75; (II)
153-54; (IV) 8; (XI) 348; (XIII) 227;
understanding the anatomy of, (XIV ) 86-87; and
understanding fear, (XIV) 246-47; understanding
the process of, (XI) 180; and the uneducated, (II)
182; and violence, (IX) 118; (XVII) 257; and the
willingness to be led, (XIV) 244-45; and world
tyranny, (XV) 162; and the word, (XII) 314-15;
and working together, (XI) 308; and world crisis,
(XII) 283; and world problems, (XVII) 160; and
worship, (l) 138; (IX) 110, 112; worship of, (III)
213-14; (XIV) 162, 166; (XVII) 77; and
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yesterday’s ideas, (XI) 225-26. See also Educators;
Escape; Followers; Gurus; Harmony; Leaders;
Master(s); Priest; Reality; Religion; Society;
Specialists; State; Teacher(s)
Authority of law: as necessary, (XIII) 120-23
Automation: and daily living, (XVI) 190; effects of,
(XVII) 128; and leisure, (XIV) 162, 203; (XV) 95-
96, 97; (XVI) 54; (XVII) 167; and the mechanical,
(XIII) 77. See also Computers; Electronic brain;
Technology
Avoidance : and domination, (V) 303; and fear, (XVI)
109. See also Escape; Isolation
Awake: and asleep (VII) 171
Awakened intelligence: state of, (XIII) 266
Awakened mind: and authority, (IX) 233-34. See also
Mind; Occupied mind; Quiet mind
Awakening: through conflict, (II) 147-48; individual,
(II) 168; of true intelligence, (II) 205. See also
Fulfillment; Intelligence
Awareness, (l) 16-17, 46-47, 98; (II) 41, 59, 75, 98,
100-101, 108, 115, 136; (III) 36, 171-72, 174-75,
189, 190, 193, 198-201; (VI) 222; (XII) 305-6,
311-13; and the absence of distraction, (XIII) 278-
79; and the absence of fear, (XV) 292; of the
absence of love, (IX) 267-68; and the absence of
the unconscious, (XVI) 226; and acceptance, (X)
59; achieving, (XI) 34; (XII) 266; and achieving
attention, (XVII) 261; and achieving joy, (XVI)
71; and acquisition, (IX) 40; and action, (l) 57-58,
153-54; (II) 76-77; (IV) 196; (IX) 30-31, 285-87;
(XI) 267; of action(s), (XII) 68, 73; (XIII) 327-28;
and ambition, (XII) 310, 312; and asking the right
question, (XVII) 137; and attachment, (IX) 38; (X)
116; attempt to maintain, (XIII) 325; and attention,
(XI) 200; (XIV) 159-60; (XVII) 116; and austerity,
(XIV) 45; and authority, (VII) 20-21, 313; and
beauty, (X) 270; and beyond conditioning, (IX)
101; and the center, (XII) 155; of the center, (XI)
135-36, 346; and the cessation of dreams, (X) 120;
and cessation of escapes, (V) 345-46; and cessation
of gossip, (V) 288; and cessation of the past, (IX)
266-67; and the cessation of thought, (VIII) 236; of
challenge and response, (XII) 75-76; and change,
(VII) 38; (VIII) 162; (XI) 172-73, 276; and choice,
(VIII) 216, 232; (XV) 38; choiceless, (VIII) 224-
25; (IX) 35-36, 38; (X) 16, 36; of comparison,
(XIV) 194; without comparison, (XV) 136;
complications of, (XVI) 186; versus concentration,
(X) 161; without condemnation, (IV) 190-91; (VII)
297; (VIII) 127; (IX) 47-48, 72-73, 124; (XI) 158;
and the conditioned state, (III) 114; and
conditioning, (VII) 266; (VIII) 217-19; (IX) 35-
36, 160, 162-65; (XV) 138; (XVII) 98, 107, 166,
218; of conditioning, (IX) 144-45; (X) 108, 122-
23; (XI) 271-72; and conflict, (II) 43; (V) 349,
351; (XIII) 21, 50; (XIV) 10, 12; of conflict,
(XVI) 84, 85; and conformity, (XV) 216; of
confusion, (IX) 89, 246-47; of the conscious,
(XIV) 62-63, 65; of conscious and unconscious,
(VII) 72; (XV) 271; and consciousness, (VIII)
210; of consciousness, (XIV) 7; and contradiction,
(IX) 6; of contradiction, (VIII) 324; (XII) 24;
(XV) 178, 249-50; and cooperation, (VIII) 256;
versus cultivation, (IX) 270; curing hate with, (III)
238-39; of death, (XI) 366; of death and love,
(XIV) 213-14; defining, (III) 51-52; 117, 178-79;
(IV) 69-70, 112-13, 201-2; (XIII) 34, 321-22; and
denial, (XIII) 53; and desire, (X) 245; (XII) 245;
of desire, (XI) 204; (XVII) 185; of desire for
permanence, (VII) 329-30; and the destruction of
‘me’, (VII) 30-31; and discipline, (II) 62-63; (III)
247; (V) 259-60; (VIII) 295; (XIV) 4, 218; as
discipline, (XVII) 59; of discontent, (IX) 38; and
discovery of the mind, (XVII) 14; and discovery of
the true, (XII) 280; discovery through, (II) 17-18;
of the disintegrating mind, (XIV) 28; of disorder,
(XV) 206-7; and dissipation of anger, (III) 157-58;
and distraction, (IX) 10-11; without division, (XII)
101-2; and domination, (V) 304; and dreams, (IX)
60-61, 124; (X) 55; (XVII) 84; and duality, (VIII)
173; of duality, (XIV) 36; and the dull mind, (XII)
17-18; and dying to habit, (XI) 136; and dying to
the known, (XV) 231, 233; and dying to pleasure,
(XV) 291; and earnestness, (XI) 74; and education,
(l) 44; and effort, (III) 58, 65-66; (IV) 209; (VII)
258, 298-99; and emptiness, (II) 44-45; of
emptiness, (X) 30; and the emptying of the mind,
(XVII) 82, 83; and the empty mind, (IX) 23; (XIV)
269; and the end of ‘becoming’, (X) 272; and the
end of seeking, (XV) 242; and the end of thought,
(IX) 141-42; as end to conflict, (IV) 71; and
energy, (XIII) 231; and entering into the unknown,
(IX) 54; and environment, (II) 16; (IX) 5; and
envy, (VI) 342-43; of envy, (IX) 252; (XIII) 41;
and escape, (l) 17; (IV) 166-67; without exclusion,
(XVI) 185; and experience, (X) 145-46; (XIII)
222; of experience, (XI) 88; and exploitation, (X)
169; and the external environment, (VIII) 229-30;
of the fact, (VIII) 346; (XI) 31-32; (XII) 164-65;
of the fact of fear, (XIII) 34, 36; and fasting, (IX)
201; and fear, (XII) 43; of fear, (VII) 291, 315-16;
(XI) 174-75; (XVI) 175, 210-11; without fear, (III)
96; and feeling, (XI) 72-73; and following, (IX)
152; of the fragmentary life, (XVII) 243; of
fragmentation, (XV) 102-4; and freedom, (l) 7,
139; (II) 17-18; (V) 321; (VIII) 206-7, 238; (XI)
182-83; and freedom from conditioning, (VIII)
270; (X) 158-59; and freedom from dreams, (X)
151-52; and freedom from fear, (XIII) 250; and
freedom from influences, (X) 115-16; and freedom
from the past, (X) 209-10; (XIV) 216-17; and the
free mind, (XI) 105, 257-58; and free thought, (II)
42; and guilt, (X) 243-44; of guilt, (XI) 347; and
habit, (X) 19; (XV) 135-36; of habits, (III) 73-74;
(XI) 82, 298-99; (XIII) 239-40; and harmony, (l)
30; hindrance to, (l) 192-94; as hindrance to
conditioning, (XIII) 8; as a human being, (XVI)
150; of human problems, (XI) 259; of ideology,
(XVII) 141; and illusion, (III) 121; (V) 282; of
image, (XV) 201-2; of inattention, (XVII) 120; and

influences, (XII) 258, 321; of influences, (IX) 257;
(XIII) 128, 300; and initiative, (VII) 63-64; of the
inner and outer, (XV) 242-43; of inner conflict,
(XIV) 48; of inner deterioration, (IX) 264; and
inquiry into death, (XIII) 316; and integration,
(VII) 18-19; and intelligence, (II) 175; (VIII) 139;
of interference and fact, (XIII) 39-40; without
introspection, (XVII) 252; and isolation, (III) 213;
without judgement, (VIII) 270; of the known, (XI)
72, 282; and learning, (X) 173; (XIII) 21; (XIV)
178; (XV) 174-75; (XVII) 59; and learning about
the self, (XIV ) 262; of life, (XI) 334; (XV) 230; of
life and death, (X) 60-61; of life’s pettiness, (XI)
284-85; of life without condemnation, (IX) 93-94;
and the limitation of consciousness, (XVII) 3; of
limitations, (III) 98; (IV) 64; and listening, (XIV )
8, 122-23; (XVI) 3; while listening, (VIII) 327; of
loneliness, (IX) 119-20; (X) 52-53; (XI) 237; (XII)
314-15; maintaining, (l) 43-44; of masks, (XVI)
226-28; meaning of, (X) 53-54; (XII) 54-55; (XIII)
234, 330; (XIV) 69; (XV) 100, 194, 210; (XVII)
61, 224-25; and mediocrity, (X) 59; and
meditation, (l) 28, 171; (VI) 367; (VIII) 326; (IX)
74; (XI) 247, 279; (XII) 42; (XIII) 45; (XIV ) 263;
(XVI) 148; (XVII) 150; and memory, (VII) 187;
and the mind, (X) 20; (XII) 147; of the mind,
(VIII) 197; (XI) 170, 237-38; (XIII) 234-35;
(XIV) 205; (XV) 276; of the mind’s limitations,
(XII) 72; at the moment of pleasure, (XVI) 285;
moment to moment, (VII) 324, 326-27; (X) 111; as
momentous, (XIII) 184; without motive, (VIII)
313; and the movement of knowing, (XI) 270; and
mutation, (XII) 311; and naming, (V) 274-75;
necessity for, (IV) 142; (X) 64; need for, (XV)
138-39; and the new mind, (XII) 114; and not
naming feelings, (XIII) 237; and the now, (XV)
267; and observation, (XIV ) 301; (XV) 140; (XVI)
114; and the observer of conflict, (XIII) 285-86; of
the occupied mind, (IX) 205-7; and order, (XV)
172; and passive acceptance, (VI) 17, 20; and the
past, (XVII) 22; of patterns, (XV) 99; and pleasure,
(XVII) 84-85; of power, (XI) 277; (XII) 56; and
prejudice, (V) 341; of the present, (XI) 174; (XIV )
28-29; of problems, (XV) 192-95; (XVI) 173; of
the problem of living, (XIV) 41-42; and problem
solving, (VI) 333; as a process, (VIII) 243; the
process of, (IV) 208-9; (XII) 43-44, 301-2; and
process of confusion, (V) 368-69; and process of
craving, (III) 164-66; of the process of living,
(XVI) 190; of the process of truth, (XII) 34;
process of understanding, (X) 90-92; and the quiet
mind, (V) 296-97; (VII) 25; (XIV) 38-39; (XVII)
242; and recognition, (XI) 370; of relationship,
(IX) 139; and religious freedom, (IX) 39; and
religious practices, (l) 138; and renewal, (XVI)
244; retaining, (XVI) 151-52; and revolution, (II)
230-31; (VIII) 6; (XI) 387; and right relationship,
(XVII) 7; of search, (IX) 209-10; of self, (XII)
109, 114; (XIV) 16-18; and self-abandonment,
(XI) 99; of self-centeredness, (VII) 39; of self-
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contradiction, (VIII) 266-68; (XI) 219-20, 262-63;
and self-discovery, (VIII) 233; and self-
knowledge, (VI) 50; (VIII) 15; (IX) 216; (X) 9, 34,
199; (XI) 186, 377; (XV) 84-85; and self-
understanding, (XIII) 200-201; and sensitivity,
(XIII) 85; and the serious mind, (IX) 183, 185; and
silence, (IX) 66; (XIII) 212; and simplicity, (XI)
151-52; and specialization, (V) 293-96; and the
state of attention, (XI) 249; and the still mind,
(VIII) 325; (IX) 80; (XIII) 335; of the structure of
conflict, (XIV) 13; and the structure of fear, (XVI)
179; and the structure of pleasure, (XVI) 154; of
stupidity, (VII) 216-17; and suffering, 32-33; (V)
315-16; (X) 58; (XVI) 230; technique for, (IV) 73;
and technological knowledge, (XVII) 47; and the
thinker, (X) 15; and the thinker and the thought,
(XV) 218; of thinker and thought, (V) 337; (VII)
231-32; and thought, (XIII) 48; of thoughts, (IX)
114; three stages of, (IV) 26-27, 74; three states of,
(III) 225-26; and time, (XVI) 180; of time, (XI)
366; (XV) 115-16, 122; and total attention, (X)
140; and total change, (X) 184; of the totality, (IX)
14; (X) 253; of the totality of consciousness,
(XVII) 145-46, 150-51; transcending thought
through, (IV) 73; and transformation, (IV) 75; and
the trivial mind, (VII) 32-33; as true process of
education, (VII) 320; and truth, (l) 8; (V) 352;
(XVII) 187-88; and the unconditioned mind, (III)
99-100; of unconscious habits, (XIII) 243-44;
understanding, (IV) 143-4; (IX) 69, 139-40; (X)
17; (XVII) 45, 55; and understanding, (XIII) 337;
and understanding contradiction, (XVI) 153; and
understanding the mind, (VIII) 109; and
understanding the word, (XVII) 199; and violence,
(X) 82-83; and virtue, (XIII) 159; and voluntary
effort, (II) 225; and the watcher and the watched,
(XIII) 337; and watchfulness, (l) 66-67; of will and
time, (XVII) 105; and will of understanding, (III)
155; and work, (XIII) 212. See also Attention;
Discernment; Freedom; God; Happiness;
Ignorance; Intelligence; Quiet mind; Reality; Self-
awareness; Self-knowledge; Truth; Understanding
Awareness, action, and living: as the same, (XVII)
253. See also Action; Awareness; Living
Background: as authority, (XIII) 234, and belief,
(XVII) 151-52; and challenge, (XVI) 220; and
challenge and response, (XVI) 209-10; and
conditioning, (IX) 35-36; (X) 20-21; defining, (X)
11-12; and distortion, (XIII) 316; and experience,
(IX) 161; (XIII) 259-60; and the fact, (XIII) 37-
38; and the interpretation of words, (XVII) 194,
195; looking with and without, (XVI) 204; need to
understand, (X) 11-12, 14; and problems, (XVI)
209-10; and response, (XV) 23; and thinking, (X)
214, 219-20; understanding, (IX) 259; (XIII) 36.
See also Conditioning; Conformity; Culture;
Environment; Society ; Tradition
Bad: versus good, (VIII) 309-11
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Balance: achieving, (III) 22; of heart and mind, (l) 91-
92
Barrier(s): conscious and unconscious, (XI) 102-3; to
mind-heart, (III) 9; to understanding, (VII) 120-21.
See also Hindrance(s)
Battles: inner and outer, (XVI) 94-95. See also
Conflict; War
Beatles: as reaction, (XV) 71, 128
Beatniks: and old patterns, (XVII) 134; as reaction,
(XII) 144, 172; (XV) 71, 128. See also Revolt;
Younger generation
Beauty: and abandonment, (XII) 273; through
abandonment, (VIII) 11-12; ability to appreciate,
(XI) 42-43, 74; absence of, (XVI) 95; and absence
of the center, (XI) 345; and the absence of fear,
(XII) 156; and the absence of thought, (XVII) 233-
34; achieving the state of, (XIII) 143; and
aloneness, (XVI) 38; appreciation of, (V) 111-13;
(XI) 42-43; and art, (XIII) 176-77; art of seeing,
(V) 146; awareness of, (VIII) 173; and clarity,
(XIV) 106; and concentration, (XI) 119; and
conditioning, (XI) 32; and creation, (XII) 326;
(XV) 93-94; and creativity, (VIII) 107-8; defining,
(VI) 96-97; (X) 269-70; (XV) 26; defining the state
of, (XVII) 85; defining through conditioning, (XV)
260; denial of, (XV) 61; desire for, (XII) 131; and
the ending of time, (XVI) 240; and energy, (XII)
290; as escape, (VI) 298; external and internal,
(VIII) 83; and feeling, (XIV) 289; and freedom,
(XI) 66-67; goodness and truth as one, (X) 269;
and the hindrance of the mind, (VIII) 115; and
human relationships, (XVII) 90; inability to
cultivate, (XIV ) 199-200; insensitivity to, (XIV)
153; inward and outward, (V) 111-13; knowing,
(XVII) 187; and knowing love, (XVII) 242; and
living, (XII) 17; living with, (XII) 12, 136; loss of,
(XIV) 137; and love, (XIV) 308-9; (XV) 26;
meaning of, (V) 35-36; (XIV) 268-69; (XV) 285-
86; and meditation, (XVI) 66-67; nature of, (XVI)
25-26; and the need for passion, (XVII) 157; and
negative thinking, (XI) 92, 94; without the object,
(XVI) 123; and the observer, (XV) 314; and
passion, (XII) 245; and peace, (VII) 127;
perception of, (XI) 143; as perishable, (VII) 100-
101; and pleasure, (XV) 142; (XVII) 181; quality
of, (XI) 373-74; (XVII) 85; and the quiet mind,
(XV) 190; and religion, (XIV) 166; (XVI) 64-65;
and the religious mind, (XII) 226; (XIV) 45; as
sacredness, (XV) 243; scarcity of, (XVI) 51;
seeing, (XVI) 301; and seeing factually, (XVI)
240-41; sense of, (XVI) 148; (XVII) 207; and the
sensitive mind, (IX) 272-73; (XII) 105, 165-66;
and sensitivity, (XV) 81, 93; sensitivity to, (XI)
278; and sharing, (XV) 227; and simplicity, (VIII)
106; (XI) 10; (XV) 175; state of, (IX) 118; and the
state of abandonment, (XI) 205; and the state of
aloneness, (XIV ) 220-22; state of mind of, (XIV)
110; and the state of negation, (XII) 255; and the
state of self-abandonment, (XIII) 252; and time,
(XIV) 222; (XVI) 239, 240; and total inaction,
(XVI) 212; and total revolution, (XVI) 48; as truth,
(V) 35-36; and ugliness, (VII) 206-8; ugliness, and
the ability to see, (VII) 109-10; understanding,
(XIV) 222; understanding the quality of, (XVI)
114; as unrelated to daily life, (XVII) 132; as
whole process, (VII) 110; without the word, (XII)
181. See also Becoming; Caring; Death; Life;
Living; Love
Beauty, death, and love: as connected, (XIII) 105
Beauty, love, death, and creation: as related, (XV) 142.
See also Beauty; Death
Becoming, (IV) 29; and action, (XII) 128; and
authority, (IV) 163; and being, (XI) 297; versus
being, (VII) 197-200; (X) 266-69; (XV) 73; and
belief in progress, (V) 127-29; as a cause of
conflict, (XIII) 255; cessation of, (VIII) 169-71;
and concentration, (XI) 200; and conflict, (IV) 56;
(V) 213, 216-17; (VIII) 197, 318; (XII) 264-65;
(XIII) 18; and confusion, (VII) 197-99; and
contradiction, (XI) 26; and the creation of
problems, (XIII) 273; as denial of what is, (IV)
135; and desire, (VIII) 158-59; and the desire for
‘more’, (X) 261; as destructive, (XII) 127; and
dissatisfaction, (IX) 46; and the dull mind, (VIII)
173; and effort, (V) 116-17; (VIII) 51-52; (XI)
246; and the effort of self-denial, (X) 75; and envy,
(VIII) 107-8; (X) 241-42; as envy, (XII) 110; and
exploitation, (X) 169; and fear, (V) 321-22; and
fear of death, (XI) 192; freedom from, (X) 246-47;
futility of, (V) 364; and gradualism, (VIII) 339-40;
as hindrance to total comprehension, (X) 87-88;
hunger for, (XIII) 203; and ideals, (XI) 24; and
jealousy, (VIII) 97-98; and the known, (VIII) 215;
and levels of consciousness, (IV) 195; and the loss
of beauty, (VIII) 340-42; and meditation, (V) 211;
and memory, (IV) 190 (V) 120; and the mind,
(VIII) 16, 18; process of, (VIII) 319; (X) 266-69;
and process of ambition, (VII) 241-42; and process
of understanding, (IV) 51-52; versus religious
freedom, (IX) 34; and search, (IX) 20; and the
search for God, (IX) 40; as secondary, (X) 267-68;
and self-contradiction, (XI) 262; and simplicity,
(V) 370; and sorrow, (X) 57-58; and thought, (X)
113; and time, (V) 139; (XI) 76; and
understanding, (V) 270; (IX) 170; and virtue, (V)
365; and war, (IX) 71; and will, (IV) 42; 285. See
also Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Being: Envy;
Experience; Experiencing; Fulfillment; Success;
Virtue
Becoming still: versus being still, (IV) 12, 26
Beginning: and the ending, (XI) 219, 223. See also
Death; Living
Behavior: change in, (XV) 65-66; and freedom,
(XVII) 201; as human activity, (XVII) 200; and
right and wrong conduct, (XVII) 201-2; as
righteousness, (X) 233-36; and tradition, (XVII)
200
Being, (IV) 191; versus action, (XI) 16, 317; versus
becoming, (IV) 111; (X) 266-69; and the creative
mind, (VIII) 97; and “how”, (VIII) 190; and

intelligence, (VIII) 174; and learning, (XI) 297; as
nothing, (X) 266, 268; precedes action, (IX) 262;
as primary, (X) 267-68; and religion, (VIII) 170;
and revolution, (VII) 197-200; versus ‘to be’, (VII)
103-4; understanding, (IV) 51-52; versus words,
(XI) 340-41. See also Becoming; Experiencing;
Fact; Truth; What is
Belief: (l) 149, 150, 152-54; (II) 31; (V) 198, 238-40,
352-54; (VI) 253-57; (XVI) 253-56; and action,
(XVI) 268; and the afterlife, (IX) 16; and authority,
(VII) 52; versus awareness of existence, (XIV) 77;
and background, (XVII) 151-52; basis of, (l) 152-
53; as cause of war, (V) 15; (VII) 145-46; and
change, (VII) 46; and circumstances, (XVII) 96;
versus clear perception, (XIV) 266; commitment
to, (XI) 324; and conditioning, (V) 202, 205; (VII)
257-58, 266-67; (VIII) 234; (IX) 161; (X) 66-67,
108-9, 221-23; (XI) 17, 387; (XII) 48, 238; (XV)
41; (XVI) 111, 156; (XVII) 109-10, 171; and
confusion, (XVI) 255-56, 275; and contradiction,
(XI) 22-24; and cooperation, (VI) 315-16; and
craving, (III) 164-65; creating through craving,
(III) 174; creation of, (II) 165; (VIII) 277; (XVI)
282; and cruelty, (VI) 111; and death, (IX) 115;
(X) 97; (XIII) 186; (XIV) 104; defining, (VII) 44;
and the denial of freedom, (XIII) 6; and
dependence on authority, (IX) 113; and
dependence on the past, (XVI) 47; and desire,
(VII) 78-79; and desire for permanence, (VII) 328;
and desire for security, (VII) 279; as destructive,
(VII) 225-26; and destructive energy, (XIII) 112;
as detriment to discovery, (XII) 126; as division,
(II) 42; and divisions, (IX) 145; and division by
conditioning, (VIII) 217; as divisive, (V) 171; (VI)
111, 152, 339-41; and divisive thought, (VI) 48-49;
and doubt, (l) 154-55; as a drug, (XVII) 7; and the
dull mind, (VII) 43-44; and environment, (II) 16;
and escape, (X) 7; (XI) 286; as escape, (III) 7, 21-
22; (V) 263; (VIII) 135-36; as escape from
conflict, (II) 37; establishment of, (II) 15-16;
examining, (IV) 103-4; examining the need for,
(XVI) 265; and experience, (V) 334, 336; versus
experiencing, (V) 186; and experiencing God,
(VII) 44-45; versus fact, (VIII) 334; falseness of,
(V) 49; and false security, (VI) 318; and fear, (VII)
302; (VIII) 150-51; (XI) 241-43; (XIV) 24; (XV)
317; and fear of death, (XII) 161; (XVII) 149; and
the fear of disturbance, (XI) 315-16; and followers,
(XVI) 234; freedom from, (VIII) 311; (IX) 144-45,
173; (X) 24; (XV) 318-19; (XVII) 41; and freedom
from conditioning, (X) 26; and freedom from fear,
(III) 59; freeing the mind of, (XVI) 260; and the
free mind, (VIII) 264; versus the free mind, (XI)
105; and the futility of search, (VIII) 326-28; and
God, (II) 33-34; (XIII) 41-42; (XIV) 131; in God,
(IX) 227-28; in God or science, (III) 9; as habit,
(VIII) 78-79; and the hereafter, (VII) 331; as
hindrance, (II) 42; (III) 223-24; (IV) 120, 151,
157, 159; (VI) 71, 111; (IX) 234; as hindrance to
experiencing, (V) 188; as hindrance to God, (XV)
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326; as hindrance to inquiry, (IX) 182, 185; as
hindrance to learning, (XII) 106; as hindrance to
love, (VII) 184; as hindrance to new, (V) 271; as
hindrance to reality, (V) 346-47; as hindrance to
religion, (VII) 107; (XII) 269-70; as hindrance to
search, (X) 170; as hindrance to truth, (V) 112;
(IX) 2, 3, 157; (X) 32; and hope, (XI) 365; and
human beings, (XVI) 72; and hypothesis, (XIII)
87; and ignorance, (III) 106; as illusion, (XII) 263;
and intelligence, (XVI) 255; and the invention of
God, (XV) 88; and inward security, (VI) 269-70; as
the known, (VI) 190; (VIII) 182; and learning,
(IX) 239; and life questions, (VII) 129-31; and
listening, (XI) 208; living without, (XVI) 261; loss
of, (XVII) 160; and love, (V) 54-55; and Masters,
(XII) 56; and the mind, (VII) 93; and movement of
life, (III) 109; need for, (XVI) 253-56; and need
for security, (IV) 88; (VIII) 229-30; and nonbelief,
(VIII) 116; and nonviolence, (XVI) 255; and
opposition, (III) 225-26; and organizations, (X) 15-
16; organized, (X) 223-25; origins of, (III) 8-9; and
the past, (V) 319; and pill-taking, (XI) 81; and
pleasure, (XV) 335; and the positive approach to
religion, (XI) 203-4; and problems, (XI) 178; and
propaganda, (XII) 251; as a psychological state,
(XVI) 258; versus reality, (VIII) 294; and the
reality of death, (XIII) 318; reasons for, (V) 306,
307, 346-47; and reincarnation, (VI) 67-69; and
relationship, (VIII) 336-37; and relief from sorrow,
(VII) 262; and religion(s), (V) 264; (IX) 84; (XII)
323; (XIV) 43, 220; religious, (XII) 62; and the
religious man, (XI) 49; and the religious mind,
(XIV) 116; versus the religious mind, (XVII) 246;
and religious organizations, (XIII) 4; satisfaction
of, (XI) 291; the search for, (l) 31-33; as search for
security, (IV) 124-25; and search for truth, (VI) 17-
18, 20; as self-defense, (XVI) 267; and self-
protection, (XVI) 276; and separatism, (VI) 180;
versus seriousness, (XVI) 79; and simplicity, (VII)
118; and the spiritual entity, (XVII) 236; as the
stupid mind, (XIV) 261; and suffering, (l) 123-24;
(V) 316; and suicide, (VII) 200-201; and
superiority, (l) 159; and true religion, (VI) 31-32;
(VII) 319; and truth, (VII) 292; types of, (III) 111;
and the unconscious, (III) 14; (XII) 125; versus
understanding of life, (III) 182; and understanding
what is, (VII) 253; as unimportant, (XI) 169; as
unnecessary, (XVI) 251; as valueless, (XII) 18-19;
and want, (III) 17-18; and world divisions, (XV)
196. See also Authority; Conditioning; Dogma;
God; Idea(s); Ideal(s); Idealist; Ideology; Imitation;
Intuition; Patterns; Questioning; Reality; Religion;
Society; Tradition; Truth; What is; Words
Believer(s): and the insensitive mind, (XII) 165; and
nonbelievers, (XII) 323; and organized dogma,
(VI) 190; as prisoner, (IV) 113
Believer(s) and nonbeliever(s): and conditioning, (X)
34; as one, (XVI) 137; as same, (X) 102-3; as
slaves to propaganda, (XIII) 270. See also Belief
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Belonging: abandonment of, (XVI) 275; and the
cessation of thought, (VIII) 79; and commitment,
(XI) 371-72; (XII) 66; compulsion for, (XI) 214-
16, 218; and custom, (XI) 325; desire for, (XI)
323-25; (XIII) 93-94; and the dull mind, (XI) 372;
and exclusivity, (II) 26; as hindrance to
understanding, (XII) 200-201; need for, (XII) 33-
34; and the positive state, (XII) 80-81; reasons for,
(XI) 343; and the search for God, (XII) 127. See
also Ambition; Competition; Conformity; Fear;
Identification
Besant, Dr. Annie, (l ) 162-63, 165-66, 171-72; and
World Teacher, (II) 31
Beyond: anxiety, (XVI) 183; consciousness of, (XVII)
169-70; discovery of, (XI) 88; mind, (XI) 171;
seeking, (XVI) 180, 181; and what is, (XVII) 266-
67. See also God; Meditation; Mutation; Quiet
mind; Reality; Religion; Truth; Unknown
Beyond the mind, (X) 141-42; achieving the state of,
(IX) 70; and freedom from the ‘me’, (IX) 215-16;
possibility of going, (XII) 125. See also God; Quiet
mind; Reality; Truth
Beyond time: and the dependent mind, (XIII) 153,
154; and the free mind, (XIII) 5; the need to go,
(XII) 58; seeing, (XIII) 163. See also God;
Immeasurable; Reality; Truth
Bhagavad-Gita: See: Authority; Books; Conditioning;
Conformity; Religion; Words
Bias: freedom from, (XIII) 314-15; and solutions, (II)
195. See also Prejudice; Tolerance
Bible: See Authority; Background; Belief; Books;
Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; God;
Knowledge; Propaganda; Religion; Religious
mind; Visions; Words
Big brother: and fear, (XVI) 104. See also Authority
Biology: and brain development, (XIII) 241
Blavatsky, Madame, (II) 26-27
Bliss: achievement of, (l) 8-9; as fulfillment, (l) 16;
state of, (XII) 102; versus the static state, (XI) 117;
and understanding conflict, (XIV) 71-72. See also
Happiness; Joy
Body: and change, (XVII) 149; in conflict with the
mind, (XIII) 139; death of, (XII) 318; influence on
the brain, (XIII) 325-26; and laziness, (XVII) 124;
as a machine, (XIII) 317; and meditation, (XVII)
193-94; need for a healthy, (XI) 7; and physical
overindulgence, (XVII) 129; and the quiet mind,
(XVII) 63. See also Brain; Mind
Bondage: through belief and dogma, (IV) 63; of the
mind, (IX) 2; and the struggle to be free, (X) 36-37
Books, (II) 27; (IV) 106, 142-43; (V) 92, 232, 314;
(VII) 11, 102-4, 125, 140-41, 142; (VIII) 85, 86,
130, 144, 172; (XIV) 86; and accumulating
knowledge, (VIII) 276; (XIV) 287; and action and
ideas, (XV) 141; and authority, (VII) 71-72, 291;
(XIV) 116, 246; and comparison as barrier, (VII)
149-50; and conformity, (VI) 66; versus creation,
(XV) 279; versus direct experience, (XI) 184; and
education, (VII) 320; function of, (XI) 387; futility
of sacred, (X) 146; as hindrance, (VIII) 269; (IX)
265, 278-79; as hindrance to direct experience,
(XI) 356; as hindrance to thinking, (XIV) 75; as
hindrance to thought, (VI) 23-24, 114-15; as
hindrance to truth, (VIII) 336; and intelligence,
(XIV) 143; and knowledge, (VII) 310-12; and
learning, (XIV) 292-93; and leisure, (XIV) 203; as
not sacred, (XIII) 11, 13; versus observation, (VI)
95-96; as opinion, (VI) 1-2; and originality, (XIV)
149-50; and permanence, (X) 179; and prejudice,
(V) 340; reason for reading, (XVI) 82; religious
and psychological, (VI) 90-91; and repetition,
(XIV) 138, 267; versus self-knowledge, (X) 176;
and understanding life, (XI) 352; unimportance of
sacred, (XVI) 23; and wisdom, (VI) 95-96. See
also Authority; Conditioning; Education;
Knowledge; Propaganda; Quoting; Religion;
Words
Boredom: versus the creative moment, (IX) 92; and
escape, (V) 251-53; escape from, (XV) 112; life as,
(XIV) 115; as a major problem, (XV) 283; and the
search for more, (XV) 39; and the search for the
new, (XIV) 196; and sensation, (V) 263, 265; and
society, (X) 95. See also Escape; Habit
Bourgeois living: and conflict, (XVI) 85
Bourgeois mind: and thought, (XVI) 167
Bourgeois society: and revolt, (XVII) 51-52. See also
Russia; Russian revolution; Society
Brahmin(s): attitude toward killing, (XVII) 37;
defining, (V) 77; pleasure in being, (XVI) 98;
significance of contribution, (IV) 90-91. See also
Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; God;
Past; Religion; Words
Brain: and the absence of conflict, (XVI) 51; and the
absence of reaction, (XII) 213; as active and quiet,
(XII) 213-14; aging of, (XVI) 239; as animalistic,
(XV) 3; and animal origins, (XIV) 228; breaking
through the dullness, (XIII) 301; and the cessation
of effort, (XIII) 304-5; complexity of, (VIII) 109;
and the conditioned versus the new, (XVII) 135;
and conditioning, (XVI) 300; and the conditioning
of fragmentation, (XII) 191-92; defining, (XIII)
11; development of, (XII) 226; evolution of, (XV)
118; and experience, (XVI) 142; freedom of,
(XVII) 148; function of, (XI) 115, 167-68; (XII)
191-92, 225-26, 229, 270-71, 273, 298; (XIII) 43;
(XIV) 171; (XV) 87, 136; (XVI) 197; 206; and the
human as animal, (XIV) 235; and imitation, (XVI)
15, 18-19; and inertia, (XVI) 29; as lazy, (XIV)
135; as a machine, (XVII) 144-45, 146; and
meditation, (XV) 87; and memory, (XII) 224; and
the mind, (XI) 137, 142-43; (XIII) 241-42; (XVI)
15; and mutation, (XIV) 273; and the need for
radical change, (XIV) 272, 274-75; and outward
response, (XII) 225; as part of the mind, (XIV) 65,
136; and positive thinking, (XII) 213; and the
process of existence, (XII) 273; quiet, (XIII) 97-
98; rejuvenation of, (XVII) 145, 151; and restless
inquiry, (XVII) 179; as the result of time, (XIII)
279, 294; and self-preservation, (XIII) 241; and
silence, (XV) 40; and society, (XIII) 117; society’s

influence on, (XIII) 301; as specialized, (XII) 270-
71; and time, (XIII) 316; (XIV) 309; (XVI) 147;
(XVII) 26-27; and total awareness, (XVII) 146-47,
148, 151; understanding the process of, (XIII) 155.
See also Body; Mind
Brain and the mind: differences between, (XII) 270
Brain cells: and conditioning, (XVII) 139; and the
ending of memory, (XVII) 150-51. See also Brain
Brainwashing, (XII) 125; and the conditioned mind,
(XVII) 218; and ideology, (XVII) 139. See also
Conditioning; Propaganda
Britain: and Fascism, (II) 14. See also Authority;
Conditioning; Nationalism; Society; War; World
problems
Brotherhood, (I) 187; (II) 50-52; (V) 115; and
affection, (II) 25; and contradiction, (XVI) 275;
and exploitation, (II) 25; falseness as an ideal, (II)
141; and hypocrisy, (l) 173-74; as illusion, (VIII)
32; and Masters, (l) 164; meaning of, (X) 119; and
nationalism, (l ) 155-58; and organized religions,
(II) 51; and progress, (VII) 101-2; and religious
hypocrisy, (II) 6; and Theosophy, (V) 205. See also
Divisions; Equality; Exploitation; Patriotism;
Religion; Tolerance
Brotherliness: and the family, (XIV) 293-94. See also
Relationships; World problems
Brutality: and discipline, (V) 256-57. See also Self
Buddha, (II) 48, 88; (VI) 91; and self-discipline, (IX)
66-67. See also Authority; Belief; Conditioning;
Conformity; Divisions; Religion; Society; Words;
World problems
Buddhism, (II) 48, 178; and negation, (XV) 257; and
war, (IX) 116 ; (XVI) 81; (XVII) 3. See also
Ambition; Authority; Belief; Buddha;
Conditioning; Conformity; Division; Exploitation;
God; Identification; Organized religion; Religion;
Religious mind; Words; World problems
Buddhist, (VI) 48-49; and identity, (VI) 76. See also
Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions;
Religions; Religious Organizations; Society
Bureaucracy: and old age, (VI) 301. See also State
Bureaucrats: and role in society, (V) 142. See also
Governments; Power
Businessman: as social detriment, (VI) 107
Businessmen: and occupation, (IX) 102
Business people: and exploitation, (II) 51; and
intelligent action, (II) 51; and livelihood, (V) 143.
See also Professions
California, (XVII) 56; beauty of, (XVII) 85
Callousness: and the insensitive mind, (XVII) 267
Cancer: response to the word, (XVI) 105
Capability: and belief, (XVI) 257
Capacity, (VII) 274-75; achieving, (IX) 49, 50; and
awareness and concentration, (XII) 306; and death,
(XII) 319; defining, (V) 254; and educational
degrees, (XI) 3; emotional and intellectual, (XI) 5;
and freedom from authority, (IX) 48-49; to go
beyond virtue, (X) 62-63; and hindrance of
experience, (IX) 50; and inquiry, (IX) 269-70; and
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learning, (XI) 1-2; and passion, (XIII) 254; and the
revolution of the mind, (XI) 15-16; and security,
(XII) 137; and time, (XII) 200
Capellonis: See Hippies
Capitalism, (II) 183; and acquisitiveness, (II) 65-66;
and communism, (XII) 278; and conditioning,
(VIII) 8; and conformity, (II) 19; and desire for
security, (II) 65-66; and employer-employee
conflict, (XVII) 128; versus fundamental
revolution, (VII) 165; and possessions, (II) 10-11.
See also Authority; Background; Belief;
Communism; Conditioning; Conformity;
Divisions; Economics; Government; Identification;
Ideology; Influences; Nationalism; Progress;
Society; State; Tyranny; War; Words; World
problems
Capitalism and communism: and the authority of the
state, (VII) 66; and patterns, (VII) 278. See also
Economics
Capitalists and communists, (V) 40, 41, 42, 66, 184
Care: defining, (XVII) 216; and the freedom to look,
(XVII) 211; looking with, (XVII) 43-44; and total
attention, (XVII) 259. See also Affection; Caring;
Love
Career: futility of, (X) 262. See also Work
Caring: and communion, (XVI) 14-15; without
condemnation, (XIV) 125-26; and cooperation,
(XIV) 123; defining, (XIV) 79; and feeling, (XIV)
289-90; listening, (XIV ) 127; and love, (XIV) 257-
58; and love of children, (XV) 43; meaning of,
(XIV) 123, 302; as solution, (XIV ) 18. See also
Affection; Love
Caring mind: and observation, (XIV) 79. See also
Caring; Mind
Casual mind: and the serious mind, (XII) 58. See also
Dull mind
Catastrophe: cause of, (IV) 16
Catholic: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning;
Divisions; Religion; Society; Words; World
problems
Catholicism: See Ambition; Authority; Belief;
Catholic; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions;
God; Religion; Religious organizations; Saints;
Tyranny; Words; World problems.
Cause: and determination, (XI) 393; of the dull mind,
(XIV) 29; futility of knowing, (XVI) 278-79; as
interrelated, (XI) 91; as not fixed, (XI) 364; of
psychological problems, (XIV) 179; search for,
(XVI) 8; and time, (XI) 192-93; of violence, (XVI)
289-92
Cause and effect, (II) 128-29; (III) 172, 173; (IV) 42-
43, 50-51; (VI) 122-23; absence of, (XIV) 112; and
action, (XV) 132; and contact, (XV) 31; and
passion, (XIII) 251; process of, (X) 221-22; and
sorrow, (XIII) 152-53; and time, (XII) 98, 100,
102; (XVI) 21; (XVII) 141; and a time interval,
(XV) 122. See also Cause; Challenge; Challenge
and response; Reaction; Response
Celibacy, (IV) 177. See also Chastity; Love; Sex
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Censor: and contradiction, (XV) 254; and duality,
(XV) 38; as hindrance at looking at the self, (XVI)
220; and increasing conflict, (XIII) 283; and the
now, (XV) 269; as observer, (XIII) 236-37; as
thinker, (XIII) 90; and understanding conditioning,
(XV) 181. See also Center; Observer; Thinker and
the thought; Thought
Center: absence of, (XII) 102; (XIII) 44, 182; and
accumulation, (XII) 199; and the accumulative
process, (X) 178-79; and action, (X) 178-80; (XI)
224, 226, 318, 342-43, 346; and awareness, (XII)
147; awareness of, (XI) 346; as breeder of fear,
(XIII) 135-36; as cause of conflict, (XII) 177-78;
and change, (VII) 294-97; (VIII) 175-78; (IX) 26;
(X) 44, 46; (XV) 335; and choice, (XVII) 53; and
concentration, (XI) 119, 247; conditioned, (X) 26;
and conditioning, (XII) 267-68; and conflict,
(XIII) 47; and consciousness, (XI) 142; and
continuity, (XVI) 243; and contradiction, (XII)
241; (XV) 251, 253; defining, (IX) 26-27; (X) 23-
24; (XI) 185-86; (XII) 155, 166; (XIII) 135-36;
(XV) 250-51; (XVII) 241; and desire, (VII) 40; as
destructive, (XII) 87; and disorder, (XV) 219;
dissipating, (XI) 135-36, 138; and distance, (XV)
262; dying to, (XII) 162; and experience, (X) 16-
17, 261-62; (XIV) 299; and experiencing, (XII)
120; (XIII) 222; and fear, (XV) 219; and
fragmentation, (XVI) 237-38, 239, 240; and
freedom, (XIV) 297, 300; freedom from, (XV)
262; and the futility of escape, (XVI) 263; and the
greed for more, (XVII) 90; as hindrance to
consciousness expansion, (XVII) 38; as hindrance
to inner space, (XIV) 298, 300; and hindrance of
‘me’, (VII) 305-6, 307, 308; as hindrance to
seeing, (XVI) 5; as hindrance to the whole, (XVI)
237-38, 240; and ‘I’, (XIII) 136; identifying, (XI)
353; and knowledge, (X) 260-61; (XV) 146; and
learning, (XIII) 131-32; as limiting, (X) 21; and
listening, (XVI) 58; and loneliness, (XV) 210;
looking without, (XV) 155; as ‘me’, (X) 15;
meaning of, (XVII) 156; and meaningful change,
(VII) 37; and memory, (XII) 198; (XIII) 103; as
memory, (XVII) 149; and mental decline, (XVII)
78; as mind, (VII) 93; and moment to moment, (X)
218-19; movement toward, (XIV) 198-200, 202;
need to understand, (XI) 326-27; observation from,
(XII) 83-84; as the original source, (XIV) 202; as
the past, (XVII) 88-89; and permanence and
impermanence, (X) 178-79; and pleasure, (XV)
335; (XVII) 67; and pleasure and pain, (XV) 240;
religious approach to, (XVII) 152-3, 156; and the
religious mind, (XIV) 269; and resolving, (XVI)
248; and security, (XIII) 44; and self-observation,
(XVI) 248; as shadow-maker, (XI) 142; and
slavery, (XI) 258; and space, (XV) 126-27, 142,
204-5; (XVI) 70, 190, 192; (XVII) 41, 178-79,
186-87; and suffering, (XII) 95; as thinker, (XIII)
263; and thinking, (XV) 314-15; and thought, (X)
14-15; (XII) 222; (XIII) 43-44; and time, (XVII)
74, 75; as the totality of consciousness, (XVII)
169; and the transformation of the mind, (VII) 278;
understanding, (XI) 134-36, 137, 224-26. See also
Censor; Entity; ‘Me’; Object; Observer; Self;
Thinker
Centerless: action, (XI) 225, 226-27. See also Center
Center of action, (III) 85-87
Ceremony, (-ies), (l ) 102-3; (II) 21-22; and
contradiction, (XII) 32; as a control, (IX) 156-57;
definition of, (II) 22; and divisions, (l) 160; as
divisive, (VI) 340-41; and doubt, (l) 154-55; as
illusion, (l) 72-73; and materialism, (II) 22-23; and
spiritual life, (VI) 340-41; understanding of, (l) 64-
65. See also Religion; Tradition
Certainty, (l) 69-71; and choice, (l) 69; and confusion,
(VIII) 200-201; and death, (l) 69-70; desire for, (l)
177; (VIII) 43, 45-46; and doubt, (l) 70; and
illusion, (l) 70-71; (VIII) 45-46; versus misery,
(VII) 2; as nonexistent, (XIII) 119; origin of, (l )
69; search for, (l ) 117; (X) 86; and suffering, (l)
128. See also Continuity; Fear; Mind; Permanence;
Safety; Security; Uncertainty
Challenge: and accumulated experience, (XIII) 219-
20; of achieving mutation, (XV) 207; and
conditioned response, (XI) 68-69; and conflict, (V)
212; (IX) 2; (X) 25; (XIV) 133; dependence on,
(XVI) 209; and experience, (XV) 128-29; (XVII)
33, 35; and inadequate response, (XVI) 208-9, 210;
and individual responsibility, (V) 182-83; and
learning, (XVII) 60; need for, (XV) 213-14; new,
(X) 197; as new, (V) 305-6; (IX) 211; of the new,
(VIII) 335; and observation, (XIII) 331-32; from
the outside, (XII) 70; and the past, (XVII) 135-36;
as renewal, (X) 187; and response, (V) 365; (VII)
231; (VIII) 283-84; (X) 157; and response as new,
(XI) 234; and the responsive mind, (X) 149; to the
self, (XIV) 159; and self-knowledge, (V) 336; and
sorrow, (XVI) 142; and thinking, (IX) 190-92;
(XIII) 135; (XV) 22-23; and time, (XI) 28; total
approach to, (IX) 13; and understanding world
problems, (XVII) 57. See also Cause and effect;
Challenge and response; Reaction; Response
Challenge and response, (XVI) 208-10; and action,
(XIII) 327; and conditioning, (X) 205; (XIII) 53;
(XVII) 174-75; and conflict, (XIV) 136; (XVI) 10;
(XVII) 74, 106; and the dependent mind, (XIII)
153; effects of, (XV) 304-5; and experience, (XII)
295, 308-9; (XIII) 5, 71; (XIV) 37, 158-59, 215,
299; (XV) 86; (XVII) 35, 155; and the interval of
thought, (XIII) 291; (XIV) 292-93; life as, (XVII)
111; as life process, (IX) 108-9; (XII) 157; as
limited, (XII) 68-71; and memory, (XVII) 148; to
one’s state of mind, (XV) 98; and the origin of
problems, (XVII) 32; and outward change, (XVI)
122; as paralyzing, (XIII) 54-55; and problems,
(IX) 95; (XIV ) 176; (XV) 12, 192-93; (XVI) 74,
155; and the process of life, (XVII) 26-27; and the
process of thought, (XV) 23; response to, (XII)
285; and thinking, (XII) 250; understanding, (XII)
272; and words, (XII) 275. See also Cause and
effect; Challenge; Reaction; Response

Challenge as new: and response as old, (V) 359-60
Change, (VII) 33-38, 39-42, 45-49, 51-55, 294-98,
321-22; (VIII) 111-12, 161-65, 175-78; (IX) 54-
58, 96; (XI) 123-28, 271-78, 309-14; (XII) 253-57,
288-93; (XV) 132-38, 156-63, 197-202, 302-8,
333-39; (XVI) 47-51; (XVII) 9-11, 13-14; and the
absence of “how”, (XVII) 197; achieving, (IX) 28-
29, 57; (X) 109, 114; (XI) 19, 126, 128; (XIII) 3-4;
(XVI) 170, 205, 222; achieving fundamental, (X)
10-12; achieving immediate, (XVI) 63-64;
achieving in the heart and mind, (XVI) 8, 299; and
action, (l) 1; (XI) 364; and adaptation, (XIV) 9;
affecting the collectivist, (X) 193; approach to,
(VIII) 22; (XVI) 127; and the art of listening,
(XIII) 64; and attention, (XVI) 130; and authority,
(VII) 51-52; (XVII) 198; avoidance of, (IX) 108;
and awareness, (VII) 17-18, 19; as a bargaining
process, (XV) 54-55; and caring, (XIV) 302;
causes of, (XI) 149-50; and the center, (XII) 199;
and the cessation of effort, (VIII) 34-38; and
compulsion, (II) 22; and conflict, (XIII) 23; (XIV)
13; and conformity, (VII) 13; (XV) 3; and
consciousness, (VII) 22-25; (XI) 385; (XVI) 54;
creating anew, (III) 141; and the creation of
problems, (VIII) 21-23; and crisis, (XVII) 194-95;
and dealing with the problem, (XVII) 104-5;
defining, (X) 11; (XI) 125; (XIII) 107-8, 118, 334;
(XIV) 169, 172, 230; (XV) 158; desire for, (IX) 40,
225-27; (XVII) 33, 196-97; desire to avoid, (X) 99-
100; and the destruction of the known, (XIII) 271-
72; direction of, (VIII) 27; and the discovery of the
true, (XIII) 64-65; and the dying of the mind, (X)
118; and effort, (XVII) 122; and the ending of
time, (XVII) 103-4; and energy, (XVII) 144; as
escape, (IX) 45; as escape from the fact, (XII) 284;
examining the state of, (XVI) 263-65; and fear of
radical revolution, (VII) 133; and feeling, (X) 185;
and the field of the known, (XVI) 174; forms of,
(IX) 25; and freedom from fear, (XVII) 9; and
freedom from the psychological structure of
society, (XIII) 206, 208; and fulfillment, (II) 213;
fundamental, (IX) 152-55; as fundamental
problem, (X) 116-18; futile attempts to, (XVI) 213;
as gradual, (X) 117; and the hindrance of
comparison, (XVII) 183; and the hindrance of
conditioning, (XVI) 80; and hindrance of the past,
(VII) 53; and the hindrance of success, (XIII) 74,
78; how to achieve, (X) 231-33; and ‘I’, (X) 44-45;
and ideals, (IX) 41-43, 45; and ideas, (XIV) 236;
immediate, (XVI) 201; as immediate, (XIII) 27;
and the immediate or ultimate approach, (XVII)
102; through inaction, (XVI) 174; individual,
(XIV) 272, 277; and the individual, (X) 13; (XI)
172; individual responsibility for, (XV) 52-54;
individual and societal, (X) 155; in individual and
society, (III) 152; and individual and the world,
(VII) 7; and individualism, (l) 110-11; and the
influence of propaganda, (XI) 271-72; and inner
conflict, (VII) 23-25; inner and outward, (XI) 149-
50; and knowledge, (XVII) 268; from the known to
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the unknown, (VIII) 23-24; as limited, (XIV ) 188;
and living things, (XII) 265-66; and looking at the
fact, (XV) 66; meaning of, (XI) 310-11; (XIV )
187-88; and mediocrity, (X) 59; and the mind, (XI)
89, 92-94; (XIV) 57-58; in the mind and social
structure, (XVI) 219; as minimal through history,
(XVI) 159; and modification through thought,
(XVI) 166-67; as modified continuity, (V) 195-97;
(VII) 322; and the ‘more’, (IX) 250-51; motives
for, (X) 44; and movement, (XVI) 263-65;
movement of, (X) 190-95; and the movement from
what is to ‘what should be’, (XVII) 9; and
mutation, (XIV) 5; and mystery, (XV) 49, 52;
necessity for, (VII) 6-7; need for, (XI) 14-15, 238-
40; (XV) 260, 329-32; (XVI) 152, 174; and the
need for energy, (XVII) 119-20; need for instant,
(XVI) 100-101; need for outward, (XVI) 242; and
the new mind, (XII) 121; and observation of what
is, (XVII) 82; and the observer, (XVII) 210, 276;
and obsolescence, (XIV) 2-3; through
organizations, (VII) 211; and the origin of
thinking, (XVI) 168; outer, (XV) 302; (XVI) 243;
and patterns, (VII) 7-8; (XIV ) 277; and the
perception of truth, (VII) 322; through personal
awakening, (III) 142; persuasion to, (XI) 309-11;
physical and psychological, (XVII) 149; and
pleasure and pain, (XVI) 128-29; possibilities for,
(X) 44-45; possibility of, (XVII) 51; preconceived
plan for, (IX) 225; problems of, (IX) 25-29; the
process of, (VII) 12-13, 15; (XII) 200; and the
process of the mind, (VII) 310; in the psyche,
(XVII) 2; and punishment and reward, (XV) 330-
31; and questioning, (XIII) 9, 11-12; rapidity of
world, (XIII) 62; as reaction, (XII) 285; and the
reactionary mind, (XI) 355; reasons for, (l) 18-19,
140-41; and relationships, (XVI) 43; and religion,
(VIII) 167-70; and resistance, (III) 149; (VII) 181-
83; resistance of the mind to, (X) 216-18; and the
role of knowledge, (VIII) 154-55; and search for
happiness, (IX) 44-45; without self-centered action,
(X) 82; without self-interest, (X) 80; and self-
knowledge, (X) 210; and society, (XV) 281; (XVI)
122; and space and the object, (XVII) 89; and
spiritual advancement, (III) 71; and struggle, (VII)
30-31; superficial, (XIII) 267; (XVI) 47; and
superficial revolution, (VII) 1; in technology,
(XVII) 2; and the thinker and the thought as one,
(X) 83; and thought, (XV) 306-7; (XVI) 220-22; in
the thought process, (XVII) 138; and time, (XIV)
13, 306; (XVI) 20, 56-58, 234; (XVII) 143-44,
268-69; types of, (XII) 120-21, 285; (XV) 76, 212;
understanding, (X) 13; (XI) 228-30, 335; (XII)
284-87; and understanding the pleasure principle,
(XVI) 37; and what is, (XVII) 88; and will, (X) 13-
14; through will, (XIII) 271-72. See also Belief;
Center; Conditioning; Fear; Impermanence;
Mutation; Permanence; Radical revolution; Radical
transformation; Religion; Revolution; Teachers;
Total revolution; Transformation; True religion
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Change and mutation: difference between, (XII) 284-
86
Chaos: inward and outward, (III) 180-81; (XVII) 173;
and order, (V) 221; and self-fulfillment, (VII)
1278-28; and suffering, (II) 204; and world
divisions, (II) 113. See also Conflict; World
problems
Character, (l) 188-89; (II) 16; (V) 198-99; and the
background of authority, (XIII) 334; and clarity,
(XI) 268; development of, (X) 195-96; defining,
(XI) 19; as limitation, (II) 206; meaning of, (VII)
119; and resistance, (XIII) 277
Charity, (VIII) 4-5. See also Philanthropy
Chastity, (V) 215, 218; and love, (V) 177; (VI) 56-57,
131
Chemicals: and emotions, (XIII) 77; and fear, (XIII)
136; and the mind, (XI) 81-82. See also Drugs
Child: and authority, (XIII) 11; and conditioning,
(XIII) 272-73; explaining death to, (l) 67-68; and
innocence, (XIII) 212; learning about, (XIII) 142-
43; as parent, (III) 173
Children: and the ability to love, (VII) 104; and the
absence of love, (IX) 267; and belief, (XVI) 257;
caring about, (VIII) 38-39; and the conditioned
parent, (VI) 264-65; and conditioning, (XVII) 47;
conditioning of, (VII) 73-75, 238; (IX) 107-8; (X)
194; dependence on, (IX) 65; developing
sensitivity in, (XVI) 139; and diet, (V) 113-14; and
discipline, (X) 146-47; disciplining of, (VII) 147;
divisions and effect on, (V) 105-7; educating, (III)
143; (VII) 50-51, 59-62, 63-64; and education, (X)
5; education of, (II) 230; (IV) 108; (VI) 202-3;
(VII) 59-137, 319-20; ( IX) 267; (XVII) 77; and
educational conformity, (XII) 296; and envy, (X)
28; explaining death to, (XII) 263; facing future
life problems, (VII) 133; and the failure to educate,
(V) 184; and the family, (XV) 43; and fear, (XII)
252; as followers, (VII) 78-79; freedom for, (IX)
50-51; and immortality, (IX) 157-58; influences
upon, (VIII) 287-88; (IX) 155-56, 224-25;
influencing, (X) 115-16; and instilling of ideas, (V)
276; love of, (VI) 202-3, 236; (IX) 271-72; (XVII)
253; loving their parents, (VII) 87, 88-89; mother’s
love for, (XIV ) 307; and necessities of a healthy
life, (V) 113-14; and the need to question, (VII) 75;
and the need to think freely, (VII) 83; and
obligation to parents, (VII) 82; and observation,
(XIV) 18, 19; and the purpose of education, (VII)
157-60; as products of lovelessness, (V) 88;
protecting, (VI) 236; rearing, (V) 171-74; reasons
for having, (V) 171-72, 174; as reflection of
parental values, (V) 106; and relationship to
parents, (VII) 81-82; and the role of education,
(IX) 11-12; and their role in society, (VIII) 226-27;
and the significance of education, (X) 64-65; and
social pressure, (III) 143; as social sacrifice, (X)
59-60; and the supple mind, (VII) 92; and teaching
of war, (II) 169. See also Authority; Conditioning;
Conformity; Education; Family; Images; Love;
Parents; Relationships
China: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions;
Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World
problems
Chinese revolution: failure of, (XVII) 167. See also
Revolt; Revolution
Choice, (l) 14-15, 96, 98, 135; and action, (l) 38; and
action and idea, (XVII) 15; and action as will,
(XV) 198-200; between actions, (XI) 220-21; and
authority, (IX) 150; and awareness, (VII) 293-94;
(XV) 38; (XVII) 45; and challenge and response,
(XII) 73-74; versus choiceless life, (III) 63; versus
clarity, (XVII) 270; and concentration, (VII) 27;
and conditioned thinking, (IV) 44; and
conditioning, (VI) 227-28; and conflict, (l ) 26-27;
(VI) 182, 206; (XVI) 9; conflict of, (III) 170; and
conflict of opposites, (l) 34; and the confused mind,
(VII) 165-66; (XVII) 240; and confusion, (IX)
246, 267; (XVII) 53; and desire, (VIII) 199-200;
and discernment, (III) 77; and effort, (l) 8-9; and
evolution, (l) 8; versus fact, (XIII) 34; and
freedom, (XVII) 17; freedom from, (l) 14; (VIII)
204, 206; futility of, (l) 10; between good and bad,
(VIII) 309-11; as hindrance, (VIII) 108-9; as
hindrance to awareness, (XVII) 83; and
incompleteness, (l) 3-4; individual, (III) 62-63; and
intelligence, (VII) 189-90; as life process, (VII)
241-42; as limitation, (l) 14, 50; and meditation, (l)
26-27; (V) 208; negates freedom, (X) 90; and
opposing desires, (IV) 11; and opposites, (l) 9;
(III) 65-66; (XI) 164-65; and the petty mind, (VII)
216-17; and progress, (l) 189-90; and search,
(VIII) 241; and the self, (IV) 179-80; and self-
contradictory actions, (XI) 162-65; and suffering,
(l) 28-29; and thought, (V) 261-63; and time, (XII)
158; between the true and false, (III) 90-91; as
unnecessary, (XVI) 7; and violence, (XVI) 289,
291, 296. See also Ambition; Awareness;
Choiceless awareness; Conditioning; Contradiction
Choiceless attention: and abolishing conditioning,
(XIII) 274; and awareness, (XIII) 201; and
conditioning, (XIII) 188; and contradiction, (XIII)
72; and dreams, (XIII) 193-94; and humility,
(XIII) 268; and meditation, (XIII) 264, 323, 324;
as negative approach, (XIII) 226; and observation,
(XIII) 322, 324. See also Attention; Total
awareness
Choiceless awareness, (IV) 23-24, 66; and the absence
of effort, (XV) 61; and achieving mutation, (XVII)
117-18; and cessation of sorrow, (XI) 223; and
change, (XVII) 88; and communion, (XVII) 219;
without comparison, (XV) 85; and facing conflict,
(XII) 241; and the free mind, (XII) 204; and hate,
(III) 118; and image, (XV) 200-202; and learning,
(XIV) 244; (XVII) 60; and living and dying as one,
(XVII) 277; and the ‘me’, (VII) 307-8; meaning
of, (XVII) 45-46; and meditation, (XV) 38, 40;
(XVII) 150, 240; and observation, (XIV) 111; and
passion, (XIV) 117; and perception, (XI) 339, 341;
and the quiet brain, (XII) 325; and the quiet mind,
(VII) 297; and the real, (IV) 44; and self-

knowledge, (XVII) 75; and the spontaneous mind,
(XIV) 59; and the state of knowing, (XI) 300; as a
state of mind, (XVII) 220-21; and understanding,
(VII) 195; and the understanding mind, (VIII) 54.
See also Attention; Awareness; Choice; Truth
Choiceless life: achieving, (III) 75-76
Choiceless observation: and habit, (XIII) 243-44. See
also Observation
Choiceless passivity: See Silent awareness
Choosing: questioning the need for, (XVI) 84. See also
Choiceless awareness
Christ, (II) 48, 88; (VI) 23-24, 91; and the hindrance
of authority, (XII) 180; and search for miracles,
(II) 20; and truth, (IX) 67. See also Authority;
Belief; Christianity; Conditioning; Divisions; God;
Jesus; Religion; Words
Christian, (VI) 48-49. See also Authority; Belief;
Christ; Conditioning; Divisions; God; Religion;
Religious organizations; Sect
Christianity, (II) 5, 66; and the belief in damnation,
(X) 202; and brotherhood, (II) 6; and conditioning,
(X) 22; (XIII) 204; (XIV) 156, 221; as ideal, (II)
178-80; and prejudice, (II) 2-3; and religious
distinctions, (II) 189; rites of, (II) 12; and search
for truth, (II) 27; and sorrow, (XIII) 172; and
suffering, (XII) 211. See also Ambition; Authority;
Background; Belief; Conditioning; Conformity;
Divisions; Exploitation; God; Identification;
Organized religion; Religion; Religious mind;
Society; Visions; Words; World problems
Christian tradition: awareness of, (IX) 5
Chronological time, (XII) 221, 272; and change, (XI)
125-26; defining, (XIII) 102; and the mind, (XIV)
209; as necessary, (XV) 75; (XVI) 20; as the only
time, (XIII) 24-25; (XIV) 253-54; (XVI) 238; as
outward, (XII) 159; and psychological time, (XIII)
258. See also Psychological time; Time; Timeless;
Timelessness
Church: and conditioning, (XIV) 190; and religion,
(IX) 9-10; tyranny of, (X) 77. See also Religion
Circumstances: and dealing with problems, (XVII) 95-
96, 97
Cities: lack of space in, (XVII) 241; and the loss of
natural beauty, (XVII) 207
Citizen: versus the individual, (V) 314. See also
Government; State
Civic consciousness: and society, (XV) 53
Civilization: and “backward” societies, (III) 219;
breakdown of, (VIII) 259-60; as the collective will,
(VIII) 262; and conditioning, (XI) 379; defining,
(VIII) 300-301; and disintegration, (VIII) 268; and
increasing complexity, (X) 195; and loss of feeling,
(l) 169; as movement, (l) 178; and the narrowing
of freedom, (XI) 376; and outer change, (XVI) 49;
and reform, (VIII) 251-52; and the resolution of
problems, (XIV) 252; and thought, (VIII) 315; and
‘what should be’, (XVII) 101. See also
Background; Conditioning; Culture; Governments;
Problems; Society; World problems
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Civilizations: and their approach to life and death,
(XV) 283. See also Culture; Society
Civilized: and primitive, (XIII) 190
Civilized behavior: as motiveless, (XI) 377
Civilizing effects: and ideologies, (XVI) 159. See also
Civilization
Clarification: versus confusion, (X) 66; and freedom,
(IX) 237
Clarity, (XI) 177-79, 182-83; (XVI) 7-13; and the
absence of authority, (XIV) 246; and the absence
of choice, (XVI) 9; achieving, (IX) 29; (X) 152-53;
(XVI) 9, 207; (XVII) 21; achieving through
awareness, (XV) 242-44; and achieving freedom,
(XVI) 131; and action, (XIV ) 229; (XVI) 31;
versus authority, (XVII) 174; and character, (XI)
268; and communion, (XIV) 226, 229; and
conditioning, (XVII) 17; versus the confused mind,
(XVII) 101; versus confusion, (XI) 51-52; and
darkness, (XVI) 83; defining, (XIV ) 108; desire
for, (III) 121; and discovery of the truth, (IX) 195;
and ending the problem, (XVII) 99; and the fact,
(XIII) 34; and fear, (XI) 349; versus following,
(XVII) 165; and freedom from fear, (XIV) 229-30;
and the free mind, (XV) 256; and the futility of
dialogue, (XVI) 257, 258; versus the gradual
process, (XVII) 20; and the hindrance of conflict,
(XVI) 94; and the hindrance of confusion, (XVI)
115; and inner and outer awareness, (XV) 242-43;
and inquiry into pleasure, (XVI) 215; listening
with, (XVII) 64; and living without formulas,
(XIV) 147; and meditation, (XVII) 124; meeting
the challenge of, (XVI) 209; and the mind, (XIV)
29; and the movement of knowing, (XI) 300; need
for, (XI) 259, 278-79, 281; (XVI) 7; and the
negative mind, (XV) 257; and the new mind, (XVI)
19; and observation, (XVI) 197; through
observation, (XIV) 143; and order, (XV) 172; and
the quiet brain, (XVI) 17; and the quiet mind,
(XVII) 58; and self-awareness, (IV) 1; and self-
knowledge, (V) 225; and sensitivity, (XVII) 77;
and space, (XIV) 112; state of, (XVI) 174; and
thought, (XVI) 167; understanding, (XI) 201-6;
and understanding action, (XVII) 19; and
understanding the unconscious, (XVI) 10; and
virtue, (XVII) 34; and what is, (XIV ) 106-7. See
also Clear mind; Confusion
Class, (II) 10-11; and acquisitiveness, (II) 154; and
brotherhood, (l) 157; and conflict, (l) 193; and
human conditioning, (II) 149; and imperialism, (II)
223; and manual labor, (VIII) 133; and
nationalism, (l ) 157-58; (II) 223; and religion, (l)
182-84; and social status, (VIII) 271; solutions to,
(II) 222; and status, (XII) 271; and status quo, (II)
213. See also Class-consciousness; Conflict;
Possessions; Poverty
Class and acquisitiveness: as the highest values, (IV)
98-99
Class-consciousness, (II) 44; and harmony, (II) 37;
and social chaos, (III) 40-41; and society, (II) 6
Class differences: need to eliminate, (IX) 247
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Classless society: defining, (VIII) 270-71; failure to
achieve, (XI) 335. See also Culture; Equality;
World problems
Class struggle, (IX) 193, 196
Cleanliness: need for, (XVI) 24
Clear mind: and the absence of choice, (XVI) 297;
(XVII) 54; and the absence of conflict, (XIV) 9,
10, 82; (XVI) 94; and the absence of fear, (XIV) 3;
and the absence of seeking, (XVI) 247; achieving,
(XIV) 88; and austerity, (XVII) 238-39; and
coming to death, (XIV) 257; versus confusion,
(XVI) 260; difficulty of achieving, (XVI) 296; and
discipline, (XIV ) 146; and discovery of the true,
(XIV) 9; and drugs, (XIV) 260; and ending
contradiction, (XVII) 233; and the hindrance of
conflict, (XVI) 112; and inaction, (XVI) 174-75;
and inquiry into love, (XV) 228; and meditation,
(XVII) 240; need for, (XI) 378; and negation,
(XIV) 108; and understanding authority, (XII) 297.
See also Clarity; Dull mind; Free mind; Fresh
mind; Mind; New mind; Quiet mind
Cleavage: See Divisions
Clergy: and social symptoms, (II) 38. See also Master;
Priest; Religion
Coercion: and learning, (XI) 1. See also Influences;
Propaganda
Collective, (IX) 255; and awareness of the mind, (XII)
280; and belief, (X) 54-55; and death, (XII) 163;
defining, (VI) 296; (IX) 125; disassociation from,
(XIII) 64; and the family, (VI) 139; function of,
(XIII) 62; growth of, (X) 79-80; and the individual,
(II) 65; (III) 226; (IX) 125-28, 207, 243-45, 274;
(X) 38-39; (XIV) 41, 272, 277; versus the
individual, (V) 279; versus individual action, (X)
204; and individual awakening, (II) 195-96; versus
individual freedom, (IX) 13-14; and individual
sorrow, (XIII) 308; versus individual thought, (X)
176; and the mind, (IX) 211; process of, (IX) 126;
and religion, (X) 217-18; role of, (XIII) 1-2; and
society, (XIV ) 252; transformation through the
individual, (IX) 14. See also Collective and the
individual; Conditioning; Conformity; Individual;
Mass; Society
Collective action: and authoritarianism, (V) 277; and
belief, (V) 238; without collective thinking, (VII)
175-76, 229-30; and compulsion, (VI) 279; and
conditioning, (XIII) 62; and the individual, (II) 46,
217-18, 222; (XII) 253; and individual
regeneration, (V) 39; meaning of, (VII) 168-69,
284. See also Action; Authority; Individual; Mass
action; State
Collective and the individual, (XIV) 41, 272, 277; and
conflict, (XIV) 48; as one, (XIV) 56. See also
Individual; Society
Collective belief: as destructive, (IX) 265
Collective consciousness: altering, (XII) 269
Collective cooperation: achieving of, (II) 159
Collective man: as fiction, (VI) 131
Collective memory: and prayer, (VI) 119. See also
Mass
Collective mind: as hindrance to revolution, (XIII) 61-
62; as the individual mind, (XI) 21; and self-
knowing, (XIII) 59; and the unconscious, (XII)
253. See also Individual; Mind; Society
Collective response: as valueless, (X) 176-77
Collective thinking, (XII) 162-63; as collective action,
(VII) 168-69; as conditioned, (VII) 175-76; and
conformity, (VII) 284-85; and cruelty, (VII) 229.
See also Authority; Individual; State
Collective thought: and the denial of the individual,
(XI) 295-96. See also Mass; Society
Collective unconscious: and viewing the whole, (XV)
189. See also Unconscious
Collective will: and civilization, (VIII) 271-72;
freedom from, (VIII) 255-56; and the limitation of
tradition, (VIII) 300-301. See also Conditioning;
Individual
Collective work: and individual fulfillment, (II) 177
Collective worship: and regimentation of thought, (IV)
75-76. See also Conformity
Comfort: and acceptance of influences, (XIII) 300; as
hindrance to truth, (V) 28; versus love, (XVII) 212;
and need for authority, (VII) 65; (X) 48; as a
pacifier, (II) 161-62; and prayer, (XIII) 95; and
religion, (XIII) 333; search for, (XVII) 54, 64; and
security, (XIV) 81; seeking, (XII) 209-10. See also
Conformity; Permanency; Religion; Security;
Seeking; Suffering
Commitment, (XI) 323-25, 328; awareness of, (XI)
346; and belief, (XVI) 275; and belonging, (XIII)
94; and conflict, (XVI) 280; and confusion, (XVI)
247, 275, 277; denial of, (XVI) 80, 233; desire for,
(XII) 33-34; and the desire to belong, (XI) 323-24;
(XII) 66; as escape, (XIV ) 115-16; and fear of
change, (XVII) 5; freedom from, (XVII) 18, 217;
versus generosity, (XIII) 151; and heart and mind,
(XV) 6; as hindrance, (XI) 165; as hindrance to
change, (XVI) 222; as hindrance to clarity, (XVII)
17-18; as hindrance to exploration, (XVII) 50; as
hindrance to freedom, (XI) 215-18; as hindrance to
observation, (XII) 83; and identity, (XIV ) 131; and
inertia, (XVI) 28; to inquiry, (XVII) 215; and
meditation, (XIII) 94, 96; and the need to belong,
(XII) 38; and neurosis, (XIII) 337; and pleasure,
(XV) 70, 311; versus questioning, (XIII) 2-3, 5;
reasons for, (XI) 371-72; rejection of, (XV) 95; and
security, (XI) 343; (XII) 133-35; and self-
forgetfulness, (XII) 110; to seriousness, (XVII)
217; to understanding love, (XVII) 217. See also
Belief; Belonging; Conformity; Fear;
Identification; Ideology; Naming; Nationalism
Committed mind: See Dull mind
Common man: concern for, (V) 84-85. See also
Individual
Common Market: See Authority; Conditioning;
Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World
problems
Communal dissensions: causes of, (V) 1-4
Communalism: and conflict, (V) 2-4; and effect on
children, (V) 106-7. See also Divisions; Separatism

Commune: defining, (XIV) 225-26. See also
Communication; Communion
Communication, (VIII) 175; (XI) 101-2; (XIV) 280-
85; approach to, (XI) 226; and the barrier of words,
(XI) 63; and communion, (XVI) 14; versus
communion, (XIV) 280-81; (XV) 163; without
comparing, (XIV) 84; without conclusions, (X)
169-70; conditions for, (XIV) 42; and contact,
(XVII) 120; defining, (XIV) 180, 182, 281, 282-
83; difficulty of, (IX) 8-9; (XIII) 31; (XIV) 127-
28, 283; (XV) 55, 298; (XVII) 1; establishing,
(XVI) 125; and experience, (V) 214-15; and facts,
(XV) 124; and the hindrance of translation, (XVII)
194, 199; identifying, (XI) 155; importance of,
(XV) 190; (XVI) 26; and intensity, (XV) 114; and
labeling, (V) 311-13; and language, (VIII) 275-76;
and listening, (IX) 177; (XI) 55-56; and love,
(XVII) 24; meaning of, (XV) 340; (XVII) 221; and
the meaning of words, (IX) 249, 252; (XIV) 15-16,
280-85; as mutual understanding, (IV) 104;
problem of, (XV) 308-10; process of, (XV) 80-82;
relationship, (XIII) 209; (XV) 336-37; and
repetition, (VII) 246-47; and responsibility, (XVI)
41-42; and search for truth, (II) 27; and self-
abandonment, (XI) 250-51; with spirits, (l) 130-31;
as talk, (VII) 265; and time, (XII) 158; as a two-
way process, (XV) 185-86; and the unconscious,
(XI)1263; and understanding, (XI) 379-80;
understanding, of, (II) 12; (V) 37-38; verbal, (V)
37-38; and words, (VII) 197-98; (X) 37, 112, 144,
146; (XI) 113-14; (XII) 86, 208, 229, 258, 301;
(XIII) 281, 315; (XV) 26, 107, 171, 226; (XVI) 1,
23, 139-40; (XVII) 237, 274-75. See also
Communion; Experiencing; Family; Listening;
Naming; Propaganda; Religion; Symbols;
Verbalization; Words
Communion: and the absence of authority, (XVI) 161;
and the absence of the center, (XV) 127; and
absence of fear and prejudice, (V) 78; achieving,
(XI) 155; approach to, (XIV) 128; and attention,
(XVII) 274-75; and awareness, (XV) 100; and
clarity, (XIV) 27-28; and the commonality of
problems, (XI) 239-40; and communication, (XI)
101-2; (XVI) 14; conditions for, (XV) 208, 336-37;
defining, (XIV) 180-81, 281; (XV) 8, 163; (XVII)
222; difficulty of, (XV) 227; and equal intensity,
(XV) 298; and family, (V) 16-18; versus ideas,
(XIV) 195; and intensity, (XVI) 14-15; intensity
of, (XIV) 100; and listening, (XI) 336; (XIII) 328;
(XIV) 192; (XV) 114, 150; and looking without the
observer, (XVI) 191; and marriage, (V) 175, 217-
18; meaning of, (XI) 213-14, 333; (XIV) 185-86,
189; (XV) 309-10; and the meaning of words,
(XIV) 114; and observing, (XV) 145-46; versus
propaganda, (V) 227; and psychological security,
(XIV) 184, 186; and self-awareness, (XI) 359-60;
and sharing, (XV) 2, 62; state of, (XV) 2, 81-82;
and total action, (XIV) 288; understanding, (VIII)
181-82, 184; and understanding, (XI) 322; and
understanding words, (XIV) 225; and
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verbalization, (VI) 305. See also Communication;
Learning; Love; Relationship; Symbols
Communism, (l) 40-41; (II) 18-19, 66; (IX) 229-30;
(XI) 90; and belief in impermanence, (XVII) 171;
and capitalism, (XII) 278; and change, (XI) 310;
and conditioning, (VIII) 8; (XVI) 156; and
conformity, (II) 19; and the division of action and
idea, (XV) 129; and employer-employee conflict,
(XVII) 128; and the failure of utopia, (XIV) 118;
versus fundamental revolution, (VII) 165; and
government, (XVII) 125; influence of, (X) 104; as
reaction to capitalism, (XV) 56; as religion, (XIV)
267; and revolution, (XI) 294; (XV) 4; spread of,
(XI) 225; and suffering, (VI) 287-89; and thought,
(XVI) 163, 167. See also Authority; Belief;
Capitalism; Commitment; Communist;
Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; Economics;
Government; Ideology; Influences; Nationalism;
Revolution; Society; State; Tyranny; War; Words;
World problems
Communist: and identification, (XVI) 34. See also
Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions;
Nationalism; War; World problems
Communist Revolution: as fragmentary, (XIV) 274;
futility of, (XVII) 51. See also Communism;
Revolt; Revolution
Communists: and capitalists, (V) 40, 41, 42, 66, 184
Communist society: and repetition, (XVII) 206. See
also Communism; Society
Community: defining, (VI) 117; founding, (V) 132-34;
identification with, (XVI) 34; and ideology, (XVII)
31; and truth, (VIII) 203. See also Society
Comparative thinking: defining, (VIII) 17
Comparison: absence of, (XVII) 185; and the absence
of conflict, (XIV) 11, 13; and the absence of love,
(XVII) 216-17; and the accumulation of
knowledge, (IX) 111, 112; and ambition, (VIII)
96; (X) 241; as authority, (VII) 125; as barrier to
the new, (IX) 217; as basis for behavior, 193-94; as
breeder of fear, (XIV) 193-94; versus caring,
(XIV) 19; and competition, (VII) 303;
comprehension of, (XII) 91; and condemnation,
(VII) 208; (X) 110-11; and conflict, (X) 30; (XVII)
182-83, 230; as constant process, (IX) 95; and
creation, (XII) 217; and the creation of problems,
(XII) 11-13; and the desire for power, (VIII) 113-
14; as destructive, (VIII) 46; and deterioration,
(XIII) 31; and discipline, (VII) 303-4; discontent,
(VII) 211, 212; (XII) 14; and dissatisfaction, (IX)
46; and the distracted mind, (VIII) 123; and the
dull mind, (VII) 94; and dullness, (XVII) 213-14;
in education, (VIII) 74, 134; and effort, (XVII) 30;
and emptiness, (XV) 168; ending, (XII) 16; and
envy, (VII) 109, 208; (VIII) 107; (IX) 251-52;
versus facing what is, (XVII) 232-33; and fear,
(VIII) 67-69; (IX) 47; and freedom, (VIII) 228,
231; freedom from, (IV) 2; and the free mind,
(VIII) 264; versus the free mind, (X) 17; futility of,
(X) 52-53; versus the happy mind, (VIII) 119; as
hindrance, (IX) 239; as hindrance to learning, (XI)
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2-3, 161-62; (XV) 69; as hindrance to listening, (X)
91; (XVI) 3; and hindrance to perception, (IV) 8;
as hindrance to understanding, (X) 34; and
intelligence, (VIII) 46; and knowledge, (VII) 223;
and listening, (XIII) 214; versus listening, (XI)
353; and loneliness, (XVII) 186; versus love, (VII)
94; and the mind, (VIII) 17-18, 115; (X) 265; and
peace, (VIII) 130; and power, (IX) 275; and the
presence of time, (IX) 197; and problems, (VIII)
100-101; and security, (VIII) 73-74; and self-
knowing, (XIII) 248; and self-pity, (XIII) 83, 141;
and shyness, (VIII) 98; and understanding, (VIII)
231, 253; versus understanding, (XI) 186-87; and
the urge for power, (XII) 148, 149; and violence,
(XVII) 257; and what is, (VIII) 169; (XII) 209;
(XVII) 182-84, 185; and the word, (XII) 181. See
also Ambition; Competition; Conclusion;
Condemnation; Conformity; Education; Naming;
Opinion; Power; Society; Suppression; Tradition;
Will
Compassion, (l) 1, 92; (X) 191-95; and action, (XIII)
298; versus anger, (III) 158; and comprehending
life, (XIII) 162; and compulsion, (X) 191-92; and
conflict, (XIII) 260-61; versus divisions, (X) 201;
and goodness, (XI) 322-23; importance of, (X)
188-89; and indifference, (X) 217; and learning,
(XIII) 132; loss of, (X) 60; meaning of, (XIII) 295,
297, 298; and the new mind, (XII) 111; as not the
word, (XIII) 296; and political action, (VI) 316-17;
and the religious mind, (XII) 90; and the scientific
mind, (XII) 90; and suffering, (l) 101; transmitting,
(X) 192; and war, (X) 74. See also Love; New;
Possessions
Compassionate mind: and mutation, (XIII) 300. See
also Compassion; Mind
Competition, (II) 46-47; (III) 7; and ambition, (VII)
242; and anxiety, (VIII) 75-76; versus caring,
(XIV) 257; and conflict, (XIII) 179-80; and co-
operation, (II) 38-39; and education, (VIII) 57-58;
versus efficiency, (XII) 20; and envy, (VII) 112;
and exploitation, (II) 51-52; as hindrance to
creativity, (VIII) 31; as hindrance to love, (XIV )
173; as hindrance to peace, (IX) 71; and leadership,
(XII) 19; and need for success, (VII) 308; and
pain, (XVI) 218; and the positive approach, (XV)
256; and problems, (XII) 239, 241; and
psychological security, (XIV) 185; and reaction,
(XII) 36; as ruthless, (VIII) 68; and ruthlessness,
(XIV) 247; and society, (IX) 126; (XI) 193; (XII)
15, 19; as time, (XII) 98; versus true education,
(VII) 320; and truth, (VII) 245; viewed as
necessary, (XII) 239; at work, (XIV) 206. See also
Acquisitiveness, Ambition; Becoming;
Comparison; Education; Fulfillment; Power;
Society
Complete life, (II) 13-14. See also Fulfillment;
Happiness
Completeness, (l) 15-16; (VII) 5-6; achieving, (l) 117-
19; of action, (l) 84; craving for, (III) 182-83, 185;
and creativity, (VIII) 272; and doubt, (l) 160;
futility of pursuit, (VII) 5; and self-discipline, (l)
35-36; and understanding, (l) 76-78 See also
Action; Choice; Incompleteness; Totality; Whole;
Wholeness
Completeness and incompleteness, (II) 75-78
Complexity: of external life, (V) 245-46; and the mind,
(VIII) 109-10; and the sannyasi, (VIII) 106; and
simplicity, (IV) 73-74; (IX) 152; versus simplicity,
(X) 259; and struggle, (VIII) 94; and
understanding, (V) 85. See also Problems; Silent
mind; Simplicity; Society
Composing: and contradiction, (XV) 306. See also
Art(s); Creative
Comprehension: versus accumulation, (XI) 109;
barriers to, (XI) 177-78; and the futility of
explanation, (XI) 190; inner and outer, (XII) 95;
moment to moment, (XI) 181-82; and the new
mind, (XII) 57; and truth, (XIII) 14-15. See also
Awareness; Listening; Understanding
Comprehensive action: and world peace, (XI) 371-72.
See also Total action
Compromise, (l) 31; and conflict, (III) 92-93
Compulsion, (II) 79, 169-70, 228; and action, (II) 102;
and adult authority, (VII) 105; and change, (VIII)
22; (X) 135, 185, 232-33; (XI) 172-73, 273; and
the conforming mind, (X) 100-101; and
contradiction, (VIII) 266; and cooperation, (V)
278; and education, (VIII) 76-77; and
environment, (II) 72-73; and experience, (II) 211-
12; as hindrance, (X) 192-93; as hindrance to
change, (XVI) 48; as hindrance to freedom, (VII)
160-61; and incompleteness, (II) 75-78; versus
meditation, (XIV) 263; and the new mind, (VIII)
167; and occupation, (IX) 81; and power, (V) 45-
46; and psychological change, (IV) 17; and
resistance, (V) 257-60; and simplicity, (V) 246-47;
and superficial change, (X) 232; voluntary action,
(II) 228; and working together, (XI) 308, 311. See
also Authority; Competition; Conflict; Conformity;
Confusion; Contradiction; Discipline; Effort;
Intelligence; Morality; Resistance; Tradition
Computer(s): function of, (XIV) 86; and human
activity, (XVI) 8; and the human mind, (XII) 230;
and knowledge, (XV) 51; and leisure, (XVI) 9,
122; as mechanical, (XII) 106; and mechanical
knowledge, (XVI) 20; and mechanical learning,
(XIV) 73-74; and mechanical thinking, (XIII) 77;
and mechanistic human activity, (XIV) 57; and
memory, (XV) 224; and the mind, (XI) 2; and the
process of thought, (XII) 103-4; as rulers, (XVII)
125; takeover of, (XVII) 143. See also Electronic
brain; Machines; Mechanical knowledge; Mind;
Science; Technology
Concentration, (III) 200-201; (IV) 90, 181; (V) 7-8;
(VI) 244-45; (VII) 26-27; (VIII) 156-57; (XII)
305-6, 312; as achievement, (IX) 74; and
aloneness, (XI) 211; analyzing, (V) 81-82, 266;
and attention, (XIII) 264; (XVI) 143, 161; versus
attention, (VIII) 312-13; (IX) 197; (X) 140, 175;
(XI) 353; (XII) 44; (XIV) 62; (XVII) 164; and

conflict, (XIII) 337; (XVII) 259-60; without
conflict, (XIII) 155; and control, (XV) 238; and
creative interest, (III) 239-40; defining, (V) 135;
(IX) 79; (XI) 7; (XVII) 45; describing, (XII) 215;
as destructive, (XI) 37-38; and distraction, (XIII)
20; (XIV) 201-2; and division in consciousness,
(III) 67; and duality, (XII) 102; and effort, (XIV)
262; and exclusion, (XIII) 175; (XIV) 111; as
exclusion, (V) 208-210; (VII) 231-32; (XV) 174-
75; (XVI) 185, 264; (XVII) 82-83, 240; and
exclusion and nonexclusion, (XV) 278; exclusive
or inclusive, (V) 91-92; as an exclusive process,
(XIII) 20; forms of, (XIII) 264; freedom from,
(XIV) 301; as hindrance to attention, (XIII) 201; as
hindrance to meditation, (IX) 213, 280; and
interest, (VIII) 80-81, 120; limitation of, (XV)
170-71; as limited, (XI) 119-20, 163-65; (XVII)
39; limitless, (XII) 312; versus listening, (XI) 56;
and meditation, (III) 179-80; (V) 268, 361; (VI) 6-
7, 174-75, 211-12, 327-28, 367; (XI) 245-47, 282;
(XIII) 154-55, 195; (XVII) 81, 124, 179; versus
meditation, (IV) 49, 53-54; (VII) 247; (X) 105,
160-61, 227-28; (XIV) 300-301; (XV) 37; and the
observer and the observed, (XVI) 184-85; and the
particular, (V) 166-67; process of, (V) 163-66;
(XII) 264, 269; and the process of exclusion, (XII)
143; and resistance, (VI) 25-26; (XV) 59, 321; and
silence, (XIV) 217; understanding, (XI) 198-200;
(XII) 167; (XIV) 159-60; and understanding, (IV)
147; and will, (III) 174-75. See also Attention;
Distraction; Listening; Meditation
Concept(s): versus fact, (XV) 10; as hindrance to
observation, (XVII) 4-5; as hindrance to the true,
(XVII) 84; and image, (XV) 193-94. See Belief;
Idea(s); Ideal(s); Ideology; Patterns
Conceptual: defining, (XVII) 209; and truth, (XI) 9.
See also Concept(s); Ideals; Ideas; Words
Conclusion(s): and conditioning, (VIII) 267; versus
creativity, (X) 122; and the dead mind, (XIII) 120;
and experience, (X) 22-24; and fear, (XII) 39;
versus freedom, (IX) 237; and the free mind,
(VIII) 263-64; as hindrance, (XII) 45, 270; as
hindrance to communication, (X) 169-70; as
hindrance to enquiry, (XVII) 68-69; as hindrance
to listening, (XV) 252; as hindrance to observation,
(XII) 113; as hindrance to sharing, (XI) 195-96; as
hindrance to thought, (X) 121, 123, 206; (XI) 314;
and ideas, (XI) 203; versus inquiry, (IX) 181-82,
185; and the intellect, (XI) 217; and learning, (X)
233-34; versus learning, (XI) 60-61, 113; versus
negative thinking, (XI) 91; and problem, (VIII)
284; as repetition, (X) 166; and thinking, (XI) 2,
389, 390-91; versus understanding, (XI) 64. See
also Belief; Comparison; Concepts; Conditioning;
Conformity; Experience; Ideas; Knowledge;
Opinion; Tradition
Condemnation, (VII) 298-99; achieving freedom from,
(IX) 95; and action, (XII) 5-6; and attention, (IX)
276-77; and awareness, (V) 254; (IX) 30-31;
versus awareness, (XIII) 34; cessation of, (XII)
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228; and change, (IX) 154; and conditioning, (X)
215; and duality, (VIII) 195-96, 197-98; and
emptiness, (X) 94; and envy, (IX) 99; (X) 28-29,
91, 265, 268; as escape, (V) 170; as escape from
fact, (XII) 46; and evaluation, (VIII) 338-39;
freedom from, (IX) 227; freedom from thought,
(IX) 72; and the free mind, (IX) 4; as hindrance,
(VIII) 230-31; (IX) 72; as hindrance to awareness,
(IX) 70, 120; as hindrance to clarity, (XVII) 99; as
hindrance to learning, (XIV) 172; as hindrance to
life, (VIII) 118-19; as hindrance to looking, (XVII)
239; as hindrance to seeing, (XII) 61; as hindrance
to self-knowledge, (V) 335, 338; (X) 33-34; (XI)
186; (XIII) 193; as hindrance to understanding, (V)
155, 303-4; (X) 110-11, 139; (XII) 65, 242; (XIII)
200; (XV) 276-77; (XVII) 225; as identification,
(IV) 143; and jealousy, (VIII) 110; and labeling,
(V) 311-13; (IX) 23; looking without, (XVI) 6;
(XVII) 259; looking at the self without, (XIV) 241-
42; and observation, (XIV) 17-18; and the observer
and the observed, (V) 364; and problems, (VII)
243-44; as reaction, (XIII) 260; versus sensitivity,
(VII) 271-72; and the stupid mind, (VIII) 149-50;
and thought, (XIII) 48; understanding, (XIII) 30;
and understanding, (X) 13; versus understanding,
(V) 188-89; and the word, (XIII) 103-4. See also
Ambition; Awareness; Comparison; Conclusion;
Conflict; Interpretation; Naming
Conditioned knowledge: as hindrance to reality, (IV)
81
Conditioned mind, (VII) 73-75, 148-51; (X) 215; and
adjustment to society, (XVI) 94; versus the alert
mind, (X) 161-62; awareness of, (IV) 58; (XVII)
229; and belief, (VII) 257-59; beyond, (IX) 222;
and change, (VIII) 176-77; (IX) 54-57; and
collective thinking, (VII) 168-69; conscious and
unconscious, (X) 151-52; and contradiction, (VIII)
267-68; and destruction, (XIII) 324; and division,
(VII) 48; and fact, (XII) 316; freedom from, (X)
19-20; and the free mind, (XIII) 281; and God, (V)
4-5; as hindrance to capacity, (IX) 49; as hindrance
to freedom, (X) 108-9; and illusion, (VII) 270; and
inherited patterns, (IX) 98; and knowledge of God,
(IX) 113; and the new, (XVII) 96-97; as the past,
(XIII) 36; and problems, (VII) 175; and problem
solving, (IX) 13-14; and radical transformation,
(VII) 181-83; and recognition, (IX) 66; versus
religion, (X) 107-9; and the search for answers,
(XIII) 221; as shackled, (X) 165-66; and society,
(VIII) 301-2; understanding, (VII) 180; and
understanding the new, (V) 118; and understanding
the true, (XIII) 273-74; and visions, (XIII) 322.
See also Action; Conditioning; Conformity;
Divisions; Dull mind; Memory; Mind; New; Quiet
mind
Conditioned response: and belief, (V) 187; and
experience, (V) 233; and the idea, (V) 206. See
also Conformity; Divisions; Environment
Conditioned thinking, (XII) 282-83
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Conditioned thought: and experience, (IV) 136;
freedom from, (IV) 93, 161-62; and limitation,
(IV) 44
Conditioning, (III) 107, 189, 228-29; (VI) 75-76;
(VII) 266-67; and the ability to think, (VIII) 15;
and the absence of time, (XIV) 306; and
acceptance, (XVII) 39; and the acceptance of fear,
(XV) 159; and acceptance of the gradual, (XVI)
227; acceptance and rejection of, (IX) 5; achieving
freedom from, (X) 26; (XI) 51, 53, 72-73; and
action, (XVI) 173-74; (XVII) 16; and the active
brain, (XIII) 117-18; and ambition, (XIII) 261; and
the animalistic brain, (XVI) 197; versus
anonymity, (XII) 90; and approach to problems,
(XI) 15-16; and authority, (VII) 53, 301-2; (XIII)
11; (XIV) 86; (XVII) 97; and awareness, (IV) 60;
(IX) 36, 144-45, 162-64, 165; (XVII) 98, 107, 218;
awareness of, (XIII) 8, 188, 234; (XV) 100, 228;
(XVI) 174; and background, (XIII) 5-7; as bad or
good, (IX) 107-8; (X) 104; as barrier to thought,
(IX) 198; and the basic problem of existence, (X)
122, 124; and becoming, (VII) 198-99; and being
something, (IX) 71; and belief, (VII) 49; (VIII)
234; (IX) 228, 266; (X) 26, 102; (XVI) 137, 255;
and belief and disbelief, (XIII) 29; and belief in
God, (X) 66-67; (XII) 84; from birth, (XVI) 111;
and books, (VIII) 269; and the brain, (XVI) 185,
300; of the brain, (XII) 191-92; breaking through,
(XVII) 171-72, 173; and the center, (XII) 267-68;
and certainty, (VI) 244; cessation of, (VIII) 95;
(IX) 112; and challenge, (XI) 28; and challenge
and response, (XII) 75; (XIV ) 37; (XVII) 148; and
change, (VIII) 111-12, 162; (IX) 56-57; (X) 11-12;
(XI) 310, 312; (XIV) 190; (XVII) 9; and children,
(XIII) 272-73; of children, (VII) 78-79; (VIII)
287-88; (IX) 155-56; (X) 146-47; of children in
society, (VIII) 287-88; and choice, (VII) 166; and
collective, (IX) 125-28, 211; (X) 31-32, 54-55,
177-78; and the collective and the individual,
(XIII) 62; (XIV) 56; and collective thinking, (VII)
229-30; and communication, (VIII) 275-76; and
comparison, (XV) 168; (XVII) 182-83, 214; and
the concept of God, (XVI) 113; and condemnation,
(XIII) 30; and conflict, (XIII) 49-50; (XVI) 133;
and the conscious and unconscious, (XII) 124-25;
(XIII) 166-67; and consciousness, (IX) 141; (XIII)
111; (XVI) 143, 148, 189; and contradiction,
(XIII) 51; and the contradictory answer, (XVII)
135; and control, (IX) 106; (XIV) 110; and the
creation of problems, (IX) 253; and creed, (XI)
224-25; and crisis, (XIV) 156; and culture, (XVII)
12; defining, (VIII) 261; (IX) 100-101; (XII) 263-
64; denial of, (XIII) 91; and the desire for
permanence, (X) 7-8; and the desire to be free,
(XIII) 326; and destruction, (IV) 28; and
dictatorship, (XI) 57-58; and direct perception,
(XI) 203-4; and discipline, (V) 258-59; (XIII) 321;
(XIV) 4; and discovery, (XI) 190; and discussion,
(XII) 2; and disorder, (XVII) 227-28; and
division(s), (V) 152-53; (IX) 39, 194; (XVII) 279-
80; and the division between action and ideology,
(XVII) 140; doing away with, (XVI) 234; and
dreams, (IX) 123-24; (X) 150-52; in East and
West, (IX) 121, 259-60; and education, (VIII) 146-
47; and effect of experience, (IV) 31; and effort,
(XI) 230; (XVII) 70; end of, (VIII) 52; and energy,
(XVI) 165; enjoyment of, (IX) 164; and
enslavement, (XII) 6; enslavement to, (XI) 323;
and environment, (V) 161; (VI) 2; (X) 221-22; (XI)
255-56; and experience, (X) 22, 24; (XI) 11, 208,
222, 269, 305; (XII) 224; (XIII) 122-23, 159;
(XIV) 215, 261; (XV) 39, 243-44; (XVII) 175; and
experiencing the truth, (VII) 179-80; and facing the
fact, (XIII) 34, 36; (XIV ) 294; factors of, (X) 37-
38; and fear, (III) 245; and fear of the word, (XVI)
104, 107; and followers, (XVII) 165; and
fragmentation, (XVI) 238; and freedom, (XI) 377-
78; (XIII) 238; (XV) 205-6; (XVII) 5, 19, 166,
217-18, 263, 270; freedom from, (VII) 257-59;
(VIII) 217-19; (IX) 78-80, 87-88, 227, 258; 22, 24,
37-39, 71, 157-58; (XI) 50-51, 59-60, 187-88, 248;
(XV) 304; (XVI) 126-27; and freedom from the
past, (XII) 144; versus the free individual, (X) 39;
and the free mind, (VIII) 264-65, 291-93; (IX) 1-5,
80; (X) 18, 130; and the futility of escape, (XVII)
14; futility of solutions, (VII) 141-42; and God,
(XV) 41; and habits, (XI) 134; (XVI) 57; as
hindrance, (VI) 145; as hindrance to change, (XI)
312; (XVII) 100-104; as hindrance to discovery,
(X) 170-71, 173; as hindrance to examination,
(XVII) 233; as hindrance to freedom, (XVII) 278;
as hindrance to investigation, (XVI) 79-80; as
hindrance to living, (VIII) 341; as hindrance to
living in the present, (XIV) 254; as hindrance to
the new mind, (XIV) 15; as hindrance to
revolution, (XVI) 298; as hindrance to sensitivity,
(XIV) 5; as hindrance to understanding, (VII) 195;
(X) 86, 198-99; (XIII) 165; of human beings,
(XVII) 169; and identification, (V) 3; and illusion,
(XII) 205; and images, (XIV) 108; immediate
breakdown of, (XVII) 56; and the individual,
(VIII) 204; (IX) 244; (X) 90; (XI) 181; (XVI) 48-
49; and influence(s), (XII) 139, 236-37; (XIII)
226; influence of, (XIV) 190; and the influence of
symbols, (X) 115; and the influence on children,
(IX) 107-8; versus inquiry, (X) 242; and the
interpretation of thought, (XVII) 136; versus
investigation, (XIII) 100; and knowledge, (VIII)
179, 214-15; and the known, (XI) 386; and
learning, (IX) 172-73; as limitation, (VIII) 36,
142-43; and the limited mind, (VIII) 2-4; and
listening, (VIII) 216, 247, 298; (XIII) 214; and
living in the present, (XIV) 295; and loss of
enthusiasm, (III) 69-70; and the loss of freedom,
(XII) 281; and meaning, (VIII) 64; and the
mediocre mind, (VII) 219-21; and meditation,
(VIII) 239; (XII) 42; (XIII) 94, 152, 192, 263;
(XIV) 35; (XVI) 29; and memory, (IX) 190-92;
(XV) 224; and method, (X) 213-14; and the mind,
(VI) 108-10; (VII) 317; (IX) 5-6, 215-18; (X) 78,

142-43; (XI) 168-69, 233, 337-38, 340; (XII) 145;
(XVII) 33; mind free from, (XVI) 38; and the mind
of man, 98-101; on national levels, (X) 103-4; and
need for illusion, (VII) 270; versus the need to
inquire, (XVI) 229; versus the new, (XI) 35-36;
(XIV) 8; versus the new society, (VIII) 302; and
observation, (XVI) 162; and the observer, (XVI)
136-37; as obstruction, (VIII) 216-18; and old
response, (V) 183; and organized religion, (XII)
78; and the past, (X) 205; as the past, (XIII) 317;
and past experience, (XI) 281; and patterns, (VII)
279; (XVII) 178; and peace, (XVI) 126-27;
perceiving, (XII) 145-47; and the petty mind, (VII)
203, 216; and positive thinking, (XI) 90, 92; and
the possibility for change, (XVI) 127; and the
possibility for rebirth, (XVI) 242; and the problem
of existence, (X) 48-50; and problems, (VI) 332-
33; (IX) 199-200; (X) 121-24, 197; and problems
of existence, (VIII) 146-49; in problem solving,
(VIII) 50-51; and the process of thinking, (X) 50-
51; and propaganda, (XVII) 17, 109-10; and the
purpose of life, (V) 20-21; and reaction, (XIII)
142; and reality, (VII) 44-45; and recognition,
(VII) 209-10; (XI) 246; and reform, (V) 195, 197;
and reincarnation, (XVII) 149; and relationships,
(XVI) 203; and religion, (VIII) 229-30; (X) 202;
(XI) 357; (XIII) 86-87, 333; (XIV) 221; and
religion and the state, (XVI) 156; religious, (XIII)
208; versus the religious, (IX) 51; and religious
experience, (IX) 102; and religious freedom, (IX)
33-36; and religious leaders, (XI) 358, 360; and the
religious man, (XI) 49, 51; and response, (V) 358-
60; (X) 145-46; (XII) 72-73; (XIV ) 22-23, 136-37;
(XVI) 10, 89, 209; and the response to challenge,
(XIII) 287; and response to problems, (XVII) 160;
and revolution, (VII) 222-23; and right action, (X)
221; and right or wrong, (VII) 292; as the root of
fear, (XII) 144; and search, (IX) 180-82; (XVI)
111; and the search for truth, (VIII) 249; and
security, (IX) 182; and seeing the fact, (XIII) 178;
and seeing what is, (XIII) 200; and the self, (IX)
130; (X) 34; (XIII) 246; and self-discovery, (IX)
281-83; and the shaping of the mind, (X) 2-3; and
sleep, (IX) 60-61; and society, (IX) 83-85, 250,
282-83; (XIII) 225; (XV) 56; (XVI) 83-84, 112;
(XVII) 169, 268; by society, (XIV) 79, 126; and
survival within patterns, (XVII) 179; and systems,
(IX) 232; and the thinker, (XIII) 91; and thinking,
(IX) 11; (XI) 129; (XIII) 233; and thought, (VIII)
236; (X) 113-14, 250-51; (XI) 34, 41-43; (XIII)
172; (XIV) 107, 110; and time, (XI) 169; (XII)
100-102, 159-60, 206-7; (XIV) 209; (XV) 109; and
the total mind, (VIII) 265-66; and truth, (V) 352;
(VII) 115; and the unconscious, (VII) 196;
understanding, (VII) 255; (IX) 135-38; (X) 25;
(XIV) 185; and understanding, (XI) 187; and
violence, (XVI) 289, 291, 292; and visions, (XII)
167; (XVII) 241-42; and war propaganda, (IV)
191-92; and words, (XII) 4, 302; (XIII) 215;
(XIV) 7-8, 40; (XVI) 24. See also Awareness;
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Conformity; Experience; Freedom; Memory; Mind;
Truth
Conduct, (XVII) 200-204. See also Behavior; Images;
Patterns
Confidence, (IV) 71; (VII) 274-75; and achievement,
(V) 133; kinds of, (VI) 198-99; and the movement
of discovery, (IX) 131; in the self, (IV) 104; and
self-knowledge, (VII) 293; through self-
knowledge, (IV) 104; two types of, (V) 34-35. See
also Self-confidence
Conflict, (l) 45-46; (II) 60-61, 214; (IV) 196; (V) 160-
62, 348-51; (XI) 258-59; (XII) 129-33, 153-57,
175-79, 193-98, 238-43; (XIII) 16-18, 23-26, 75-
76, 230-34; 282-86; (XIV) 7-13, 78-82, 129-34;
(XV) 341-46; (XVI) 6-13, 80-82, 84-85, 91-92;
absence of, (IX) 101; (XVI) 162; and the absence
of clarity, (XVI) 7; and the absence of peace and
freedom, (XVI) 130-34; acceptance of, (XVI) 50,
51, 74; achieving the absence of, (XI) 363;
achieving freedom from, (V) 157-58; and acquiring
knowledge, (XIV) 87; and action, (XIV) 203-6,
239; (XVI) 56, 74, 269-71; and action and idea,
(XIV) 21, 69; (XVI) 38-39, 216, 218-19; between
action and idea, (IX) 216; between the actual and
the idea, (XI) 150-51; between actuality and belief,
(VII) 32-33; and ambition, (VII) 84; (XIII) 21; and
the ambitious mind, (XII) 309-10, 312; approach
to, (XIV) 49-50; between attachment and
detachment, (IX) 38; and attention, (XII) 264;
(XVI) 154; versus attention, (XVII) 260; and
attention and concentration, (XII) 215; between
attention and distraction, (V) 164; and attention and
inattention, (XV) 154; and avoidance, (l) 28; and
awakening, (II) 120-21; and awareness, (IV) 24-
25; (IX) 30; (XIII) 21, 22-23; awareness of, (l) 4;
(XV) 98-99; and awareness of relationship, (IX)
139; and awareness of self, (V) 158; and the battle
of opposites, (XIII) 158; of beauty and ugliness,
(VII) 207; and becoming, (VII) 198; and the belief
in security, (XIV) 132; as blind struggle, (IV) 11;
and the brain, (XIII) 294; as breeder of conflict,
(XVI) 121-22; causes of, (XIV ) 10; as cause of
sorrow, (VII) 90; and cessation of, (XI) 91; (XVI)
37, 122; cessation through compulsion, (V) 257,
259; and challenge and response, (IX) 109; (X) 25;
(XVII) 106, 111; and change, (VII) 23-25; (IX) 26,
28, 57; (X) 11; (XVI) 49, 51, 152-53; and changing
values, (IV) 32; and choice, (l) 29; (VII) 165;
(VIII) 309-11; (XVI) 9; through choice, (X) 90;
and class distinctions, (II) 50; and clearing the
mind, (XIII) 48; and commitment, (XI) 371-72;
and comparative thinking, (XIV) 196; and
comparison, (XII) 13; (XVII) 182-83, 214, 232-33;
and complexity, (VI) 337; complexity of inner,
(XVI) 6; and concentration, (VII) 26-27; (VIII)
157; (XII) 264; (XIII) 20, 337; in concepts of man,
(III) 37-38; and conditioning, (VI) 76; (XI) 11;
(XIII) 49-50; between conditioning and movement
of life, (VII) 257; and the confused mind, (XIV)
106; and confusion, (XVI) 276; and the conscious
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and the unconscious, (XV) 306; between conscious
and unconscious, (X) 120; and consciousness, (l)
187-188; (VII) 23-25; (VIII) 14; of conservative
and progressive, (VII) 321-22; and contradiction,
(VI) 7-10, 191-92; (XII) 135; (XIII) 90-91; (XV)
114, 342-43; (XVII) 231; as contradiction, (XI) 23-
27; of contradictory desires, (X) 110; and control,
(IX) 129; versus creation, (IV) 2; (V) 80; creation
of, (X) 116-17; and the creation of relationships,
(XVII) 169; and creation of religion, (l) 191;
versus the creative, (X) 17; and the creative being,
(IV) 18; and crisis, (II) 93-94; culture, and
vocations, (VII) 245-46; and daily existence, (XV)
342; as daily fact, (XVI) 255-56; and daily life,
(XIV) 30; and decision making, (XIV) 55-56;
definition of, (l ) 5; (XIII) 282-83; (XIV) 129; and
dependence, (III) 159-60; and desire, (III) 151-52;
(IV) 67; (VIII) 304-5; (IX) 82; (X) 27; (XII) 148,
152, 245; (XIV) 96-98, 183; (XV) 108; (XVI) 61;
between desire and reality, (III) 146; and the desire
for peace of mind, (XI) 170; and the desire for
permanency, (XIII) 179-81, 263; and the desire for
pleasure, (XVI) 282; and the desire for security,
(XIV) 131; and desire for sex, (V) 216-17; and the
desire to be free of, (XII) 123; and desire to escape,
(V) 349; (XI) 228; and desire to live without,
(XVI) 94-95; and destiny, (XIV) 64; as destructive,
(XIII) 179; (XIV ) 242; as destructive force, (VI) 7-
8; and the destructive mind, (XII) 19;
destructiveness of, (XII) 14; and the deteriorating
mind, (XIV) 175; and deterioration, (VII) 126;
(XI) 343-45; and discipline, (XIII) 80; (XVI) 150;
and disintegration, (XIV) 28; and disorder, (XVII)
224, 248, 249, 250; and dissipated energy, (XII)
289; and distortion of the mind, (XVII) 267; and
distraction, (XIII) 278-79; and division(s), (XII)
134; (XIII) 322-23; (XV) 56; (XVI) 23; (XVII)
279-80; through division, (III) 69; (XIV ) 160; and
the division of action and idea, (XVII) 40; and the
division of the observer and the observed, (XVII)
276; and the division between thinker and thought,
(XIII) 305; (XIV ) 242-44; and the division of
memories, (X) 73; and dreams, (VII) 171-72; and
dogma, (II) 184; (VI) 46; and division, (V) 322;
and duality, (III) 153-54; (VII) 47-48; (XI) 32-33;
(XIV) 293; (XVI) 68; (XVII) 208; and duality of
the thinker and the thought, (IX) 283; and the dull
mind, (XII) 176-77; (XIII) 46-47, 50; between
duty and fact, (XII) 127; and ecstasy of life, (l )
193; effect of, (XIII) 43; effects of understanding,
(XV) 87; and effort, (V) 116; (X) 114; (XI) 21-22,
354; (XII) 214; (XV) 61; and ego (l) 187-188;
elimination of, (XI) 355; (XIV) 294; (XV) 143;
and the employer and the employed, (XVII) 127-
28; and emptiness, (X) 30; ending, (IV) 159; (VII)
318; (IX) 115; (XII); (XVI) 4, 69, 77, 99, 272;
(XVII) 42-43; and energy, (XII) 63, 65, 110, 289;
(XIII) 5, 46-47, 181-82, 230, 337; (XIV) 6, 208;
(XVI) 164-65, 244; (XVII) 120; and environment,
(II) 35-36, 50, 54-57, 85-86, 224; environment and
the individual, (II) 16; and envy, (IX) 99; (X) 29-
30; eradication of, (XII) 129-33; and escape, (XIV)
250-57; escape from, (II) 4-5, 14, 43, 64, 119; (VI)
88; (VII) 243; (IX) 136; (XV) 150; (XVI) 34; and
escape from fear, (XVI) 211; examination of, (II)
86-87; and exclusion, (V) 266; and experience, (II)
44; between the experiencer and the experience,
(XI) 142-43; experimenting with, (II) 43; facing,
(XVI) 166; and fact, (XII) 323-24; between fact
and desire, (XII) 104, 106; between fact and idea,
(XIII) 32-33, 35; (XIV) 290; and fear, (II) 103-4;
(VII) 191, 193; (XIII) 135; (XV) 117, 118; (XVI)
266; (XVII) 211; and fear of change, (III) 103-4;
between formulas and what is, (XIV) 142; and the
fragmentary outlook, (X) 148-49; and
fragmentation, (XVI) 287-88; (XVII) 29; and
freedom, (IX) 144; (XVI) 46-47; versus freedom,
(X) 29, 58; freedom from, (l) 32; (III) 75-76, 98;
(XI) 300; (XIV) 55; (XVI) 91-92, 201; (XVII)
171, 270, 273-74; versus the free mind, (XIII) 88;
and fulfillment, (VII) 329-30; and function and
status, (XVII) 122; of greed and need, (III) 155;
and habit(s), (X) 134-35; (XIII) 239; (XIV) 144-
45; between the heart and the mind, (VIII) 159-60;
as hindrance to energy, (XIV) 78, 295; as
hindrance to exploration, (XIII) 335; as hindrance
to light, (XVI) 8; as hindrance to living fully,
(XIII) 78; as hindrance to the new mind, (XIV) 49;
as hindrance to observation, (XIII) 14; (XIV) 42-
43; as hindrance to order, (XV) 296-97; as
hindrance to the religious spirit, (XIV) 43; as
hindrance to the sensitive brain, (XVI) 19; as
hindrance to understanding, (V) 360; as hindrance
to understanding life, (XIV) 278; and the human
being, (XVI) 93; and human history, (XVI) 80; and
the ‘I’, (II) 30, 35-36; of ‘I’ and environment, (II)
54; and ideals, (II) 18, 40-41; (V) 290; (VIII) 221;
(IX) 277, 286; (XI) 23-25; and ideas, (V) 325; and
idea and action, (XVI) 268-71; between idea and
action, (XV) 142; and identification, (V) 4; and
ideology, (X) 74; and illusion, (II) 197; (VI) 343-
45; and image, (XV) 193-95; between images,
(XVII) 205; implications of, (XVI) 52; and the
inadequate response, (IX) 2; and the individual,
(II) 50; (III) 175-76; (IV) 153; between individual
and group, (II) 130; between individual and the
mass, (III) 91; between individual and society,
(VII) 285; in the individual and the world, (XIV)
124; and individuality, (II) 196; and innocence,
(XIV) 202; inside and outside, (XIV) 72-73; and
integration, (VI) 359; investigating, (XVI) 81-82;
inward and outward, (V) 339; (XI) 243; (XIII)
168, 221; (XIV) 47-48; and inward and outward
movement, (XIII) 268; and inward beauty, (V)
112; and knowledge and learning, (XIII) 81; and
the known, (XIII) 290; between known and
unknown, (VI) 226-27; and leaders, (V) 368-69;
(X) 173-75; and learning, (XIV) 239; and
liberation, (l) 135-36; liberation from, (III) 82; and
life, (VIII) 341-42; in life, (XII) 43; between life

and the conditioned mind, (VIII) 147; and the
limitations within consciousness, (XVII) 3; and
limited action, (XIII) 327; versus listening, (IX)
105-6; and livelihood, (IX) 204; living a life of,
(XVI) 160; living and dying, (VII) 187; living in,
(XIII) 257-58; living without (XIII) 18, 127-28;
(XV) 153, 214; (XVI) 161; (XVII) 30, 252; and
loneliness, (XIII) 127; and love, (XIV) 257; versus
love, (XVII) 205; and loveless existence, (V) 101;
and the mature mind, (XV) 288; and the ‘me’,
(VII) 305-6; between ‘me’ and the ideal, (VII) 4;
meaning of, (XIV) 50, 81; between mechanical and
spontaneous, (III) 125-26; and meditation, (II) 40;
(VII) 57; (XI) 197; (XIII) 262; (XIV) 35; and
memory, (l) 24-26; and the mind, (III) 132; (VII)
325; (XII) 15, 110; (XIII) 282; in the mind, (XI)
168-69; between the mind and body, (XIII) 139;
through misunderstanding, (II) 1; and the ‘more’,
(IX) 66; and motive, (XIV) 238; as a natural state,
(VI) 72-73; nature of, (XVI) 85; need for, (II) 1;
need for ending, (XVI) 213-14; and the need for
order, (XVII) 245, 248; need for understanding,
(XVI) 52; need to avoid, (V) 73; and observation,
(XIII) 298; and the observer, (XIII) 283; (XVI)
69; and the observer and the observed, (XIII) 194,
297; (XV) 126; (XVII) 41, 209-10; between the
observer and the observed, (XII) 177-78; and
occupation, (VII) 42-43; and the occupied mind,
(IX) 81, 205-6; of opposites, (l) 135; (II) 17, 54-55,
56-57; origin of, (II) 147-48; (XIII) 76, 78, 263-
64; and passion, (XIV) 95; and the past, (XIII) 72;
between past and present, (XII) 208; past, present,
and future, (V) 213; and patterns, (X) 99; and
peace, (VIII) 129-30; and perception, (V) 211; and
perfection, (l) 112-13; (II) 35; and the petty mind,
(IX) 105; physical effects of, (XIV ) 74; and pills,
(XI) 81; and pleasure, (XV) 164; (XVI) 91-92,
214, 217; (XVII) 122-23, 184, 185; and pleasure
and desire, (XVI) 93-94; as the positive approach,
(XI) 292; and positive inquiry, (XVI) 75-76; and
the positive mind, (XV) 259; and possessiveness,
(II) 8; and power, (VII) 13; and prayer, (VI) 14;
and problems, (V) 333, 336; (XI) 15-16; (XV) 152-
53; as productive thought, (V) 168-69; and
psychological security, (V) 344; through
questioning, (II) 3; versus the quiet mind, (IX) 91;
reasons for, (VIII) 76; (XI) 22-24; and
relationship(s), (III) 114-15, 155-56; (XVI) 34-35;
of relationship, (IV) 38; (V) 294-95; (VI) 4-5, 18-
20, 78-81, 239-40; and religious distinctions, (II)
50; versus the religious man, (XIV) 29; and the
religious mind, (XII) 175; and resistance, (X) 255-
56; (XIII) 107, 109; resolving, (V) 367; resolving
the problem of, (XVI) 8; and response, (X) 51; and
right livelihood, (V) 53; roots of, (XVI) 153-54,
156; and search, (VIII) 327-28; and the search for
happiness, (X) 41; and search for peace, (VII) 20-
21; (XI) 130; and the search for pleasure, (XVI)
112; and search for security, (IV) 44; and the
search for self-expression, (XIV) 247-48; and
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search for solutions, (II) 57-59; and security, (XI)
66; and seeking a system, (XVII) 197; and self,
(VI) 281; of self-created duality, (III) 121; and
self-discipline, (XVII) 170; versus self-knowledge,
(XIII) 329; and separation, (XVII) 278; and the
separation of thought and action, (XVII) 252;
versus silence, (XV) 37; and social conformity,
(XV) 15-16; and social structure, (XIII) 165-66;
and society, (VII) 80; (X) 43-44; (XVII) 153; and
sorrow, (X) 56-58; (XII) 209; (XV) 222, 225-26;
source of, (VI) 337-39; (XIV) 244; and space,
(XVI) 248-249, 250; and the static center, (III)
104; and status, (VIII) 37; and the still mind, (VI)
101; and struggle, (VII) 29; and submission of the
individual, (V) 278; and success, (XIII) 237; and
suffering, (l) 36-37; (II) 44, 176; through
suppression, (VIII) 90-93; and the thinker and the
thought, (X) 85, 115; (XIII) 143-44; (XIV) 36, 92-
93; (XVII) 249-50; between thinker and thought,
(VI) 151; with the thinker as center, (XV) 67; and
thinking, (XV) 23; and thought, (XV) 224; (XVI)
75-76, 133, 167, 182, 230; and time, (V) 51-52;
(XI) 110; (XII) 159; (XIII) 25, 103; (XV) 125;
(XVI) 184; and tolerance, (III) 92-93, 94; as
torture, (XIV) 142; and tradition, (VII) 70; with
tradition, (II) 224; and truth, (VIII) 307; (XIV ) 57;
and unawareness, (l) 32; and unconscious, (II) 64;
as uncreative, (V) 364; (VII) 281; understanding,
(III) 199; (XII) 129-33; (XIV) 81, 124-25; (XVI)
4; and understanding, (l) 139-40; (II) 33; (IV) 11-
12, 28-29; (VI) 221-22; understanding daily, (XVI)
4; understanding the process of, (V) 349; (XII)
296-97; understanding the structure of, (XIV) 71;
(XVII) 273-74; and values, (IV) 19; and violence,
(XVII) 233; and wanting, (VIII) 137; and war,
(XVI) 3-4; and the waste of energy, (XIV) 289-90,
293, 295; (XV) 91, 108; (XVI) 67, 68-70, 153;
(XVII) 121, 122; and what is, (XVII) 170; and
what is and ‘what should be’, (XVII) 88, 90, 102,
208-9; between what is and ‘what should be’, (IX)
154, 167; (XV) 65, 161-62; (XVI) 183; and ‘what
should be’, (VII) 227; and will, (X) 26-27; (XI)
267; (XII) 158; (XVI) 95-97, 99; within and
without, (III) 181-82; and working together, (XI)
308-9; and the world, (VI) 19. See also Confusion;
Contradiction; Disorder; Effort; Envy; ‘I’; Sorrow;
Struggle; Want
Conflict and degeneration: relationship between,
(XIII) 282. See also Conflict
Conflict of duality: and choice of right and wrong,
(VII) 294-96; and comparison, (X) 221; and
resistance, (X) 257; and the thinker and the
thought, (X) 41
Conflict of opposites, (III) 81-82, 165, 169, 209-10;
(IV) 2-3, 11-12, 123, 185-86; (VII) 49-50; and
becoming, (IV) 131-32; and craving, (III) 220;
creating, (VIII) 318; and desire, (VII) 40; and
desire for happiness, (IV) 28; versus facing the
fact, (XIII) 36; and facing fear, (XIII) 33; and
habit, (IV) 10-11; and illusion of results, (IV) 67;
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and impermanent solutions, (IV) 5-6; and learning,
(XII) 199; and the mind, (VIII) 253. See also
Conflict; Divisions; Duality; Opposites; Sorrow
Conformity, (l ) 32, 53, 62; (VI) 65-66; (XV) 214-20;
and action, (l) 27, 82; (XVI) 74, 268; (XVII) 18-
21; and the authority of tradition, (XIII) 175; as
barrier to the free mind, (IX) 202; and the center,
(XII) 177; and change, (VIII) 162; (X) 135, 137-
38; (XV) 198; versus change, (IX) 25-27; and
character, (X) 195-96; and the child, (XIII) 273;
and children, (IX) 155; and collapse of cultures,
(XI) 69; and compulsion, (V) 34; and conflict,
(XIV) 203-4; and conscious change, (VII) 295; and
continuity, (XI) 136; and contradiction, (IX) 206;
(XII) 32; defining, (XV) 215; and desire, (XV) 15-
16, 18-19; and desire for security, (VII) 300-302;
and discipline, (III) 131-32; (V) 258-59; (VI) 225,
259; (VII) 19, 146-47; (X) 96-97, 146-47, 247;
(XIII) 268, 335; (XIV) 144-46, 239-40; (XV) 206-
7, 238; and disintegration, (VIII) 166; and
disorder, (XV) 325-29; and doctrine, (IV) 39-40;
and the dull mind, (V) 246-47; and education,
(VII) 320; (VIII) 11-12, 278-83; (IX) 11-12; and
education of children, (II) 230; (X) 65; and effort,
(l) 85-86; and environment, (XV) 3; and
experience, (X) 51; and external authority, (II) 15;
and fear, (II) 4; (XV) 92; (XVI) 17; through fear,
(III) 98; and freedom, (l) 167; (IX) 85, 143; versus
freedom, (XII) 235; versus the free mind, (VIII)
330; (XII) 142-43; and habit, (III) 100; as
hindrance, (II) 15; as hindrance to happiness, (VII)
69-70; as hindrance to learning, (XV) 13-14, 69; as
hindrance to order, (XV) 297-98; as hindrance to
radical revolution, (XVI) 51; and the ‘how’, (VII)
17; and human society, (XV) 53; to an idea, (V)
43-44; and ideals, (XIV ) 91; and the ideal of the
permanent, (XIII) 306; and ideology, (XVII) 190;
and the individual, (XIII) 160, 226; and influence,
(XII) 28; and institutions, (III) 134; and
integration, (IV) 39; and juvenile delinquency, (X)
4-5; and laziness, (XIII) 139; lifelong, (XVI) 18;
as lifelong pattern, (XI) 228-30, 232; and love of
children, (IX) 271-72; and maintenance of self,
(IV) 67; and meditation, (VI) 174; (XV) 183; and
method, (X) 213-14; as moral and respectable,
(XV) 71; and national and religious symbols,
(XIII) 7-8; necessary, (XII) 32; necessary and
unnecessary, (XV) 216-17; and the need for
security, (IX) 186-87; and outward change, (XVI)
152; and peace, (VII) 20-21; and pleasure, (XVI)
82; and power, (V) 45; and propaganda, (V) 366;
and purpose, (XII) 23; reasons for, (IX) 8; and
relationship, (IV) 38; and religion, (II) 4; (IX) 10;
versus the religious life, (XIV ) 267-68; and
repetition, (VI) 58; as respectable, (VII) 186; and
right and wrong, (VII) 292; as rooted in fear, (VII)
290; and sacred books, (VI) 40; versus saying no,
(XIII) 2; and search, (VIII) 327-28; and the search
for the eternal, (IX) 15; and security, (XIII) 121;
and seeking, (XVII) 152; and self, (VI) 307; and
social morality, (XV) 172; and society, (IX) 203,
230; (XIV) 90, 145; (XV) 14-15; (XVI) 172;
(XVII) 138; and struggle, (VII) 28-29; and
systems, (VIII) 7; and theory, (XI) 133; and
transformation, (VII) 182-83; and truth, (l) 12;
types of, (XII) 28-29; (XIII) 227; and values, (II)
90-91; and violence, (XVII) 103; and want, (l) 90-
91; and the wasting of energy, (XIV) 294; and the
young, (VII) 132. See also Action; Authority;
Becoming; Commitment; Compulsion;
Conditioning; Discipline; Dull mind; Effort; Fear;
Habit; Imitation; Method; Patterns; Religion;
Resistance; Respectability; Security; Society;
Tradition
Conformity, desire, time, and thought: as interrelated,
(XV) 18-19. See also Conformity
Confused mind: versus clarity, (XVII) 21; effects of,
(XVI) 165; and fear, (XVII) 24. See also
Confusion; Dull mind; Mind
Confusion, (IX) 29-30; (X) 203-6; (XI) 178-82; (XII)
68-74; (XVI) 274-81; and the absence of clarity,
(X) 152; and action, (VII) 197, 200; (XVI) 247;
(XVII) 20; and approach to life, (IX) 246-47;
attempts to find a way out of, (XVII) 100-101; and
authority, (VIII) 121; (IX) 146, 193-94, 239, 256-
57; (XVI) 115; awareness of, (VIII) 200-202; and
belief, (V) 36-37; (XVI) 255, 256, 257; and choice,
(VI) 242; (VIII) 183; (XVI) 296; (XVII) 15-17,
45, 83, 240, 270; and conclusions, (X) 206; and the
conditioned mind, (VII) 257; and conflict, (XIII)
233; (XIV) 11-12; and conformity, (VI) 93-94;
creation of, (XVII) 165; and the creation of
leaders, (X) 77; and creation of leadership, (IV)
102-3; (V) 368-69; defining, (IX) 89; and desire for
authority, (IV) 86; (XIV) 163; and desire to act,
(V) 94-96; and deterioration, (XI) 358-60; and
ending action, (XVII) 21; and escape from fact,
(VIII) 333-35; and escape to leaders, (XI) 295;
expulsion of, (XIV) 143; and fear, (XI) 51-52;
(XVI) 61; and followers, (V) 47-48; and following,
(IX) 150-52; and following authority, (XVII) 247;
and fragmentation, (XVI) 295; and the
fragmentation of life, (X) 128; freedom from, (IV)
160; (X) 66; (XVII) 2; freedom from authority, (X)
35-36; as hindrance, (VIII) 212-13; as hindrance to
clarity, (XVI) 131; and ideas, (VIII) 211-12; and
illness, (IX) 88-89; and intellectual acceptance, (X)
126; inward, (XV) 172; (XVII) 195; life as, (XVI)
182; and the meaning of existence, (X) 65-66; and
the mind, (XI) 201-2, 205; as motive, (XII) 68-69;
and need for authority, (VIII) 208; (XVI) 2; and
need for leaders, (V) 101-3, 152, 183; (VI) 103;
and need for savior, (VII) 7; versus the new, (XIV)
58; and the petty mind, (X) 100-101; versus
precision, (XI) 178-79; prevalence of, (XVI) 250;
and problems, (VIII) 231; (XIV) 174; process of,
(IX) 29-30; as product of the mind, (IV) 183; and
psychological need for guru, (V) 192-93; and the
purpose of life, (V) 22-23, 24, 29; (VII) 124; and
questioning, (XVII) 6; and relationships, (V) 152;

(XVII) 20; and role of leaders, (VII) 179-80; and
search for authority, (VI) 65-66; (XII) 189; and the
search for clarity, (XIII) 199; and the search for
guidance, (X) 204-6; and search for guru, (VI) 4-5;
and seeking, (XVI) 115; and self-understanding,
(X) 35; state of, (XVI) 258-59, 260; and systems,
(VII) 226-27; understanding, (V) 22-24, 358-59;
and want, (III) 17; and what is, (X) 4; and world
conflict, (V) 244; and world problems, (XVII) 131;
and worship of the past, (XVI) 12. See also
Authority; Conflict; Contradiction; Fear; Mind;
Sorrow; Uncertainty
Conscience: voice of, (XIII) 209; and the unconscious,
131
Conscientious objector: and war, (XVI) 288. See also
Killing; Violence
Conscious, (VII) 195-97, 281-84; and action of will,
(XI) 163; and adjustment, (X) 232; and ambition,
(VII) 235; and awareness, (XI) 18; awareness of,
(XIV) 62-63, 65; and awareness of the
unconscious, (XVII) 62-63; and change, (IX) 55-
57; and conflict, (XIII) 16; (XIV) 10, 11; and
contradiction, (XI) 33-34; control of, (XVII) 3; and
daily life, (X) 141; (XI) 339-40; (XIII) 317; (XV)
153, 306; defining, (IX) 56; (XIII) 7; (XIV) 140;
(XVI) 10; and divisions of consciousness, (XVII)
145-46; and dreams, (IX) 60-61, 124; (XIII) 292-
93; as dreamless, (X) 151-52; as the educated
mind, (X) 211; and education, (XI) 10-12; and the
environment, (X) 54; and fear, (XIV) 249, 251;
(XV) 318; (XVI) 103-4; and freedom from, (XIII)
129; and the free mind, (X) 3; function of, (X) 237;
(XII) 41, 111-13, 219-20; (XV) 11; as the
individual, (III) 4; and the influence of society,
(XIII) 225-26; meaning of, (XV) 258; and
meditation, (VIII) 240; and the past, (VIII) 215;
(XIII) 185; (XVI) 143; and the process of thinking,
(IX) 141-42; and self-understanding, (IX) 87; and
sorrow, (XV) 221; as the technological present,
(XIII) 68; and the unconscious, (III) 4-5, 13; (VI)
364-66; understanding, (VIII) 210; and words,
(VIII) 175; (XI) 85-86. See also Awareness; Brain;
Conditioning; Conscious and unconscious;
Consciousness; Knowledge; Mind; Occupied mind;
Thought; Unconscious; Unconsciousness; Want
Conscious action: and change, (VIII) 161; and the
unconscious revolution, (VIII) 5
Conscious and the unconscious, (X) 33, 34; (XVII) 3;
absence of, (XII) 113; and accumulation, (XVI)
27-28; and authority, (VII) 66; awareness of,
(XIII) 201; and change, (XI) 312; as conditioned,
(IX) 222; and conditioning, (X) 39; conditions for
observing, (XVII) 84; conflict between, (XIII)
290; and divisions, (XII) 195; division between,
(XI) 167-68; (XV) 271; false division in, (XVII)
165; and fear, (XIV) 94; and fragmentation, (XV)
101-2; and hindrance of the past, (X) 108-9; and
influence, (XII) 321; and knowledge, (XI) 382; and
meditation, (XIII) 152; need to understand, (XIII)
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317; and occupation, (IX) 58-59; as one, (XIII) 7,
37; (XVI) 54; as one movement, (XIV ) 20; patterns
of change, (IX) 25-28; and positive motive, (XII)
126; and the process of thought, (XII) 304; and
psychological time, (XIII) 185; significance of,
(XV) 120; and time, (X) 113; as trivial, (XIV) 190,
201. See also Conscious; Conscious mind; Mind;
Unconscious
Conscious effort: and action of will, (VII) 182; and
change, (VII) 295-97
Conscious mind, (VIII) 147-49; and authority, (XIV)
19-20; capability of, (X) 63-64; and change, (V)
275-76; and conditioning, (V) 81; and conflict, (V)
162; and daily activity, (VII) 261; and daily life,
(VIII) 265; (XI) 253; and daily pursuits, (VII) 171;
defining, (IV) 105; (VIII) 13-14; (XI) 231-33;
(XIV) 19-20; and discipline, (VII) 294-96; and
dreams, (IV) 136-38; (VIII) 330-31; and effort,
(VII) 181-82; and the examination of the
unconscious, (XVII) 84; and experience, (VII)
330; function of, (XI) 327-28; and illusion, (VII)
194; as the individual mind, (XV) 188; as the
positive mind, (XI) 204; and prayer, (VIII) 240;
and revolution, (VII) 252-53; as the superficial
mind, (XIV) 38; and the totality of life, (XV) 188-
89; and unconscious mind, (VI) 107-10; (IX) 22; as
unfree, (VII) 256-57. See also Conscious;
Consciousness; Mind; Unconscious
Consciousness, (III) 192; (V) 120-21; (VII) 275-77;
(XI) 383-88; (XVI) 53-59; achieving, without a
leader, (IX) 128; and action, (III) 39; awake and
dormant, (V) 236-67; and awareness, (IX) 139-40;
awareness of layers, (V) 120, 343; and the
beginning of fragmentation, (XVI) 240; and the
center, (XI) 142; and change, (VIII) 24; (X) 45-46,
136; (XI) 125, 310-11; (XII) 254; changing,
(XVII) 100; and choiceless awareness, (XV) 85;
clarification of, (IV) 114-15; and conditioning,
(VIII) 3-4; (IX) 198; (XIII) 36-37; (XVI) 107,
143, 148, 154; and conflict, (II) 64; (XII) 240-41;
(XIII) 282, 283, 285; and the conflict of
contradiction, (XII) 194; and conflict of duality,
(III) 175; as the conscious mind and unconscious
mind, (XI) 327, 339-40; (XIII) 7; and continuity,
(III) 26-27; contradictory nature of, (IX) 207;
crisis in, (XVII) 19, 180; crisis of , (XI) 295; and
daily activity, (X) 120; deep and superficial, (IX)
96-97; defining, (II) 233; (V) 92; (VII) 23, 276;
(X) 18, 136-37; (XIII) 111; (XVI) 54; defining
layers of, (IV) 164-66, 201; describing, (XII) 240;
and disorder, (IV) 126; (XVII) 178; division in,
(XIV) 62; and dreams, (V) 140-41; and the dull
mind, (VIII) 51-52; and dying to yesterdays, (XI)
392; and effort and fear, (XII) 41, 304; and
environment, (II) 66, 244; and experience, (X) 21;
(XIV) 158; and experiencing, (V) 235; exploration
of, (XIII) 334-35; and fear, (XIV) 250; and
freedom, (IX) 143; function of, (XII) 256; (XVI)
10; and fundamental revolution, (IX) 4; going
beyond, (IX) 98; (XVII) 169-70; and growing
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awareness, (IV) 35-36; and hindrances, (II) 194-
95; as hindrance to attention, (XVII) 116; and the
‘I’, (II) 35; and imitation, (XVI) 13, 16-17, 19;
individual and collective, (II) 148; as the individual
and the collective, (XIII) 319; of individuality,
(III) 26-27, 61-64; and inertia, (XVI) 28-29;
inquiry into, (XVI) 219; and intelligence, (IV) 65;
and knowledge, (XI) 382; and lack of freedom, (V)
300; and layers of masks, (III) 44; and learning,
(XVI) 293; levels of, (V) 86; limitations of, (XI)
378; as limited, (XVII) 41; and the ‘me’ and the
whole as one, (XIV) 77; meaning of, (XII) 288;
(XVII) 145-46, 149; and meditation, (XII) 265; as
memory, (XVII) 111; and the mind, (XI) 339-40;
and motion of action, (VII) 248; and motive, (VI)
350-51; and nationalism, (III) 210; need to
understand crisis in, (XVII) 222; and negation,
(XII) 256; versus the new, (XVII) 111; and the
nonexistence of the unconscious, (XVII) 24; as not
individual, (XIV) 273; and the observer and the
observed, (XVI) 202-3; and the past, (XVI) 205;
(XVII) 33; perception of, (XIII) 195; process of,
(V) 189-90, 191; (IX) 97-99; (X) 263-64; and
process of life, (III) 35-36; radical revolution in,
(XVI) 154; and reaction, (XIII) 289; as response to
prayer, (IV) 181; and revolution, (VIII) 155-56;
(XVI) 126; revolution in, (XVII) 167; and the
search for answers, (XII) 8; and the self, (IV) 60;
and self-centered activity, (VI) 320-23; and self-
knowledge, (X) 34; and the sequence of events, (V)
298; and sleep, (III) 219; (V) 92-93; as the sole
state, (VII) 307; and sorrow, (II) 231-32; space in,
(XVII) 88; and spontaneity, (XVII) 205-6; and still
mind, (IV) 303-4; and suffering, (II) 32-33; and the
thinker and the thought, (XIII) 304; and thinking,
(XVI) 37; and thought, (X) 13; (XIII) 44; as
thought, (XII) 220-21; three processes of, (IV)
186-87, 195; and time, (XII) 240, 251, 287; (XIII)
291; (XIV) 62; (XVII) 169; as the totality of
experience, (X) 50-51; as a total process, (VIII)
263; and transformation, (XVI) 174; and
unconsciousness, (II) 115; understanding, (V) 295;
(VI) 269; (XI) 229-31, 258-59, 263-64; (XIV) 249-
50; understanding the structure of, (XV) 258; and
want, (III) 16-18; as the whole, (XVII) 59; and
yesterday, today, and tomorrow, (XVI) 188-89. See
also Awareness; Conscious; Energy; Environment;
Freedom; Individuality; ‘I’ process; Knowledge;
‘Me’; Mind; Self; Self-centered activity; Suffering;
Thought; Unconscious
Conservative: and the avoidance of change, (VIII)
129; and desire for change, (VII) 321-22; and fear,
(VIII) 62
Consideration: and discipline, (VIII) 91
Consistency, (l) 96-97; and memory, (l) 25-26, 35-36;
and self-discipline, (l) 35-36
Constant: versus permanency, (XI) 126-27
Contact: and the absence of images, (XVII) 7; and
attention, (XV) 160-61; and cessation of fear,
(XVI) 106, 108; with death, (XV) 29-30, 33, 78-
79; (XVI) 176; defining, (XVII) 25; and desire,
(XV) 16, 313; (XVI) 36, 61; (XVII) 184; with the
fact, (XV) 339; and fear, (XV) 77, 161-62, 316-18;
(XVI) 155, 175, 176; with fear, (XVII) 25; with
hate, (XV) 301; and the hindrance of fear, (XVI)
178-79; and image, (XVII) 208; with insecurity,
(XV) 31; versus isolation, (XVI) 221-22; with
jealousy, (XV) 90-91; with life, (XV) 33; with
loneliness, (XVI) 182, 183; as necessary to
understanding, (XIV ) 256; and the observed, (XVI)
111; and permanency, (XIV ) 279-80; and pleasure,
(XVII) 66; and problems, (XV) 151-52, 155; and
relationship(s), (XVI) 33-34, 43, 106; (XVII) 141,
205; with the self, (XIV) 284-85; with sorrow,
(XV) 78; and space, (XVI) 249; with time, sorrow,
and death, (XV) 75, 77-78; and total relationship,
(XVI) 249; understanding, (XV) 75, 77-78, 318-19;
with violence, (XV) 337-38; and words, (XV) 30.
See also Escape; Facts
Contemplation, (l ) 124-25; and action, (XII) 20;
defining, (XII) 20-21; and freedom from symbols,
(XI) 357; and meditation, (XIII) 95, 195, 212, 263
Contemporary mind: defining, (XIV) 245. See also
Mind; New; New mind
Contentment, (VI) 186-87; (VII) 210-13; (VIII) 53-
54; achieving, (IV) 117; defining, (VI) 90; (VII)
113-14; desire for, (VII) 259-60; and effective
action, (V) 364; and gratification, (IV) 33; and
quietness, (VII) 156; and stagnation, (XII) 14; and
truth, (VI) 134-35; and understanding, (III) 231;
(VI) 27-28, 76. See also Becoming; Conflict;
Gratification
Content mind: defining, (VIII) 53-54
Continuance: and identification, (X) 76
Continuation: and the known, (XIII) 291. See also
Continuity
Continuity, (l) 23; (III) 191-92; (VI) 238-39; (XIII)
317-20; and attention, (XIII) 313-14; cessation of,
(VIII) 168-70; and the conscious and the
unconscious, (XIV) 190; craving for, (IV) 51; and
the creation of formulas, (XIV ) 147; versus the
creative, (XII) 261; and daily life, (VIII) 205; and
death, (V) 67-69; (IX) 157-58, 236, 287-88; (XI)
30-31; (XII) 39; and death fear, (VI) 209-11; and
decay, (V) 264-65; and desire, (XIV ) 180, 183,
224; (XV) 16, 18, 22, 59-60, 107, 223-24, 313,
315; (XVI) 36, 87-88, 91; desire for, (IV) 169-71;
(V) 125-27; (VII) 282-83; (IX) 178; (X) 154-55,
208-9; (XIII) 317-19; (XV) 230; and desire for the
known, (X) 43; as destructive, (VII) 187-88; versus
dying, (V) 319-20; ending, (XVI) 245; ending of,
(XIV) 153; and evaluation, (VIII) 335; as
experience, (VIII) 241; and fear, (XII) 161, 259;
(XIII) 171-72; and fear of death, (IV) 198; (VII)
55-56; (VIII) 277-78; (X) 60-61; (XI) 135-38, 241-
43, 287, 366-68; (XVI) 63; and fear of uncertainty,
(V) 355; and fear of unknown, (VII) 330-31;
function of, (XVI) 245-46; and God, (VII) 45; and
gratification, (IX) 146; and habit, (XIII) 240; as
habit, (XII) 146-47; as hindrance to the fresh mind,

(XV) 292; as hindrance to innocency, (XIII) 211;
as hindrance to learning, (XIII) 131-32; as
hindrance to the new, (XVI) 70; (XVII) 172; as
hindrance to renewal, (XVI) 243; of the human
species, (VIII) 99; and immortality, (V) 279-80;
and the known, (XIII) 258-59; and life after death,
(IX) 16-17; and living, (IX) 116; of the ‘me’ or
spiritual entity, (IV) 189-90; meaning of, (XIII)
146-48; and meditation, (XV) 86-87; and memory,
(IX) 250; and misery, (XIV) 213; versus moment
to moment, (VIII) 20; and the ‘more’, (IX) 252-53;
and movement of life, (III) 26-27; versus the new,
(IX) 142; and opposites, (VIII) 196-97; origin of,
(XV) 231-32; and the permanent entity, (XVII) 27-
28; and pleasure, (XV) 125, 136, 164, 237, 238-39,
311-13, 315; (XVI) 61-62, 117, 146, 284, 286-87;
(XVII) 66-67, 69, 213; possibility of, (IX) 53; and
problems, (VIII) 207; and reincarnation, (IV) 120-
21; (VI) 121-22; (X) 9-10; and religious
transformation, (VIII) 189-90; and renewal, (VI)
68-69; search for, (IV) 114; and the search for
experience, (XVII) 35; and search for truth, (V)
25-26, 28-29; and security, (VIII) 182; and the self,
(VII) 35; and sorrow, (VIII) 208-9; (XIV ) 26, 307;
and the soul, (XVII) 171; versus the still mind,
(VIII) 56; and suffering, (X) 103; and thinking,
(XIV) 243; and thought, (IV) 36; (XIV) 24, 25, 26,
102, 105, 184; (XV) 18, 174; (XVII) 149; and
time, (VII) 330; (VIII) 24, 151, 245-46; (XI) 76,
191-93; (XIII) 158; (XIV) 209, 223; (XV) 75-76;
as time and space, (XII) 160; and total attention,
(XIII) 183; versus the truth, (VIII) 25-26; (XIII)
325; and understanding, (IV) 111; and ‘You’, (VI)
62-64. See also Change; Consciousness; Death;
Desire; Dying; Fear; Freedom; Gratification;
Immortality; ‘Me’; Meditation; Memory;
Permanence; Reincarnation; Religion; Security;
Time
Continuity of thought: and death, (XII) 221-22
Contradiction, (IV) 68; (XV) 178-83, 249-50, 310-15;
abolishing, (XIII) 33, 36; acceptance of, (XIV) 90;
being accustomed to, (XV) 342-43; and action, (X)
232-34; (XIV) 205, 283; (XV) 198; and action and
ideas, (XIV) 13, 232-33; as action in living, (XII)
24; and amb ition, (XII) 15, 25; and authority,
(XIII) 235; and belief, (XVI) 274; and broken
action, (XII) 34; cause(s) of, (XI) 22-24; (XIV)
286; and the center, (XI) 225; and challenge, (XII)
6; and challenge and response, (XII) 73; (XV) 152-
53; and change, (XI) 28; and choice, (XVII) 53;
and clarity, (XVI) 131; and commitment, (XI) 343;
in a complex world, (X) 239-40; and concept
versus fact, (XV) 10-11; and conditioning, (VIII)
270; and conflict, (VIII) 253-54; (X) 10; (XII)
129, 194, 240-41; (XIII) 76, 90-91; (XIV) 10, 11,
79, 81, 125; (XV) 99; (XVI) 85; as conflict, (XI)
23-27, 88; and confusion, (XI) 182; (XII) 32;
(XVI) 277; and the conscious and unconscious,
(XII) 41-42, 125; between the conscious and
unconscious, (XI) 327; and consciousness, (XI)
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231, 263; and conviction, (XI) 322; and the
creation of conflict, (XII) 177; defining, (XIII)
283; (XV) 18; and desire, (IX) 82; (XI) 161, 164,
168; (XII) 151; (XV) 16-18, 63-64, 67; between
desire and conformity, (XV) 15-16; between desire
and fulfillment, (XV) 21-22; and discipline, (XIII)
80; and disorder, (XV) 306-7; and division, (XV)
11; between educated layer and unconscious, (IX)
203-6; and effort, (XV) 9-12, 58, 61; (XVII) 70;
ending, (XVI) 121; and ending thought, (XVI) 222;
and energy, (XII) 63, 65, 66, 289; (XIII) 57; (XIV)
6; and environment, (IX) 5-6; and escape from,
(XI) 340; and escape from fear, (XI) 241-42;
between experience and actuality, (XV) 249; and
experiencing, (XII) 44; and fact, (XII) 24; between
the fact and the idea of energy, (XIV) 288; between
the factual and the idea, (XIV) 280-82; and
fragmentation, (XIV ) 284; (XV) 62-63, 104, 154,
344-45; freedom from, (XI) 34; (XIII) 72; (XIV )
91; and fulfillment, (XII) 135; versus goodness,
(XI) 323; as hindrance to attention, (XV) 175; as
hindrance to observation, (XIV ) 50-51; and human
beings, (XVI) 128; and human problems, (XVI)
297-98; between the idea and the action, (XVII)
148-49; and the idea versus the fact, (XVI) 9; and
ideas, (XIII) 110; and inadequate answers, (XVII)
135; and identification, (X) 76; individual and
social, (XII) 33; inner and societal, (XI) 150; and
integration, (VII) 18-19; (VIII) 324; and
knowledge, (XIV) 87; and laziness, (XIII) 139; as
lie, (V) 321-22; in life, (XVI) 136; between life and
mind, (XI) 29; life without, (XVI) 153; living with,
(XI) 336-37; (XVI) 94; living without, (XV) 253;
and the make -believe world, (XI) 284; meaning of,
(XIII) 55-56, 232; and mechanical thinking, (XI)
33; and memory, (XI) 191; and the mind, (XI) 66,
336-40; nature of, (XVII) 4; need to eliminate,
(XVI) 132; need to be free of, (XV) 341; and the
negative mind, (XV) 256, 259-60; between new
and old, (VIII) 267; and the observer and the
observed, (XII) 46; between the observer and the
observed, (XV) 114; (XVI) 23; and the occupied
mind, (IX) 205-6; and the origin of creativity, (XI)
316-17; and the passion for something, (XIII) 251;
and permanency, (XI) 31; and pleasure, (XVI) 287-
88; and pleasure and pain, (XVII) 231; and the
positive approach, (XV) 256; and private and
public masks, (XVI) 225; and problems, (XIV)
186; (XV) 195; process of, (XI) 219-20; through
reaction, (XII) 21-22; between reality and fiction,
(XV) 37; reasons for, (XV) 63-64; and religious
revolution, (XVI) 80; and resistance, (XIV ) 234;
and response, (XV) 23; and right-thinking, 179-80;
and sanity, (XV) 171; and search, (XVII) 152; and
the search for answers, (XII) 10; and seeing totally,
(XII) 195; versus seeing the whole, (XVI) 238; and
seeking a system, (XVII) 197; and the self, (X)
174-75; and sorrow, (XI) 219-21, 286; (XIII) 51;
state of, (XV) 9-10, 250, 254; and struggle, (XIII)
125-26; and tension, (XII) 26-27, 31; and the
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thinker and the thought, (XIV) 294; (XV) 66-67;
versus total action, (XI) 165, 223-24; between two
desires, (XVII) 239; understanding, (XII) 22;
(XIII) 127-28; and understanding, (IV) 46; and
understanding problems, (XIV) 175, 177, 179-80;
and the waste of energy, (XIV ) 288-89, 295;
(XVII) 59; and what is and ‘what should be’, (XV)
64; and will, (XV) 60, 107; between words and
ideas, (XV) 20. See also Conflict; Conformity;
Confusion; Divisions; Self-contradiction
Control, (III) 161-62; and the center, (XVII) 152-53,
156; and deterioration, (XV) 238; examining, (IX)
129; and habit, (VIII) 80; as hindrance to
discovery, (XIV ) 110; of human thought, (XI) 57-
58; implications of, (XI) 245-47; limitations of,
(XII) 312; versus meditation, (X) 227-28; and
power, (VII) 13; as resistance to thought, (XV)
278; and the quiet mind, (XI) 93; understanding,
(XIV) 157-58. See also Conformity; Discipline;
Domination; Effort; Influences; Propaganda;
Resistance; Suppression
Controlled mind, (IV) 195-96. See also Authority;
Conformity
Controller: and waste of energy, (IX) 132
Controller and controlled: and conflict, (IX) 129
Control of mind, (IX) 103-6
Conversion: and conflict, (X) 202-3
Conviction: and influences, (XI) 321-22
Cooperation: absence of, (XIV) 123; and action, (XI)
9-10; approach to, (XI) 309, 311; and community
welfare, (II) 39; and the competitive society, (XV)
53; complexity of, (XV) 19; and conformity, (XV)
19; through crisis, (V) 277-78; defining, (VIII)
256; without desire, (VI) 315; hindrances to, (XIV)
236; and ideas, (XIV) 266; and the individual, (II)
38-39; and inward revolution, (VIII) 252; as life,
(XIV) 164; and love, (XV) 34; meaning of, (XV)
34-35; versus nationalism, (XV) 35; need for,
(XVI) 126; and nothingness, (VI) 326-27; and
passion, (XIV) 95; problem of, (XI) 307-9, 311;
significance of, (VII) 122; and the silent mind,
(VI) 328; and the state of aloneness, (XIV) 117-18;
true, (XIV) 266; and truth, (XIV ) 42;
understanding, (XIV ) 34. See also State
Copy: See Imitation; Repetition
Copying: morality of, (VIII) 70-71. See also Imitation;
Tradition
Corporations: and exploitation, (V) 63; and wealth, (V)
143. See also Technological progress; Technology
Correction: See Self-fulfillment; Self-improvement
Corruptibility: and love, (VII) 285-86
Corruption: and the absence of fear, (XIV) 193, 196;
and authority, (X) 184; awareness of, (XII) 18; and
the collective, (IX) 127-28; and followers, (VIII)
294; and honesty, (XVII) 278-79; and leaders,
(VIII) 171-72; in leadership, (XII) 49-50; levels of,
(XIV) 123; and petty minds, (XI) 333; prevalence
of, (XIV) 162-63; and society, (XI) 15. See also
Authority; Deterioration; Evil; Religion; Society;
World problems
Corrupt mind: and authority, (XI) 380; and fear, (XIII)
101. See also Dull mind; Free mind; Mind
Country: love of, (XVII) 203. See also Nationalism
Courage: as escape from fear, (II) 16-17; and fear,
(VII) 191; as resistance, (XIII) 304
Courtesy: and the sense of beauty, (XII) 105
Craving, (III) 164-66, 170, 193, 194, 241-42; (IV) 80;
and acquisition, (IV) 95; and authority, (IV) 46;
awareness of, (III) 204; as cause of evil, (III) 212-
13; and conflict, (IV) 13, 68; and conflict of
opposites, (III) 199; defining, (IV) 147; and fear,
(III) 225-26; and the ‘I’ process, (III) 57-58; and
joylessness, (III) 230; and layers of consciousness,
(IV) 148; living without, (III) 44; and loneliness,
(III) 229; (XV) 167-68; necessity to abolish, (III)
214-15; need to understand, (III) 209-10; process
of, (III) 182-83; psychological, (IV) 32-33; as root
of all misery, (III) 214-15; as root of self, (IV) 56;
for self-expansion, (IV) 44-45; three forms of, (III)
164, 214-15, 220; understanding, (III) 171;
understanding, as a solution, (III) 182-83. See also
Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Belief; Desire; Greed;
Immortality; Possessions; Possessiveness; Power;
Want; Worldliness
Creation, (VII) 14; achieving, (XI) 153, 387-88;
(XIII) 341-42; (XV) 93-94; (XVI) 123; and art,
(XIII) 176-77; versus artistic creativeness, (XIII)
267; and attention, (X) 189; and authority, (XV)
321-22; versus certainty, (X) 209; and change, (XI)
314; conditions for, (XII) 216-17; and conflict,
(XIII) 23; and creation, (XII) 199; and the
creative, (XIV) 207; and creativeness, (XV) 142;
and creativity, (XI) 237-38; and death, (XIII) 259;
defining, (XIII) 105; defining the state of, (XII)
172; and desire, (VII) 41-42, 124; as destruction,
(XII) 225-26, 272-73, 297; and dying, (XII) 261;
without effort, (IV) 117; and effortless energy,
(XV) 107; and emptiness, (XII) 181; (XIII) 188;
(XIV) 263; and the empty mind, (XI) 282; (XV)
246; and energy, (XIII) 112, 265; (XV) 93-94,
181-82; versus expression, (XII) 313; (XV) 137;
and freedom, (XIII) 288-89; and freedom from the
known, (XIII) 270, 292; and the free mind, (XI)
381-82; and the innocent mind, (XI) 93-94; and the
intellect, (V) 97-98; and invention, (XII) 64; of
leadership, (IX) 128; and love, (XIII) 156; and
love and death, (XV) 246; meaning of, (XV) 47-48;
(XVI) 122-23; versus mechanical knowledge,
(XII) 322; as meditation, (XIII) 324; and the mind,
(X) 190; (XI) 82-83; and moment to moment, (V)
305; and the movement beyond, (XIII) 40;
movement of, (XIV ) 112; and negative thinking,
(XIII) 257; and the new, (XVI) 148; as new, (XII)
216-17; and the new mind, (XIV) 235-36; and
nothingness, (XIII) 143; versus the positive, (XI)
92, 94; precedes technique, (V) 145-46; and the
quiet mind, (XI) 143; (XV) 137; and the religious
mind, (XII) 82, 226, 326; as the result of conflict,
(XIII) 109; and self-discovery, (XIV) 196-97;
versus self-expression, (XV) 279; and space, (XIV)

309; state of, (XIV) 161, 207; and the state of
death, (XI) 138; and the still mind, (XV) 322; and
stillness, (XIV) 218; (XV) 346; and the thinker and
the thought, (XI) 171; and the unknowable, (XII)
319. See also Conflict; God; Love; Mutation; New;
New mind; Reality; Reason; Religion; Truth;
Unknown
Creation, beauty, death, and love: as related, (XV) 142.
See also Creation
Creation, love, and death: ; as interrelated, (XIV) 269;
as one, (XII) 261. See also Creation
Creation, love, and destruction: as one, (XIII) 162-63.
See also Destruction; Love
Creative, (XI) 35-36; absence of, (IX) 186; and the
absence of fear, (XV) 12-13; achieving, (XI) 73;
versus conflict, (XVI) 80; and creation, (XIV) 207;
versus creativity, (XI) 137; defining, (VII) 92;
(XIII) 288-89; as destruction, (XII) 185; and
dreams, (X) 120; and energy, (XII) 64; and
freedom, (XI) 304; and the free mind, (IX) 243;
(X) 131, 164-66; h indrance to, (IX) 8-9;
importance of being, (V) 146-47; as the limitless
mind, (X) 155; meaning of, (IX) 7-9; (XVII) 272;
versus the mechanical, (XI) 367-68, 376; versus
memory, (X) 219; and moment to moment, (IX)
50; and the new, (XVI) 192; and a new world, (X)
17; versus the past, (X) 87; and reality, (X) 223;
and the religious mind, (XIV) 46, 269; versus
satisfaction, (VII) 260; and search for reality, (IX)
51; versus the scientific, (XII) 77, 80; and
uncertainty, (XIV) 133; and the unknown, (IX)
158. See also Arts; Creation; New; New mind;
Technique; Truth
Creative action, (VI) 57-58; and fulfillment, (II) 228
Creative activity: and the individual, (XI) 172
Creative artist: and self-expression, (II) 24
Creative awareness: See Silent awareness
Creative beauty: achieving, (VIII) 311-12
Creative being: and uncertainty, (VI) 149
Creative choice: defining, (VII) 190. See also Choice
Creative effort: and contradiction, (X) 233
Creative emptiness: and self-contradiction, (III) 203;
and will (IV) 25. See also Reality
Creative energy, (l) 95; defining, (XIII) 112; and
movement of life, (III) 2, 3; and the process of
conflict, (VIII) 310; and truth, (VIII) 306. See also
Creation
Creative entity: and the absence of authority, (XIII)
138
Creative expression: and ambition, (III) 184
Creative faith: defining, (VII) 141
Creative happiness: achieving, (VIII) 119-20; and
human needs, (II) 47; and regeneration, (IV) 196.
See also Truth
Creative individual: and creation of leaders, (VIII)
301. See also Collective will
Creative intelligence, (III) 5; achieving, (III) 99;
awakening of, (III) 3; and education, (III) 93;
versus individuality, (II) 81; and sex, (l) 166-67.
See also Action; Intelligence
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Creative intuition: meaning of, (III) 68-69. See also
Intelligence
Creative life : as effortless, (XV) 108
Creative living, (III) 194; (VI) 57-58; and limiting,
(III) 134; and self-discovery, (III) 236
Creative mind, (XI) 99; and the absence of conflict,
(XII) 130; and the absence of fear, (VIII) 124; and
the absence of frustration, (VIII) 197; and
accumulation, (VII) 325-26; achieving, (XII) 48;
and awareness, (VII) 147; versus conflict, (XIV)
78; defining, (XIII) 1-2; determination of, (XIII)
1-2; and education, (VIII) 59; and freedom from
conflict, (XI) 99; and knowledge, (XIII) 81-82;
and moment to moment, (VII) 309; as patternless,
(XII) 185; as the religious mind, (XII) 273; and
social challenge, (VI) 85; as still, (XI) 211; as
timeless, (VIII) 56; and tradition, (XIII) 68; as
uncluttered, (X) 238. See also Creation; Dull mind;
Empty mind; Freedom; Free mind; New mind
Creative moment, (IV) 171-72
Creative movement: and freedom from the known,
(XIII) 219
Creativeness, (V) 116-17, 145-47; (VI) 168-70, 231-
33; (VII) 218-21; (VIII) 204-5; as absence of fear,
(VII) 291; and absence of the ‘me’, (VII) 308;
achieving, (IV) 9-10; and authority, (IV) 132; and
the cessation of continuity, (IX) 17; and common
purpose, (VII) 229-30; conditions for, (IV) 2; (V)
98; and creation, (XV) 142; defining, (VI) 157-58,
185-86; (VIII) 17; (IX) 243; in education, (VII)
51; and emptiness, (IX) 23-24; and experiencing,
(V) 264-65; as freedom from craving, (IV) 15; as
happiness, (IV) 174; hindrances to, (VI) 308-10;
and imitation, (VI) 169-70; (VIII) 71; and the
individual, (X) 37, 40; meaning of, (IX) 7; and the
mind, (VIII) 244; (X) 3; without motive, (VIII)
313; and the problem of knowledge, (XI) 336; and
self-awareness, (IV) 176; state of, (VII) 297; (X) 8;
and technical advancement, (V) 145-46; and the
timeless, (VIII) 18-19; and total revolution, (XI)
284; understanding, (VI) 113. See also Aloneness;
Creation; God; Reality; Renewal; Truth
Creative reality: and the cessation of the self, (X) 254;
defining, (IV) 15; and self-awareness, (IX) 122.
See also Awareness; God; Reality; Truth
Creative state, (VI) 348-49; and absence of conflict,
(V) 350; achieving, (XII) 145; defining, (VI) 8-9;
desire for, (XII) 67; loss of, (V) 157; need for,
(XII) 123
Creative stillness: achieving, (X) 17; of mind-heart,
(III) 215. See also Quiet mind
Creative thinking: versus conflict, (V) 160; and
discovery, (XII) 124; and eternal movement, (II)
99-100; and the failure of education, (VIII) 282;
hindrances to, (III) 95; through self-knowledge,
(IV) 84. See also Right thinking
Creative thought, (l) 144; and the unknown, (XI) 70
Creative tranquillity: and imperishable ecstasy, (IV)
48. See also Silent awareness; Still mind
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Creative understanding, (III) 227; versus authority,
(VIII) 254-55; defining, (VII) 301
Creativity, (IX) 92; and the absence of coercion,
(VIII) 74; and absence of self, (IV) 119-20;
achieving, (V) 147; (VIII) 173; (IX) 80, 283; and
ambition, (VIII) 97-98; versus ambition, (VII)
243; and the artist, (XII) 192-93; and authority, (l)
138; (VII) 67; (VIII) 45; awakening the individual
to, (IX) 268-69; and the basic problem, (IX) 196;
and comparison, (VIII) 68-69; and conditioned
action, (VII) 185-86; versus the conditioned mind,
(VIII) 159; and conditioned thought, (VII) 196-97;
and conflict, (VI) 232; through conflict, (IV) 18;
and conformity, (VI) 94, 113; versus continuity,
(X) 61; and creation, (XI) 237-38; and creators,
(II) 37; defining, (III) 30-31; (VII) 162; (VIII)
271-72, 320-22; (IX) 141; the destruction of,
(VIII) 84; and deterioration, (VI) 301; of
discovery, (VII) 311; and education, (VIII) 31;
without effort, (IX) 91-92; and escape from what
is, (IV) 199; and expression, (V) 146; (VIII) 63;
and freedom, (VII) 251; (VIII) 90; (IX) 250; and
freedom from patterns, (VIII) 318; and freedom
from tradition, (VIII) 101-3; and the free
individual, (IX) 244-45; and the free mind, (IX)
80; and fulfillment, (IV) 145; as goal of education,
(VII) 158; and the good mind, (IX) 263-64; and
imitation, (V) 33-34; (VIII) 166; and initiative,
(VIII) 342; and inquiry, (VII) 264-65; through
intelligence, (VII) 135; versus knowledge and
learning, (V) 233; and the known, (V) 237; lack of,
and sexual stimulation, (V) 56-57; and learning,
(VIII) 320-22; and loss of faith, (VII) 140-41; and
love of work, (VIII) 270-71; as a major problem,
(VIII) 297, 299; and the ‘me’, (VI) 322; and the
mind, (VII) 31-32; moment of, (IV) 18; and the
new, (VII) 54; and passive alertness, (IV) 145; and
peace, (VII) 127; and the peaceful heart, (V) 169;
versus permanence, (VIII) 289; and renewal, (V)
234; (VI) 23; and sex, (VIII) 132; and the silent
mind, (VII) 283-84; social loss of, (III) 227; and
the still mind, (VI) 363; and technique, (V) 308-9;
(VI) 232; and thought, (IV) 171; versus thought,
(VI) 226; and tranquillity, (IV) 25; versus tradition,
(VII) 63-64; and truth, (l) 12 ; and the unknown,
(VIII) 183-84; and what is, (VIII) 107-8
Crime: as revolt within society, (X) 83
Criminal: and society, (II) 194; treatment of, (II) 215-
16
Criminal instinct: an war participation, (IV) 192. See
also Killing; Violence
Cripple: mental and physical, (VII) 221
Crisis: and attention, (XIV) 156; and awareness of
masks, (XVI) 225; and challenge, (XII) 281; and
change, (VI) 90; and choices, (l) 9-10; coping with,
(V) 28; and the desire for comfort, (V) 28; and the
disappearance of the past, (XIV) 151; and escape,
(l) 54; and harmony, (l ) 38; inward and outward,
(XVII) 195; and the known, (XI) 386; meaning of,
(VI) 41-42; and time, (XIV) 102; and total
attention, (XVII) 68; and true values, (l) 38; and
the unconditioned mind, (VIII) 228; as unique,
(IV) 177-78
Critical awareness: absence of, (XVII) 216; and
communion, (XIV) 226. See also Awareness;
Choiceless awareness
Critical observation: need for, (XIV) 33. See also
Observation
Critical thinking: importance of, (VIII) 139
Criticism, (l) 144-45, 174-75; (II) 128; (V) 296-97;
(VI) 103-4; and bias, (l ) 175; and change, (II) 2-3;
definition of, (II) 2-3; and doubt, (l) 175; and
intelligence, (II) 2; meaning of, (II) 153; necessity
for, (II) 2; and prejudice, (II) 2; and self-criticism,
(XIII) 93; and self-knowledge, (VII) 293; and
understanding, (II) 221. See also Gratification
Cruelty: and the desire to hurt, (VIII) 126-27; and the
need to fulfill, (XIII) 295; of sentiment and
emotion, (XVII) 203; social base of, (X) 59-60
Crying: reasons for, (VIII) 121
Cultivation: and the creation of change, (VII) 46; as
hindrance to humility, (XI) 357. See also
Contradiction; Opposites
Culture: and the collective will, (VIII) 300-301; and
conditioning, (IX) 194-95; (XI) 185; (XVII) 169;
and conduct, (XVII) 200; and conformity of action,
(XVI) 24; and consciousness, (XVII) 169;
defining, (XV) 27; (XVII) 134; East and West,
(VIII) 14, 203; and experience, (XIII) 220; (XVI)
66; freedom from, (IX) 48; and freedom from
patterns, (VIII) 318; as hierarchical, (IX) 95; as
hindrance to the free mind, (IX) 56-57; as
hindrance to listening, (XV) 34; as hindrance to
religious man, (IX) 55; living, (XVII) 178; as man-
made, (VIII) 316; meaning of, (X) 200; (XVII)
165-66; as one, (VIII) 42; and the past, (XV) 41;
patterns of, (XVII) 12; as producer of religions,
(IX) 55; reasons for collapse, (XI) 69; and the
religious man, (IX) 108; and response to the word,
(XVI) 104-5; and the search for reality, (VIII) 315;
and the shaping of thought, (XIII) 114; as a
universal, (l) 158-59; war, (IV) 26; Western, (VIII)
146-47. See also Background; Civilization;
Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions;
Environment; Government; Nationalism;
Propaganda; Society; Tradition
Cunning mind: and being serious, (XIII) 275. See also
Dull mind; Free mind; Mind
Curiosity: and the encouragement of children to learn,
(XI) 4; and learning, (XIV) 287; and self-knowing,
(XIII) 248-49. See also Education
Custom: and culture, (XI) 322-23, 325
Cybernetics: revolution in, (XV) 132. See also
Computers; Electronic brain; Technology
Cynicism: and loss of faith, (VII) 140
Daily existence: and the accumulation of knowledge,
(XVII) 230-31; as brutalizing, (XIV) 133; escape
from, (XIV) 39-40; and meditation, (XVI) 148; and

seeking, (XVII) 152; and virtue, (IV) 141-42; and
what is, (XI) 281. See also Daily life; Existence
Daily life: achieving freshness in, (XV) 107-8; action
in, (X) 232; and aloneness, (XIII) 228; and
attachment, (XI) 122; awareness of, (XVII) 238;
and change, (XI) 124; conflict in, (XVII) 222; and
confusion, (XIII) 156; and contradiction, (XIV)
280-82, 284; desire for continuity of, (XV) 230-31;
divisions in, (XIII) 244; and effort, (XIV) 233; and
energy, (XIV) 295; enslavement to, (XI) 253-54;
examining, (XVI) 125; exploration of, (XV) 41-42;
and fact versus myth, (VIII) 272; and fear, (XV)
162; and freedom, (XIV) 297; and the futility of
search, (VIII) 342; and God, (X) 271-72; versus
ideals, (XVII) 228; importance of, (XVI) 135; and
the insensitive mind, (XII) 277; and love, (X) 270-
71; (XV) 229; and occupation, (IX) 58-59; and the
occupied mind, (IX) 204-5; and the prevention of
war, (XVII) 280; and problems, (XV) 192;
problems of, (XI) 352; and psychological order,
(XV) 57; as real, (XVII) 229; as reality, (XVI)
125; and the relationship to God, (X) 271-72; and
religion, (XV) 41; and the religious mind, (XIII)
88; and religious ritual, (IX) 157; as routine, (XI)
191; seeking beyond, (XVI) 280-81; and thought,
(XVI) 167; understanding, (X) 207; (XV) 49, 52,
54; and verbalization, (XII) 4. See also
Conformity; Conscious; Consciousness;
Continuity; Life; Living; Mind; Occupied mind;
Sorrow
Daily problems: dealing with, (XI) 259; and effort,
(XI) 261
Danger: and ending habit, (XVI) 98-99; and the
immediate, (XVI) 184; and immediate action,
(XVII) 140; insensitivity to, (XVI) 98-99; and
outward fear, (XIV ) 90; physical and
psychological, (XVI) 155; refusal to look at,
(XVII) 217; response to, (XVI) 104; seeing, (XVI)
171; as self-protection, (VIII) 140. See also Fear;
Immediate; Security
Dead: communication with, (II) 226. See also
Spiritualism
Dead mind: and conflict, (XV) 65; and effort, (XV) 61;
and fear, (XV) 28; and the search for permanency,
(XIV) 251; versus the still mind, (X) 84. See also
Continuity; Dull mind; Occupied mind; Petty mind
Death, (II) 82; (VII) 111-12, 330-32; (VIII) 256-58;
(IX) 16-17, 235-36; (XI) 240-43, 363-68, 388-89,
391-93; (XII) 157-58, 160-63, 217-19, 221-22,
258-63, 315-19; (XIII) 99-100, 102-5, 144, 146-49,
184-88, 256-59, 315-20; (XIV) 31-33; (XV) 32-33,
230-33; (XVI) 30-32; (XVII) 73-75, 112-14; and
afterlife, (l) 22; (IX) 115-16; approach(es) to, (IX)
52, 116; (XIII) 202; (XIV ) 31-32; and attachment,
(XI) 122-23; awareness of, (IX) 178; (X) 61; and
awareness of living, (VII) 186-87; at the beginning
and the end, (XI) 136; and beliefs, (IX) 115-16; as
the cessation of continuity, (XVI) 243; and the
clear mind, (XV) 244; concept of, (II) 50; and
conflict of opposites, (IV) 21-22; and continuity,
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(V) 306-7; (VI) 238-39; (VII) 187-88; and
continuity of the ‘me’, (X) 10; dealing with, (l) 67-
68; as the decline of the mind, (XIV ) 28; defining
the state of, (XIII) 105; and the desire for
continuity, (IX) 150; and dying to everything,
(XIII) 55; and dying to yesterday, (XI) 50-51; as
the ending of the known, (XIII) 258; and escape,
(II) 231; as escape, (IV) 12-13; escapes from,
(XIII) 202; and escape into beliefs, (XII) 209;
experiencing while living, (IX) 236; and fear, (XII)
135; fear of, (l) 102, 130-131, 179-80; (IV) 113-14,
197-98; (V) 124-27, 354-55; (VI) 57, 209-11; (VII)
68; (VIII) 138-39, 150-51, 186-87, 245-46, 277-78,
308-9; (IX) 52, 157-58; (X) 60-61, 153-55, 208-10;
(XI) 30-31, 118, 174, 191-92, 195, 240-42, 287-88,
348; (XII) 304; (XIII) 34-35, 172; (XIV) 64, 195,
250, 292; (XV) 29, 77, 180-81, 316-20; (XVI) 62-
63, 103, 104-7, 155-56, 175-76, 178; (XVII) 13,
143, 162-63, 171, 226, 264, 276-77, 282; and fear
of impermanence, (VIII) 87; and fear of living,
(XIV) 30-32; and the fear of the unknown, (V)
319-20; forms of, (XV) 29; and God, (XI) 152-53;
and the hereafter, (II) 209-10; (III) 243-45; as
hindrance to living, (XV) 283-84; and humility,
(XIV) 27; and immediate action, (XI) 123; and
impermanence, (XV) 177; knowing, (VIII) 308-9;
(XIII) 57; and learning, (XI) 152; learning about,
(XII) 106-7; and loneliness, (XV) 32; and loss, (II)
96; (III) 77; loss of a loved one, (l) 21-22; meaning
of, (V) 67-68; (VIII) 308-9; and meditation, (XIII)
266-67; and need for religion, (VIII) 134-35; need
to understand, (XV) 318; (XVII) 6; and negation,
(XVII) 20; and the new, (XVI) 244; as the only
total action, (XV) 345; as part of living, (IX) 17; of
the past, (VII) 282; and permanency, (XII) 105;
physical and psychological, (XVII) 73-74, 149,
171; and reincarnation, (IV) 189; (VI) 121-22;
(VII) 55-56; (X) 97-98; and the religious mind,
(XV) 93; and renewal, (V) 298; and the search for
beyond time, (XVI) 250; and sorrow, (III) 110;
(XII) 92-93; (XIII) 202, 311; theories about, (XIV )
255; and time, (XV) 127-28; as the ultimate
negation, (XI) 317; understanding, (VII) 129;
(XII) 39; (XIII) 168-69; (XIV) 256; (XV) 78-80,
345-46; (XVI) 178; understanding fear of, (IV) 51;
understanding living, (XVI) 63, 64; understanding
the problem of, (XI) 135-38; and the unknowable,
(X) 97-98; as the unknowable, (XI) 288-89; and the
unknown, (VI) 63; (VII) 240-41. See also Beauty;
Continuity; Creation; Desire; Dying; Escape; ‘I’;
Immortality; Knowledge; Known; Life; Living;
Love; Permanence; Reincarnation; Religion;
Security; Sorrow; Suffering; Time
Death and life: as one, (X) 97-98; (XI) 292;
relationship between, (XIV ) 255. See also Death
Death, beauty, love, and creation: as related, (XV) 142
Death, fear, and time: relationship between, (XII) 217-
23
Death, love, and beauty: as connected, (XIII) 105. See
also Beauty; Love
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Death, love, and creation: as interrelated, (XIV) 269.
See also Creation; Death; Love
Death, love, and living: need to understand, (XVII) 73.
See also Death; Living; Love
Death, love, and sorrow: as one, (XIII) 253, 255, 256,
310. See also Love; Sorrow
Death, love, and time, (XVII) 23; as interrelated,
(XIV) 254, 257-58. See also Death; Love; Time
Death, sorrow, and time, (XIV) 100-106; as
interrelated, (XIV) 147-54, 208-14. See also Death;
Sorrow; Time
Debate: versus discussion, (XI) 325-26; (XII) 2
Decay: and time, (XIV) 102. See also Deterioration
Deception: and gratification, (XII) 266
Decision: as hindrance to learning, (XI) 161-62. See
also Conclusion
Decline: ethical, moral, and intellectual, (XVII) 216.
See also Deterioration; Society
Defense and attack, (XV) 167
Degeneration: and conflict, (XIII) 277, 282, 284
Deliberate action: as hindrance to meditation, (XV) 86.
See also Action
Delinquency, (X) 4-5; as social revolt, (X) 65. See also
Children; Conformity
Delusion: See Self-deception
Democracies: and conditioning, (X) 163. See also
Governments
Democracy: absence of, (V) 84; and change, (XI) 310;
and freedom, (XV) 203; and party system, (VIII)
30. See also Divisions
Democrat: defining, (XVII) 270-71. See also
Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions;
Nationalism; Revolution; Society
Democratic society: and inward conditioning, (XVII)
139. See also Society
Denial, (XIII) 85-88, 90-92; and the ability to love,
(XIII) 149; and achieving freedom, (XVII) 21; and
affection, (XIII) 26; and ambition, (XIII) 168, 169;
and change, (XII) 255-56; defining, (XIV) 258;
and discovering meditation, (XIV) 258; and
energy, (XIII) 56; and fact, (XIII) 130; as fact,
(XV) 86; and the false, (XII) 322, 323; and
freedom, (XIII) 6; through knowledge or reaction,
(XII) 224; and looking, (XIII) 142; meaning of,
(XIII) 55-56; and meditation, (XIII) 152; and
motive, (XII) 257; with and without motive, (XIII)
129; motiveless, (XIII) 54, 86, 258; and the
negation of the false, (XII) 255-56; and the
negative approach, (XIII) 95; and negative
thinking, (XII) 287; and the path of true religion,
(XVII) 153; as path to the new, (XIII) 30; and
process, (XVII) 272-73; and the religious mind,
(XII) 323; state of mind of, (XII) 292; of the
structure of society, (XVII) 154; and the true,
(XVII) 223; and the unspotted mind, (XIII) 149;
and the wasting of energy, (XV) 90. See also
Negation
Dependence, (-y): (l) 16-17; (III) 169; (III) 69; (IX)
60-65; (XVI) 118-21; and action, (XII) 33; and
aloneness, (VII) 220-21; and attachment, (X) 115;
and authority, (IX) 244-45; and belief, (VII) 226;
on challenge, (XVI) 209; on children, (IX) 65; and
compassion, (X) 189; and conflict, (VI) 347; (XII)
242; as corrupter, (X) 92; and desire, (III) 138; and
the dull mind, (IX) 109; and dullness, (IX) 253;
and emptiness, (VII) 205-6; and the enslaved mind,
(IX) 234; and exploitation, (l) 138-39; and fear,
(III) 225-26; (VII) 78-79, 214; (VIII) 114-15; (X)
9; (XVI) 104; and following, (IX) 256-57; and
freedom, (VI) 358; freedom from, (XVI) 38;
freedom from psychological, (X) 52-53; and group
conformity, (IV) 47; as hindrance, (IX) 8; and
hope, (VII) 243; and the individual, (IX) 275; and
inquiry, (IX) 270; and inspiration, (IV) 21; kinds
of, (III) 159; and knowledge, (XII) 36; and
loneliness, (VI) 191-201; as love, (VII) 88-89; on
Masters, (III) 167; (IV) 40-41; problem of, (X) 92-
93; psychological, (VII) 273-74; and psychological
needs, (XII) 243-44; reasons for, (X) 93; (XVI)
119-20; and reform, (X) 210; and relationship, (III)
159-60; (VIII) 336-37; and resistance, (XIII) 111;
versus security for children, (XI) 4; and sorrow,
(X) 194; and suicide, (VII) 200-201; and
superficiality, (VII) 10-11; types of, (VIII) 128;
and violence, (IX) 118; and the wasting of energy,
(XVII) 121. See also Aloneness; Attachment;
Authority; Conflict; Conformity; Freedom;
Happiness; Love; Masters
Dependent mind: and challenge and response, (XIII)
152-53; and freedom, (X) 109. See also Dull mind;
Mind
Depression: understanding, (III) 206-7. See also
Sorrow
Depth: achieving, (XIII) 218-20, 222; and
contradiction, (XV) 179
Desire, (VII) 39-42; (VIII) 303-6; (IX) 81-83; (XII)
148-53, 243-47; (XIII) 124-26; (XIV ) 96-100;
(XV) 15-19, 19-22, 165-66; (XVI) 35-39, 85-89;
approach to, (XV) 224; for authority, (VII) 300;
and beauty, (XV) 314; to become, (IV) 11-12; (VI)
339; and becoming, (V) 332; (IX) 167-70; and
belief, (VI) 253-54; cessation of, (V) 271;
comprehension of, (XII) 217; without
condemnation, (VIII) 149-50; (X) 221; and the
conditioned mind, (VIII) 146; and conflict, (IV)
11; (V) 358; (VI) 354; (VIII) 324; (X) 27, 233-34;
(XII) 131-32, 201, 242; (XVI) 85, 215; conflicts
arising from, (II) 124-25; and conscious awareness,
(VII) 72; and contradiction, (X) 110; (XV) 63-64,
67; and the creation of contradiction, (XIV) 179-
80; and the creation of fear, (VIII) 199-200; as
creator of illusion, (VII) 270; defining, (XV) 15,
20; (XVII) 213; and discipline, (VI) 258-59; and
discontent, (VI) 187; and disintegration, (VI) 222;
endlessness of, (IV) 23; and experience, (XI) 319;
and false continuity, (III) 128; and fear, (IX) 167-
69; and fear of frustration, (VII) 167; freedom
from, (IX) 256; and harmony, (l) 91; as hindrance
to order, (XV) 298; and intuition, (IX) 150; levels
of, (VII) 263; and the loss of beauty, (XIV) 137;

and love, (XV) 19-20; (XVII) 203-4; and ‘me’,
(VIII) 159; versus meditation, (X) 229; and the
mind, (VII) 93; (X) 256-57; nature of, (XV) 59-60;
need for, (II) 28; need to understand, (XV) 105-6;
and the object of, (XIV) 183; and the observer,
(XVI) 154; and opposite response, (XI) 161, 180-
81; and opposition, (VI) 8; origin of, (IX) 82;
pattern of, (II) 167-68; and permanence, (VII) 328-
30; and pleasure, (XV) 174, 223-24; (XVI) 93-94,
146-48, 215, 216, 217, 286; (XVII) 12, 15, 66,
147-48, 212-13; and pleasure and pain, (II) 27-28;
and primitive man, (II) 63; process of, (VII) 40-42;
(XIV) 146; (XVII) 184, 188; as the process of the
mind, (III) 140-43; (VII) 316, 318; and the
purpose of life, (V) 21; as a reaction, (XVII) 184;
and recognition, (VI) 271; and relationship, (III)
115, 156-57; and repetition, (XVII) 204; and
resistance, (IV) 64; and satisfaction, (VI) 341-42;
and search, (IX) 179; and search for solutions, (VI)
248-51; and search for truth, (VI) 285; for security,
(VII) 290; and self, (VI) 273; and self-
contradiction, (XIV) 182-83; and self-discipline,
(VI) 314; and self-fulfillment, (VII) 311; and the
senses, (X) 236; and sorrow, (X) 56-58; source of,
(III) 224; (XV) 107; state of, (XV) 64, 67;
structure of, (XV) 108; suppression of, (X) 244,
269; and thought, (XV) 313, 315; (XVI) 112;
(XVII) 234; understanding, (III) 138-39, 142-43,
175; (XI) 204; (XII) 242; (XIV ) 222-24; (XV)
312-13, 315; (XVII) 239; understanding of, (II) 28,
(V) 301; (VI) 227-28, 259-60; (X) 157;
understanding the nature of, (XVI) 86-88; and
understanding pleasure, (XVI) 61-62;
understanding the process of, (VIII) 310-11; (XIII)
326; and will, (VIII) 35-36; (X) 26-27; (XI) 44,
111; (XII) 158; (XV) 58-60, 105; as will, (X) 13-
14. See also Accumulation; Acquisitiveness;
Ambition; Becoming; Conflict; Contradiction;
Craving; Dependency; Despair; Duality; Effort;
Experience; Greed; Limitations; Perception;
Power; Want
Desire, conformity, time, and thought: as interrelated,
(XV) 18-19
Desire, feeling, and thought: as one, (X) 164-66
Despair, (XIII) 218-22; and choiceless awareness,
(VIII) 174; and the creation of philosophy, (XVI)
265; and death, (XI) 365; and desire, (XII) 150;
ending, (XVI) 301; and escape, (V) 248; escape
from, (XII) 175-76; (XVI) 266; and fear, (XI) 177;
(XII) 142; and fear of death, (XIII) 258; forms of,
(XIII) 220; freedom from, (XVII) 156-57; and
hope, (XI) 210; (XII) 170; and intellectualism,
(XI) 391; and knowledge, (XIII) 219-20; and
living for today, (XIII) 159-60; and living in the
present, (XVI) 239; versus living in the present,
(XIII) 319; of man, (XI) 334; and memory, (V)
248; need to understand, (XVII) 157; and the
observer and the observed, (XVII) 22; of old and
young, (XIII) 218; philosophy of, (XIII) 317;
(XVI) 93; and reality, (V) 194; reasons for, (XI)
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359-61; and the religious mind, (XI) 289; and the
search for life’s meaning, (XVII) 40-41, 43; and
the search for truth, (XVI) 47; and self-awareness,
(V) 248; and social reform, (XI) 306-7; state of,
(XI) 139-41; and time, (XI) 270. See also Conflict;
Emptiness; Escape; Feelings; Isolation; Loneliness;
Sorrow; Suffering
Destiny: achieving freedom from, (XIV) 64;
questioning, (XIV) 64
Destroyer: and the destroyed, (III) 152-53
Destruction: and creation, (XIII) 156; as creation,
(XII) 225-26, 297, 319; and death, (XIII) 148; and
humility, (XII) 199-200; and meditation, (XIII)
152; and the new, (XII) 223; of psychological
structure of society, (XIII) 168, 170; and the
religious mind, (XII) 272-73; as true questioning,
(XII) 277. See also Deterioration
Destruction, love, and creation: as one, (XIII) 162-63.
See also Creation; Love
Destructive factors, (VII) 121-22. See also Belief
Destructive mind: and power, (XI) 373. See also
Empty mind; Petty mind
Detachment, (l) 134, 141; (III) 138; (V) 227-29; (IX)
37-38; and attachment, (XI) 151; and collective
belief, (IX) 256; cultivation of, (XI) 90, 122; as
nonexistent, (XI) 293; and the search for the real,
(IX) 14; and suffering, (II) 188; understanding,
(XII) 229-30; for understanding life, (IV) 87. See
also Attachment; Dependence; Relationship;
Suffering
Deterioration, (VI) 299-303, 306-9; (XV) 234-38;
(XVII) 77-80; and authority, (XIII) 71; causes of,
(VI) 292-94; and cleansing, (XIII) 28-29; and
comparison, (XIII) 31; (XIV) 194, 196; and
conflict, (XII) 13; (XIII) 285; (XIV ) 78; and
contradiction, (XIII) 283; defining, (VII) 98; and
despair, (XI) 359-60; as fact, (VII) 187; and the
free mind, (IX) 185-87, 190; and imitation, (XIV)
29; increasing, (XIV) 77; individual and societal,
(X) 148-49; and living without contradiction, (XII)
300; and the mechanical mind, (VII) 308-9; and the
mind, (X) 258; (XI) 342-45; of the mind, (IX) 264;
of mind and society, (XVII) 23; of moral and
ethical relationships, (XVII) 31-32; and the need
for revolution, (XIV) 271-72; versus observation,
(XIV) 28; and peace, (VII) 126; physical and
psychological, (VII) 262-65; physiological and
psychological, (XIV) 66-67, 69-70; and search for
security, (VII) 308-9; and seeking and finding,
(XV) 241; and time, (XIII) 28-29, 31; and the unity
of body and mind, (XVII) 83; world, (XVII) 93; on
world scale, (XVII) 99. See also Conflict;
Confusion; Degeneration; Disintegration; Disorder;
Society; World problems
Determination: as hindrance, (XVI) 96-97. See also
Effort
Deva: See Authority; Guru; Master; Teacher
Devotion, (VII) 230-31; and absorption, (XI) 37;
defining, (XI) 17-18; and inquiry, (X) 225; and
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meditation, (V) 165, 210, 269, 361; versus passion,
(XIV) 95; versus reality, (XI) 147
Dialectical approach, (XIV) 145; meaning of, (XIV )
51
Dialectical materialism: and identification with the
state, (VII) 152
Dialogue: defining, (XVI) 257, 258. See also
Communication
Diary, (IV) 195; and self-knowledge, (IV) 7; and
slowing of thought, (III) 206, 215-16, 233-34; of
thoughts and consciousness, (IV) 127. See also
Silence; Slowed down mind; Thought
Dictatorship: and the demand for the free mind,
(XVII) 224; and molding minds, (XVII) 174; and
order, (XV) 206; and thought control, (XI) 57-58.
See also Authority; Disorder; Obedience; Tyranny;
World problems
Diet: and intelligence, (III) 180
Different: desire to be, (XI) 179-82
Differentiation, and fear (XII) 48
Dimension: and nature of the old, (XV) 60; not created
by thought, (XVI) 301; and space, (XVI) 251;
without time, (XVI) 206. See also New; Truth;
Unknown
Direct contact: and freedom, (XVII) 219; as rarity,
(XV) 30. See also Contact; Direct relationships
Direct experience: versus explanations, (XI) 183-84.
See also Experience
Direction: and religion, (XI) 117
Directional commitment: and envy, (XII) 110
Direct perception: and the absence of confusion,
(XVII) 15; versus conditioning, (XI) 203-4;
defining, (XI) 217-18; versus the imitative
experience, (XII) 146; and inquiry, (XI) 216-17;
and true and false, (XI) 217-18. See also
Perception
Direct relationships: and communion, (XVII) 222. See
also Relationship
Disagreement: and influence, (XI) 321-22; necessity to
comprehend, (III) 93
Discernment, (III) 56-57; and action, (II) 212; and
action of limitation, (III) 63; through awareness,
(III) 183; craving for, (II) 218; and freedom, (III)
33; of the ‘I’ process, (III) 86-87; the will of, (III)
57-58. See also Choice; Mind; Prejudice; Thought;
Will
Disciple(s): and learning, (XI) 109; and Master, (IX)
233-34; and reflected glory, (V) 308. See also
Authority; Followers; Following; Gratification;
Leaders
Discipline, (l) 46-47; (II) 84; (IV) 146-47; (V) 256-60;
(VI) 257-59; (VII) 146-47; (XIII) 79-82; and
attention, (XV) 195; of attention, (X) 255-57; and
austerity, (XV) 225; and authority, (VII) 67-68;
awareness of, (XV) 207; and change, (XI) 274; and
the clear mind, (XIV) 263; without coercion, (X)
96-97; and concentration, (XI) 291; as the
conditioned mind, (IV) 97-98; as conditioning,
(VII) 286-87; as conflict, (VIII) 311; (XIV) 11;
without conflict, (XI) 383; and conformity, (XIII)
335; (XIV) 239-40; (XV) 206-7; (XVI) 17-18;
created by freedom, (XIII) 238; and creating
conflict, (X) 180-81; defining, (VII) 105; (VIII)
90-91; (XIV) 4, 91-92, 144, 218; (XV) 68; (XVI)
136-37; (XVII) 58, 59; and desire, (VIII) 304-6;
(XV) 21, 312-13; and the desire for silence, (XV)
238-39; and desire for success, (VII) 303; and the
destruction of the mind, (VII) 123; destructive,
(XIII) 125; as a destructive force, (l) 42-43; and
duality, (VIII) 195; and the dull mind, (IV) 179;
(XVII) 81; and energy, (XIV) 6; as escape, (XII)
130; examining, (X) 246-49; and experience, (X)
16; and fact, (XIII) 36, 38; and fear, (VII) 191;
(XI) 175; (XII) 140; (XIII) 303-4; fear of sexual
lust, (V) 107; and feeling, (XI) 72; and freedom,
(IX) 143; (XI) 47; (XIII) 4-5; versus freedom,
(VII) 69-70, 71; versus the free mind, (VII) 142;
(X) 131-32; (XI) 2; the function of, (VIII) 31-32;
futility of, (III) 80-81; and going beyond the mind,
(X) 141-42; versus goodness, (XI) 325; versus
guidance for children, (V) 107-9; as hindrance,
(VI) 255; (XII) 149; as hindrance to freedom, (IX)
155; as hindrance to seriousness, (IX) 183; as
hindrance to truth, (XI) 20-21; and hope and
despair, (XI) 141; and humility, (XIII) 268, 270;
and the ideal, (VII) 66; implications of, (XIV ) 145;
inquiry into, (XVII) 108; and laziness, (XIII) 139;
and learning, (XIV) 146, 239-40, 244; (XV) 68-70;
(XVII) 58, 59; the limitations of, (VII) 17-18, 19;
and the limited mind, (VI) 246; and listening, (XV)
238; (XVI) 70, 101-2; and looking without
condemnation, (XVII) 239; as loveless, (VII) 105;
meaning of, (VIII) 295; (XIII) 321; (XVI) 193;
(XVII) 137; and meditation, (V) 210-11, 267;
(VII) 56-57; (XIII) 95-96; (XV) 135; and memory,
(IX) 91-92; and method, (XIII) 52-53; and the
mind, (II) 40-41; (VIII) 325-26; (XI) 233; and
morality, (II) 138; nature of, (XV) 92-93; as
necessity, (III) 247; and the need for clarity,
(XVII) 34, 36; and observation, (XIV) 36-37, 51;
and order, (XV) 346; as the outcome of freedom,
(XIII) 98; to overcome contradiction, (IX) 205-6;
parental, (l) 17-18; versus perception, (XI) 205;
and pleasure, (XVI) 216; and power, (V) 45;
problem of, (XI) 352; versus the quiet mind, (XIII)
335; reasons for, (III) 131-32; and relationship, (V)
335; and the religious spirit, (XIV) 46; and
resistance, (VII) 105; and satisfaction, (XI) 244;
and search, (IX) 87; and the search for fulfillment,
(XI) 235, 238; and self-discipline, (XV) 54; and
self-knowledge, (V) 284; versus self-knowledge,
(XI) 186; and silence, (XVII) 124-25; and the
silent mind, (XV) 46, 308; as skill in observation,
(XIII) 335-36; and society, (XVI) 110; versus the
state of silence, (IX) 66; and stillness, (IX) 232;
and suppression, (VI) 258-59; of suppression, (X)
255; versus transformation, (X) 118; types of, (X)
146; (XII) 324; (XIII) 268-69; (XIV ) 4; (XVII)
107-8; understanding, (XI) 117-18, 354-55; (XIII)
123; (XIV) 173; and understanding disorder,

(XVII) 168; understanding through examination,
(XVI) 37; and understanding fear, (XIV) 194; and
understanding freedom, (XVII) 167; understanding
the structure of, (XVI) 150; and understanding the
structure of thought, (XVII) 179; and violence,
(XVI) 203. See also Awareness; Compulsion;
Conditioning; Conflict; Conformity; Dull mind;
Effort; Method; Resistance; Self-discipline; Self-
knowledge; Still mind; Suppression; Thought;
Tradition
Disciplined mind: as the dead mind, (XIV) 145; as
reactionary, (XI) 355; as sluggish, (XI) 307. See
also Discipline; Mind; Petty mind
Discontent, (V) 273; (VI) 187; (VII) 210-13; (VIII)
120; and acquisitiveness, (VIII) 10; and action,
(XII) 13-14; causes of, (XIV) 264; and change, (X)
45; (XII) 255-56; and conformity, (XI) 43-44, 46;
and daily life, (XV) 42; defining, (XII) 13-14; and
desire, (XII) 150; and the desire for change, (XI)
311; and the desire for improvement, (IX) 207-8;
versus dissatisfaction, (IX) 103; in the East and
West, (XVII) 131; and envy, (X) 29-30, 47; and
escape, (V) 345-46; as essential, (VII) 259-60; (IX)
69; and exploration, (V) 348; and the fact, (XIV)
266; forms of, (XVII) 189-90; and freedom, (XI)
45-46; and gratification, (XIV) 206; as hindrance,
(V) 30; and human problems, (IX) 169; versus
illusions, (X) 32; as impetus to enquiry, (V) 33-34;
and inquiry, (XI) 8; keeping it alive, (VII) 211; and
leisure, (XIII) 42; and mediocrity, (VIII) 18; as
necessary to youth, (VII) 64; and the need for
passion, (XVII) 133; need to understand, (XVII)
182; as path to intelligence, (V) 106; and reality,
(V) 222; and the religious life, (XIV ) 264-65; and
the religious man, (X) 34; and satisfaction, (V)
266; and search, (IX) 68; and search for certainty,
(V) 169-70; and the search for contentment, (X)
182-83; and the search for knowledge, (VIII) 21-
22; and the search for religion, (XI) 95; and the
search for satisfaction, (X) 217; and seeking,
(XVII) 87; and social revolt, (XV) 156; and
transformation, (V) 185-86; understanding, (XI)
91; world, (XVII) 86; and world problems, (XIII)
63. See also Ambition; Conflict; Confusion;
Despair; Dissatisfaction; Questioning; Revolution;
Satisfaction; Security; Seeking
Discovery: and the absence of conflict, (XI) 354; and
aloneness, (VII) 311; without authority, (IX) 195;
and conflict, (XIII) 16-17; and conflict of choice,
(VII) 292; through consciousness, (II) 17-18; and
the cumulative technique, (IX) 111; versus
distraction, (X) 61-62; and energy, (XVI) 221; of
the fact, (XIV) 8; of the false and true, (XI) 190;
and freedom, (XI) 67; and the free mind, (X) 41-
42; (XI) 260; (XII) 204; as inadequate to solutions,
(XV) 117-18; as individual, (XI) 167; joy of, (XI)
227; meaning of, (XVI) 142; and meditation, (IX)
279; and the negative approach, (XI) 292; and the
new, (XIII) 302-3; and the new mind, (XIV) 83;
and the origin of thought, (XVI) 164; pursuit of,
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(XV) 256; and questioning, (XII) 286; and the
religious mind, (XI) 70; and sorrow, (XII) 201-2;
as spontaneous, (VII) 316, 318, 319; and suffering,
(II) 32-33; and thought, (XI) 128-29; of true and
false, (XII) 167; of truth, (XIV ) 121-22, 124, 127;
two approaches to, (XIII) 282; and the uncertain
mind, (XII) 235; understanding, (XVI) 293. See
also Exploration; God; Inquiry, Investigation;
Questioning; Reality; Self-discovery
Discussion: without authority, (XIV ) 271; beyond the
verbal level, (XIII) 177; conditions for, (XVI) 80;
and discovery, (XV) 245; as discovery, (VI) 12, 14;
importance of, (VII) 2; intent of, (XV) 273-74;
meaning of, (XII) 1-2; and questions, (XII) 186-
87; and self-exposure, (XVI) 253. See also
Communication; Communion; Learning; Listening;
Words
Disillusionment: and conflict, (IV) 28-29
Disintegration: acceptance of, (VII) 156-57; and
conflict, (XIV) 87; and desire, (VIII) 324; and
integration, (VII) 112; process of, (VI) 262-63;
responsibility for, (V) 182-83; social, (VIII) 165-
66. See also Civilization; Deterioration; Fear;
Individual
Disorder, (XVII) 173-78; awareness of, (XV) 206-7;
and the concept of order, (XV) 298; and conflict,
(XVII) 239; and confusion, (XV) 198-99; and
continuity of what is, (XV) 159; defining, (XII)
172; and deterioration, (XV) 236; and divisions,
(XV) 301; and fear, (XIII) 71; (XV) 117-18, 159;
and fear of freedom, (XV) 281; and forced
behavior, (XVII) 202; and “how”, (XV) 130, 134;
and inward and outward conflict, (XV) 296; and
motive, (XV) 264; and order, (XII) 189-90; (XV)
55-56; (XVII) 167-68; and the positive, (XV) 261-
63, 299; and psychological time, (XV) 236; and
society, (XV) 157-58; and time, (XV) 125, 129-30,
159, 212, 261-63, 304, 338-39; (XVI) 184;
understanding, (XV) 325-29; (XVII) 168; and
violence, (XV) 299; and war, (XV) 299; and world
politics, (XV) 124. See also Conflict; Order;
Society; War; World problems
Disorder and order: understanding the relationship
between, (XVII) 223-24, 227-28. See also
Disorder; Order
Dissatisfaction, (IX) 43-47; and action, (XIII) 44; and
comparison, (XII) 11-12; and ideals, (IX) 43-46;
and the positive and the negative states, (XV) 259;
problem of, (IX) 163; and search, (IX) 179-81; and
search for security, (IX) 136; and seeking, (XII)
203; (XVII) 154. See also Conflict; Discontent;
Frustration
Distance: explaining, (XV) 279-80; and looking, (XV)
279; and seeking and finding, (XV) 261; and space,
(XVI) 251; and time, (XV) 261-62, 272;
understanding, (XV) 262. See also Time
Distortion: and conflict, (XVI) 93; and motive, (XIII)
168-69
Distraction(s), (IX) 10-11; approach to, (XIII) 154;
(XVI) 26-27; and attention, (V) 129-31; (XIII)
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177, 336-37; versus attention, (IX) 106; (X) 140;
and attention and concentration, (XII) 215, 264;
and awareness, (XV) 38; (XVI) 185; awareness of,
(III) 230-31; and concentration, (V) 164; (XI) 38;
(XIII) 264; and conflict, (IV) 21; defining, (IX)
88-89; (XIII) 121; and dependence, (X) 52; and the
deteriorating mind, (XIII) 278-79; and dulling the
mind, (IV) 167; and effort, (IV) 111-12; 134-35;
versus the empty mind, (IX) 23; and energy, (XIV)
208; as escape, (VII) 193-94; (XIII) 309-10; (XIV)
121; and experience, (V) 356; as hindrance, (IX)
70; as hindrance to understanding, (XIV) 66; and
inattention, (XIV) 201-2; and interest, (V) 89; and
listening, (XV) 59; versus listening, (XIII) 87; and
loneliness, (VII) 273; and meditation, (V) 268;
(VI) 244-46; and the mind, (IV) 207; and
observation, (XIV) 52; and peace, (XV) 223; and
problems, (XIII) 19-20; and reformation, (VII) 36;
and relationship, (V) 229; versus the steady mind,
(IX) 129; and the still mind, (VI) 336-37; and
thoughtfulness, (VII) 54; and truth, (VI) 177-78; of
words, (IX) 252. See also Attention;
Concentration; Conflict; Dull mind; Escape;
Meditation
Disturbance, (VII) 155-56; and achieving peace,
(VIII) 227; avoidance of, (XII) 237; and belief,
(XI) 316; and change, (X) 216-17; creating, (XII)
196-97; and desire, (XIV) 96; desire to escape,
(VIII) 128-31; desire to be rid of, (V) 273-75;
effect of, (XIII) 15-16; and listening or hearing the
word, (XVII) 195; and the occupied mind, (XII)
243; and the search for security, (IX) 19; and
security, (XI) 306; state of, (IX) 109; as suffering,
(V) 315. See also Challenge; Conflict; Confusion;
Contradiction; Discontent; Frustration
Divine power: and fear, (XII) 60
Divinity: and dissatisfaction, (IX) 43
Division(s), (II) 95, 165; (III) 169-70, 189, 191; (V)
151-53; abolishing, (IV) 182; and the absence of
love, (IX) 267; in action, (XII) 68; between action
and idea(s), (V) 331; (VII) 109; (XIII) 326; (XV)
315; (XVI) 18-19; between action and ideology, of
action and non-action, (IX) 51; (XVII) 139-40; of
action, devotion, knowledge, (XI) 245; between
analyzer and analyzed, (X) 174; and authority,
(VII) 141-42; (XV) 227; and belief, (V) 238-39;
(VI) 256; (VII) 145-46, 226; (VIII) 294; (XV)
196; of body and mind, (XVII) 63; causes of,
(XVI) 68; and change, (XVI) 203; between the
collective and the individual, (XIV) 56, 272; and
comparison, (XVII) 30; in concentration, (VII) 27;
between the concept and the act, (XV) 129; and
conflict, (III) 69; (X) 117; (XI) 371-72; (XII) 194-
95, 242; (XIII) 263, 335; and the conscious and
unconscious, (XIII) 37; between the conscious and
unconscious, (VII) 296; (XI) 327; (XV) 11; (XVI)
54; and consciousness, (XII) 240-41; of
consciousness, (XVI) 240; (XVII) 145; and
contradiction(s), (VI) 191; (XV) 311; (XVII) 2; as
contradiction, (XII) 177-78; creating, (VIII) 318;
and creation of inhumanity, (IV) 97; and the
creation of problems, (XVII) 217; and cruelty, (IX)
259; in daily life and ideals, (XIV) 282; in daily
and religious life, (X) 207-8; of death from living,
(IX) 287-88; (XIV) 31, 33, 212, 256; and desire,
(XII) 152; and desire for exclusions, (V) 354; and
desire for power, (VIII) 19; and disorder, (XV)
301; and disunity, (XVI) 233; between the divine
and the not-divine, (XVII) 203; in the earth, (XIV)
252; economic reasons for, (X) 201; ending of,
(XIV) 282; of ends and means, (IV) 178; and
energy, (XII) 63; as evil, (IV) 87; and the evil of
spiritual authority, (XVII) 175; in existence, (XV)
62; explanation of, (II) 143-44; between fact and
mind, (IX) 64; between the fact and the observer,
(XVI) 107; and fear, (XII) 45; (XIII) 135-36;
(XIV) 251; in feeling and knowledge, (IV) 1;
between feelings and ideas, (XIII) 68; versus
freedom, (IX) 51; and fulfillment, (II) 191-92; of
giving and receiving, (XV) 227; going beyond,
(XVII) 201; and gratification, (IV) 201; as
hindrance, (IX) 51-52; as hindrance to attention,
(XVI) 143; as hindrance to living peacefully,
(XVII) 53; as hindrance to peace, (XIV) 259-60;
(XVI) 126; (XVII) 192; as hindrance to the totality
of life, (IX) 254; as hindrance to understanding,
(XVI) 6; as hindrance to the unity of mankind,
(XVII) 143; as hindrance to world problems, (V)
152-53; between human beings, (XI) 206; and
human needs, (III) 70; and ideas, (V) 294-95; and
identity, (VIII) 243-44; and ignorance, (V) 84;
between individual and mass, (III) 90-91; between
the individual and the world, (XIV) 79; between
inferior and superior, (VII) 127-28; of inner and
outer, (XII) 70, 134, 197-98, 292; (XIV ) 60; of
inner and outer existence, (IV) 17; in inner and
outer life, (XIII) 51-52, 156-57; between inner and
outer man, (III) 43; between the inner and outer
world, (XVII) 132; and intellectual perception,
(III) 94; and internationalism, (V) 115; inward and
outward, (XV) 56; of inward and outward life, (XI)
236; and inward and outward movement, (XIV) 2;
in life, (XV) 284; of life and death, (X) 98; (XV)
284-85; as limitation to education, (VIII) 282; of
living and dying, (X) 153-55; living without, (XII)
22, 25; and love, (XIII) 156; between master and
pupil, (V) 219; (IX) 238-39; material and spiritual,
(II) 154-55; and meditation, (XI) 199; and method
and practice, (XV) 83; and the mind, (XI) 32-33,
168; of mind and heart, (II) 77-78; of mind and
thought, (VII) 21-22; (IX) 94; and nationalism,
(XIV) 150; (XV) 327-29; (XVII) 162, 279-80;
among nations, (IX) 71; in nations and people,
(XIV) 220; of nations and races, (III) 240; of
nations and religions, (XIV) 229; of nationalities
and religions, (III) 207; national, racial, social,
(IV) 98, 99; national, religious, and technological,
(XIV) 78; need to eliminate, (IX) 247; and the new
society, (VIII) 301-2; and nonintelligence, (XVII)
238; and not seeing the whole, (XVI) 237; and the

observer, (XVII) 219; and the observer and the
observed, (V) 248; (XI) 176; between the observer
and the observed, (XII) 255; (XIII) 283; (XIV)
157, 242-44; (XVI) 23-25, 134, 202-3, 270-72;
(XVII) 22, 88, 275-76; Occidental and Oriental,
(II) 203; and organized belief, (XII) 118; origins
of, (II) 91; of the past, (XVI) 200; between the past
and present, (XV) 271; of past, present and future,
(II) 219; and peace, (IX) 15-16; between people,
(X) 24; (XI) 377; political, (VIII) 248; between the
powerful and powerless, (VII) 128; in private and
public life, (XVI) 225; as problem, (VIII) 242; and
problems, (IX) 222; of reason and feeling, (IV)
122; and relationship(s), (V) 241; (XVI) 44-45; and
religion, (X) 200-201, 219; (XV) 326-27; (XVI)
242; (XVII) 162; in religion, (V) 157; religious,
(IX) 193; and religious dogma, (VII) 130; versus
the religious mind, (XIII) 87, 88, 89-90; and the
religious person, (IX) 121; and response, (V) 183;
and the response to world crisis, (VIII) 298-99; and
revolution, (VI) 325; and search, (IX) 181, 183,
185; and search for goals, (II) 99-100; and search
for security, (VI) 149-50; and sects, (II) 106; and
security, (X) 42-43; seeing the danger in, (XVI)
98-99; and self, (IV) 141-42; social and religious,
(II) 84; and social disorder, (XVII) 167; and social
structure, (IV) 40; between societies, (VII) 80; in
society, (IX) 86, 262; between society and the
human being, (XVII) 60-61; and sorrow, (XIV)
211-12; and specialization, (XII) 270; spiritual and
material, (II) 173-74; between spiritual and
worldly, (X) 123; (XV) 195; of teacher and
disciple, (XI) 109; and tension, (XII) 63; and the
thinker and the thought, (XIII) 90-91, 305-6; of
thinker and thought, (XI) 355-56; (XIV) 92-93;
and thought, (VIII) 290-91; (XIII) 45; (XVI) 145,
163, 168-69; between thought and thinker, (IV)
193-94; (V) 330-31; (VII) 48-49; (IX) 56; (XII)
44, 177-78; (XV) 179-80, 249; (XVI) 161; and
time, (XVI) 23-25, 142-43, 239; in time, (XVII)
101-2; and total action, (XII) 33; versus total
action, (X) 175; versus total attention, (XVII) 146;
transcending, (III) 240; between true and false, (V)
321-22; and violence, (IX) 241; (XVII) 257-58;
and war, (II) 131; (V) 338; (XVII) 263; and the
wasting of energy, (XIV) 290; (XV) 288; between
what is and ‘what should be’, (IX) 170; (XV) 65;
between word, symbol, and feeling, (XI) 144;
world, (VIII) 216-17; (IX) 260; (XII) 191; (XV) 4;
(XVII) 61; and world problems, (IX) 145; (XIII)
12-13, 48-49; (XIV) 26-27; and world tribes,
(XVII) 104. See also Children; Communalism;
Conflict; Contradiction; Craving; Duality;
Fragmentation; Love; Mind; Nationalism;
Religion; Separation; Society; State; Thinker and
the thought; Thought; Tolerance; Totality; War;
Whole; World problems
Dogma: and the desire for security, (X) 15-16;
freedom from, (X) 79; as hindrance to clarity,
(XIV) 229; as hindrance to peace, (V) 152-53; as
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hindrance to truth, (IV) 50; and the need for
mystery, (VIII) 28; and the petty mind, (XIII) 93;
versus religion, (X) 72; and religious separatism,
(V) 36-37; by repetition, (V) 320; and self-reliance,
(III) 163-64; and the shallow mind, (X) 32; and
war, (XVI) 4; and world problems, (XI) 367-68.
See also Belief; Conditioning; Conformity;
Experience; Habits; Ideals; Ideas; Ideology;
Illusion; Knowledge; Methods; Patterns; System;
Tradition
Doing: and learning, (XVI) 51-52. See also Action
“Doing good”: and the free mind, (X) 25. See also
Reform
“Doing is being”: versus “being is doing”, (IX) 262
Domination: the desire for, (IX) 118; ending, (XVI)
107; and family, (XIII) 121; as hindrance to
education, (VII) 320; of individuals, (V) 102-3;
and intelligence, (VII) 189-90; between men and
women, (V) 102; and the mind, (X) 117; of nations,
(V) 102-3; and organized religion, (XI) 386; and
power, (V) 45; public, (V) 303; and the sense of
power, (XVII) 109; and submission, (V) 302-4;
unconscious desire for, (V) 302-4; and violence,
(XVII) 200. See also Authority; Dictatorship;
Discipline; Family; Government; Power ;
Relationships
Doubt, (l) 70, 144-45, 154-55, 159-60, 163-64; and
authority, (IV) 44-45; and inquiry, (X) 157;
necessity of, (II) 179; need for, (XVI) 123; need to,
(XVII) 220; and search for values, (l) 191; and
understanding, (l) 190-91 See also Authority;
Certainty; Examination; Experience; Questioning;
Skepticism
Dreams, (VII) 170-72; (VIII) 100; (IX) 123-24; (X)
119-20; abolishing through awareness of, (XVII)
24, 84; absence of, (XIII) 293; and the activity of
the mind, (XII) 165; and analysis, (XII) 257;
analysis of, (XIII) 293; cause of, (X) 150-52; and
conflict, (XII) 194; and the conscious and
unconscious, (X) 54-55; and consciousness, (III)
219-20; defining, (V) 140-41; interpreting, (X)
150-52; and the known, (XIII) 292; and
meditation, (IV) 35-36; origin of, (IV) 165-66;
process of, (X) 150-52; reasons for, , (V) 140-41;
(VIII) 330-31; and sleep, (IX) 59-61; and the
unconscious, (XII) 111; (XIII) 266; understanding
process of, (IV) 136-38; as unnecessary, (XIII)
193-94; as a waste of energy, (XV) 121. See also
Awareness; Consciousness; Mind; Self-knowledge;
Sleep
Drink: and habit, (XVI) 98
Drinking: reasons for, (VIII) 202
Drive: See Motive
Dropping ideals, (XVI) 259-60. See also Idea(s);
Ideal(s); Images
Drugs: and the attempt to escape thought, (XVI) 201-
2; and the “awakened” mind, (IX) 234; and belief,
(XVII) 7; and the chemical removal of time and
space, (XVII) 219; and consciousness, (XIV) 5;
and the desire for experience, (XIV) 37; (XV) 86,
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128, 184, 241, 275-76, 277; (XVII) 237; and
energy, (XIII) 337; as escape, (XVII) 50; and the
expansion of consciousness, (XIV) 159; and
experiencing, (X) 89; and “instant mysticism”,
(XIV) 109-10; and the known, (XIII) 153-54; and
the mind, (XI) 131; and the narrow mind, (XIII)
136; as nirvana, (XIV) 260; and old patterns,
(XVII) 134; and overcoming space, (XVII) 187;
and perception, (XI) 379, 381, 382; and the
positive mind, (XV) 256; and the search for
answers, (XIV) 41; and the search for
experience(s), (XIV ) 215; (XVII) 175; and the
search for life’s meaning, (XVII) 40, 41-42, 96;
and the search for meaning, (XVI) 144; and
sensitivity, (XV) 39; (XVII) 29; and shallowness,
(XVI) 234; and the state of innocence, (XIII) 207;
and the time interval, (XVII) 141; and visions,
(XIV) 108-9. See also Chemicals
Duality, (l) 62-63, 111-12; (II) 49, 94-95; (III) 169-70,
188; absence of, (XII) 113; and ambition, (IV) 14;
of anger and compassion, (III) 224; and attention
and inattention, (XVII) 220-21; bridging, (III) 120;
and change, (IX) 56-57; and chaos, (XIII) 88-89;
and choice, (l) 9; and choiceless awareness, (IV)
27; and conflict (l ) 54; (III) 28, 199; (VIII) 194-
98; (IX) 154; (XIV ) 290, 294; (XV) 38; (XVII)
233; conflict of, (X) 160; and consciousness, (III)
13, 14; and contradiction, (XI) 31-32; (XV) 313-
14; (XVII) 231; and control, (III) 153-54; defining,
(XVI) 67-68; and desire, (VIII) 305; (XV) 108; of
desire and emotion, (III) 140-42; and deterioration
of the mind, (IX) 266; and effort, (XI) 354; (XVII)
231; and faith, (III) 13; and fear, (VII) 191-92; and
following, (VIII) 173; versus fundamental change,
(X) 138; and ideals, (VIII) 221; and immorality, (l)
133; inherent in humans, (III) 228; and inner
conflict, (VIII) 231-32; and labeling, (IX) 120; of
mind and heart, (l) 112; and the observer and the
observed, (XVI) 68-69; of the observer and the
observed, (XIII) 170; (XV) 126; and the observer
and the thought, (XIII) 48; of opposites, (III) 198;
and practice, (II) 100; and problems, (IV) 5-6; and
psychological contradiction, (XVI) 85; and
schizophrenic attitudes toward life, (XIV) 281,
293; and suppression, (IX) 232; and the struggle
against desire, (IX) 83; and suffering, (l) 44-45;
and thought and thinker, (IV) 43; (XIII) 43-44;
(XIV) 36; and time, (XII) 100-103; and what is
and ‘what should be, (XVII) 208-9; between what
is and ‘what should be’, (IX) 30; (XII) 155. See
also Action; Conflict; Conflict of Opposites;
Contradiction(s); Divisions; Ignorance; Opposites
Duality of conflict: and self-contradiction, (XI) 204.
See also Duality
Dual process: meaning of, (XII) 233
Dull mind, (V) 130-32; (VII) 93-94; and the absence
of freedom, (XV) 15; and adjustment, (XV) 342-
43; and authority, (IX) 234; and becoming, (VIII)
51; and belief, (V) 336; cause of, (XIV) 29; and
comparison, (XVII) 233; and conflict, (XII) 129,
214; (XIII) 46-47, 50, 91; (XIV) 124, 126, 131,
183; (XVII) 170; defining, (VIII) 7; and
dependence, (XVII) 155; describing, (XII) 165;
and the destructiveness of conflict, (XIII) 18; and
discipline, (V) 331; (XVII) 81; and distraction, (V)
228-29; and dreams, (XIII) 266; and effort, (XV)
12; (XVII) 73; and escape, (V) 252; and
experience, (XI) 382; (XIII) 221; (XVII) 35; and
fear, (XIV) 248; (XV) 322; and fragmentation,
(XVII) 268; freedom from, (XII) 17; versus the
free mind, (XV) 13; and getting used to life, (XV)
230; and habit(s), (XIII) 157, 159, 239; (XV) 72;
as hindrance to understanding, (XIV ) 85; and ideas,
(XIII) 33; and illusions, (XIII) 144; and images,
(XV) 196; and imitation, (VIII) 77; and inaction,
(XVII) 163; and living, (XII) 18; and love, (XVI)
64; and mechanical response, (V) 90-92; and
meditation, (XV) 37; and movement to the center,
(XVII) 152-53; and the need for stimulation,
(XVII) 41; and pain and pleasure, (V) 217; and the
past, (XIV) 85; perception of, (XII) 315; and
positive thinking, (XI) 92; and practice of virtue,
(IX) 201-2; and practicing method, (XV) 83; and
prayer, (VII) 217; and problems, (XIV) 185, 251-
52, 303-4; (XV) 72, 114, 152; and the pursuit of the
ideal, (XVII) 103; recognition of, (XII) 292; and
repetition, (XVII) 116; and the search for answers,
(VIII) 171; and sorrow, (XIII) 83, 173, 255; (XIV)
210-11, 306; (XV) 222; and stimulants, (XVII)
121; and stimulation, (XIV) 208; and stripping
away of belief, (VII) 43-44; transformation of,
(XII) 267. See also Conformity; Effort; Fresh
mind; Mind; New mind; Occupied mind; Petty
mind; Quiet mind; Resistance; Thought
Dullness: and accumulation, (XIII) 82; causes of, (XI)
369-70, 372-73; and conflict, (XIII) 282, 285; and
observation, (XII) 45-46; and problems, (XIII)
133; recognition of, (XII) 31. See also Dull mind;
Sensitivity
Duration: and time, (XV) 303-4. See also Interval;
Thought
Duty, (VII) 237; versus freedom, (XII) 127; as marital
factor, (V) 87-88; significance of, (VII) 122-23.
See also Authority; Conformity; Family; Marriage;
Motive; Obedience; Respectability
Dying: to action, (XII) 40; to the center, (XI) 142; to
conditioning, (XVII) 171, 192; to the continuity of
time, (XI) 193-95; and creativeness, (XI) 136;
daily, (X) 208-9, 242-43; (XIV) 105, 153; to
everything, (XIII) 187; to experience, (IX) 66; to
false gods, (XI) 147; and the fresh mind, (XI) 148;
(XV) 289-91; to the inner environment, (XV) 246;
to knowledge, (XIII) 193; to the known, (XI) 367-
68; (XII) 318-19; (XIII) 104-5, 171, 191, 203, 269;
(XIV) 32-33, 213; (XV) 129, 177, 231-33, 320-21;
while living, (XI) 317; (XII) 160-61; (XIII) 57;
and living fully, (X) 259; meaning of, (X) 153-55;
to the mechanical, (XII) 107; to memory, (XII) 39,
259-60; (XIV) 256-57; (XVII) 147, 148-50; to the
mind alone, (XII) 225; minute by minute, (XIII)

146-47, 149; from moment to moment, (XI) 242-
43; (XIII) 319; and the new, (XII) 147; and a new
dimension, (XVII) 149-50; to the past, (X) 258;
(XI) 50-51, 76, 77-78; (XIII) 28, 30, 189, 207-8;
(XIV) 222-23; (XV) 289-91; (XVI) 31-32; (XVII)
111, 234; physical and psychological, (XVII) 235;
to a pleasure, (XVII) 28; to pleasures, (XI) 193-95;
to a problem, (XII) 317; psychological, (XIII) 105,
168-69; at the psychological level, (XVII) 179; to
the psychological ‘me’, (XIII) 211; to the
psychological structure of society, (XIII) 259; and
renewal, (XV) 168, 287; (XVI) 244; to the sense of
time, (XI) 292; significance of, (XV) 320; to
society, (XIII) 186; to something, (XIII) 320; to
sorrow, (XV) 181; state of, (XII) 274; to thought,
(XII) 221-22, 259; to time, (XII) 221-22; (XIII)
317; understanding, (XVII) 235-37; to
yesterday(s), (XI) 392; (XVII) 277. See also
Continuity; Death; Fear; Meditation; Memory;
Quiet mind; Reality; Religion
Dying and living: without the interval, (XV) 181; as
one, (IX) 116; understanding, (XVI) 176, 178. See
also Dying; Living
Dying daily, (XV) 279-80; and the absence of fear,
(XVII) 149; and awareness, (XVI) 156; to the
center, (XVII) 74-75; without effort, (XV) 346;
and ending fear, (XVI) 106, 108; and energy,
(XVI) 244-45; and the new, (XVII) 113; and
rejuvenation, (XVII) 236-37; understanding,
(XVII) 28-29. See also Death; Dying; Dying and
living; Mutation; New
Earnest man: defining, (XI) 73, 149, 153; role of,
(VIII) 316-17; and social reformation, (VIII) 316-
17. See also Religious man
Earnestness, (IV) 78-79; (XI) 73, 74; and effort, (IV)
64; and inquiring awareness, (IV) 57; and interest,
(IV) 167; search for, (IX) 90-91; versus security,
(VI) 170-71; and seeing the problem, (XVII) 98;
and the serious mind, (XIV ) 51; versus seriousness,
(XI) 333-34; understanding sorrow, (IV) 204. See
also Seriousness
Earth: closeness to, as class determinant, (V) 142;
creation of, (VII) 96; and divisions, (XI) 42-43;
love of, (V) 142; as one, (XI) 206, 361; as totality,
(XI) 165, 238-39; whole view of, (XI) 106. See
also Divisions; World
East: and meditation, (XIII) 320; (XV) 279; and
poverty, (XVII) 86; and reincarnation, (XV) 319;
and scientific change, (X) 234; and West, (X) 1;
and world problems, (X) 44. See also Authority;
Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Society;
Technology; War; World problems
East and West, (IX) 51; (X) 1; and conditioning, (IX)
259-60; and culture, (IX) 48; and division, (XIII)
195; false division between, (XIII) 189-90; and
human problems, (IX) 1; and the image of God,
(XV) 240; and search, (XIV) 198, 201
Economic: change through intelligent opinion, (II) 19-
20; security and illusion, (II) 107
43
Economic change: and superficial revolution, (VII)
252
Economic reform: as social solution, (III) 89-90; and
world peace, (III) 197
Economic revolution: and change, (XI) 273; as
fragmentary, (IX) 13; unimportance of, (IX) 79.
See also Revolution
Economic revolutionary: as reactionary, (XI) 106. See
also Divisions
Economics: and action, (l) 82-84; and freedom, (VII)
258-59; and revolution, (VII) 177-78; (VIII) 145;
and war, (V) 15-16. See also Businessmen;
Corporations; Poverty
Economic security: acquiring, (VI) 180-81; and the
creative mind, (VII) 144; and inward security, (X)
3; and loss of freedom, (XI) 361; and systems, (VI)
180-81. See also Security
Economic systems: and change, (VIII) 162-64, 176-
77; and conditioning, (VIII) 102, 142-43; and
confusion, (VIII) 200; and divisions, (VIII) 30, 41,
58; and dogma, (VIII) 168, 170; and the individual,
(VIII) 178-79; and nationalism, (VIII) 154; and
the new mind, (VIII) 167; and our world, (VIII)
113; and peace, (VIII) 153
Economists: and the religious life, (XIII) 89
Ecstasy: achievement of, (II) 108; achieving through
action, (l) 129; defining, (III) 114. See also
Fulfillment; Happiness; Joy
Educated man: and poverty, (XV) 31
Educated layer: and action, (IX) 203-4, 206
Education, (l) 153-55; (IV) 106-8, 187; (V) 103-5,
171-74, 199-202; (VII) 50-51, 109-10, 157-60,
319-20; (VIII) 38-39, 57-60, 278-83; (IX) 11-12;
(X) 64-65; and the ability to think, (VIII) 70;
absurdity of, (XIII) 46; as accumulation of
knowledge, (X) 86; for adaptation to society,
(VIII) 278-82; and ambition, (XIII) 272-73; and
anxiety, (VIII) 76; and authority, (VII) 66; and
being serious, (XIII) 276; and children, (XVII) 77;
of children, (III) 77-78, 152; (VI) 236, 264-65;
(VII) 59-137; and comparison, (VIII) 46, 67-69;
(XVII) 232; and competition, (X) 60; (XII) 209;
(XIV) 257; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 74-75;
as conditioned thought, (VII) 160; and the
conditioning of culture, (VIII) 289; and conflict,
(VIII) 93; and the conforming child, (IX) 155; and
conformity, (II) 192-93; (IX) 226; (X) 83; and
conformity in children, (XII) 296; as conscious
influence, (XI) 167-68; and the control of children,
(VIII) 90-91; and the creative mind, (VIII) 79;
defining, (VIII) 12; and the demands of society,
(X) 95; as destructive, (VIII) 125; and discipline,
(VII) 146-47; (VIII) 31-32; (X) 146-47; and
discipline of children, (V) 107-9; and the discovery
of truth, (VII) 123; and divisions, (VII) 161; and
the dull mind, (VIII) 79; for economic security,
(VIII) 278, 280; and educator, (VI) 21-22; and the
elimination of fear, (VIII) 66, 67-69; and evil, (II)
48-49; expectations of, (VIII) 278-83; failure of,
(VIII) 141, 191-92, 282; (XI) 14; (XIII) 29;
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(XVII) 94; and fear, (VII) 79; (VIII) 60-63, 65,
191-92; and freedom, (VIII) 79; as freedom for
child and teacher, (VII) 320; and freedom from
authority, (IX) 12; and freedom from influences,
(VIII) 288; and freedom from society, (XI) 8-9;
function of, (VII) 84, 129; (VIII) 31-32, 63, 80,
108, 115, 122, 124, 128, 141-43, 149, 281-82; (IX)
219; (XVII) 46; and the function of teachers,
(XIV) 276; and fundamental revolution, (XI) 9;
and government control, (VI) 21-22; as hindrance
to inquiry, (IX) 269; in home and school, (XI) 4, 9;
and imitation, (VIII) 103; (XVII) 214; importance
of, (IV) 107-8; in India, (V) 109-10; and the
influence on children, (IX) 224-25; as integrated
view of life, (VII) 320; and interest, (VIII) 138;
and juvenile delinquency, (X) 5; as a life process,
(VIII) 124; and livelihood, (X) 226; and love,
(VII) 163-64; and love of children, (IX) 271-72;
versus love of work, (XIII) 21; meaning of, (VIII)
132; (X) 65; and the meaning of life, (V) 34; as
memorization, (VII) 117; and morality, (VII) 163;
and the ‘more’, (VIII) 107-8; and the narrow mind,
(XVII) 78; need for revolution in, (XVI) 116; and
need for vocational training, (V) 114; and parental
ambition, (XI) 3-4; and prejudice, (V) 340; as
prevention not cure, (VIII) 104; and problems of
life, (VII) 133; as producer of experts, (IV) 89;
purpose of, (II) 169-70; (V) 172-74; (VI) 20-22;
(VII) 50, 157-60; (VIII) 57, 227; (X) 5; reasons
for, (VII) 59-60, 63, 64; and refinement, (VIII)
119-20; and religion, (VII) 131; as repetition,
(XIV) 115; right, (XVII) 279; role of, (V) 172-73,
174; (IX) 12, 108; (XI) 337; and role of
government, (V) 110-11; and security for students,
(VIII) 72-74; and self-knowledge, (VI) 20; and
simplicity, (VIII) 94; and society, (VIII) 226-27;
(XII) 37; (XIII) 126; and specialization, (VII) 162-
63; (XIII) 290; and state transformation, (III) 217;
and the state of the world, (VII) 82; as superficial,
(XIII) 167; talks at Banaras Hindu University,
(VIII) 140-60; talks at the Rajghat school, (VIII)
57-140; and teacher, (VI) 55; versus tradition,
(VIII) 109; and the true democrat, (XVII) 270-71;
true role of, (VIII) 58; and understanding, (VI) 55;
(VII) 67-68; (XIII) 190; and understanding power,
(VIII) 113-14; and understanding words, (VIII)
65; and the uneducated, (II) 210; and what is,
(VIII) 108; and the whole being, (VIII) 74; and
work, (VIII) 97. See also Authority; Children;
Knowledge; Learning; Professions; Teacher
Educational centers: need for, (VIII) 283
Educator: and conflict of the practical man, (XI) 315;
and the hidden and superficial minds, (XI) 10-12;
and love, (XI) 6; the need to educate, (V) 104; role
of, (VII) 51, 162; (VIII) 201-2; (XI) 2-6, 8, 10-11;
true function of, (VIII) 11-13, 59. See also
Education; Professions; Teachers
Efficiency: and the absence of motive, (XVII) 263;
achieving, (XII) 19; and ambition, (XII) 119;
versus competition, (XII) 20; desire for, through
technique, (V) 309; as destructive force, (V) 309-
10; as a goal in mass education, (V) 205; versus
love, (V) 101; and organization, (XIV ) 296; and
ruthlessness, (XIII) 82; and the state, (IX) 230
Efficient mind: and freedom from conflict, (XIII) 158;
as tyranny, (XI) 260. See also Free mind; Mind
Effort, (l) 99; (V) 7-8, 115-17; (VI) 112-14, 162-64,
294-95, 354-57; (XI) 258-59, 261-63; (XVII) 230-
34; absence of, (XV) 155; and the absence of
humility, (XI) 266; to achieve peace, (VII) 126;
and action, (IX) 206; (XI) 223-24; as activity of the
will, (IV) 64; and ambition, (VI) 112-13; (IX) 175;
and attention, (X) 256-57; (XVII) 127; and
authority, (XI) 381; to become, (X) 75; and
becoming, (IV) 111-12; (X) 268; (XI) 246; as
cause of deterioration, (IX) 186; cessation of, (IX)
167, 233; (XVII) 72, 90; and change, (VII) 24-25,
181-83; (VIII) 34-35, 36, 161-62; (IX) 25-28, 55-
57; (X) 136-38; (XI) 173; (XIV) 188; (XV) 133;
(XVII) 122; and choice, (VII) 241-42; (XI) 221;
and concentration, (VIII) 157, 313; (XI) 199-200;
(XVII) 82-83; and conditioning, (VIII) 218-19;
(X) 101; and conflict, (IX) 167; (X) 41; (XI) 387;
(XII) 264, 267; (XIII) 76, 88; (XIV) 183, 289;
(XVI) 222, 280; and conformity, (VII) 181-83;
(XV) 216, 218-19; and confusion, (IX) 29; and the
conscious and the unconscious, (VII) 295, 296-97;
and contemplation, (XI) 357; and contradiction,
(XIII) 125, 304; (XIV) 232-34, 289; (XVI) 95,
162; and the control of thought, (VII) 154-55;
(XIV) 157-58; and the creation of conflict, (XV) 8-
10; and the creation of images, (XVII) 79-80, 82;
and desire, (III) 138-39; (XIV) 97; (XV) 22; as
destructive, (VIII) 298; (XIII) 183; and
deterioration, (XVII) 80; and distortion, (XIII)
193; and duality, (III) 121; and the dull mind,
(VIII) 51-52; (XV) 152; and dying, (XIII) 320;
ending, (XVI) 121; (XVII) 123; ending of, (XV)
108; and energy, (XV) 107-8; (XVII) 120, 121;
escape from, (XV) 64; and escape from opposites,
(III) 199; and evil, (IX) 229; as evil, (XI) 230; and
fact, (VIII) 272; and fear, (XI) 174; (XII) 41; (XV)
218-19; and freedom, (V) 242; freedom from, (XV)
60; versus the free mind, (XI) 21-23; futility of, (V)
9; (X) 92, 111, 143-44; (XII) 164; and the good
mind, (IX) 262-63; and habit, (XIII) 203-4; as
habit forming, (III) 125; and happiness, (IV) 117;
as hindrance, (IV) 70; (XV) 58; as hindrance to
change, (IX) 27; (X) 117, 159; (XI) 230; (XIII)
207; (XV) 200; as hindrance to direct perception,
(XII) 313; as hindrance to fact, (XII) 316; as
hindrance to investigation, (XVII) 70, 71; as
hindrance to the new, (XII) 127; as hindrance to
peace, (XVI) 128; as hindrance to radical change,
(IX) 154; as hindrance to revolution, (XIII) 214; as
hindrance to understanding, (XVII) 208; as
hindrance to the unknown, (IX) 248-49; as illusion,
(IX) 165-66; and image, (XV) 194-95; (XVII) 82;
as imitation, (VII) 185-86; and inattention, (XVI)
64; and intelligence, (IV) 66; and interest, (XV)

107; and learning, (XV) 9; life as constant, (XIV)
97; life without, (VIII) 341; (IX) 91-93; (XI) 210;
(XV) 126-27; as limiting action, (XI) 229-30, 233;
and listening, (VIII) 168; listening without, (XV)
150; and living, (XII) 214; living without, (XII)
315; (XIV) 224, 232-33; (XV) 47; and love, (IX)
170; and love and violence, (III) 121; meaning of,
(l) 84-87; (IX) 84; and meditation, (VI) 113; (XI)
280; (XIII) 195, 262; and the mind, (XI) 344; and
modified change, (XVI) 201; and motive, (XVII)
45; nature of, (XV) 60-61; need to be free of,
(XIII) 230; and negative thinking, (XII) 213-14;
versus perception of the mind, (XII) 164; and the
petty mind, (IX) 104-6; physical and
psychological, (IX) 248; and pleasure, (XV) 125;
process of, (X) 57-58; and pursuit of the true, (IX)
34; as reaction, (XV) 99; reasons for, (XII) 315;
reasons for making, (XV) 60-61; and renewal, (III)
137; and revolution, (XIII) 166; and resistance to,
(XI) 369-70; and search, (IX) 20; as search, (V)
326-30; and self-improvement, (IX) 85; and self-
knowing, (XII) 202; and society, (IX) 85; and
sorrow, (IV) 176; and the state of contradiction,
(XV) 9-12; and struggle, (VII) 29, 31; and
suffering, (X) 57; and time, (XV) 303; and the
tranquil mind, (V) 283-84; understanding, (XI)
354; (XVII) 30, 121-22; and understanding, (V)
265, 358; (VI) 134; (VIII) 340-41; versus
understanding, (VII) 195, 298-99; (X) 13; and
understanding fear, (XVI) 61; and waste of energy,
(XIII) 109; (XIV ) 289; (XV) 90-91; (XVI) 127-28;
(XVII) 124; and ‘what should be’, (IX) 153-54;
and will, (XV) 107, 306; and the will of the ‘I’,
(IV) 60; and the will of want, (III) 57-58. See also
Achievement; Action; Choiceless awareness;
Conformity; Contradiction; Discipline; Freedom;
Meditation; Quiet mind; Reality; Resistance;
Security; Struggle; Thought
Effortless attention: as perception, (XI) 258
Effortless awareness: and meditation, (XIII) 263; and
total revolution, (XIII) 216. See also Awareness;
Effort; Self-knowing
Effortless interest: and understanding, (V) 166-67
Effortlessness: and creativeness, (XI) 232
Effort, sorrow, and action: as interrelated, (XV) 341-
42. See also Effort
Ego: and the accumulation of knowledge, (VIII) 234;
defining, (IX) 130; and peace, (VIII) 232. See also
Center; Consciousness; ‘I’; ‘Me’; Mind; Observer;
Self; Self-centered activity
Ego consciousness: See ‘I’
Egotism, (l) 8; (II) 143; and incompleteness, (l) 6-7;
and introspection, (l) 75-76; and human suffering,
(II) 162-63; and search for security, (II) 204-5,
222-23; and sensation, (II) 156; varieties of, (II)
156. See also Ego; ‘I’; Self-centered activity;
Virtue
Electronic brain(s): and the human brain, (XVI) 15,
89; and the human mind, (XI) 226; and knowledge,
(XII) 303; (XIV) 243; (XV) 9, 68; and memory,
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(XIV) 210; and the response of memory, (XIV ) 23;
role of, (XIV) 151; and storing information, (XVI)
272-73. See also Computers; Dull mind;
Knowledge; Mechanical; Mechanical mind; Mind;
Technology
Electronic machines: and world change, (XII) 117. See
also Computers; Electronic brains; Science
Elitism: and authority, (l) 167-68; and hypocrisy, (l)
173-74
Emotion(s): avoidance of, (XVII) 91; and
communication, (XI) 101; and condemnation,
(VIII) 136-37; control of, (III) 153-54; as
hindered, (XIV) 166; and intellect, (XVII) 49; and
love, (IV) 209-10; (XVII) 203; meaning of, (XIII)
189; and the mind, (X) 4; starvation of, (XVII)
129; and stimuli, (XVII) 115; suppression, (XIV)
289-90; understanding, (III) 140-41. See also
Feeling(s); Mind
Emotional: and social reform, (XVI) 231; and
understanding, (XV) 335. See also Intellect
Emotional contact: and fact, (XII) 232-33; and
intellectual contact, (XIII) 134-35. See also
Feelings
Employer and employee: and conflict, (XVII) 127-28
Employment: and economic pressure, (VI) 60
Emptiness, (II) 36; (XV) 167-69; acceptance of, (X)
30; and ambition, (VII) 84; and attachment, (V)
228; (XIII) 251; awareness of, (IX) 231-32; and
belief, (V) 239-40; causes of, (l) 8-9; of change,
(XII) 293; and choice, (l) 29; consciousness of,
(VI) 311; and creation, (XII) 181; (XIII) 143, 188;
(XIV) 263; (XV) 138; and creative action, (XI) 93-
94; and daily living, (XII) 257; defining creative,
(VII) 54-55; definition of, (l) 8-9; and denial of the
social structure, (XIII) 169; and dependence, (IX)
22-23; and discontent, (X) 30; and discovery of the
false, (XII) 256; and dogma, (X) 15-16; and
energy, (XV) 290; and escape, (IX) 119-20; and
escapes from, (V) 356-57; (X) 52-53; and envy,
(X) 30; experiencing, (VI) 172-74; facing, (V) 264-
65; and facing the fact, (XIII) 173; and fear, (X)
93-94; fear of, (II) 44; (XIII) 199; and freedom,
(XIV) 140; (XVI) 47; and frustration, (VI) 86;
function from a state of, (XIV) 205; going beyond,
(XVII) 124; and gossip, (V) 288-89; and the
hindrance of thought, (XVI) 222; and
identification, (X) 76; and identity, (X) 7-8;
inward, (VIII) 111; without labels, (V) 312;
listening in the state of, (XIV) 122; and living in
the now, (XV) 273; living with, (XIII) 311; and
love, (XIII) 149; (XVI) 77; without love, (XV)
321; and ‘me’, (VI) 311; and motiveless denial,
(XIII) 191; nature of, (XV) 278; need for, (XVI)
223; and negative thinking, (XI) 282; and the new,
(XII) 256; (XVI) 70-71; as the observer, (XVI)
121; and the religious mind, (XIV) 269; (XV) 47-
48; and search for meaning, (V) 159; and search for
wisdom, (IV) 72; (VIII) 34; and self-knowing,
(XIV) 76; sense of, (XV) 167-68; and space, (XV)
24; and space in the mind, (XIV) 207-8; and total
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action, (XIV) 285; and total attention, (XIII) 170;
two kinds of, (XV) 167; and understanding, (II)
210; (V) 366; understanding of, (l) 14; (IV) 86;
(VII) 201; and violence, (IX) 119-20; and want, (l)
14, 34-35. See also Aloneness; Death; Despair;
Empty mind; Fear; God; Intelligence; Isolation;
Loneliness; Meditation; Mutation; Solitude
Empty heart: and the technical mind, (V) 157
Empty mind: and the absence of fear, (XIV) 118; and
the absence of pressure, (XII) 25; achieving, (XI)
93-94; as active, (XI) 393; and attention, (XIII)
322; (XVII) 116; and awareness, (X) 254; and
change, (XVI) 221; and conflict, (XIII) 234; and
consciousness, (XVII) 3; and creation, (XII) 168;
(XIII) 169, 320; (XV) 245; as creative, (XI) 94;
(XIV) 230; as the creative mind, (XV) 47-48; and
dying to yesterdays, (XII) 161; and energy, (XIII)
328; fear of, (IX) 23; and the hindrance of effort,
(XVII) 76; and the immeasurable, (XII) 46-47; and
intelligence, (XVII) 71; and looking, (XV) 51; and
love, (XIV) 257; (XVII) 28; and meditation, (XIV)
160, 216, 261-63; (XVII) 81, 242; and mutation,
(XIV) 164; and the new, (XII) 154; (XVI) 234;
versus the occupied mind, (XI) 40-41; and
problems, (XVII) 32; and reality, (XI) 99; and
religion, (XI) 204; as rich, (XI) 148; and seeing the
true and the false, (XIV) 300; and space, (XIV)
298, 302; (XVII) 271; and total freedom, (XIV)
134; and uncovering the unconscious, (XIII) 293;
and understanding, (XVII) 248; and understanding
the supreme, (XIV ) 94; and the word, (X) 270. See
also Dull mind; Emptiness; Free mind; Meditation;
Mind; Mutation; New; New mind; Occupied mind;
Petty mind; Quiet mind; Radical transformation
Encouragement: versus confidence, (V) 133
End: of the center, (X) 179-80; fear of, (VIII) 245-46;
(X) 154-55, 209; of thinking, (IX) 261; of thought,
(X) 179-80, 213-14, 249-50. See also Continuity;
Death; Truth
Ending: acceptance of, (VIII) 151; and action, (XVII)
147; agitated mind, (XVII) 43; of authority, (XIV)
18, 20; and the beginning of innocence, (XIV ) 153;
conflict, (XVI) 37, 272; (XVII) 42-43; of conflict,
(XIV) 49-50; without conflict, (XV) 111; of
conformity, (XV) 214, 218; confusion, (XVI) 280;
continuity, (XVI) 245; and death, (XI) 241-43;
desire, (XVI) 36; deterioration, (XV) 237; dread of,
(XIII) 148-49; of dreams, (IX) 124; of experience,
(XIV) 218; of the experiencer, (XIV) 222; fear,
(XV) 162, 218; (XVI) 156, 180, 210; of fear,
(XVII) 25, 282; fear of, (XV) 177; (XVI) 176; of
the fear of death, (XIV) 31-32; and the fresh mind,
(VIII) 209; images, (XVI) 170; of imitation, (XIV)
30; as immediate, (XVII) 89-90; and learning,
(XV) 111; as the means, (XI) 259-60; memory,
(XVII) 28; of the mind, (IX) 34; and new
beginnings, (XVII) 149-50; old mind, (XVI) 162-
63; of the past, (XVII) 163; to the past, (XIII) 258-
59; positive action, (XVII) 20; of problems, (XIV)
23-24, 176, 184; psychological fragmentation,
(XVI) 295; seeking, (XVII) 41, 43, 153-54; self-
centered activity, (XVI) 244; sorrow; (XVI) 38-39,
144; (XVII) 88; of sorrow, (XI) 284; (XIII) 254-
55, 311, 313; (XIV) 22, 25-26, 105, 147-48, 210,
306-7, 309; (XV) 32-33, 221-22, 225, 344; as
suffering, (VIII) 208-9; thought, (XVI) 58-59, 142,
144, 147, 164, 222, 296; of thought, (XII) 138;
(XIV) 26, 112, 192, 210, 212; time, (XVI) 22, 24,
26, 142, 143, 144, 190, 240; of time, (XV) 116;
(XVII) 103-4; violence, (XVI) 130, 179, 289-90,
293. See also Continuity; Death; Dying; Dying
daily
End(ing) of thought, (XII) 138; and meditation, (XIII)
262, 264; and the new, (VIII) 236; and
observation, (XIII) 299-300; as the way to God,
(VIII) 292. See also Ending; Meditation
Enemy: as ourselves, (III) 203
Energy, (XI) 272-73, 276-78; (XII) 63-67, 268; (XIII)
230-34; (XIV) 288-96; (XVII) 119-24, 230-32; and
the absence of conflict, (XII) 202; (XIII) 17-18,
36; and the absence of effort, (VIII) 320; (XIV)
10; and the absence of movement, (VIII) 326;
achieving, (XIII) 337-38; (XV) 43-44; and
achieving self-knowledge, (XI) 157; and action,
(XI) 262-63; (XIII) 327; (XV) 179, 235-36; and
aloneness, (XIII) 187-88; and the attempt to
control, (IX) 104, 106; and attention, (X) 111, 235;
(XIII) 84; (XIV) 88; (XV) 113; (XVI) 26-27; and
avoidance of the dull mind, (XIII) 255; and
awareness, (XV) 138; and awareness without
conflict, (XVII) 88; and awareness of confusion,
(XVI) 255; without beginning or end, (XII) 103;
and the beginning of thought, (XVII) 177; born of
freedom, (XIII) 111-12; and capacity, (XVII) 274;
and cause and effect, (XII) 100; and the cessation
of conflict, (VIII) 340; and challenge, (XVI) 209,
211-12; and change, (XV) 200, 339; (XVII) 144;
and choice, (VIII) 309-11; through clarity, (XIV)
157-58; and comparison, (XVII) 185; and
condemnation, (XII) 242; conditioned and
conditioning, (III) 64; and conditioned thinking,
(XVII) 139-40; and conflict, (XII) 196, 296-97;
(XIII) 5, 128, 181-82; (XVI) 50, 68, 115; versus
conflict, (XIV) 133, 203; and consciousness, (III)
84; and creation, (XIII) 176-77, 329-30; (XV) 93-
94, 181-82; creative, (XIV) 46; and the creative
state, (XII) 145; as creator of individuality, (III)
56; defining, (IX) 36; (XIV) 201; and denial,
(XIV) 258; and denial and reaction, (XIII) 56; as
desire, (VIII) 304-5; destructive, (XIII) 111-12;
and deterioration, (XIV) 29; and determination,
(XVI) 96; and discipline, (XVI) 70; and discontent,
(XIV) 265; and the discovery of truth, (XIV) 124;
dissipation of, (XII) 202-3; (XV) 107-8, 144-45,
242; (XVII) 14; dissipation through escape, (XV)
272; and dying to the past, (XV) 244; and effort,
(XV) 91; and the elimination of time, (XVII) 104;
and emptiness, (XIII) 156; (XV) 290-91; and
ending, (XV) 111; ending the waste of, (XV) 112;
and envy, (XII) 110-11; and exploration, (XV) 42;

explosion of, (XVI) 191; and facing the fact, (XIII)
130, 249-50; and the fact, (XV) 66, 202; and fear,
(XII) 59; and freedom, (XVI) 209; (XVII) 198;
and freedom from authority, (XII) 46, 296; and the
free mind, (XI) 379; (XII) 171; and the fresh mind,
(XIII) 329; and friction, (XV) 8; and the hindrance
of distraction, (XVII) 105; and the hindrance of
habit, (XIII) 218; and the hindrance of time, (XIV)
308; and the ‘I’, (III) 86; and identification, (VII)
152; (XIV) 115; and individuality, (III) 50; and
inquiry, (XIV) 279; and inquiry into the new,
(XVI) 75; and the intellect, (III) 34; and
intelligence, (XV) 291-93; and investigation, (XV)
317-18; and knowledge, (XIV) 244; and learning,
(XIV) 239, 244; (XVII) 59, 60; and listening,
(XIII) 178-79; (XIV) 143, 165; (XV) 2; (XVI) 75;
(XVII) 259; and listening and the doing, (XV) 287;
and the listening mind, (XIV) 87; and listening and
seeing, (XIII) 79; living with, (XIV) 104; and
living with death, (XII) 260; and living in the
present, (XIII) 328-29; and looking, (XVI) 128;
and looking at the facts, (XV) 230; and maturity,
(XIV) 274-75, 278; meaning of, (XIII) 160-61;
(XVI) 164-65; mechanized, (XI) 391; and
meditation, (XII) 325; and the mind, (XII) 111;
and motive, (XIV) 238; motiveless, (XIV) 238; and
movement, (XV) 220, 279; and the movement of
life, (XV) 19; and mutation, (XII) 289; need for,
(VIII) 311; (XIII) 170; (XIV) 113; (XV) 178, 184;
(XVII) 138, 230, 231; and the need for complete
attention, (XV) 162; need to observe, (XVI) 153;
neurotic, (XIV) 115; of the new mind, (XII) 136-
37; and observation, (XIV) 6, 55; (XV) 46;
observation as taxing, (XIII) 18-19; and observing
without the observer, (XV) 155; and order, (XV)
137-38; origins of, (XIII) 56-57; and pain, (XIII)
223; and passion, (XVI) 66-67; and peace and
freedom, (XVI) 130-31, 134; and the perception of
the new, (XIV ) 1; physical and psychological,
(XVII) 70; and pleasure, (XII) 45; (XVII) 172;
presence of, (XIII) 190-91; and problems, (XII)
12; process of, (XI) 342, 345-46; and radical
transformation, (XVI) 26; and rejection, (XV) 92;
and the rejection of authority, (XVII) 198; and the
rejection of time, (XV) 135; and the religious mind,
(XII) 323-24; and renewal, (XVI) 244-45; and
resistance, (XIII) 109, 111; (XIV) 208; and
revolution, (XI) 360; and saying no, (XIII) 160;
and the search for God, (XV) 89; from seeing,
(XII) 57, 62; of self-knowing, (XIV) 111; and self-
knowledge, (X) 251; and the sensitive mind, (XV)
278; and seriousness, (XIV) 78; and silence, (XV)
87; and the silent mind, (X) 249; (XV) 137; and
sorrow, (XV) 225-26; source of, (XIII) 57, 327-38;
and the still mind, (VIII) 341-42; (X) 213, 226; and
stimulation, (XIV) 208; and the teacher and the
taught, (XIV) 170; and the thinker and the thought,
(XIII) 43; and thought, (XVI) 172-73; and time,
(XIII) 79; (XV) 122-23; and the time interval,
(XVII) 142, 144; and total denial, (XIII) 53; and
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the total perception of life, (XVII) 71; and
transformation, (XVI) 152-54; types of, (XI) 272-
73; (XII) 57, 63-64, 110-11; (XIV) 6, 208; (XVI)
164-65; and understanding the structure of thought,
(XVI) 164; and violence, (XVI) 293; waste of,
(IX) 132; (XII) 12-13; (XV) 119; (XVI) 154;
(XVII) 119, 139-40, 230, 231, 232; and the waste
of conflict, (XIII) 46; and the whole, (XII) 56; and
the word, (XII) 62, 302; and words, (XV) 178;
through work, (XIV) 166-67. See also Faith
Energy of purification: and the need to observe, (XII)
111. See also Energy
Engels, Frederich: and followers, (XVI) 234. See also
Authority; Ideology
Engineers: social role of, (V) 143. See also Education;
Livelihood; Professions
England: and hippies, (XVII) 189. See also Authority;
Conditioning; Divisions; Environment;
Government; Identification; Influences;
Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World
problems
English: See Conditioning; Divisions; Ideology;
Nationalism; Society; War
English (language): See Language; Translating; Words
Enjoyment: versus pleasure, (XV) 236-37;
understanding, (VIII) 117-20. See also Happiness
Enlightened: conditioning, (X) 190; defining, (X) 194;
and tradition, (X) 194
Enlightenment: achieving, (III) 44; centers of, (IV) 85;
and the cessation of habit, (XI) 135-36; and ending
sorrow, (XVII) 245; as pathless, (XIII) 154; search
for, (l) 127
Enslaved mind, (XI) 253-58; to conditioning, (XI)
323; to the means. (XI) 260; of the mind, (XI) 41,
43, 104, 304, 306; state of, (XI) 290. See also
Slavery
Enslavement, (II) 25; and freedom, (XIV) 297; to
time, (XII) 75, 85, 122; to work, (XII) 302-3, 315.
See also Freedom; Free mind; Individual; Man;
Possessions; Religion
Entertainment: and American production, (XVII) 56;
defining, (XVI) 9; and leisure, (XIV) 162; (XVII)
128; versus seriousness, (XVII) 60. See also
Escape; Organized entertainment; Stimulation
Enthusiasm: and belief, (XVI) 254-55; and inquiry,
(VII) 264; as temporary, (IX) 70; versus total
passion, (XVII) 265
Entity: and attention, (XV) 175; collapse of, (XV) 115;
and conditioning, (IX) 144, 233; and contradiction,
(XV) 250-51; and control, (IX) 129; and desire,
(IX) 82; and fact, (IX) 129; freeing of, (XVI) 248;
identifying, (XVI) 271-72; and the observer,
(XVII) 275-76; permanent, (XIV) 158; and the
process of the observer, (IX) 115; and the process
of thought, (X) 142; and progress, (IX) 96; and the
state of confusion, (XVI) 258; as the thought,
(XVI) 272; and understanding, (XV) 170; and
violence, (XVI) 203-4; as the watcher, (XV) 38.
See also Atma; Center; Object; Observer; Self;
Soul; Thinking; Thought
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Environment, (II) 16, 53-56, 71-75; (III) 14; (V) 186-
87; adjustment to, (XIV) 124; (XVI) 72; altering,
(III) 146; and awareness, (II) 144; awareness of,
(XV) 99-100; and belief, (VI) 76; and blunting of
sensitivity, (IV) 4; as brutal, (XIII) 296; and
change, (II) 60-62; (XI) 124, 126; (XVII) 51; and
the collective and the individual, (XIV) 272; and
concept of God, (VI) 219; conditioned by, (IX) 2-
3; as conditioner, (XIV ) 245; and conditioning,
(VI) 201-2; (XI) 28, 57-58, 69; (XIII) 6-7; (XVI)
83, 219; and conflict, (II) 43, 57-61, 103, 212; (V)
160-62; and consciousness, (III) 3; control of, (II)
110-11; and creation of patterns, (X) 38; defining,
(II) 16, 60; and the education of children, (X) 65;
effects of, (IX) 5-6; and effect on children, (V)
106; falseness of, (II) 65-67; freedom from, (XIV )
135; and heredity, (III) 43; (IV) 161; and
hindrance, (II) 40; human being as the result of,
(XV) 49-50; and ‘I’, (II) 59-60; and individual,
(VI) 2; (XI) 58; (XIII) 67; (XIV) 162; and the
individual as one, (XIV) 126; individual as product
of, (XI) 255; and influence, (XII) 96-97, 100;
influence of, (IV) 139-40; inward and outward, (II)
118-19; limitations of, (III) 183-84; and
mechanistic view of life, (III) 49-51; and memory,
(II) 92-93; and mind and heart, (II) 16, 33;
modifying, (II) 82; and nature, (II) 61; as past and
present, (II) 196; and peace and war, (V) 61; and
perfection, (II) 59-60; reshaping, (III) 110; and
self-knowledge, (V) 79; and social influences,
(XIII) 128; and social morality, (III) 37-38; as
society, (VII) 128-29; and values, (II) 94; and
violence, (XVII) 255-56; and virtue, (II) 16-17;
and work, (II) 35-36. See also Background;
Conditioned mind; Conditioning; Culture;
Propaganda; Society; Tradition
Environmental conditioning: and the enslavement to
words, (XIII) 296
Envy, (III) 183-84, 187-88, 189; (VI) 342-43; (VII)
112-14; and acquisitiveness, (XII) 310-11; attempt
to be free of, (X) 46; and awareness, (IX) 286; as
basis of action, (VI) 349; as basis for life, (X) 207-
8; as basis of religious sanctions, (XII) 165; as the
basis of society, (XII) 110-11; cessation of, (IX)
48; as condemnatory word, (IX) 72-73; and
conflict, (IX) 81; and the conscious mind, (XI)
231-32; as culture base, (IX) 39-40; defining, (VII)
151; and desire, (VI) 308; and the desire for more,
(VII) 208-9; (IX) 250-53; (X) 264; and discontent,
(IX) 207; (XI) 8; and effort, (VII) 298-99;
experiencing, (X) 47-48; and fear, (VIII) 69; as a
form of remembering, (VII) 118-19; and the
foundation for meditation, (XIII) 96-97; freedom
from, (VI) 349-51; (X) 27-30, 240-42, 245, 268;
freeing the mind of, (X) 132; and habit, (XV) 135;
habit of, (XIII) 239; and love, (XVII) 203; versus
the mature mind, (XII) 205; and positive action,
(XI) 267; and power, (XII) 28; prevalence of, (XI)
43; process of, (IX) 41; (X) 264-65; and
relationship, (IX) 139; and separation, (IX) 94-95;
as social base, (XIII) 211; as social and religious
base, (X) 91; and society, (IX) 93; (XI) 193; and
transformation, (X) 241-42; understanding, (VIII)
107-8; (IX) 99; (X) 27-30; and will, (X) 26-27; and
the word, (XIII) 41. See also Accumulation;
Acquisition; Acquisitiveness; Ambition;
Becoming; Comparison; Condemnation; Conflict;
Fulfillment; Greed; Self-contradiction; Society;
Words
Envy, greed, and ambition: as the basis of social
structure, (XIII) 167-68. See also Ambition
Equality, (VII) 313; achieving, (VII) 128; analyzing,
(VIII) 270-71; as fact, (VIII) 180; and fulfillment,
(l) 168; as ideal, (VIII) 180; and inequality, (V) 83;
(VIII) 42; in marriage, (V) 88; versus Master and
disciple, (IX) 178; and respect, (VII) 231; and
society, (XI) 2-3. See also Ambitions; Authority;
Divisions; Family
Equality and inequality: and learning, (X) 173
Erudition: and psychological problems, (XVII) 39. See
also Education; Intellectual
Escape, (l) 129; (V) 356-58; (VI) 343-45; (XVI) 262-
66; and the absence of understanding, (XII) 314;
and absorption, (XV) 177; and activity, (V) 366-67;
from attachment, (IX) 38; through authority, (III)
94; awareness of, (IV) 63; and belief, (VIII) 135;
(XVI) 254-56; through belief, (XIV) 267; from
boredom, (X) 95; cessation of, (III) 53; (XII) 94;
from challenges, (XV) 213; and concentration, (IV)
181; through condemnation, (XV) 276; from
conditioning, (XVII) 169; conditions to end, (V)
345-46; and conflict, (II) 64, 78-79, 115, 120-21;
(IX) 204; from conflict (VI) 337; (XII) 43, 129-30,
154, 156, 194, 241; (XIII) 16, 76; (XIV) 10-11, 79,
280; (XV) 8, 91, 256; (XVI) 34, 81, 95, 97; and
confusion, (II) 224; (X) 7; from confusion, (XVI)
125, 182, 274; from contradiction, (XI) 23, 25-26;
from death, (XI) 31; (XV) 79; (XVI) 30; and
dependence through drugs, (X) 89; from desire,
(XVI) 87; from despair, (VI) 345; from discontent,
(XII) 14; from dissatisfaction, (IX) 45, 47; and the
dull mind, (XII) 175-76; from emptiness, (VI) 172-
73; (IX) 120; (X) 94; (XV) 167; and energy, (XIV)
55; versus facing reality, (XVI) 256-57; and fact,
(IX) 47-48; from fact(s), (XIII) 33, 232; (XV) 338,
339; (XVI) 60, 261, 265; from the fact of violence,
(XVII) 258; and fear, (XVII) 72, 162, 209, 225,
275; from fear, (VI) 304; (VIII) 337; (IX) 119;
(XI) 240-42, 351; (XII) 45, 59; (XIII) 171, 256;
(XIV) 62, 250-51, 291; (XV) 77-78, 124-25, 158,
300, 316, 318; (XVI) 127, 175, 210-11, 262; and
fear of death, (XVI) 62-63; from the fear of
loneliness, (XIII) 269; and followers, (VIII) 294;
(VII) 76; forms of, (XI) 376; (XII) 240; (XIV) 77;
(XV) 271-72; freedom from the desire to, (X) 8;
and fulfillment, (XVI) 218; futility of, (VI) 173-74;
(X) 30; (XII) 9; (XIV) 219; (XVII) 161; and God,
(VI) 19; through God, (X) 159; and gossip, (V)
287-89; and habits, (XIV) 144; through habit, (III)
132-33; as hindrance to the religious mind, (XIV)

113, 117, 118; as hindrance to self-knowing, (XIII)
248; as hindrance to transformation, (XV) 88; as
hindrance to understanding, (VII) 330; as hope,
(VII) 244; and ideals, (V) 289; (XIV ) 284, 286;
and ideas, (XIV) 3, 236; as illusion, (V) 252, 349;
and imagination, (II) 138-39; from incompleteness,
(VII) 5-6; from insecurity, (XV) 31; and instant
change, (XVI) 100-101; and the intellect, (VI) 116-
17; and investigation, (XIII) 100; and inward
insufficiency, (V) 116-17; from the known, (XVII)
13-14; and laziness, (VIII) 71; and leaders, (V)
368; versus learning, (XI) 118; from life, (VIII)
340-41; (XI) 367; (XVI) 180-81; from loneliness,
(VI) 237; (VIII) 314; (IX) 22-23; (X) 52-53; (XI)
209-10; (XII) 88; (XIII) 103, 247; (XIV) 103-4;
(XV) 24, 32; (XVI) 120-21; versus looking at the
fact, (XVI) 106; and marriage, (V) 175-76; and
mass illusion, (VII) 193-94; and meditation, (XIV)
155; (XV) 36-37; through meditation, (l) 26-27;
methods of, (IV) 159-60; from modern life, (XIII)
290; movement of, (XVI) 267; and mysticism, (VI)
116-17; from the occupied mind, (IX) 28; to
organized amusements, (XV) 43; and pleasure,
(XV) 70; (XVI) 97; through prayers, (XIV) 299;
from the present, (XVI) 6; and problems, (V) 333-
34; (XIV) 174-75, 177-78, 182; from problems,
(XI) 266; (XII) 8-9; (XV) 72, 149, 151-52, 211;
(XVI) 173, 246-47; (XVII) 32, 51; and the
problem of sorrow, (XVI) 55, 57; process of, (XI)
285-88; (XVI) 262-65; from reality, (XVI) 128;
reasons for, (V) 47; (XVI) 247; reform as, (VIII)
315; and relationship, (V) 344; and religion, (V)
263-65; (XIV) 162; through religion, (XI) 14-15;
through religious belief, (XI) 290; and the religious
life, (XIV ) 268; and right attention, (V) 285; from
routine, (XIV ) 261; as search, (V) 329-30; search
for, (XVII) 159; and search for God, (II) 191; (V)
4; and search for ideal, (II) 211-12; and search for
methods of, (IV) 30; and seeking, (XIII) 161-62;
from self, (V) 239-40; (VI) 268-69; from self-
knowledge, (VI) 184-85; (X) 124; and the sense of
safety, (XI) 324; and sex, (VI) 129-30; and the
shallow mind, (VII) 10-11; from the shallow mind,
(XII) 163; and social harm, (V) 52; from society,
(XVII) 154; and sorrow, (XII) 208, 210, 269; from
sorrow, (VII) 262; (X) 56-58; (XI) 284-85; (XIII)
152; (XIV) 24, 26-27, 103, 149, 212; (XV) 343;
(XVI) 140-41; from suffering, (V) 84, 158, 315-16;
(VII) 56; (XII) 91, 93-94; and suicide, (VII) 200-
201; and thought, (XV) 237; and time, (XIV ) 150,
305; (XV) 122; as a trap, (VI) 207-8; types of, (IV)
210-11; (XII) 156; (XIV) 114-15; (XVI) 16; from
uncertainty, (X) 15; understanding, (X) 52-53;
from understanding, (V) 155; through war, (IV)
192; and the waste of energy, (XV) 119; from what
is, (XVII) 232; and world problems, (XVII) 94;
and worry, (VI) 236. See also Belief; Boredom;
Distraction; Experience; God; Ideal; Liberation;
Pain; Religion; Security; Sorrow; Suffering;
Systems
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Essentials: of love and truth, (II) 124-25; and
unessentials, (II) 27-28, 121
Eternal, (V) 297, 299; achieving, (IX) 201; and beauty,
(XIV) 222; versus continuity, (V) 58; and the
creative mind, (XIV) 269; defining, (III) 88;
discovering, (V) 170; and the individual, (XIII)
120-21; and the mind, (VII) 225, 317-19; (XI) 67-
68; as the present, (IV) 12; and time, (XI) 112;
(XIV) 222; versus time, (IX) 24; and the virtuous
mind, (XIII) 158. see also God; Happiness;
Immeasurable; Real; Reality; Religion; Timeless;
Truth; Unknown
Eternal becoming, (l) 65-66, 139. See also Truth
Eternal life: discovering through freedom, (II) 14-15.
See also Hereafter
Eternal reality: acquiring, (II) 3; and systems, (II) 3.
See also Truth
Ethical decline, (XVII) 216. See also Morality
Ethics: and religion, (XIII) 88
Europe, (IX) 277; and the ideology of organized
religion, (XVII) 139; and meditation, (XVII) 81;
and war, (XV) 343. See also Authority;
Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Society;
War; Words; World problems
Evaluation: versus awareness, (IX) 30; and fact, (VIII)
333-35; freedom from, (IX) 245. See also
Comparison
Everyday life: See Daily life
Evil, (II) 48-49; of authority, (X) 77-78; (XI) 36, 181;
(XII) 180; of authority and power, (XII) 189; and
becoming, (VIII) 318; creation of, (II) 232-23; and
good, (VIII) 317-18; justification of, (IV) 168,
177-78; of killing , (IV) 3; organized, (II) 48-49;
and power, (XII) 27-28, 34, 36; of power, (XI)
372-73; and the psychological ‘me’, (VII) 49; as
reality, (III) 212-13; for righteous ends, (III) 217;
social and economic, (III) 228; thought, and the
need to control, (VII) 153-54; and ugliness, (VI)
299. See also Corruption; Craving; Hate;
Nationalism; Society
Evolution, (II) 27-28; (V) 127-29; (IX) 24; as
acquisition, (VII) 113; definition of, (l) 8; (VII) 16;
and freedom from conditioning, (XI) 248; and
going beyond time, (XIII) 241; and the gradual,
(XVI) 191-92; (XVII) 67; and loneliness, (XV) 24;
man as the sum of, (XIV) 135-36; meaning of, (III)
87-88; and movement, (XVI) 264-65; and
postponed action, (V) 353; as progress, (II) 93;
(VII) 102; questioning, (XV) 118; and revolution,
(XV) 4; as technological progress, (IX) 24; three
types of, (V) 127; and time, (XVI) 57-58. See also
Brain; Change; Gradual; Growth; Immediate;
Progress
Evolutionary: versus the religious state, (VIII) 188
Evolutionary mind: versus the religious mind, (XII)
272. See also Dull mind; Time
Examination, (XVI) 32-38; and attention, (XVI) 26;
blocking of, (XVII) 78; conditions for, (XVI) 32-
33; and confusion, (XVI) 276; and fear, (XVI)
276-77; and freedom, (XVI) 59-60, 125, 127;
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(XVII) 35, 128-29; and freedom from belief,
(XVII) 41; and freedom of the mind, (XVII) 49,
52; and the hindrance of conclusion, (XVII) 68-69;
without motive, (XVI) 188; XVII) 39; and the need
for patience, (XVI) 195; without opinion, (XVII)
65; of the unconscious, (XVII) 62-63; and
understanding seeking, (XVII) 43; and the wasting
of energy, (XVI) 109. See also Inquiry;
Questioning
Examinations: and fear, (VIII) 73-74
Example: as hindrance to social change, (IX) 202-3; as
hindrance to understanding, (XI) 161
Excitement: and gossip, (V) 288; and ideals, (V) 290;
and war, (III) 176
Exclusion: and the absence of movement, (XVI) 264;
and attention, (VIII) 312-13; and concentration,
(XII) 264; and dependency, (IX) 63; and prejudice,
(V) 340; and the thinker, (XI) 282. See also
Concentration; Divisions; Superiority
Exclusiveness: as breeder of inequality, (IV) 49; and
concentration, (X) 160-61; as evil, (IX) 153; as
stupidity, (V) 334, 336. See also Ignorance;
Problems; Superior
Exercise: and energy, (XIII) 337
Exhaustion: cause of, (l) 55
Existence, (X) 65-66; as action, (XV) 62, 67; and
conflict, (XVI) 153; and continuity, (VIII) 15-16;
(IX) 287; and contradiction, (XI) 228; different
approach to, (XVI) 159-63; and effort, (XII) 41;
without effort, (XV) 66; examining the problems
of, (V) 72; and fragmentation, (XVI) 160; and
function and status, (XVII) 122; and meditation,
(XI) 138-44; need to understand, (XV) 51-52; pain
of, (IV) 32; problem of, (VIII) 147-48; (X) 86;
(XI) 247-48; process of, (XI) 184; purpose of, (III)
15;110 (VI) 368-69; reason for, (VIII) 95; as
relationship, (XV) 50-52, 333; (XVI) 1; repetitive
process of, (XVI) 13; and search, (IX) 20; and
time, (XIV) 102; and total action, (XI) 161; totality
of, (X) 129; as a total process, (VII) 170; two states
of, (XV) 62; understanding the implications of,
(XIV) 81; understanding the process of, (XI) 296-
97. See also Daily Life; Life; Living; Problems;
World problems
Existentialism: and living in the present, (XV) 114;
(XVI) 205
Existing: state of, (XI) 140
Experience, (l) 42, 63-64, 66, 88, 116, 126, 134, 135;
(II) 113, 168, 187; (VI) 50-51; (X) 16-17; (XI)
265, 268-71; (XIII) 219-22; (XVI) 180-83; and
accumulation, (VII) 134-35, 258; without
accumulation, (IX) 132; and the accumulation of
knowledge, (XIII) 287-88; as the accumulation of
knowledge, (XII) 236, 304; and action, (XI) 318-
19; of actuality and wish, (III) 43-44; attempt to
escape from, (XII) 132; and authority, (VII) 301-2;
(XIII) 71, 122-23; without authority, (IV) 23; and
awareness of fragmentation, (XV) 103-4; and
belief, (VII) 44-45; beyond, (XIII) 234-35; and the
boredom of life, (XV) 39; and the center, (X) 23-
24; (XII) 166; and challenge and response, (XII)
295; as challenge and response, (XIV) 136; and
change, (VII) 25; (XI) 127-28; (XIII) 5; collective
and individual, (X) 144-45; and communication,
(V) 214-15; and conclusions, (X) 22-24; as
conditioned, (V) 20; as conditioned and
conditioning, (X) 20-21, 22, 26, 39, 205; (XV) 243-
44; as conditioned response, (IX) 149; and
conditioning, (III) 106; (IV) 195; (VII) 183, 209,
264; (IX) 49-50, 160, 238; (XI) 35-36, 305, 312;
(XII) 224; (XIII) 117, 152, 193, 195; and conflict,
(XI) 11; and consciousness, (IV) 186-87; craving
for, (XVI) 121; and danger, (XVI) 171-72; and
dealing with problems, (XIV) 275; defining, (IV)
1; (VI) 165-66; (VII) 306; (XIII) 98; (XV) 39, 85-
86, 128; (XVII) 238; dependence on, (XVI) 110;
(XVII) 90; versus descriptive knowledge, (XI) 65;
and desire, (VII) 41-42; desire for, (XV) 184;
(XVI) 273; (XVII) 34-35; desire for more, (XV)
241; as deteriorating factor, (VII) 117-19; direct,
(XIV) 101; and dogma, (II) 13; and doubt, (l) 162;
dying to, (IX) 217; (XVII) 74-75; dynamics of,
(VI) 189-90; and the emptying of the mind, (XVII)
83; ending of, (XIV) 37-38, 39, 218; as endless
process, (X) 25-26; as escape, (XVII) 32;
examining, (XI) 61; and experiencer, (VI) 294;
versus experiencing, (V) 227; and fact, (XV) 292;
and fear, (VIII) 237; of fear, (XV) 217; and
freedom, (l) 151; freedom from, (XIII) 58; (XIV)
300; and freedom of the mind, (XI) 382; free from
conditioning, (IX) 160-61; and the free mind,
(VIII) 234; and the fresh mind, (XV) 288-93; and
fulfillment, (III) 79; and function, (XI) 209; and
the futility of search for, (X) 89; as help or
hindrance, (X) 21; as hindrance, (VIII) 34, 50-51,
185; as a hindrance to beauty, (XV) 243; as
hindrance to reality, (V) 206-8; as hindrance to
skepticism, (XIII) 33; and ideas, (V) 278-80; and
ignorance, (III) 109-10; (XI) 208-9; and illusion,
(VI) 243-44; importance of, (VIII) 228-29; as
inner authority, (XII) 144; inquiry into, (XIV) 109-
10; and intelligence, (VII) 189-90; (XIII) 323-24;
and inward questioning, (XIII) 53; and knowledge,
(XI) 381-82; (XIII) 219-21, 255; (XIV) 84; (XVI)
15; as the known, (XII) 120; and the known and
unknown, (IX) 261; and learning, (XI) 80; (XIV)
53-54; (XVI) 108-9; liberation or hindrance, (III)
99; and limitation, (III) 177; as limitation, (X) 21;
and listening, (XI) 189; (XV) 3; and looking with
the old mind, (XVII) 69; and loss, (l) 14; and LSD,
(XVII) 154; meaning of, (XII) 236, 308-9; (XVI)
181; and the meaning of life, (X) 159-60; and
meditation, (VIII) 193; (XIV) 37-38, 159, 298-99;
(XV) 85-86, 276; and memory, (l ) 24-26; (II) 200;
(V) 8, 42; (XII) 132, 198; (XIV ) 215-16; as
memory, (XI) 236, 238, 365; (XVII) 59; and the
mind, (VII) 239; as mind conditioner, (X) 51; of
momentary ecstasy, (IV) 31; and momentary
silence, (XIV) 217; and naming, (XIV) 106; nature
of, (XV) 184; need to question, (XVII) 174; and

the negative mind, (XV) 257; versus the new,
(XVI) 39; versus the new mind, (VIII) 49-51;
versus observation, (XIV ) 18; and the observer,
(XVII) 42; and the observer and the observed, (XI)
298-99; and the past, (III) 104, 136; (VIII) 234-35;
(X) 218; (XVI) 90-91; as the past, (XI) 377-78;
and pleasure, (XVII) 11-12; and the positive
approach, (XV) 256-57; and prejudice, (l) 107;
process of, (XIV) 158-59, 215-16; (XV) 39; as
process of accumulation, (III) 133; process of
challenge and response, (V) 304-6; and the process
of thought, (XIV) 158; questioning the validity of,
(XVI) 16; and the quiet mind, (XVII) 84; and
radical change, (XVII) 33, 34-35; as reaction,
(XIII) 259-60; and the real, (IV) 15-16; and
realization, (V) 5; and recognition, (VI) 263-64,
271; (VII) 14, 26; (XIV) 52; (XVI) 139; and
recognition of truth, (V) 281-82; and relationship,
(V) 336-37; and religion, (XIII) 87; and the
religious mind, (XIII) 159, 208, 220-21; and
renewal, (IV) 36; and repetition of sensation, (V)
320; resistance, (l) 153; as response to challenge,
(XIV) 261; and revolution, (V) 185; and revolution
of the center, (VII) 305-6, 308; search for, (XIV)
298-99; (XV) 275, 276; (XVI) 195; as a search for
certainty, (XII) 134; and the search for
permanence, (XVII) 154-55; and the search for
security, (IX) 19; and the search for sensation, (l)
34; and the secondhand mind, (XIV) 37; and
security, (XIV) 185; seeking, (XVI) 180-81, 247;
and the self, (VI) 272-75; (X) 40, 76; and self-
contradiction, (XI) 265; and self-deception, (VI)
316; and self-knowledge, (V) 356-58; and self-
protection, (II) 229; and sorrow, (XIII) 25, 173;
and space, (XV) 127; and the still mind, (VI) 336-
37; (VIII) 56; and superficiality, (XIV) 215, 216;
as temporary, (IX) 114; and thinking, (XVI) 91;
and time, (VII) 317-19; (XII) 98-99; and tradition,
(VIII) 101-3, 116-17; as transforming, (X) 71; and
truth, (V) 92; (VI) 160; (IX) 284; understanding,
(XI) 222-23; (XIII) 122-23, 152-54; (XIV) 39; and
understanding, (l) 116, 137; (VI) 104-5; (VIII)
108-9; (XV) 169; without understanding, (II) 76;
understanding the significance of, (XVI) 66; value
of, (XVI) 109-10; and wisdom, (VI) 33; and the
word, (XI) 88. See also Becoming; Conflict; ‘I’
process; Memory; Thinker; Thought; Truth
Experienced: as memory, (XI) 281
Experienced mind: as dead, (XI) 268. See also Petty
mind
Experience of being: and conflict of becoming, (IV)
28. See also Truth
Experiencer: cessation of, (XI) 143-44; and conflict,
(XII) 198; ending of, (XIV) 222; as memory, (IX)
65-66; as the result of the known, (IX) 53-54; and
silence, (XIII) 265. See also Censor; Center;
Experience; Experiencer and the experience;
Observer; Thinker
Experiencer and the experience: and ‘becoming’, (X)
268; and conflict, (IX) 130; (XI) 142-43; (XVI)
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156-57; as divided, (IX) 100; division of thought
into, (XVI) 169; and ideals, (V) 290-91; and
memory, (IX) 65-66; as one, (V) 190, 275, 301-2;
(X) 67, 229; as source of conflict, (XII) 177-78;
and time, (XV) 129; and violence, (X) 81-83; and
the word, (XI) 88-89. See also Divisions;
Experience; Observer and the observed; Thinker
and the thought
Experiencing: versus accumulation, (VII) 134-35; as
the answer, (VII) 141; and attention, (XII) 102,
248; and the boredom of routine, (XIV) 261; and
challenge and response, (XII) 314; and change,
(VII) 2; and communication, (VIII) 275-76; and
conditioning, (XI) 281; confusion, (IX) 246-47;
and contradiction, (XII) 44; creativity, (IX) 245;
defining, (XIII) 228-29; directly, (X) 74; dying,
(XI) 241-43; envy, (X) 47; versus escape, (X) 7-8;
without the experiencer, (XI) 198-99; and the free
mind, (X) 66-67; as hindrance to discovery, (IX)
35-36; versus learning, (IX) 172-73; (XIV) 239;
while listening, (XII) 41; versus listening to words,
(X) 115; meaning of, (XII) 155; and the mind,
(XII) 132; versus past experience, (X) 145-46; as
perception of now, (XI) 236-37; and the positive
state, (XV) 356-57; reality, (X) 233; religion, (X)
186; versus repetition of experience, (VII) 246-47;
sorrow, (X) 56; state of, (XI) 38; thought, (X) 112-
14; and the timeless, (VII) 237; as the true religion,
(VII) 317; understanding, (XII) 16. See also Being;
Belief; Experience; God; Listening; Love; Truth
Experimenting: defining, (III) 166; and seeking, (XIV)
198
Expert(s), (II) 105, 106, 149, 207; (IV) 88; and
confusion, (VI) 50-51; creation of, (II) 222; and
the departmentalization of problems, (XI) 13-15;
dependence on, (VI) 159; and division of problems,
(V) 151-52; enslavement to, (VI) 67; and
followers, (II) 111; and fragmentation, (VI) 259;
versus integrated action, (V) 128. See also
Authority; Education; Gurus; Leaders; Livelihood;
Masters; Occupations; Professions; Specialists;
Teachers; Technical knowledge
Explanations: as futile, (XI) 183-84; as hindrance,
(XVI) 283; as hindrance to self-discovery, (XVII)
38-39; as satisfying, (XI) 220; as valueless, (XVII)
85. See also Comparison; Condemnation
Exploitation, (l) 138-39; (II) 46, 51-52, 182; (X) 167-
69; and authority, (IX) 202; (X) 36, 78; and
capitalism, (l) 167; comprehending, (III) 82; versus
direct experience, (V) 308; effects of, (II) 207-8;
government, (V) 109; among groups, (III) 217-18;
and happiness, (II) 46-47; and intelligence, (II) 46-
47; inward and outward, (IV) 133-34; and killing,
(VI) 59-60; and leaders, (l) 172; levels of, (IV) 87;
and love, (VI) 43; and machine, (II) 175; and
Masters, (l) 163-64; (II) 30; (III) 19; by masters
and organizations, (V) 353; meaning of, (II) 19-20,
197; and paternalism, (II) 10; and patriotism, (II)
41-42; and personal needs, (II) 19-20; and
problems, (VI) 53; process of, (IV) 95-96; and
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psychological emptiness, (IV) 203; and religion, (l)
156-57; (II) 4-5; by religions, (XII) 203; and
revolution, (V) 42; and ritual, (V) 90-91; and self-
preservation, (II) 39, 44; and social structure, (II)
84-85; sources of, (II) 10; and the state of inquiry,
(X) 35; subtle and obvious, (III) 91-92; and titles,
(V) 18; and the totalitarian spirit, (X) 9; types of,
(III) 42; (X) 168; types of psychological, (IV) 134;
varieties of, (II) 46, 136; and war, (II) 131. See
also Authority; God; Livelihood; Masters;
Religion; Society; State; Truth; War
Exploiter, (II) 106; and exploitation, (IV) 94-96; and
exploited, (II) 73; as leader, (IV) 103; and the need
for authority, (X) 48. See also Leader; Master;
Priest; Society
Exploration: and the absence of answers, (XVI) 118;
and attention, (XIV) 122; and change, (XV) 41-42;
and the disciplined mind, (XI) 383; and discussion,
(XII) 2; and energy, (XVII) 161; versus exploring,
(XII) 57; and freedom, (XIV) 108; (XV) 55;
(XVII) 50, 52; and the hindrance of conclusion,
(XVI) 45; importance of, (XI) 190; and learning,
(XVI) 52; meaningful, (XI) 363; meaning of,
(XIII) 217; and mechanical thinking, (XII) 5; and
observation, (XIII) 334; and revolution, (XV) 3; as
satisfying, (XIII) 17; of the unconscious, (XVI)
198. See also Discovery; Examination; Inquiry;
Investigation; Questioning; Seeking
Explosion: and the new mind, (XVI) 162-63
Exposure: of fear, (XVI) 210-11. See also Self-
awareness; Self-discovery
Expression: and contradiction, (XV) 180; and
creativeness, (XV) 142; need for, (XIII) 176; of
tension, (XVI) 162. See also Art(s)
Extensive awareness: defining,. (VII) 151
External awareness: defining, (VII) 115
External authority, (l) 3; explanation of, (II) 15; and
incompleteness, (l) 3; and inner law, (l) 3;
obedience to, (XII) 295; and social conformity, (II)
15. See also Outward authority; Society
External problems: and inner confusion, (VI) 216
Facing: death, (XI) 391-92
Fact, (V) 281-82; (VI) 183-84; (IX) 45, 47-48; (XIII)
32-34, 36, 37-40; ability to accept, (XI) 52-53;
ability to face, (XIII) 66; and the absence of
conditioning, (XII) 316; and the absence of
conflict, (XIV) 87; and the absence of fear, (XII)
247; and the absence of ideology, (XVII) 191;
versus abstractions, (XIV) 57; and action, (VIII)
303-4; (XII) 5, 210; (XIII) 69; (XV) 25, 115, 337,
339; without adjustment, (XII) 205; altering, (XV)
66; as always moving, (XII) 169; and ambition,
(XIII) 130; approach to, (XII) 251; and attention,
(XIII) 92; and awareness, (VI) 342-43; (XI) 31-32;
and awareness of, (XIII) 227, 231; and belief, (V)
306; (XI) 210; (XV) 171; versus belief, (XIV) 266-
67; and the cessation of fear, (XII) 305; and
chronological and psychological time, (XII) 159;
and the collective and the individual, (XIV) 273;
and communication, (XV) 124; and communication
about life, (XI) 101-2; and communion, (XV) 336;
communion with, (XIV ) 284; and comparisons,
(IX) 48; versus comparison, (XIV) 246; versus
concept, (XV) 10; and condemnation, (IX) 81, 286-
87; (XII) 46; and conditioning, (XII) 311; (XIII)
87; (XIV) 282, 286; and conflict, (IX) 200; (XII)
240, 241; of conflict and war, (XVI) 8; and the
conformity of fear, (XVI) 17; and confusion,
(VIII) 333-35; of confusion, (XVI) 277; contact
with, (XV) 50, 150-51, 318, 320-21, 337-39; (XVI)
106-7, 184; (XVII) 156; and contradiction, (XII)
24; (XIII) 90, 127-28; (XV) 10, 250-51; and the
contradiction of ideas, (XVII) 248-49; and
cooperation, (XIV) 266; and crisis, (XII) 281, 283;
and death, (XIII) 104; and denial, (XIII) 130; and
desire, (VIII) 306; and the deterioration of the
mind, (XI) 344-45; difficulty of seeing, (XVI) 56;
and the drive to escape, (XI) 286-87; without
effort, (XII) 165; and the elimination of effort,
(XVII) 80; and the elimination of the ‘I’, (XIII)
183; and ending sorrow, (XIII) 255; and energy,
(XII) 312, 324; (XIII) 75, 249-50; (XIV) 55, 288,
290; (XV) 202; escape from, (VI) 115-16; (XV)
91, 272; (XVI) 250, 261, 265; and escape from
conflict, (XIV) 10; and escape from life, (XIV)
267; and escape through ideals, (XIV) 69; and
evaluation, (VIII) 338-39; facing, (V) 131-32; (XI)
288, 347, 351; (XIV) 25-26; (XVI) 248, 250, 260,
267-69; facing daily, (XV) 291-92; and facing
problems, (XIV) 177; and fear, (V) 240; (VI) 193;
(XIII) 136-37; (XIV) 291; (XVI) 107-8; (XVII)
225; of fear, (XI) 350-51; versus fear, (XII) 303;
fear of, (XV) 132; and fear and pleasure, (XV) 124;
versus formula, (XIV) 293; and freedom, (XIII)
108-9; and freedom from fear, (XIV) 195; and
freedom from the word, (XIII) 197; and the free
mind, (XI) 132; and the fresh mind, (VIII) 309;
and the futility of the will, (XIV) 189; and the
hindrance of conclusions, (XIV) 40-41; and the
hindrance of conditioning, (XIV ) 1-2; and the
hindrance of ideals, (XVI) 117; and the hindrance
of interpretation, (XII) 50; (XIV ) 191; and the
hindrance of time, (XVII) 105; versus idea(s), (VI)
138-39; (X) 124; (XIII) 76, 89, 232, 329; (XV) 74-
75, 78; versus ideal, (XI) 176; (XV) 25, 305;
(XVII) 266; and ideals, (XIV) 286; versus the idea
of fear, (XIV) 194-95; versus ideas and words,
(XVII) 64-65; versus ideology, (XVII) 137, 140;
as illusion, (VII) 5-6; versus illusion, (IX) 258-59;
(XII) 61; and image, (XV) 202; and the impact of
conditioning, (XV) 82, 83; of impermanence,
(VIII) 274; and the impermanence of life, (XV)
177; importance of, (XIV) 204; and the importance
of awareness, (X) 59; importance of looking at,
(XIII) 200-201; and influence, (XIII) 129-30; of
insecurity, (XIV) 132-34; and intelligence, (XI)
345; without interpretation, (XVI) 121; versus
judgement, (XII) 164, 282-83; without judgement,
(VIII) 289; and learning, (XI) 357-58; of life, (XI)

354; listening as discovery of, (XIII) 64; and
listening without resistance, (XIII) 229; living
with, (XIV) 88; of loneliness, (XVI) 121; looking
at, (XVI) 211-12; and looking at sorrow, (XIII)
311; (XVI) 140-41; looking without distortion at,
(XIII) 170; and maturity, (XIV) 286-87; and
memory, (V) 117; and the mind, (IX) 64; as the
mind, (XV) 276; and the mind as challenger, (XII)
76; and the mind as hindrance, (VII) 55-56; as
movement, (XII) 105; and mutation, (XIII) 74, 79;
versus myth, (VIII) 272-74; and naming, (XI) 350-
51; of need for security, (XII) 231-32; need for
total attention, (XIII) 18; and the need to be casual,
(XII) 58; need to face, (XVII) 228; need to see,
(XIV) 284, 287; (XVI) 240-41; and the negative
approach, (XIII) 218; as never still, (XII) 178; and
the new, (XIII) 30; as new challenge, (VI) 113-14;
as not the word, (XVI) 59, 241, 245; and
observation, (XII) 89; (XVII) 58; observation of,
(XV) 47; (XVI) 69; and the observation of sorrow,
(XII) 94; and the observer and the observed, (XVI)
123, 270-72; observing, (XIII) 109-10; (XIV) 301;
and opinion, (XII) 183-84; versus opinion, (VIII)
289; (IX) 7, 9; (X) 52, 157-58; (XI) 129; (XV) 10,
305; and order, (XV) 298; and pain, (VIII) 303;
perception, (XI) 180, 391; (XII) 67, 79-80; and
problems, (XIII) 19-20; (XV) 144-45; process of
seeing, (XII) 232; and propaganda, (XIII) 138; as
reality, (V) 54; recognition of, (XII) 30; and the
rejection of time, (XV) 123; and relationship, (XV)
338-39; and the release of energy, (XII) 289; and
religious leaders, (XI) 358; and the religious life,
(XIV) 267; and the religious mind, (XII) 89; and
religious organizations, (XII) 80; versus resistance,
(XIII) 108-9; and the scientific mind, (XII) 322;
and the search for help, (XIV) 163; seeing, (XII)
228; (XIII) 170; (XVI) 3; and seeing clearly,
(XIII) 193; and self-pity, (XVII) 186; as
significant, (XIII) 79; and sorrow, (XII) 208-9,
295; of sorrow, (XIII) 83, 140, 141; and state of
mind, (XI) 26-27; and the state of sensitivity,
(XIV) 269; and the steady mind, (IX) 129-30;
versus “supposed to be”, (XV) 137; and symbol(s),
(XI) 297, 378; (XIII) 8; (XIV) 99; and theory,
(XII) 104; and thought, (XIII) 104; and time,
(XIII) 177-78; (XV) 122; and time and disorder,
(XV) 120; and the time interval, (XIV) 294; and
tolerance, (VIII) 294; totally meeting, (XIII) 137;
and truth, (X) 30; as truth, (VIII) 306-7; two stages
of, (XII) 16; understanding, (XI) 345; (XII) 281-
87; (XIII) 66, 93, 119-20, 128; and understanding
existence, (XV) 51-52; and understanding thought,
(XIV) 293; and violence, (IX) 241-42; of violence,
(XVII) 142, 258; and violence and nonviolence,
(XVII) 102-3; as what is, (XV) 155-56; versus
‘what should be’, (XII) 159; and word(s), (X) 123;
(XI) 63, 144, 389; (XII) 180-81, 241, 303; (XIII)
215; versus the word, (XIV) 52-53, 106, 294;
without the word, (XII) 292-93; and world
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problems, (XII) 283. See also Idea(s); Ideal(s);
Reality; Truth; What is
Fact and the idea: and the time interval, (XVI) 128.
See also Fact
Fact, interference, and awareness: and the connection
between, (XIII) 39, 40. See also Awareness; Fact
Factual knowledge, (X) 218-19. See also Technology
Faith, (l) 163; (II) 6; (III) 13, 51-52; and authority,
(XI) 359-60; as cultivated, (X) 63; destruction of,
(XII) 69; and fear, (II) 170; versus freedom, (XIII)
8; in God, (III) 12-13, 49-51; and hope, (XVII) 77;
and illusion, (III) 139; loss of, (VII) 140; (XVII)
57, 94; versus science, (III) 78; and the soul, (III)
59; as sustainer, (VII) 205; as view of life, (III) 56.
See also Belief; Confidence; Duality; Energy;
Influence; Motive; Power; Religion
False: ability to perceive, (XIII) 2; and authority, (XII)
279; and awareness of, (V) 354; and conditioning,
(V) 48-49; and the creation of the new, (XII) 141;
and denial, (XII) 322; denial of, (XVII) 153; desire
for, (XIII) 126-27; and method, (XIII) 52-53; need
to see, (XIV ) 44; and questioning, (XII) 277;
seeing, (XIV) 306; seeing the true in, (XIII) 260;
and the state of negation, (XII) 255-56; stripping
the mind of, (XIV) 261; and time, (XII) 160;
versus the true, (VIII) 230; understanding, (V)
351-352. See also False and true; Negation;
Negative approach; Revolution; True
False and true: and belief, (XIV ) 267; discerning, (XI)
316-17; and discontent, (XIV) 265; seeing, (XVII)
207-8. See also False; True
Fame: and comparison, (XIV) 193; and desire, (XV)
166; and the tension of contradiction, (XIII) 237;
understanding, (VIII) 125-26. See also Ambition;
Competition; Comparison; Fulfillment
Family, (II) 180; (XIV) 293-94; and authority, (XIII)
121; and condition from birth, (XVI) 111; and the
conflict of freedom, (XII) 127-28; and continuity,
(XIII) 146; and corruption, (XIV) 123; danger of,
(XVII) 184; and death, (XII) 318; description of,
(VI) 139; and desire for psychological security,
(XIV) 186; and the difficulty of ending fear, (XVI)
107; and exclusion, (VI) 139-40; and exploitation,
(II) 135, 204-5, 207-8, 217, 223; (V) 98; (VI) 42;
and fear of change, (II) 65; as institution, (V) 2-3;
and love, (XV) 74, 229; (XVI) 64, 75-76; (XVII)
212; obedience to, (XIII) 120; origins of, (VII) 80;
and permanency, (XIV ) 251; psychological
dependence on, (XIII) 110; and relationship, (XVI)
34-35; (XVII) 281; and the religious mind, (XV)
46; and responsibility, (IV) 96; (VI) 13; as reward
and punishment, (XV) 330-31; as separative,
(VIII) 243; and social morality, (XV) 73; and
society, (XV) 42-44; and world change, (XVI) 54.
See also Children; Cooperation; Education;
Exploitation; Husband and wife; Marriage; Parents;
Psychological structure of society; Society
Fanciful mind: versus the religious mind, (XIII) 87.
See also Mind
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Fascism, (II) 14, 170. See also Authority;
Conditioning; Identification; Propaganda; Words
Fasting: reasons for, (IX) 201
Fear, (l) 36, 179-180; (II) 16, 43-45, 71-75; (VI) 304-
5; (VII) 76-79, 82-85, 191-93, 290-91, 314-15;
(VIII) 83-85; (XI) 285-87, 346-51; (XII) 40-41,
43, 45-48, 58-62, 134-39, 139-42, 217-23, 248-52,
303-5; (XIII) 33-36, 99-105, 131-37, 170-73, 302-
5; (XIV) 61, 63-64, 88-94, 192-97, 248-51, 290-93;
(XV) 27-33, 117-19, 122-24, 158-63, 316-23;
(XVI) 59-65, 103-12, 175-80, 210-13; (XVII) 71-
73, 161-66; abolishing, (XIII) 66; absence of,
(XIV) 213; of action, (l) 88; and aloneness, (V) 4;
(XIV) 268; and altering the structure of life, (XVI)
149; and ambition, (VII) 84-85; (VIII) 288; (IX)
119; analysis of, (VI) 267-69; in animals and
humans, (XIV) 287; and attachment, (III) 108;
(IX) 37; and attention, (XI) 8; (XV) 113; and
authority, (VII) 299-302; (IX) 146-47; (XIII) 121;
(XIV) 230; (XV) 22, 83; (XVII) 36; of being
alone, (IX) 14; and belief, (V) 238-40; (XIV) 266;
(XVI) 254; causes of, (VI) 35-37; and the center,
(VII) 296-97; cessation of, (XI) 117-18; (XII) 157;
(XVI) 156; (XVII) 211; and change, (VIII) 162-
63; of change, (III) 117; (VII) 52; and changing
values, (II) 92; of commitment, (XVII) 5;
commonality of, (XII) 60; and communion with
nature, (XVII) 281; and the conditioned mind,
(VII) 75; and conditioning, (XII) 144; conditions
for, (III) 72; and conflict, (XI) 354; (XII) 157;
(XVI) 11; and conforming to society, (XI) 69-70;
and conformity, (II) 4; (IX) 8-9; (XII) 28; (XV)
217-18; (XVI) 17; and confusion, (XI) 51-52;
(XVI) 275; contact with, (XV) 161-62; and
contempt, (VIII) 126; and continuation, (X) 208-9;
of not continuing, (VII) 55-56; and continuity,
(VIII) 186-87; (IX) 16-17; (XII) 259; and
contradiction, (V) 321-22; as control method,
(VIII) 61-62; as corrupter, (VII) 324; and
corruption, (VIII) 66; and courage, (II) 16-17;
creation of, (XII) 88; and the creation of authority,
(XIII) 11; versus creativity, (V) 146; dealing with,
(VII) 322-24; and death, (XIV) 31-32, 212-13,
255; of death, (l ) 68; (II) 13, 138-39; (V) 67; (VI)
164-65; (VII) 112, 187, 331-32; (VIII) 87-88, 245-
46; (IX) 52, 287-88; (X) 258-59; (XI) 50-51, 135-
38, 366-67, 391-92; (XII) 160-61, 258-59, 261,
318; (XIII) 185-86, 202-3, 256-58, 315, 319; (XV)
180-81; (XVI) 155-56, 243; (XVII) 112, 113, 114;
of death as an end, (X) 60-61; defining, (XV) 30;
and denial, (XIII) 85-86; and dependence, (VII)
220; (VIII) 128, 337; (IX) 234; (XII) 33; (XVI)
119; and the dependency of children, (XI) 4; and
desire, (XII) 148; (XV) 105; and the desire for
security, (XIV) 30-31; and the desire to change,
(VII) 295-97; and the desire to be rid of, (XVI)
281; as destroyer of sensitivity, (VII) 70; and
deterioration, (XIV) 29; and discipline, (V) 260;
(VII) 105-6, 146-47; (VIII) 295; (X) 247; (XIII)
321; and disintegration, (VIII) 166-67; and the
dissipation of energy, (XVII) 198; dissolving,
(VIII) 19; and dogma, (XIII) 88; and duality,
(VIII) 231; and the dull mind, (XIII) 144; (XV)
152; and the duration of time, (XIV) 24; dynamics
of, (VI) 192-94; and education, (VIII) 12-13, 283;
and education of the young, (VIII) 72-74; effects
of, (XII) 248, 277-78; (XIII) 247; and emptiness,
(VI) 75; of the empty mind, (IX) 23; ending, (XVI)
156; of ending, (V) 354-55; (XV) 177; and energy,
(XII) 65; (XVII) 97; and enslavement to words,
(XII) 18; and envy, (X) 28, 30; and escape, (VIII)
225, 237-38; (XII) 247; (XVI) 260; escapes from,
(XVI) 112; of the examined life, (XVI) 6;
examining, (IX) 168; (X) 37; (XVII) 225-27;
facing, (VII) 315-16; (X) 93-94; facing the fact of,
(XVI) 276; (XVII) 13; and facing facts, (XIV)
287; and facts, (XV) 124, 132; and faith, (VII) 205;
and followers, (VIII) 293; forms of, (XIV) 248-49;
freedom from, (III) 126, 127, 142; (V) 32; (VII)
256-57, 299-303; (VIII) 65, 199-200; (X) 213;
(XI) 30, 31-32; (XII) 262; (XIII) 247-48, 340;
(XIV) 169, 229-30; (XV) 117, 219; (XVI) 259;
(XVII) 67, 68, 114, 209, 211; versus freedom from
authority, (XIV) 20; and freedom from
conclusions, (VIII) 277; and the free mind, (X)
109; (XII) 200; as frustration, (VII) 44; and
fulfillment, (XIII) 302; as fundamental, (XV) 101;
futility of avoidance, (VII) 323; futility of escape
from, (VII) 76; (X) 52; of the future, (XIV) 248;
and guilt, (V) 277; and habit-forming mechanism,
(III) 133-34; as hindrance to change, (XI) 173;
(XVI) 127; as hindrance to creative energy, (XII)
63; as hindrance to freedom, (VII) 75, 160, 162; as
hindrance to inquiry, (XII) 52; (XV) 5-6; as
hindrance to intelligence, (VII) 60-61, 63-64, 68,
105-6; as hindrance to love, (III) 196; (VIII) 66; as
hindrance to the quiet mind, (XVII) 271; as
hindrance to the serious mind, (XVI) 207; as
hindrance to transformation, (XII) 277-78; as
hindrance to truth, (XV) 217-19; as hindrance to
understanding, (IV) 57; (XIV) 231; and human
problems, (VII) 290-91; and ideals, (XI) 24;
through ignorance, (III) 163; and illusion, (XII)
148; (XIII) 319; (XV) 140-41; and imitation, (XV)
92; and the inability to look, (XVII) 216; inborn
and acquired, (III) 225; and insecurity, (l) 161-62;
(VI) 189; and intelligence, (VIII) 60, 62; and the
interference of thought, (XV) 144; and inventing
the idea, (XVI) 259; and the inventions of Gods,
(XVII) 109; inward and outward, (XV) 101; of
isolation, (XII) 244; knowing the cause of, (XIII)
250; and knowledge, (VII) 102; (XI) 379; (XII)
322; of the known, (X) 255; (XII) 319; of the
known and the unknown, (VIII) 308-9; lack of
contact with the fact of, (XVI) 155; levels of, (VII)
315; of life and death, (IV) 51; through limitation,
(III) 80-81; of living, (IX) 287; of living and
dying, (XIV) 31-32; (XVII) 252; living and dying
with, (XVI) 175, 176, 178; living without, (XIII)
57; of loneliness, (XII) 271, 314-15; (XIII) 269;

looking at, (XVII) 275; looking at the totality of,
(XVII) 25; looking without conditioning at, (XVII)
211; and loss of discipline, (VII) 18; and loss of
identity, (XVI) 266; and loss of self-confidence,
(V) 151; and love, (XIV) 257; and love of God,
(VII) 88; and maturity, (XIII) 247; meaning of,
(V) 124-27; and the mediocre life, (XII) 277; and
the mediocre mind, (VIII) 18-19; and meditation,
(XII) 43; (XIII) 263; and method, (XI) 116-18;
and the mind, (IX) 9; (XVII) 274, 276; and moral
belief, (III) 65; as moral pressure, (VIII) 61-62; as
motive, (VIII) 197-98; natural and unnatural,
(XIII) 39-40; nature of, (XII) 38-39; (XV) 76-77;
(XVII) 116-17; and the nature of death, (XVII) 24;
and the need for authority, (IX) 3; (XVI) 207; and
need for continuity, (VIII) 150-51; and the need for
dependence, (X) 93; and the need for security,
(XII) 38-39; need to be aware of, (XII) 279; need
to be free from, (XIII) 331; and the need to belong,
(XI) 371; (XV) 27-28; need to understand, (X) 132;
(XVII) 4, 6, 24; and the need to understand
pleasure, (XVII) 65; of not-being, (X) 97-98; and
obedience, (VII) 132; (XV) 44; observation of,
(XV) 46; and observer, (VI) 355; and occupation,
(IX) 59; and the occupied mind, (IX) 37; (XII)
234; origins of, (II) 43-44, 211; outward and
inward, (XVII) 161; overcoming, (III) 117-18,
140-42; (VIII) 187; and pain, (VI) 36; through
past, present, and future, (III) 85; physical and
psychological, (XVII) 143; and pleasure, (XV)
141; (XVII) 123; and progress, (XII) 188; of
public opinion, (XI) 360; and the pursuit of
authority, (XVII) 176-77; and pursuit of the ideal,
(IX) 47; reason for, (l) 9; (VII) 79; versus rebirth,
(III) 140; and reincarnation, (V) 27-28; (X) 153-
55; and relationship, (XVI) 175; (XVII) 24-25; as
relationship to something, (V) 248; and religion,
(VIII) 136; (X) 34; and the religious mind, (XIV)
116-17; versus the religious mind, (XVII) 246;
reluctance to probe into, (XII) 187; and resistance
to change, (XIII) 107; and resistance to the new,
(XIII) 19; resolution of, as primary, (XVI) 165;
and respectability, (VIII) 124; and respect for
parents, (VIII) 71; and the role of education, (VII)
61-63, 64; (VIII) 31-32; as root of activity, (X) 93-
94; versus sanity, (XIII) 88; and the search for
authority, (VIII) 179-80; and the search for
comfort, (XVII) 54; and the search for happiness,
(VII) 272; and search for immortality, (II) 223; and
search for security, (II) 5, 83-84, 163, 181, 204-5;
(III) 121; (IV) 32; (XI) 169; and search for truth,
(VI) 62; and security, (XII) 231-32; seeing, (XVI)
280; and seeking, (XVII) 41; and self-fulfillment,
(VII) 185; (IX) 122; of self-knowledge, (V) 363-
64; and self-preservation, (II) 44; self-protective,
(XII) 140; and simplicity, (V) 246; and the
sluggish mind, (XI) 320; and solving the problem,
(XIV) 229; and space, (XV) 127; and the still
mind, (VII) 326; and suffering, (VII) 215-16; (XII)
91-93, 95; and symbols, (XIII) 8; and thinking,
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(XII) 300; and thought, (XV) 76-77; and time, (XI)
191-92; (XII) 58; (XIII) 146; (XV) 13, 117, 127;
(XVII) 67; and tomorrow, (XV) 109-10; of total
action, (XIV) 236; and tradition, (VIII) 102; types
of, (III) 141; (VIII) 61-62; (XI) 240-41; (XII) 249,
303-4; of uncertainty, (III) 41; (XIV ) 171; and the
unconscious, (XV) 218; understanding, (XI) 52,
173-77, 240-42; (XVI) 281; (XVII) 76; and
understanding, (II) 199; (VI) 334-36; (VII) 104-5,
325-27; (VIII) 336-38; and understanding
authority, (XIV) 246-47; and understanding death,
(IX) 158; and understanding pleasure, (XVI) 282,
288; and the unhealthy mind, (XII) 59; of the
unknown, (IV) 77; (XIII) 319; (XIV) 152-53; of
the unoccupied mind, (IX) 206; and the urge for
power, (VIII) 113; and veneration, (III) 100; and
violence, (XV) 300; and virtue, (X) 248; and the
vulnerable mind, (XV) 277; through want, (l) 108;
and the waste of energy, (XIV ) 290-91; (XV) 292;
and wearing masks, (XVI) 228; and what is, (VIII)
221-22; and the will, (III) 137-39; and the will to
survive, (III) 107-8; and word or fact, (VI) 200-
201; and words, (XIV) 7; and the worship of
authority, (VIII) 233; and the young, (VIII) 66-69.
See also Awareness; Authority; Conflict;
Conformity; Continuity; Craving; Death;
Dependency; Escape; Freedom; Ideal; Immortality;
Innocency; Intelligence; Known; Reality;
Reincarnation; Self; Sorrow; Unknown; Want; Will
Fear, sorrow, will: as one, (XI) 283, 285
Fear, time, and death: relationship between, (XII) 217-
23
Feeling(s), (II) 74-75; and action, (XI) 96-97, 205,
264, 318; versus action, (X) 188; as an aspect of
mind, (XII) 53-54; and attachment, (XI) 121-22;
and caring, (XIV ) 289-90; and the center, (XII)
147; without condemnation, (VIII) 339; and
conflict, (XII) 194; and the conscious and
unconscious, (XI) 312; and consciousness, (IV)
186-87; defining, (XV) 6-7; and desire, (XII) 148,
149; without division, (XII) 178; versus
gratification, (XI) 10; importance of, (XI) 120-21;
versus intellect, (X) 185; (XI) 72, 217-18, 261;
intensity of, (XIV) 94; versus knowing, (XI) 145-
46, 147; and knowing love, (VII) 89; and labeling,
(V) 312-13; living with, (XII) 164; and the look of
passion, (XI) 97; loss of, (XVII) 216; and the loss
of beauty, (XIV) 137; meaning of, (XIII) 57-58;
and mediocrity, (X) 189; versus the mind, (XI)
148; naming, (IV) 131-32; (XI) 188, 350-51;
(XIII) 197-98; without naming, (XII) 44; and
observation, (XII) 88; (XIII) 236-37; (XIV) 71;
and oppression, (II) 27; and sensitivity, (XIV) 143;
and separation from the word, (XI) 84-85; and the
shallow mind, (XI) 379; and sorrow, (XIV) 34; and
thought, (XV) 144; (XVI) 279; without thought,
(X) 185; and the urge for power, (XII) 55; without
verbalization, (X) 268; (XIII) 68; and word(s),
(IX) 72; (X) 92; (XV) 151; without words, (XII)
197, 241; versus the word, (XI) 144; without word
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conditioning, (X) 47-48. See also Anger;
Emotional; Emotions; Identification; Love;
Naming; Self-knowledge; Sensation; Sorrow;
Words
Feeling and thinking: as one, (XII) 151
Feeling, desire, and thought: as one, (X) 264-66
Fertile mind: as empty, (XII) 108. See also Free mind;
Innocent mind
Few: versus the understanding of the many, (X) 62.
See also Collective; Individual
Field of consciousness: See Consciousness
Fixed point: defining, (VIII) 279-80; as hindrance to
observation, (X) 53; as illusion, (VIII) 332;
meaning of, (X) 25; as nonexistent, (XI) 118;
versus reality, (X) 131
Flag: love of, (XVII) 203; and nationalism, (XVII)
263
Flattery: and the dull mind, (XI) 268
Flowering mind: versus the becoming mind, (VII) 242
Follow: desire to, (X) 99-100
Follower(s), (V) 134; (VIII) 293-95; (X) 174; (XIV)
170-73; and absence of initiative, (VII) 109;
cessation of, (XI) 107; and confusion, (X) 77; and
the creation of authority, (VIII) 173; (XI) 347-48;
and creation of tyranny, (IV) 102-3; and the death
of truth, (XII) 167-68; and the desire for authority,
(X) 78; and the desire for saints, (XII) 82; desire to
be, (XII) 27; as destroyers, (V) 218-19; (VI) 103-4,
207; as destructive, (VIII) 293-94; as destructive to
the teacher, (XVII) 19; as exploiters, (V) 122-23;
free from the demand for order, (XII) 191; and
gullibility, (XVI) 281-82; as hindrance to truth, (X)
123-24; (XVII) 98; and leaders, (II) 26; (IV) 187-
88; (X) 8-9; limitation of, (III) 88; and the loss of
freedom, (XI) 377; and love, (VI) 110; as loveless,
(XI) 45; and the need for gurus, (XV) 329, 332;
and need for immortality, (II) 54; versus no-sayers,
(XVI) 181; as not earnest, (XI) 73; and the petty
mind, (XVI) 232; and physical security, (XVII)
174; reasons for, (V) 47-48; (VIII) 171-73; and
religion, (XIV) 166; as stupid, (X) 198; and
teachers, (XV) 227; and the worship of authority,
(VIII) 42-45. See also Authority; Conformity;
Confusion; Disciple; Following; Gratification;
Gurus; Leaders; Masters; Teachers
Followers and leaders: and confusion, (XI) 358-60
Following: and the absence of love, (XI) 18-19; and
the acquisitive society, (IX) 256; awareness of,
(XI) 347-48; and the collective, (IX) 257; and
confusion, (XVII) 165; and the danger of authority,
(XVII) 118; as destructive, (VIII) 199-200; and
discontent, (XII) 203; and disorder, (XVII) 173; as
evil, (VIII) 208, 233; (XI) 295; as hindrance to the
truth, (IX) 238-39; and the individual, (IX) 275-76;
and knowledge, (IX) 244; and the loss of freedom,
(XIII) 88; and the loss of individuality, (IX) 201;
reasons for, (IX) 148-52; (XII) 143-44, 235; types
of, (IX) 149; versus understanding, (XI) 167; as
unrighteous, (X) 184. See also Authority;
Followers
Food: as a compulsion, (XV) 73; and energy, (XIII)
337; importance of, (VIII) 118-20
Food, clothing, shelter, (IX) 186; availability of, (IV)
84-85; as essential, (XII) 17; need for, (VII) 116;
and outward security, (XVII) as part, (VII) 170;
243; as primary need, (VII) 143-44; and the
redistribution of wealth, (VII) 202-3; supplying the
demand of, (V) 262; and technology, (V) 153. See
also Acquisition; Necessities; Needs; World
problems
Force: and creating a new society, (XVII) 61. See also
Discipline; Effort
Forgiveness, (VII) 223-24; as cruel, (XV) 232;
falseness of, (XVI) 31
Formula(s): creation of, (XIV) 147; desire for, (XV)
288; as hindrance, (XVII) 126; as hindrance to the
free mind, (XIV) 8; as hindrance to order, (XV)
326; imposed by others, (XIV ) 142; as
retrogressive social factor, (V) 195-96, 197; search
for, (XI) 73; understanding, (XIV) 147. See also
Belief; Conditioning; Discipline; Habit; Idea(s);
Ideology; Method; Patterns; System; Technique
Fragmentary action: and authority, (XII) 204. See also
Action; Divisions; Totality; Whole
Fragmentary mind: and listening, (XVII) 120; and
problems, (XIV) 181-82. See also Dull mind;
Fragmentation; Mind; Total action; Whole
Fragmentation, (XVI) 237-41, 288-97; and action,
(XVI) 173-74; of action, (XI) 160, 164-65;
approach to, (XV) 104; and attention, (XVII) 68;
and change, (XVI) 201; and the conditioned
answer, (XVII) 135; and conflict, (XIV) 125, 280,
284; and confusion, (XVI) 279-80; and
contradiction, (XV) 310-11, 344-45; as the curse of
life, (XVII) 44; and desire, (XV) 106; and fear,
(XVI) 175; (XVII) 25, 277; of governments and
organizations, (XII) 184-85; and guilt, (X) 243-44;
as hindrance to understanding, (XVI) 4-5; as
hindrance to understanding life, (XVI) 6; and
identification, (XVII) 65; and inadequate response,
(XVI) 210; of individual and society, (XI) 178; of
life, (XIV ) 263, 264; (XV) 62-63, 101-4, 186-87;
(XVII) 29; versus life as total, (XIII) 244; and
living, (XVI) 294-95; and the misery of life, (XVI)
17; overcoming, (XI) 289; and pleasure, (XVI)
281, 287-88; of problems, (IX) 33; (X) 148-49;
(XIV) 252-53; (XV) 149-50; and the problems of
existence, (XVI) 160; and public life, (XVI) 225;
and questioning, (XV) 257-58; reasons for, (XV)
284; and relationships, (XIII) 217-18; (XV) 154; as
response, (XVI) 208; and seriousness, (XVI) 131-
32; and thought, (XVI) 294-95; and time, (XVI)
238, 240; versus the total, (XV) 286; versus
totality, (XI) 106-7; (XVII) 274; versus the total
life, (XV) 107; and viewing problems, (XVII) 264-
65, 268; and violence, (XVI) 288-89, 293, 295; and
war, (XV) 295; as a way of life, (XVII) 243. See
also Divisions; Fragmentary action; Fragmentary
mind; Totality; Totality of life; Whole; Wholeness

France: See Authority; Conditioning; Nationalism;
Society; War; World problems
Frankness, (l) 34; and sincerity, (l) 35
Freedom, (l) 15-16; (II) 15; (IV) 49; (VI) 184; (XI)
253-58, 333-35, 379-83; (XII) 234-38; (XIII) 105-
12, 237-40, 288-92; (XIV) 82-88, 134-40, 296-302;
(XV) 116-20, 123-24, 203-7; (XVI) 125-28;
(XVII) 16-21, 223-27; and the ability to study,
(VIII) 73-74; and the ability to think clearly, (XIII)
115; and the absence of fear, (XI) 176; (XV) 92;
(XVII) 198; and the absence of problems, (XIV )
181; (XV) 194-96; and the absence of reaction,
(XVII) 134; and accumulation, (VI) 341; from
accumulation, (X) 21; achievement of, (l) 7, 111;
(VIII) 127; (IX) 170; (X) 3, 15; (XI) 46-47, 171,
307; (XIII) 227; (XIV) 86-87; (XVI) 47; achieving
inward and outward, (XVI) 3; achieving through
peace, (XI) 141; from acquisitiveness, (VIII) 29-
30; and action, (VIII) 47; (XV) 211, 214; (XVII)
204; of action, (XI) 318; from the aggressive
animal, (XVII) 43; and aloneness, (XVI) 118;
through aloneness, (IX) 48; from ambition, (X) 5-
6; (XIII) 168; of anonymity, (XI) 372-73; and
attachment, (XIII) 269; from attachment, (XI) 122;
from authority, (VII) 190; (IX) 146-47, 209-10,
244-45; (X) 78, 99, 109-10, 138; (XII) 234-38,
296; (XIII) 9-10, 11; (XIV) 172; (XV) 173, 312;
(XVII) 175; versus authority, (XI) 65-66, 380; and
awareness, (III) 211; through awareness of fear,
(VII) 75-76; and awareness of thought, (XI) 2;
from background, (X) 12; as a beginning, (X) 18; at
the beginning, (IX) 152, 155, 223, 237, 239-40,
244, 247, 255; (XI) 45; (XIII) 97, 115; (XV) 275;
(XVI) 59; at the beginning and the end, (XVII)
218; and behavior, (XVII) 201; from being
something, (IX) 276; from belief, (V) 254; (VI)
152, 255-56; (VII) 131-32; (XV) 318; (XVI) 260;
(XVII) 41; from the believer and nonbeliever,
(XVI) 137; versus bondage, (X) 36-37; and the
brain and mind, (XII) 230; of the brain and mind,
(XVII) 148; and capacity, (IX) 48-49; of the child
from society, (XI) 8-9; and choice, (VIII) 204,
206; (XVII) 270; from the collective, (IX) 127-28,
143-44; versus the collective, (VII) 285; and
collective action, (VII) 229-30; commitment to,
(XVII) 217; and comparison, (VII) 109; from
comparison, (XVII) 183-84; without compulsion,
(VIII) 147-48; from conclusions, (X) 24, 121-24;
and the conditioned mind, (VII) 73-75; and
conditioning, (XII) 6; from conditioning, (IV) 97-
98; (VI) 109-10, 191; (VIII) 142-43, 215, 217-19,
265, 292; (IX) 78-79, 137-38, 144-45, 211-12, 282-
83; (X) 90, 101-2, 108-9, 145-46, 157-59, 164-67,
198; (XI) 34, 51, 53; (XII) 282; (XVI) 137-38;
(XVII) 5, 217-18, 270; versus conditioning, (VII)
141-42, 168-69; from conditioning and fear,
(XVII) 51; conditions for, (IV) 44; (XV) 56; and
conduct, (XVII) 204; and conflict, (XVI) 91-92,
130-31; from conflict, (II) 50; (V) 370; (VII) 136;
(XII) 154, 239; (XIV) 9, 10, 11-12, 290; from
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conformity, (XII) 28-29; (XV) 214-15, 219; and
confusion, (XVI) 275-76, 277; and consciousness,
(II) 18; through consciousness, (III) 11-12; from
continuity, (V) 319; (VIII) 151; from
contradiction, (XI) 30, 31-32; (XV) 178-81; from
the corrupt society, (XIV) 166; and the craving for
experience, (X) 16; and the creative, (VIII) 45; and
the creative mind, (VIII) 179; and creativeness,
(VIII) 299-300; and the cultivation of virtue, (IX)
90; defining, (IV) 193; (VIII) 129; (XIII) 289;
(XIV) 83, 140; (XV) 172-73, 282; (XVI) 126;
demand for, (XIV) 173; and denial, (XIII) 6, 91;
from desire, (XIV) 224; desire for, (VIII) 238, 306;
versus desire for improvement, (VII) 161; desire
for partial, (XVI) 84-85; from the desire for power,
(V) 62; from despair, (XVII) 156-57; as different
from revolt, (XVI) 161; (XVII) 168; difficulty of
achieving, (X) 164-65; disappearance of, (XIII) 63;
as discovery of the new, (XVI) 13; and dis cipline,
(XIV) 4, 5; (XVII) 172; versus discipline, (VIII)
89-91; without discipline, (V) 109, 258-60; versus
the disciplined mind, (XI) 355; and discovery, (XI)
129; and the discovery of truth, (VII) 257-59;
(XIV) 82-83, 85; from disorder, (XVII) 223; fro m
dreams, (X) 55, 151-52; and the dull mind, (XIV)
85; and education, (IV) 196; (VII) 320; (VIII) 282-
83; and effort, (VII) 299; and emptiness and space,
(XV) 278; and the empty mind, (XVII) 5; and the
ending of sorrow, (XV) 226; and the ending of
time, (XVI) 191; and energy, (XIV) 295; (XVII)
161; of the entity, (XVI) 248; from envy, (IX) 252;
(X) 91-92, 207-8, 264-65; as essential for mutation,
(XIV) 169, 173; examination of, (XVII) 35, 51-52,
128-29; and examination of love, (XVII) 233; from
exploitation, (X) 169; to explore, (XIII) 113; (XV)
55; and facing mistakes, (VII) 268; versus faith,
(XIII) 8; from fear, (l) 179-80; (III) 124; (VI) 194;
(VII) 290-91, 315-16; (VIII) 336, 338; (XI) 346-
49; (XII) 46, 61, 218-19, 259, 262, 303-4; (XIV)
61, 64-65, 89, 92, 116-17, 193, 196, 229-30, 248,
291; (XV) 30-31, 78, 140-41, 218, 300; (XVI) 175,
176, 210, 288; fear of, (X) 97; from fear of death,
(IX) 158; (X) 209-10; (XIII) 171, 133-34, 247-48,
250, 319; (XVII) 67, 71, 72, 114, 161; and fear of
disorder, (XV) 157-59; from fear and hate, (VIII)
40; and fear through education, (VII) 61-63, 64;
and the feeling of awareness, (VIII) 47-48; and
finding God, (V) 346-47; to find the true, (XV) 88;
and followers, (VIII) 172; from the formula of
words, (XIV) 7-8; from fragmentation, (XI) 107-8;
futility of search for, (XII) 200; and God, (XI) 104;
of the heart and mind, (XVI) 250; from hindrances,
(l) 135-36; and the hindrance of accumulation of
knowledge, (XIV) 170-71; and the hindrance of
concentration, (XV) 321; and the hindrance of
conditioning, (XVI) 84; and the hindrance of fear,
(XIII) 247; and the hindrance of means, (XI) 260;
and the hindrance of the past, (XVI) 189; and the
hindrance of society, (XV) 14; hindrances to, (XI)
67; (XIII) 4-5; and humility, (XIV) 246; from the
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‘I’, (l ) 186; (XIII) 182-83; from ideals, (XI) 24-
25; (X) from ideas, (X) 49; (XI) 122; from illusion,
(XV) 164-65; from imitation, (VII) 69-70, 71;
(VIII) 47, 101-3; from the imitative process, (XIII)
262; and immediate action, (XVII) 140;
implications of, (XVII) 217; and imprisonment, (l)
16; and the individual, (II) 39; (XIII) 120; (XIV)
236; and individual action, (II) 193-94; of
individual, and authority, (VII) 300, 302; from
influence(s), (XI) 272; (XII) 97; (XIII) 128-30,
225, 300; (XIV) 221-22; and initiative, (VIII) 84-
85; and the innocent mind, (VIII) 40; to inquire,
(IX) 215; (XVI) 77; (XVII) 50, 134; and inquiry,
(XIV) 279; (XV) 4-5, 157, 228; inquiry into, (XI)
376-79; and intelligence, (V) 293; (XIV) 179;
through intelligence, (II) 80; interpretations of,
(XI) 113-14; to investigate, (XVII) 105;
investigation of, (XVI) 113-14; inward and
outward, (XII) 231; kinds of, (XI) 44; and
knowledge, (VII) 226; (XI) 225-26, 227; from
knowledge, (IX) 244-45; (X) 260-62; (XIII) 122;
through knowledge of hindrance, (IV) 59; from the
known, (VIII) 205-6, 346-47; (IX) 159, 217-18,
232, 261, 288; (X) 160; (XI) 189, 200-201; (XII)
319; (XIII) 153, 155, 203, 258-59; (XIV) 152, 213;
(XVI) 82, 244; lack of, (XIV) 162; and learning,
(XIII) 247; (XV) 52; (XVI) 20; lessening of,
(XIII) 1, 4; and life without contradiction, (XVI)
225; and living without tomorrow, (XVII) 143-44;
and looking at fear, (XVII) 211; and looking at
need, (XII) 246; and looking at the old mind,
(XVI) 198; loss of, (XI) 361; (XII) 281, 284;
(XIII) 116; loss of, through authority, (VII) 52;
and love, (XV) 74; from masks, (XVI) 227; and the
mature mind, (XIII) 145; and maturity, (XVI) 251;
from ‘me’, (V) 317; (VIII) 10; meaning of, (V) 14;
(VII) 237; (IX) 249; (X) 22, 29; (XII) 284, 287;
(XIV) 88; (XV) 342; (XVII) 167-68, 224; from
mechanical knowledge, (XI) 338; and meditation,
(VIII) 193-94; (XVI) 148; and meeting problems,
(XVII) 97; from method, (X) 213; and mind, (V)
32; (VII) 32, 293-4; (XVI) 16; (XVII) 157; of
mind, (IV) 154; (VIII) 29-30, 228-31; (IX) 33-36,
222; (X) 220; (XI) 83, 272; (XII) 144; as minimal,
(XI) 332; misuse of, (XVII) 138; and moral
character, (X) 195-96; narrowing of, (XI) 224, 290,
301-2, 304, 306, 376-77; from nationalities and
sects, (IV) 94; and the nature of time, (XV) 117; as
necessary, (XI) 333; (XV) 14; as necessary to
education, (VII) 320; as necessity, (XIV) 176; and
the need for energy, (XVII) 139; need for inner,
(XVI) 15; versus the need to seek, (X) 6; and the
negation of thought, (VII) 236-37; and new culture,
(V) 109-10; and the new world, (VII) 230; now,
(IX) 257; without the object, (XV) 35-36; and
observation, (XIV) 18, 20; (XVI) 97; to observe,
(XVII) 211; from the observer, (XVI) 251; without
the observer, (XVII) 38, 42; and the occupied
mind, (VII) 232-33; from the old, (IV) 173; from
the old mind, (XIV) 14-15, 20; from opinion, (XV)
270; and order, (XV) 116-17, 209; (XVII) 167; and
organizations, (l) 185-86; and the original, (XV)
219; from the past, (V) 83, 191; (VII) 202, 224-25;
(VIII) 249, 322-23; (IX) 266-67; (X) 222-23, 236-
38; (XI) 208; (XIII) 10, 247; (XIV) 228; (XV)
153; (XVI) 200; and peace, (XVI) 3-4; from
pettiness, (XI) 96, 99; from the petty mind, (X)
157; (XII) ; from pleasure and pain, (XVI) 92;
from power, (XII) 28; and the presence of beauty,
(XVII) 85; and the presence of peace, (XVI) 111;
problem of, (XVII) 223; from problems, (XII) 12;
(XIV) 174, 175-76, 304; (XV) 152; and process of
the mind, (VIII) 152; and the process of thinking,
(X) 19; and progress, (XII) 169; (XIV) 83; from
propaganda, (VI) 2; psychological, (XVII) 9; from
psychological dependence, (VII) 274; from
psychological fear, (XVI) 110; from psychological
past, (XIII) 179-80; and psychological space,
(XVI) 189-90, 192; from the psychological
structure of society, (XIII) 119; (XIV) 64, 206;
from psychological time, (XVII) 27; and the
purpose of life, (V) 21; as a quality of mind, (XI)
46; to question, (XVI) 65; questions about, (XI)
216; as a reaction, (XI) 58; (XVII) 275; and reality,
(VI) 351; recognizing, (III) 79-80; and the
rejection of experience, (XV) 276-77; and
relationships, (XVI) 46-47; from religion, (XI)
146; through the religious, (IX) 51; as the religious
revolution, (X) 126; versus resistance, (VIII) 219;
and right meditation, (IV) 47; and saying ‘no’ to
fear, (XVI) 60; and search, (IX) 182-85; search for,
(XI) 43; (XIV ) 16-17; from security, (II) 34, 180;
versus security, (X) 7-8; (XI) 66; and seeing
immediately, (XVII) 141-42; from self, (III) 182-
83; (VI) 268-69; through the self, (X) 78; and self-
centered activity, (IX) 176; from self-contradiction,
(XI) 263-64; as self-fulfilling, (VII) 152; through
self-knowing, (XIV) 167; and self-knowledge, (VI)
58-59; (IX) 273; from self-pity, (XIV) 211;
through self-understanding, (VIII) 251-52; sense
of, (XV) 5; and the sense of humility, (XI) 302-3;
and sensitivity, (VII) 71; (XV) 278; and
seriousness, (XVI) 79-80, 84; and the sexual act,
(V) 98; and silence, (XV) 238, 239; (XVII) 36; and
silent awareness, (X) 30; and silent perception,
(III) 68; and simplicity, (V) 245; from social
conditioning, (X) 32; and social dependence, (VII)
80; and society, (XIII) 4-5; (XV) 55, 196, 281-82;
from society, (VIII) 322; (IX) 57, 129, 194; (X)
12; from sorrow, (IX) 97-98; (XI) 77-78; (XIII)
82-84, 140, 173, 308-9, 311; (XV) 225; and space,
(XIII) 324; (XVI) 248-49; (XVII) 88-89, 208; and
space without the center, (XV) 126; (XVI) 70-71;
and standing alone, (XIV) 164; state of, (IX) 249-
50; (X) 20; (XVII) 278; as a state of mind, (IX)
237, 239; (XI) 187; and the steady mind, (IX) 104;
and the still mind, (VI) 77-78; from the structure of
society, (XV) 283; from suffering, (X) 56, 58;
(XII) 94-95, 176; from superficiality, (XIV) 216;
versus thinking, (X) 214; from time, (X) 250-51;

(XI) 78, 169-71; (XII) 221; (XIV) 63, 306, 309;
(XVI) 22, 63, 190; and time and space, (XVI) 47;
and totality of mind, (XI) 120; (XVI) 300; through
total understanding, (XIV ) 72; from tradition,
(XIII) 68, 73; and truth, (VI) 217; (VIII) 315;
(XIV) 145; (XVII) 126; through truth, (IV) 71;
types of, (XI) 129; (XIV) 134; through uncertainty,
(VIII) 199; and the unconditioned mind, (VII) 45;
and the unconscious, (XIV) 19-20; from the
unconscious, (XIII) 167; understanding, (VIII) 90-
91, 182-83; (IX) 143-44; (XI) 46-47, 66-67, 214-
18; (XIV) 164; (XV) 117; through understanding,
(III) 169; (XIII) 326; and understanding authority,
(XIII) 122; and understanding conditioning, (VIII)
270; and understanding life, (XV) 6; and
understanding living, (XVI) 188; and
understanding the mind, (XV) 304; and
understanding relationships, (XV) 56; through
understanding relationship, (VII) 111; and
understanding space, (XV) 262; and understanding
thinking, (XVI) 89-90; and understanding
unhappiness, (VII) 116; from violence, (IX) 118;
(X) 80-81, 84; (XIV) 294; (XVI) 203-4; (XVII)
209, 258; and virtue, (IV) 79-80; (V) 31; (VI) 102-
3; (XV) 172-73; and will, (XI) 44, 47; within
ourselves, (X) 116; from the word, (XI) 84-85;
(XII) 88-89, 293; (XIII) 35-36, 103-4, 215-16;
(XV) 30; (XVI) 59; (XVII) 71; of word and
feeling, (XI) 118; and world society, (XI) 214;
from yesterday, (XI) 152. See also Belief; Choice;
Conflict; Conformity; Discernment; Experience;
Liberation; Limitations; Meditation;
Possessiveness; Suffering; Truth; Understanding
Freedom from conditioning: process of, (X) 215
Freedom from fear: and the still mind, (X) 213
Freedom of thought: achieving, (IX) 11; as nonsense,
(IX) 126
Freedom, order, and space: as interrelated, (XV) 206.
See also Freedom
Free enterprise: and society, (XV) 281
Free man: as a fallacious concept, (XVII) 270; and the
search for help, (XIV) 163-64. See also Freedom
Free mind, (VI) 349; (VIII) 263-65; and the ability to
seek, (XIV) 57; and the absence of conflict, (XIII)
277; achieving, (IX) 7-8, 14, 230; (X) 3-4, 18, 47,
114, 165-67, 219, 251; and achieving beauty and
peace, (XVI) 234; and aloneness, (XII) 157;
approach to, (IX) 1-5; and authority, (VIII) 307;
versus authority, (IX) 146-47; (XIII) 72; and the
cessation of the word, (XIII) 296; and challenge,
(XVI) 210; and the conditioned mind, (IX) 163-65;
(XIII) 281; and conditioning, (VI) 211-13; (IX)
80; (XIII) 91; versus conditioning, (XI) 156; and
conflict, (XII) 242; (XIV) 13; and the conscious
and the unconscious, (XVII) 24; and contradiction,
(IX) 5-6; and creativeness, (XI) 104; defining, (X)
3; (XIV) 135; and discipline, (X) 131-32; (XIII)
269, 270; (XIV) 92; and discovering the true, (X)
165; (XII) 232; and discovery, (XIV ) 8; and the
discovery of God, (IX) 4, 228; (X) 70; and the
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discovery of impermanency, (XVII) 114; and the
discovery of the new, (X) 38; and the discovery of
truth, (VIII) 250-51; and dogma, (XI) 376; versus
dogma, (VIII) 254; and “doing good”, (X) 25;
versus the dull mind, (XV) 13; and effort, (X) 143-
44; and the end of sorrow, (IX) 80; and energy,
(XVI) 115; and the eternal, (XIV) 223; and facing
the fact, (XV) 25; and the fact, (XIII) 36; and fear,
(XII) 142; versus the fear of death, (VIII) 277-78;
as fearless, (XII) 247; and finding the true, (XV)
152; versus freedom of thought, (IX) 202; and the
futility of search, (IX) 87; and the hindrance of
tradition, (IX) 234; and the hindrance of words,
(XIV) 7-8; and humility, (XIII) 111; and the
individual, (XI) 59; (XIII) 160; and individuality,
(X) 177-80; and as the individual mind, (XIV) 245;
and inquiry, (IX) 257; (XI) 270; (XIV) 267; (XV)
4-5; and inquiry about reality, (IX) 135, 137; and
inquiry into thought, (X) 229; and knowledge of
love and death, (XV) 244; and the known and
unknown, (XIII) 338; and learning, (IX) 197, 239;
(XIV) 241; and liberation from authority, (XIII)
58-59; and listening, (XV) 297; and love, (IX) 260;
and love of children, (IX) 272; and meditation,
(IX) 186, 192, 280; (XI) 247; (XII) 204-5, 263-65;
(XIII) 45, 95, 97; and morality, (XV) 15; versus
myth, (VIII) 272-73; as necessary, (XIII) 5; versus
the need for permanence, (X) 43; and negative
thinking, (XI) 93; and the new world, (VII) 230;
and observation, (XI) 352; as path to God, (X) 172;
and the problem of sex, (XV) 73; and the question
of death, (IX) 17; and questioning, (XIII) 2-3, 5;
(XVI) 162; and receiving the true, (IX) 10; and
religion, (IX) 78-79; and the religious mind, (XII)
325; as the religious mind, (XIII) 262; and the
resolution of problems, (VII) 324; and the search
for God, (X) 32; and seeing, (XII) 191; (XIV) 132;
and self-knowledge, (IX) 3, 111; as the silent mind,
(XVI) 236; as social danger, (X) 164; and the state
of negation, (XIII) 142; and stillness, (X) 272;
without stimulation, (XI) 381; and time, (XI) 76;
and total inaction, (XVI) 212; and total revolution,
(VIII) 270; and transformation, (X) 225; and the
true and false, (XV) 6; and truth, (X) 107-9; (XI)
21, 181; understanding, (VI) 353-54; and
understanding death, (VIII) 257; and working
together, (XI) 308, 311; and world problems, (VII)
317-18; (XIII) 329. See also Dull mind; Empty
mind; Freedom; Mind; Mutation; Petty mind; Quiet
mind; Silent mind
Free will: and the human organism, (XVII) 269-70.
See also Freedom; Will
French Revolution: and change, (XV) 52-53; as
fragmentary, (XIV) 274; and ideology, (XVII) 160.
See also Revolt; Revolution
Fresh: See Fresh mind; New
Fresh mind: and the absence of problems, (XVI) 242;
achieving, (XV) 289-93; (XVI) 301; (XVII) 83;
achieving change, (IX) 28-29; and the approach to
duality, (VIII) 194; and the approach to problems,
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(VIII) 284-85; and communion, (XIV) 226; and
the dull mind, (XIV) 85; and dying to the known,
(XIV) 213; and facing the fact, (XV) 65; and fear
of death, (VIII) 309; and inquiry, (XV) 3; versus
knowledge, (IX) 39; and learning, (XIV ) 171, 239;
and loneliness, (VIII) 314; looking with, (XVI)
201; and love, (XV) 80; and mutation, (XII) 287;
and the new, (VIII) 345; and observation, (XIV)
58-59; and pleasure, (XV) 70; and problems, (X)
170-72; and seeing, (XIV) 86; and self-discovery,
(V) 336; and understanding authority, (XIV) 87;
and understanding fear, (XVII) 24; and
understanding problems, (XIV) 247; and world
problems, (XIV) 59. See also Change; Free mind;
Mind; New; New mind; Quiet mind; Renewal;
Revolution; Sensitive mind
Freud: and conditioning, (XVI) 90; versus direct
watching, (XV) 11; and the search for answers,
(XV) 106; and the unconscious, (XV) 218
Freudians: and new approaches, (XII) 155
Friction: absence of, (XVII) 147; and divisions,
(XVII) 146; and energy, (XV) 8; and fear, (XVII)
164; freedom from, (XVII) 145; between ideology
and action, (XVII) 140; and the mind, (XIV) 69,
70; understanding the nature of, (XVII) 148; and
the wasting of energy, (XVII) 161. See also
Conflict; Contradiction; Effort
Friend: and crisis, (V) 193
Friendliness: as motiveless, (X) 271
Friendship, (III) 123; and justice, (X) 187-88
Frontier: search for, (XIV) 296-97. See also Space
Frustration, (VIII) 194-98; and the absence of
tranquillity, (XI) 335; and awareness of conflict,
(V) 161; and conflict, (XIII) 78; and desire, (VIII)
304-5; (XVI) 36; and dissatisfaction, (IX) 45, 48;
(X) 181-83; and escape, (V) 345-46; and
fulfillment, (IX) 46-48; (XI) 275-76; (XIII) 234;
versus fulfillment, (IX) 68-69; and the ‘I’, (VII)
256; inward and outward, (XVII) 131; and the need
to search, (IX) 19; and pleasure, (XV) 164; and the
process of existence, (VII) 150; and pursuit of
knowledge, (IX) 262; and the search for
permanence, (IX) 20; and the search for security,
(IX) 19, 21; and self-fulfillment, (XIII) 302; and
sorrow, (XI) 220; understanding, (IV) 86. See also
Ambition; Conflict; Confusion; Contradiction;
Dissatisfaction; Distraction; Duality; Effort;
Friction; Fulfillment
Fulfillment, (III) 32; (VII) 234-37; (XIII) 124, 127,
130; achieving, (II) 36; (III) 23-24; and action
through awareness, (l) 193; and ambition, (VII)
234-35; and becoming, (VIII) 158-59; through
children, (IX) 65; and choice, (XI) 221; through
comprehension, (III) 46; and conflict, (XII) 239,
241; and conformity, (II) 176-78; and confusion,
(XI) 51-52; consciousness of, (VI) 310-11; and
continuity, (V) 67-68; and contradiction, (XV) 180;
and desire, (XII) 150, 151, 153; (XV) 17, 21, 22,
166-67; desire for, (XIII) 234; and effort, (V) 116;
and expression, (VI) 232; and fear, (VII) 270;
(XII) 135; (XIII) 247; (XV) 28-29, 159; and
frustration, (IX) 19, 21; (X) 194; and harmony of
action, (III) 3; hindrances to, (II) 208, 211; and
individual well-being, (II) 201; and individuality,
(II) 186-88; and intelligent action, (II) 221; loss of,
(II) 212; (III) 45; for man and woman, (IV) 145-
46; and the ‘me’, (VII) 329-30; and the mind, (X)
37, 185; and the observer and the observed, (XVI)
248, 249; and pleasure and pain, (XVI) 218; and
power, (XI) 275-76; and problems, (XV) 149; as
respectable, (IX) 86; and richness of life, (III) 69-
70; search for, (IX) 46-47, 69; (XI) 235; (XIII)
302; and seeds of destruction, (VII) 309; and self-
expansion, (IV) 59; and sorrow, (XI) 220; (XII)
98; timelessness, (II) 36; and understanding, (II)
217; (VIII) 245. See also Action; Ambition;
Becoming; Belonging; Experience; Greed;
Happiness; Listening; Power; Reality; Satisfaction;
Self-centered activity; Self-fulfillment; Truth
Full consciousness: defining, (III) 90
Function: and contradiction, (XIII) 126; and
education, (XII) 17; and experience, (XI) 209; of
knowledge, (XII) 35-37; and meditation, (XI) 196;
and specialization, (XII) 270-71; and status, (XI) 3;
(XII) 34-36, 310; (XIV) 247; as status, (VII) 128
Function and status, (XVII) 122; and the competitive
society, (XV) 14; and conflict, (XVII) 128; and
obedience, (XV) 44
Fundamental revolution: and education, (XI) 9; and
inner crisis, (XI) 239; need for, (IX) 193-94;
through self-knowledge, (IX) 110-11, 113; as total
change, (XI) 335; and true religion, (X) 186; and
world problems, (IX) 225-26. See also Change;
Radical transformation; Religion; Religious
revolution; Revolution; Total revolution;
Transformation
Fundamental transformation: and listening, (XII) 144.
See also Change; Mutation; Revolution
Future, (V) 189; attempt to control, (XIII) 72; and
change, (XVII) 102; and consciousness, (VI) 108-
9; defining, (XIII) 316; and disorder, (XV) 120; as
escape from present, (III) 171; and fear, (XIII)
102; (XIV) 196, 292; and fear of pain, (XII) 92;
freedom from, (XI) 226; as hindrance to
transformation, (V) 221; and the influence of past
and present, (XIII) 316-17, 319; and living in the
past, (XIII) 159-60; as the modified past, (XVI)
280; and pleasure, (XVI) 284; psychological
planning, (XIII) 186-87; and the sense of despair,
(XIII) 218; and sorrow, (XIII) 308; and thought,
(XIII) 136; (XVI) 166; and time, (XIV) 253-54;
(XV) 75-76; unimportance of, (VI) 40-42; as
unknown, (IX) 260. See also Memory; New; Past;
Time
Future life: and fear of losing the known, (XVI) 63;
and need for comfort, (IX) 235-36. See also
Afterlife; Death; Fear; Hereafter; Reincarnation ;
Religion

Gain, (l) 147-48; and doubt, (l) 155; as goal, (l) 147-
48; and reward, (l) 153-54. See also Accumulation;
Acquisitiveness; Possessions; Possessiveness
Gandhi, Mohandas K, (IV) 85, 90, 167; (IX) 201;
death of, and identification with, (IV) 167-68; and
desire for continuity, (IV) 169; and nonviolence,
(XVII) 107. See also Authority; Leaders;
Reincarnation; Violence
Gender: and the education of children, (XI) 6; and
superiority, (II) 168
General: versus the particular, (XIII) 14
Generate: defining, (VII) 98
Generations: and world transformation, (XI) 305
Generosity, (XIII) 150-51; and accumulation, (IV)
198-99; and conflict, (V) 350; and friendliness, (X)
271; of the hand and of the heart, (V) 323; as an
ideal, (XVI) 118
Genes: and conditioning, (XVI) 111
Germans: See Conditioning; Divisions; Ideology;
Nationalism; Society; War
Germany: See Authority; Commitment; Conditioning;
Environment; Government; Influences;
Nationalism; Society; War; World problems
Gita: as hindrance to thinking, (XIV) 75. See also
Authority; Background; Belief; Books;
Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; Knowledge;
Propaganda; Religion; Religious mind; Visions;
Words
Goals: achieving, (II) 104-5; and effort, (VI) 355-57;
as hindrance, (IV) 79; and life as continual
becoming, (II) 229; understanding, (IV) 55. See
also Ambition; Success
God, (l) 105, 140; (II) 4, 27-28, 33-34, 38, 191, 223;
and the agitated mind, (VII) 94-95; ancient search
for, (XI) 290; approach to, (X) 41-42; approach to,
as pathless, (V) 271-72; and authority, (XIII) 41-
42; and awareness, (VI) 220; and belief, (V) 93-94,
346-47; (VII) 225-26; (VIII) 27-28; (X) 66-67,
102; (XIII) 304; belief in, (II) 33-34, 162, 215; (V)
281, 282; (VI) 71, 110-12, 140-41; (XI) 105; (XII)
84; (XIV) 278, 279; (XVII) 95, 272-73; belief in,
false pursuit of, (IV) 174-75; belief and nonbelief,
(III) 177-78, 223-24; and the better life, (V) 93;
and choice, (VIII) 109; and the collective mind,
(XIII) 62; and collectivism, (IX) 13; concept of,
(III) 179; conception of, (l) 6; (II) 34; (VI) 219-21;
as conditioned image, (VI) 224; and the
conditioned mind, (III) 104; (IX) 3-4; (XI) 28; and
conditioning, (X) 125; (XI) 169; (XII) 323; (XIII)
287; (XVI) 156, 157; and the conditioning of
belief, (XVII) 109-10; and conflict, (XII) 14; and
the conscious mind, (XVI) 57; creation of, (XI)
116, 381; (XVI) 301; and the creation of illusion,
(VII) 270; creation of a permanent, (XI) 192; as
the creative state, (XII) 145; and death, (XI) 152-
53; and denial and reaction, (XIII) 56; and desire,
(VII) 41; (XIV) 96; and the desire for permanence,
(-y), (VIII) 117; (IX) 248; (XII) 105; desire to
experience, (VI) 189-90; and the desire to know,
(VII) 240-41; (XIV) 278, 279; destruction of the
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word, (XIII) 35; and discipline, (V) 256, 258-59;
(XIII) 82; discovering, (VIII) 328; (IX) 15, 228;
discovering through the free mind, (VII) 258; and
discovery, (XII) 280; as divisive factor, (II) 34;
and dying to words, (XI) 138; and effort, (XIV)
289; and emptiness, (II) 34; and the ending of
yesterday, (VIII) 190; and energy, (XII) 65; as
escape, (II) 48; (VIII) 134-36; (XIII) 103; as
escape from life, (X) 159-60; existence of, (II) 142;
(XIII) 29-30; and experience, (VII) 44-45; (X) 16;
and experiencing, (VII) 319; (VIII) 20, 55-56; and
the fact and the ideal, (XV) 65; and faith, (VII)
205; and false reality, (II) 47-48; and fear, (XII)
238; (XIII) 102; and the fear of death, (VIII) 87; as
fiction, (XIV ) 15; finding, (XIV) 36, 44; (XV) 320;
as fixed, (IX) 142; and the fixed point, (X) 127;
and followers, (VIII) 294-95; and freedom from
conflict, (XII) 130; and freedom from desire, (XI)
96; and freedom from envy, (X) 141-42; and
freedom from tradition, (XV) 84; freedom to
discover, (X) 3; and free inquiry, (VII) 71-72; and
free mind, (II) 135; (VIII) 7, 254; (IX) 78-79;
futility of petition, (VII) 94-95; futility of search
for, (IV) 113-14, 184; (VIII) 215; (X) 272; (XI)
171; (XV) 169; and gratification, (VI) 71; (VIII)
328; (XII) 266; and the hindrance of belief, (VIII)
319-20; and the hindrance of belonging, (XII) 127;
and the hindrance of illusion, (XII) 263; historic
search for, (XVI) 113; and hypocrisy, (IV) 16; as
an idea, (XV) 308; as an idea of environment, (XV)
88; and ideas, (XV) 89; identification with, (XVI)
115; identifying, (II) 214; and illusion, (IV) 210-
11; (X) 125; (XIV) 68; and image, (VIII) 115-16;
as image of the human mind, (XV) 240; and inner
wealth, (V) 62; and the innocent mind, (VIII) 314;
(XII) 40, 103; inquiry into, (XVII) 52; and the
intellect, (VII) 253; and intellectual speculation,
(II) 225; intellectual theories about, (XVI) 113;
and intelligence, (II) 48; invention of, (XIII) 324;
(XVI) 100; as the invention of man, (XV) 88; as an
investment, (IV) 116; knowing, (VII) 114; (VIII)
312; and knowledge, (V) 232; as the known,
(XVII) 236; and loneliness, (XIV ) 220; and love,
(XV) 229; and love of family, (V) 17; love of,
versus fear of, (VIII) 140; as man-made, (XIV)
126; as masculine, (II) 47-48; and the ‘me’, (V)
268; meaningless search for, (IX) 85; (XVI) 19;
meaning of, (II) 48; (IX) 7; and meditation, (XIII)
95, 320; and memory, (V) 9; as the mind, (VII)
277, 312; and modern doubt, (XVI) 122; as
moment to moment, (VIII) 250; as mover, (III) 34;
necessity for, (IV) 24; and negative action, (l) 171;
and the new, (VII) 264, 301; (XIV) 230; and the
new mind, (XII) 119; as not of the mind, (VII)
286-87; (VIII) 40; and nothingness, (V) 301; as not
original, (XIV) 117; and the original, (XV) 219; as
the perfect security, (XIV) 129; and permanence,
(X) 10; (XII) 162; as permanent, (IX) 228; as
permanent entity, (XIII) 181; as permanent
psychological security, (V) 160; and the petty
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mind, (IX) 104-5; and pleasure, (XV) 335; (XVII)
181; and prayer, (IV) 90; (V) 164-65; (VI) 15, 31;
(IX) 18; and prejudice, (VII) 73; as a process of the
mind, (VII) 9; and the process of revolution, (VII)
8; and propaganda, (XII) 256; proving existence of,
(VI) 64-65; and the quality of aliveness, (XIII) 46;
reaction to the word, (XVII) 195; and reality,
(XIV) 115; and recognition, (IX) 180; and religion,
(V) 264; (VI) 203-4; and religious division, (VII)
130; and the religious man, (XV) 90; and
revelation, (XII) 247; and reward and punishment,
(XV) 330; and the right individual, (XI) 59; and
right meditation, (IV) 75; and salvation, (l) 132;
search for, (l) 146-47; (II) 4, 84; (IV) 26, 210-11;
(V) 4-5, 36, 159, 337; (VII) 85-86, 235-36; (VIII)
82, 174, 181, 290, 292, 308, 325; (XI) 86, 129-31;
(XIII) 112, 270; (XIV) 116-17, 141-43; (XV) 41,
54, 88-90; (XVI) 82, 83, 111, 147; (XVII) 6, 41,
151; and the search for an otherness, (XVII) 169;
and the search for permanency, (XIII) 263; and
search for the unknown, (V) 243-45; and security,
(XIV) 130; as security, (VII) 79; (XII) 235; and
seeing the whole, (XI) 107; seeking, (XII) 142;
(XIV) 57; and seeking, (XVII) 86; as self-creation,
(VIII) 273; and self-discovery, (II) 142; and self-
knowledge, (XI) 19; as self-realization, (VIII) 20;
and self-worship, (XVII) 250; and social morality,
(XIII) 205; and society, (XIII) 11-12; about
speculation, (IX) 113-14; as a state of constant
renewal, (X) 37; and the state of innocency, (XIII)
207-8; as static, (X) 201; and status quo, (II) 213;
and the still mind, (VIII) 11; and strengthening the
self, (VI) 275-76; and suffering, (XIV) 211; and
superstition, (XVII) 217; surrendering to, (XIII)
29; and time, (XII) 99; (XIV) 209; and total
stillness, (XIII) 182; as the ultimate pleasure,
(XVI) 282; understanding, (II) 81; as unknowable,
(XII) 179; and the unknown, (X) 18; as the
unknown, (IX) 254-55; voice of, (XIII) 209; will
of, (XIII) 199; and the word, (XII) 85; as a word,
(IV) 191; and the word as meaningless, (XV) 322.
See also Authority; Belief; Continuity; Escape;
Faith; Gratification; Illusion; Immeasurable; Love;
Mind; Master; Real; Reality; Re ligion; Timeless;
Truth; Understanding; Unknown
Godless: and God-fearing, (X) 66
Gods: as man’s inventions, (XIV) 259; as security,
(XIV) 81. See also God
Good: versus bad, (VIII) 309-11; being versus trying
to be, (IX) 90, 92
Good and evil, (III) 212-13, 228-30; (VI) 167-68
Good government: defining, (V) 65-66
Good life, (X) 62; defining, (VI) 225
Good men: defining, (IV) 115
Good mind, (IX) 262-64; cultivation of, (XI) 2; versus
ambition, (XII) 54. See also New mind
Goodness, (XI) 322-23, 325; (XIII) 150-51, 152;
achieving, (IX) 92-93; versus becoming good,
(XIV) 89; conditions for, (XV) 203; versus
conformity, (X) 176; (XII) 143, 144; development
of, (X) 195-96; and the flowering mind, (XI) 322-
23; and motive, (IX) 228-29; and peace, (XV) 295-
96; and space, (XV) 205; state of, (XV) 204; as a
state of love, (VIII) 318; as unconscious, (XI) 297.
See also Humility; Virtue
Goodness, truth, and beauty: as one, (X) 269
Goodwill: desire for, (IX) 247; versus the means, (IV)
85; and search for the real, (V) 114-15; as solution
to problems, (V) 31-32. See also Love
Good world: definitions of, (VIII) 64-65
Gossip, (V) 287-89; motives for, (VI) 295-96; and
restlessness, (XIII) 23; and world events, (V) 288
Government(s): as absolute, (l) 150; action by, (X)
173-74; and capture of the mind, (XI) 103; and
conditioning, (X) 163-64; and conformity, (X) 201;
control of education, (V) 173-74, 201; and the dull
mind, (V) 85; and freedom, (XI) 304; function of,
(IX) 230; (XI) 49; and growing power, (V) 111; as
the individual, (IV) 192; as instruments of
violence, (IV); and the lack of planning, (XVII)
264; and mind control, (XI) 168; need for, (XVII)
125; need for one world, (XVII) 258, 263;
obedience to, (XIII) 9, 11; and the obliteration of
the individual, (XI) 144; as powerful, (X) 188; and
problems, (XIV) 162; and the relationship to the
human being, (XV) 333-34; and thought control,
(XIV) 297; tyranny of, (X) 77; and war, (IX) 230;
(XV) 327-28; and world problems, (XI) 334. See
also Authority; Bureaucracy; Exploitation; Good
government; Individual; Laws; Nation;
Nationalism; Society; State; Unity of mankind;
Violence; War; World problems
Grace: futility of search for, (X) 63
Gradual: acceptance of, (XIV) 305-6; change as,
(XVI) 54; and chronological time, (XV) 24-25; and
dis order, (XV) 339; (XVI) 184; and ending time,
(XVI) 21-22; as a gratifying concept, (XVII) 67; as
hindrance, (XVI) 227; and the immediate, (XIV)
262; versus the immediate, (XV) 76, 338-39; (XVI)
130; and the removal of masks, (XVI) 227; and
time, (XIV) 253-55; (XV) 159-60, 212, 339; (XVI)
22, 238. See also Immediate; Interval; Time
Gradualism, (III) 244-45; and conflict, (VIII) 338-40;
and the free mind, (VIII) 340; as hindrance to
change, (X) 203. See also Revolution
Gratification: and answers, (IX) 155; versus attention,
(XI) 8; and authority, (VII) 230; and beauty, (XI)
10; desire for, (V) 158; through dominance, (V)
102; and escape, (VI) 68; and family, (V) 17; from
gurus, (V) 122-23, 177, 193-94; versus happiness,
(V) 223; and illusion, (VII) 269; and learning,
(XIV) 276; and meditation, (V) 210; and
permanence, (V) 310; and pleasure, (XVII) 65, 68-
69; and prayer, (V) 165; (VI) 229-30; process of,
(XII) 266; and psychological security, (V) 159-60;
pursuit of, (VII) 260; and relationship, (IV) 50-53,
123-24; (V) 59; and religion, (VIII) 301; and
satisfaction, (XI) 244, 247; search for, (IV) 179;
(V) 133-34, 352; (VI) 27-28; (XVII) 64, 86-87;
and the solution to problems, (VIII) 284; and

superficiality, (VII) 311. See also Ambition;
Authority; Criticism; Desire; Escape; Followers;
Fulfillment; God; Reality; Relationship;
Satisfaction; Security; Seeking; Self-fulfillment;
Sensation
Greatness: understanding, (VIII) 125-26
Great society: versus the good society, (XVI) 43. See
also Society
Greed, (II) 78; (III) 150-52, 155, 187-88, 189; (IV)
71-72; (VI) 294-95; and awareness, (IV) 73; (VI)
283-84; as cause of conflict, (III) 150-52; as cause
of war, (V) 66, 339; as corrupter, (III) 223-24; and
desire for power, (IV) 95; freedom from, (V) 343;
(VII) 80; and freedom from conditioning, (IX)
164; as hindrance to truth, (III) 230; and material
needs, (XII) 6; versus need, (III) 150-51; and
negative thinking, (XI) 188; payment for, (III) 233;
and pleasure, (XV) 339; and process of discipline,
(V) 257, 259-60; and pursuit of gratification, (III)
148; and relationship, (III) 169; and the search for
experience, (XV) 39; and social exploitation, (VII)
71-73; and society, (V) 144-45, 343; and time,
(XV) 305; understanding, (III) 147-48. See also
Accumulation; Acquisition; Acquisitiveness;
Ambition; Becoming; Craving; Desire; Envy;
Legislation; Nationalism; Possessions; Power;
Reality; Self; Self-fulfillment; Thought; Want;
War; Will
Greed, ambition, and envy: as basis of the social
structure, (XIII) 187-88. See also Ambition; Envy
Group(s): without authority, (IV) 40; and divisions,
(VIII) 217; identification with, (VIII) 224; as
reactionary, (XII) 22-23; and security, (l) 144. See
also Collective; Individual
Group action: See Collective; Mass
Growth: and awareness, (III) 117; defining, (III) 96;
psychological, (III) 119. See also Acquisitiveness;
Ambition; Envy; Evolution; Progress; Technology
Guidance, (l) 138
Guides: independent, (V) 111. See also New;
Transformation
Guilt: and contradiction, (IX) 5; of the East and West,
(XII) 141-42; and fear, (XII) 59; feelings of, (X)
243-44; and sensitivity, (XI) 347; and sin, (V) 276
Gullibility: dangers of, (XVI) 281-82; and the desire
for security, (XIV) 108. See also Innocency;
Skepticism
Guru(s), (V) 122-23, 177-79, 192-95; as authority,
(XV) 83; and change, (VIII) 177; choosing, (VIII)
26; and contradictions, (VI) 47-48; desire for, (VI)
47-48; and disciples, (IV) 122; and discontent,
(VII) 213-14; and the discovery of truth, (VII)
178-80; as escape, (XII) 88; as exploiter, (l) 147-
48; and heaven (VIII) 70; as impediment, (VI) 48;
as leader to truth, (V) 177-79; and meditation,
(VIII) 54; and the petty mind, (VII) 216-17;
reasons for, (VI) 4-5; and search for God, (IV)
178-79; and self-gratification, (IV) 129-30; and
self-knowledge, (III) 4-5; (VI) 4-5. See also
Authority; Exploitation; Followers; Knowledge;
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Leader; Master; Power; Religion; Specialists;
Teacher
Habit(s), (III) 100, 128-29, 132-34; (VII) 308; (X)
213; (XI) 134-36; as adjustment, (X) 5; approach
to, (VI) 56; and authority, (XIII) 9; and awareness,
(IV) 70; (VIII) 202; (XII) 302; versus change, (XI)
172-73; and conflict, (VIII) 78-80; (XI) 24; (XIII)
285; (XIV) 12, 144-45; conquering, (IV) 10-11;
defining, (III) 115-16; and the desire for change,
(XV) 133; and the desire for security, (XI) 314,
317; and the difficulty of change, (XII) 253-54;
and discipline, (V) 258-59; dying to, (XIV ) 32; and
effort, (XIII) 203-4; ending, (XV) 111; (XVII) 29;
and envy, (XV) 135; as the essence of memory,
(XIII) 182-83; establishing, (XI) 80-83; and the
exercise of will, (XV) 60; and fear, (XIII) 221; and
fearful imitation, (VII) 64-65; and fear of change,
(XIII) 137; and fear of death, (XIV) 257; and
following, (IX) 152; freedom from, (X) 38; (XI)
175; and the free mind, (X) 42, 49; as hindrance to
sensitivity, (IX) 273; (XV) 242; as hindrance to
understanding, (XII) 109; and ideals, (XI) 176;
immediate ending of, (XV) 320; and insecurity,
(XIII) 212; and the insensitive mind, (XIII) 147;
and jealousy, (XIII) 237; as joyless, (XI) 323;
versus learning, (XII) 106; machinery of, (XI) 298-
300; and marriage, (V) 175-76; mechanical, (XIII)
159; and mechanical action, (XIV) 70; and the
mechanical life, (XIII) 6; and meditation, (IX) 74;
versus meditation, (XII) 167; and memories, (III)
130; and the mind, (XIV) 29; as morality, (XV) 71;
need for immediate change in, (XVI) 57-58; new
and old, (III) 137; and the occupied mind, (XII)
137; and order, (XIII) 157; and the permanent,
(XI) 295; and practice, (XV) 83; process of
forming, (XIII) 239-40, 242-43; and religious
ritual, (IX) 156-57; and revolt from patterns, (VII)
278-79; and security, (XIII) 238-39; (XV) 28; and
seeing, (XV) 130; and self-awareness, (X) 19; and
slavery, (XI) 331; and smoking, (XV) 135; and
symbols, (VII) 122; technical role of, (XIII) 242;
and technique, (V) 309-10; and time, (XII) 316;
(XIII) 141; tradition, (XI) 304; as tradition, (XIII)
68, 249; understanding of, (XVI) 95, 97-98;
understanding the process of, (IX) 106-7;
understanding the types of, (X) 133. See also
Action; Awareness; Belief; Conditioning; Conflict;
Conformity; Discipline; Effort; Escape; Fear;
Ideas; Methods; Patterns; Repetition;
Respectability; Security; Systems; Tradition
Handwork: and learning, (XI) 6-7
Happiness, (III) 206; (IV) 175-76; (V) 328-29; (VI)
155-56, 341; (VII) 214-16; (VIII) 95-96; (IX) 283-
84; and absence of conflict, (IV) 11; and the
absence of fear, (XI) 349; and the absence of
opposite, (VIII) 197; and the absence of self, (X)
75; achieving, (II) 159; (IV) 91; 104-5; (VII) 211,
297; and aloneness, (VIII) 198; and ambition,
(VII) 107-8; as awareness, (III) 171; and the
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burden of society, (IX) 202; as by-product, (VIII)
78; condition for, (VII) 115-16; (VIII) 140; and
conflict, (II) 139-40; and creative intelligence, (V)
117; and creative renewal, (V) 234; as creative
thinking, (II) 99; defining, (VII) 101; (XV) 123;
and dependence, (III) 159; and dependency, (l) 15;
(IX) 22; desire for, (V) 223; (XV) 29; desire for
sex, (V) 216, 218; through discipline, (V) 256, 258;
and discontent, (VI) 90; and effort, (VI) 355; as an
end, (VI) 186; and freedom, (XIII) 238; futility of
pursuit, (X) 40-41; futility of search for, (VIII) 78;
(X) 183; as goal, (IV) 107; as a goal of the future,
(XIV) 227; and intelligence, (II) 114; and inward
richness, (V) 159; versus loveless dependence,
(VII) 89; versus the mechanical mind, (VII) 284;
between mind and heart, (II) 77; and perceptions,
(II) 203; personal, (II) 121; and possessions, (III)
222; and prayer, (IX) 235; pursuit of, (VIII) 204;
rarity of, (XIII) 157; and reality, (II) 35; and
renewal, (IV) 110-11; through right action, (V)
155-156; and right comprehension, (III) 89; search
for, (II) 32, 54, 77, 119-21, 139-40; (III) 22, 197;
(VIII) 187-88, 190, 327-29; (IX) 124; (X) 31-32;
(XI) 235; (XII) 203; and search for continuity, (V)
68-69; through self-awareness, (VII) 166; through
self-knowledge, (VIII) 344; and self-sacrifice, (II)
121; through someone else, (VII) 272; and sorrow,
(IV) 61; as state of unconscious, (VII) 68-69; and
the timeless, (V) 138-39; and virtue, (VI) 94, 103;
and want, (III) 17-18; and world view, (II) 47. See
also Contentment; Ecstasy; Enjoyment; Eternal;
Fear; Feelings; God; Joy; Love; Quiet mind; Real;
Reality; Self-knowledge; Sorrow; Time; Truth
Happy man, (IV) 183; (VIII) 111; defining, (IV) 174;
versus the unhappy man, (VIII) 188
Harmony, (l ) 58, 91; achievement of, (l) 107; and
authority, (l) 76; and crisis, (l) 38; and culture, (l)
159; and the discovery of truth, (VII) 257; and
disharmony, (XVI) 278-79; and ignorance, (III)
10; and the infinite, (l) 12; of mind and heart, (l)
11, 188; moments of being in, (XVII) 230; and the
process of consciousness, (XIII) 335; and progress,
(l) 189-90; search for, (II) 143-44. See also
Fulfillment; Security; Self-discipline
Hate, (l) 49; and awareness, (VIII) 195-96; awareness
of, (III) 120, and change, (XI) 127; and the desire
to love, (VIII) 33-34; destroying, (III) 119, 153;
dissolving of, (IX) 176-78; as evil, (III) 119;
facing the fact of, (XV) 301; as inheritance of past,
(III) 154-55; and love, (XVII) 276; versus love,
(V) 197-98; overcoming, (III) 117-18; and
prejudice, (V) 340; transcending through
understanding, (III) 238-39; understanding, (VIII)
103-4; understanding the process of, (III) 243; as a
unifier, (XV) 299. See also Anger; Awareness;
Conflict; Feelings; Violence; War
Hatred: cause of, (X) 110; ending, (XVI) 224; and
fear, (XIV) 193-94; and the fear of evil, (XIV) 195;
as unifier, (IX) 247; (XIV) 34. See also Conflict;
Divisions
Healing: approach to, (II) 25; inward and outward,
(IV) 206
Health: and belief, (XVI) 257-58; and dying to
pleasure, (XV) 290; emotional, physical, and
mental, (XI) 7; and energy, (XIII) 223; and
vulnerability, (XV) 277. See also Body; Food; Pain
Healthy mind: defining, (XIV) 142-43; and inquiry
into total living, (XIV) 121; interests of, (XIV) 57;
and self-knowledge, (XV) 87. See also Fresh mind;
Health; Mind; New mind
Hearing: and attention without resistance, (XIV) 90;
and communion, (XIV) 128; and ideology, (XVII)
142; and listening, (XII) 285; (XIV ) 84-85, 122;
(XVII) 101; and the word, (XVII) 195. See also
Communication
Heart: and action, (XV) 6; free from the known, (XVI)
250; and instant communion, (XV) 6; listening
with, (XVII) 248; renewal of, (XVI) 242; space in,
(XV) 36
Heart and mind: and change, (XV) 334. See also Heart
Heaven, (VII) 279; and the desire for happiness, (XV)
29; and psychological time, (XV) 117. See also
Belief; Death; Hereafter; Reincarnation; Religion
Heaven and hell: invention of, (XVII) 100. See also
Reincarnation; Religion
Hell: as the known, (VII) 279. See also Heaven
Hereafter, (II) 36, 49-50; (IX) 157-58; belief in, (XII)
317-18; and death, (XIII) 202; and the desire for
continuity, (XIII) 317-18; as escape, (XV) 316; as
escape from today, (XV) 79; and the mature mind,
(XIII) 144-45. See also Death; Fear; Immortality;
Reincarnation; Religion
Heredity: and environment, (IV) 161
Hermit: and violence, (IX) 128
Hero: as hindrance, (VIII) 11-12. See also Authority
Hidden mind: and consciousness, (XIV) 62; and the
superficial mind, (XI) 11-12. See also Mind;
Unconscious
Hierarchical division of life, (XV) 227
Hierarchy: and followers, (VIII) 42-44, 46
“High” and “middle”: and the struggle for power,
(XVII) 138
Higher Self: as invention, (XVI) 276. See also Atma;
Known; Religion; Self; Soul; Supreme self
Hindrance(s), (l) 45, 76-79, 96-98, 99; (II) 3; and
action, (l) 129; and authority, (II) 177-78; and
belief, (V) 306-7; to change, (VII) 24; and
conformity, (II) 15; consciousness of, (II) 41;
effects of, (III) 236; and faith, (II) 4; and fear, (II)
14-15, 41; freedom from, (II) 10; and the ‘I’, (II)
30; and ideals, (IV) 185-86; to inquiry, (IX) 269; as
memory, (II) 190; and organization, (l) 184; and
prayer, (VI) 31; and psychoanalysis, (II) 17; and
self-analysis, (II) 17-18; to simplicity, (III) 230;
transcending, (III) 231; to truth, (l) 177, 192-93;
(IV) 81, 169-70; and understanding, (l) 37; (VI)
169-70; to understanding problems, (X) 1; and
world chaos, (II) 10. See also Barriers; Belief;
Change; Compulsion; Conditioning; Conflict;
Conflict of opposites; Effort; Escape; Experience;

Fear; Freedom; Greed; Idea(s); Ideal(s); Limitation;
Mind; Nationalism; Patriotism; Possessiveness;
Right thinking; Security; Suffering; Systems; Will
Hindu, (VI) 48-49; and conditioning, (XIV) 156; and
the growing importance of God, (XVI) 113; and
knowledge of God, (XVI) 28. See also Authority;
Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; Religion;
Religious organizations; Sects; Society; Words;
World problems
Hinduism, (II) 5, 178; (IX) 258; and conditioning, (X)
22; freedom from, (VIII) 202-3; and influences,
(XI) 272; and nationalism, (II) 6; and ritual,
(XVII) 208; and tradition, (XI) 219-20; and war,
(IX) 116; (XVII) 3. See also Authority;
Background; Belief; Conditioning; Conformity;
Divisions; Exploitation; Go d; Identification;
Organized religion; Religion; Religious mind;
Religious sects; Visions; Words; World problems
Hippies: and the revolt of the young, (XVII) 189. See
also Reaction; Revolt; Young people
Historical process: and conflict, (XIII) 285
History: awareness of, (XIII) 205; and causes of war,
(V) 338; and the existence of God, (VIII) 117; as
human background, (XIII) 38; and the individual,
(VIII) 155; and war(s), (XV) 295; (XVII) 2
Holy man: and occupation, (IX) 102. See also
Religious man
Honesty: and awareness of dishonesty, (XVII) 273;
defining, (XVII) 266; as humility, (XVII) 156; and
motive, (XVII) 278-79; and order, (XVII) 247; and
what is, (XVII) 278
Hope: and the absence of understanding, (VII) 243-44;
and authority, (XIV ) 246; as barrier, (VI) 84; and
change, (XVI) 266-67; and the creation of
frustration, (XII) 52; and despair, (XI) 210; (XII)
170; (XVII) 156-57; and fear, (XI) 177; (XVI)
178; and the fear of death, (XIII) 258; and the
illusion of fulfillment, (VII) 270; loss of, (III) 69-
70; and organized religion, (XIV) 266-67; and
present denial, (III) 171; state of, (XI) 139-41;
through uncertainty, (III) 35. See also Hope and
faith; Ideas; Sorrow
Hope and faith: significance of, (XVII) 77. See also
Belief
Hopelessness: and security, (VI) 187-88
“How”: and action, (V) 299-300; and authority,
(XVII) 197; and conditioning, (VII) 267; (X) 109;
and conformity, (IX) 186-87; as the continuation of
thought, (X) 250-51; and the desire to change, (IX)
40; versus fact, (VIII) 335; and the fragmentary
outlook, (X) 149; and freedom, (VIII) 103, 249;
freedom from, (IX) 176; as futile, (VIII) 292; as
hindrance, (XV) 130; as hindrance to change, (IX)
57; (XVI) 232; (XVII) 105; implications of, (XV)
134; and inquiry, (IX) 270-71; as introduction to
problems , (XIII) 84; and meditation, (IX) 73-74;
and mutation, (XIII) 4-5; as nonexistent, (XIV ) 12;
and the still mind, (VII) 326; technical and
psychological, (IX) 178; and time, (IX) 167;
understanding, (VII) 17; and world problems, (IX)
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263. See also Discipline; Method; Patterns;
Systems; Technique
Human action: and questioning what to do, (XVII)
133. See also Action; Human behavior; Human
beings
Human behavior: free from cultural divisions, (XVII)
201. See also Human beings
Human being(s): and the ability to adjust, (XV) 329;
and the absence of answers, (XVII) 136; and the
absence of nationality, (XVII) 94; and achieving
mutation, (XVII) 47; and animal inheritance,
(XVII) 100; as animals, (XV) 337; and change,
(XV) 156, 301; (XVI) 49; and commitment to
violence, (XVI) 224-25; concepts of, (XVI) 48-49;
and confusion, (XVI) 274-75; in crisis, (XVII) 99;
defining, (XIV) 251; (XV) 153; (XVI) 150, 215,
232; (XVII) 49-50, 222-23, 228; without divisions,
(XV) 297; and ending fear, (XVI) 177; and the
examination of problems, (XVII) 49; and
fragmentation, (XV) 154; and freedom from
conflict, (XV) 342; and freedom from fear, (XVII)
54-55; as functionaries, (XI) 191; and goodness,
(XV) 203; as imitative, (XV) 92; versus the
individual, (XIV) 251; and individuality, (XIV)
273, 277; and life as contradiction, (XVI) 128;
lifespan of, (XV) 40; and the need for change,
(XVI) 213, 214; and nonacceptance of sovereign
governments, (XV) 328; observing the
phenomenon of, (XVI) 7; as part of society, (XV)
281-82; problem of living as, (XVI) 93; and the
psychological structure, (XVI) 3; as related, (XV)
234; and relationships, (XVII) 281; and the
relationship of the state, (XV) 333-34; and the
responsibility for society, (XV) 88, 90; revolution
in, (XVII) 4; role in a changing world, (XVI) 54;
as secondhand, (XVII) 110, 186; as shallow,
(XVII) 123; and society, (XVI) 43, 47; (XVII) 26,
60-61, 64; as society, (XV) 57, 97; and space, (XV)
205; state of , (XV) 220-21; and the structure of
society, (XV) 196; and time, (XV) 127; as total,
(XVI) 93; and the totality, (XVII) 131-32;
transformation of, (XV) 203; and violence, (XVI)
129; as of the world, (XVI) 260; as the world,
(XIV) 304; and world chaos, (XVI) 71-73. See also
Individual
Human conflict: and need for change, (IV) 16
Human dignity: and freedom, (XI) 254
Human essentials: proper distribution of, (IV) 84-85
Human events: and deterioration, (XV) 234. See also
World problems
Human existence: sensitivity to, (XIV ) 45-46; and the
unconscious, (XIV) 63
Humanity: defining, (V) 366; loss of, (IV) 24
Human mind: defining, (XVI) 250
Human misery: as the primary problem, (XVI) 165
Human nature, (II) 78; and the ability to change, (XV)
198; lack of change in, (XVI) 231; and time, (III)
153
Human need: versus desire for satisfaction, (III) 157;
versus psychological gratification, (III) 151-52
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Human problems: and the center, (VII) 308;
commonality of, (IX) 247; and East and West, (IX)
1; ending of, (XIV) 23; and the hindrance of
systems, (XI) 187; inquiry into, (XVI) 195-96; and
the need for mutation, (XVI) 19; and static
approaches, (IV) 83; and thought, (XVI) 166; as
world problems, (XIV) 3. See also Problems;
World problems
Human relationships, (II) 61
Humans: as computers, (XIV) 57; and freedom from
the animal past, (XIV ) 228; as highly evolved
animals, (XIV) 199; as social cogs, (II) 1-2
Human transformation: and technological advance, (V)
134-35. See also New; Revolution
Human unity, (II) 6-7; and the hindrance of
nationalism, (XVII) 162. See also Unity of
mankind; World problems
Humility, (III) 202, 234; (V) 248, 301; (IX) 248;
achieving, (XIV ) 46, 219; as an act of vanity, (XV)
244; and aloneness, (XII) 40; and the approach to
problems, (XI) 190; and austerity, (XV) 175; and
conflict of opposites, (IV) 131; cultivation of, (IX)
90; (XI) 136, 244, 297; (XII) 36; defining, (III)
215; (V) 45; (XI) 46; (XII) 198-99; (XIV) 27;
(XVII) 274; and discipline, (XIII) 268, 270; as
effortless, (IX) 263; and fear, (XIV) 89; and
freedom, (XIV) 246; and freedom from envy, (X)
242-43; and freedom from fear, (XIII) 131, 137;
and “I know”, or “I do not know”, (VII) 227; as an
immediate state, (XIV) 89; and the inward and
outward movement, (XIII) 268; versus knowledge,
(XII) 36; and learning, (XI) 60-61, 108, 134, 156;
(XII) 158, 198, 200; (XIII) 81-82, 131-32; (XIV)
171, 244; (XVI) 24, 218; (XVII) 34; and listening,
(XI) 14; (XIII) 75; and looking, (XVI) 281; versus
the ‘me’, (XI) 113; and meditation, (XIV) 155;
nature of, (XI) 265-67, 270; as necessary to
inquiry, (XIV) 89; and the new, (X) 234; and
power, (XII) 143; and pride, (XVI) 184; and
recognition, (XI) 98; and the religious mind, (XII)
325; and seeking, (XVII) 156; and self-
understanding, (XII) 206; and sensitivity, (X) 176;
(XI) 341-42; and sorrow, (XIII) 85, 311-12; state
of, (VIII) 208, 333-36; (IX) 112; (XI) 370-71;
(XIV) 245; (XVI) 145, 148, 149; (XVII) 278; and
the state of confusion, (VIII) 201-2; and taking
only one step, (XVI) 300-301; and truth, (XIV ) 28;
unconscious, (X) 64; understanding, (XI) 302-3,
305; and understanding, (X) 259-60; and virtue,
(XII) 266, 310; and what is, (XII) 199-200. See
also Virtue; Wisdom
Hunger: psychological, (VII) 259-60. See also
Acquisition; Food, clothing, shelter; World
problems
Husband: as dominant, (V) 87-88. See also Family;
Husband and wife; Images; Marriage; Re lationship;
Superiority
Husband and wife: and image, (XVI) 102; and images
and relationships, (XVII) 212, 275, 281; and the
observer and the observed, (XVI) 134. See also
Children; Family; Relationships
Hydrogen bomb: and world politics, (XIII) 191. See
also World problems
Hypnosis: and dogma, (III) 112, 113-14; (VI) 114,
115-16; and meditation, (XIV) 155-56, 160; and
propaganda, (XVII) 109; and the unconscious,
(XVII) 85
Hypocrisy, (l) 173-74; and commitment, (XI) 325; and
conflict, (VIII) 32-33; and suppression, (XVII)
266; and war, (IV) 3. See also Nationalism
‘I’, (l ) 62-63; 77-79; 97, 106, 119, 151, 162, 181; (II)
9, 30, 35-36, 54-56, 150-51, 162-63, 218; (III) 178;
(VII) 153-54; as accumulated memory, (IV) 41;
and the center, (XII) 102; (XIII) 136; and the
center of the mind, (XI) 142; and chaos, (III) 181-
82; and the collective, (X) 178; and conditioned
thought, (IV) 44; and conditioning, (VIII) 218-20;
and conflict, (l ) 62-63; (II) 30, 54; as the conscious
mind, (X) 18; as consciousness, (III) 10-11, 13;
and continuity, (VIII) 277; (XIII) 319; and death,
(l) 22; defining, (II) 54, 55; (VII) 305; (VIII) 250;
and desire, (VIII) 304-5; as desire, (XVI) 96;
elimination of, (XIII) 183; and emptiness, (XIII)
199; ending of, (IX) 116; and environment, (II) 57-
58, 61-62; eternal or transient, (III) 67;
explanations of, (II) 35; and false reality, (II) 30;
and fear, (II) 44, 72; (VII) 192-93; (XVI) 156; and
freedom from sorrow, (IX) 98; as hindrance, (II)
30, 202; as hindrance to understanding, (VIII) 9;
and immortality, (l) 100; knowing, (XIII) 35; and
the known, (VIII) 183; and limitation of action,
(II) 227; as limited state, (III) 173; and living
reality, (l) 68-69; and memory, (l) 181; (II) 70-71,
72; as memory, (X) 208; and morality, (VII) 164;
as the observer, (XVI) 269-71; and the observer
and the observed, (XII) 100-102; as the problem,
(XIII) 182-83; process of, (III) 39; and the
production of thought, (XI) 170; as product of
society, (X) 44-45; and the product of thought,
(VIII) 292; and radical transformation, (VIII) 176-
77; and reincarnation, (II) 133-34; (III) 172-73;
(VI) 68; and religion, (VIII) 29; self-destruction of,
(VI) 360-61; and thought, (VI) 226-27; as totality
of thoughts and feelings, (VII) 256; versus
tranquility, (VIII) 52; and transformation, (VII)
276-77; and understanding, (II) 30; (VII) 100; and
want, (III) 16-18. See also Center; Consciousness;
Energy; Entity; Freedom; Immortality; ‘I’ process;
‘Me’; Memory; Mind; Object; Observer; Self; Self-
expansion; Sorrow; Thinker; Thinker and the
thought
‘I’ consciousness: See also Ego; ‘I’
Idea(s), (V) 220, 279-80; (VI) 51; (XIV ) 231-37;
acquiring, (VII) 310, 312; and action, (V) 40-43,
42-44, 205-7, 279, 350-51; (VI) 249, 291-92; (VII)
310-12; (XI) 264, 344; (XII) 24, 102, 130; (XIII)
44-45, 50-51, 91, 298, 327, 328; (XIV) 21, 53, 68-
70, 118, 135-36, 139, 194-95, 204-5, 231-33, 242-

43, 283; (XV) 129; (XVI) 74; and action and time,
(XVI) 22; and activity, (V) 86-87; and attachment,
(XI) 122; (XII) 30; and authority, (XVI) 259;
belief in, (VIII) 211-12; and change, (XIII) 138;
commitment to, (XVI) 79-80; versus communion,
(XV) 81; and conditioning, (VII) 266-67; (XII)
117; (XIII) 50, 204-5; and conflict, (VII) 47-48;
(XII) 194; (XIII) 232; (XIV) 13; as conflict, (VI)
223-24; and conformity, (XVI) 268; and
consciousness, (XIII) 189; and contact with death,
(XV) 74-75, 77-78; and continuity, (XIII) 119;
(XIV) 266; defining, (VI) 259-62; (XV) 89;
(XVII) 190; as dividers, (V) 325; (VI) 48-49, 79;
divorced from fact, (XIII) 32-33, 35; and effort,
(VI) 355-57; (XIV) 233; versus the empty mind,
(XVII) 73; and energy, (XIV) 295; (XV) 90-91,
235; enslavement to, (XII) 231; and escape, (XIII)
311; as escape from fact, (XIII) 33; and expansion
through sensation, (V) 279; exploitation of, (IV)
178; and the fact, (XIII) 76, 140, 184; versus fact,
(VI) 1; (XII) 225; (XV) 50; and the failure of
utopian communities, (XIV) 118; and fear, (VI)
355; (XIV) 292; (XV) 217-19; (XVII) 225; and
feeling, (XII) 193; freedom from, (XIII) 108, 204-
5; (XV) 214; function of, (XVII) 4; functioning of,
(XVI) 266-67; and God, (XV) 89; as hindrance,
(X) 121-23; as hindrance to action, (V) 300; as
hindrance to attention, (XV) 91; as hindrance to
change, (XI) 155; (XVI) 152; as hindrance to
ending thought, (XVI) 222; as hindrance to energy,
(XIV) 288, 290; as hindrance to relationship, (V)
294-95; as hindrance to solutions, (XI) 133; as
intellectual process, (V) 40-41; living with and
without, (XIII) 232-33; of love, (XVII) 203; and
the need for security, (VII) 77-79; as nonexistent,
(XIV) 57; and nonviolence, (XIV ) 293; origin of,
(VII) 77-78; and patterns, (VII) 278-79; and
pleasure, (XV) 168; and power control, (V) 45; and
psychological security, (X) 32; and the quality of
the mind, (XI) 375; and reaction, (XIII) 233;
versus regeneration, (V) 7-8; and relationship,
(XIII) 116; (XV) 141; and resolving poverty, (XV)
10; and response, (XIII) 142; versus revolution,
(VIII) 222; right and wrong, (l) 27; and the search
for God, (XIV ) 141-42; and self-knowing, (XIV)
241; significance of, (XIII) 61; as social hindrance,
(V) 44; and the state, (VIII) 10; and superficial
adjustment, (XIII) 213; as superior to action,
(XVII) 12; as symbols, (XIII) 107; and time,
(XIV) 253; (XV) 169-70; and transformation, (IV)
171; (V) 241; understanding, (V) 41-44, 230-31;
unimportance of, (VIII) 213; as valueless, (XIII)
69; and verbal understanding, (V) 38; and vested
interests, (XI) 203-4; versus what is, (XIV) 107;
and the word, (XVI) 241; as the word, (XIII) 68-
69; and world divisiveness, (VI) 180, 183. See also
Belief; Conditioning; Dogma; Fact; Ideal(s); Ideas
and action; Ideology; Illusion; Images; Intellect;
Intelligence; Knowledge; Method; Patterns;
Systems; Tradition; What is; Words
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Idea(s) and action, (XV) 20, 88-89, 183; and conflict,
(XVI) 216, 218-19, 268-71; and contradiction,
(XV) 9-10, 253, 315; division between, (XIV) 144-
45; (XV) 64; (XVII) 55; and energy, (XV) 288;
and the gap between, (XIV) 13; gulf between,
(XIV) 58. See also Action; Belief; Ideals; Tradition
Idea(s) and the fact: and contradiction, (XVII) 4. See
also Facts; Ideas
Ideal(s), (II) 17, 197-98; (V) 289-92; (VIII) 220-22;
absence of, (XVII) 232; and action, (XIV) 21;
versus actuality, (X) 224-25; (XI) 150; and
authority, (XIII) 235; and awareness, (IX) 286; and
change, (VII) 7; (IX) 26; (X) 137-38;
characterizing, (IV) 185-86; and conflict, (XVII)
228; and contradiction, (XIII) 127-28; (XIV) 286;
creation of, (XI) 23-24; (XV) 126; and the creation
of authority, (VII) 66; as creation of fear, (III) 134;
defining, (VII) 66; and desire to become, (V) 290,
292; destructiveness of, (XVII) 30; and
deterioration, (XI) 344-45; disappearance of, (XI)
104; and disillusionment, (VI) 289-90; as
distraction, (X) 117-18; dropping, (XVI) 259-60;
and duality, (IX) 277; as escape, (III) 52; (V) 15;
(IX) 45, 48; as escape from the actual, (XI) 30; and
escape from pain, (IX) 138; examination of, (II)
179-80; and fact, (XII) 16; versus the fact, (XII)
290; (XIII) 93; and the fact of violence, (XV) 305;
as false, (VIII) 72; fiction of, (VIII) 32-33; (XIV)
47-48; and following, (IX) 150, 152; and freedom,
(XVI) 84; versus freedom, (IX) 237; freedom from,
(XI) 264; (XIV) 91; of free will, (XVII) 269-70;
futility of, (XVI) 128; and generosity, (VII) 202;
and hierarchy, (VIII) 44-45; as hindrance, (III) 30;
(IX) 229; (XI) 23-25; as hindrance to change, (X)
11, 80, 83; as hindrance to religion, (V) 48-49; as
hindrance to transformation, (IX) 153-54; and
idolatry, (XI) 174-75; and illusion, (II) 140-41,
149; (VIII) 65; and immaturity, (XIV) 286;
looking at, (XVI) 259; as meaningless, (XV) 25;
and the mediocre mind, (VIII) 49; and the mind,
(IX) 258-59; as myth, (XIV) 69; nature of, (XIV)
87; need to be rid of, (XVII) 258; and nonviolence,
(IX) 241-42; (XVI) 116-17, 255; of peace and
goodwill, (IX) 247; pursuit of, (IX) 41-45; (XIV )
294; versus reality, (XVI) 256; reasons for, (IX)
42-44; reasons for having, (XIV) 286; and
resistance, (XIII) 107; result of achievement, (l)
53; and self-contradiction, (XI) 262; as self-
deception, (XI) 176; and suffering, (II) 18; and
time, (IX) 199-200; and tomorrow, (XI) 192;
versus understanding, (VII) 109; without
understanding, (VI) 289-90; understanding the
process of, (XIV) 91; unimportance of, (XVII)
103; vested interest in, (XIV) 192-93; and violence,
(X) 80-81; and violence and nonviolence, (XVI)
288; and virtue, (II) 36; versus what is, (XIV) 139;
(XV) 64-65; and what is versus ‘what should be’,
(XII) 159; and ‘what should be’, (XI) 281. See also
Belief; Conflict; Dogma; Fact; Idea(s); Ideology;
Illusion(s); Patterns; System; What is
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Idealist(s), (IV) 178; and conflict, (XV) 64; and
conformity, (X) 96; defining, (IV) 184; (V) 103;
(VIII) 221; as escaper, (VII) 102; and honesty,
(XVII) 266; and images of ‘what should be’, (XVI)
121; and love, (XV) 73; versus the religious mind,
(XIII) 89; as retrogression, (V) 196; as self-
centered, (X) 81; as violent, (IX) 120; and war,
(IV) 192; (VII) 145. See also Belief; Ideals
Ideation: See Idea(s); Ideal(s)
Identification: and the absence of love, (X) 270-71;
and the attempt to escape thought, (XVI) 202; and
avoidance, (VIII) 237-38; and awareness, (IV) 12,
76, 77; and belief, (V) 239; and conflict, (VI) 195-
96; (XI) 356; (XII) 177; and confusion, (XVI) 247;
and contradiction, (XI) 32-33; dangers of, (IV)
168; and desire, (VIII) 135, 150; desire for, (V)
307-8; through divisions, (VI) 137-38; and the dull
mind, (XV) 17; and effort, (VII) 299; and energy,
(XII) 63; as escape, (VII) 259; (XIV ) 115; versus
experience, (XI) 198; as false solution, (X) 62; and
fragmentation, (X) 206; (XVII) 65; freedom from,
(XVI) 151; and fulfillment, (VII) 166-67; futility
of, (XVI) 34; and groups, (VI) 152; with groups,
(IX) 3; and ‘I’, (X) 270-71; and ideology, (X) 125;
and illusion, (V) 281; (XV) 165; and illusion of
permanency, (IV) 57; and image of the self, (XVI)
186; and inward security, (XIV) 130; and isolation,
(XVI) 119; and judging, (VI) 183; and labeling,
(V) 311-13; and learning, (XI) 60-61; as limitation,
(IX) 224; living without, (X) 76; and loneliness,
(XIV) 220; and looking, (XIV) 137-38; and love,
(XIII) 189; and the ‘me’, (V) 298-99; (VII) 130-
31, 206; and meditation, (XII) 205; and the mind,
(XIV) 217; and the national flag, (XVII) 203; and
nationalism, (IV) 201; (XV) 169-70; the need for,
(VIII) 222-24; (XI) 214, 216; and need for
security, (V) 3-4; and pain and pleasure, (V) 254-
55; as partial, (XII) 151-52; and pleasure, (XV) 70-
71; and power, (V) 61; as problem, (VI) 297; with
the problem, (XVI) 161; and psychological
security, (X) 7; reasons for, (V) 3-4; (XII) 133-34;
and revolution, (VII) 240; and satisfaction, (IX)
63; search for, (XVI) 181; and search for truth,
(VI) 284; and security, (XI) 371-72; (XII) 135;
(XIV) 131; and self-centered activity, (XV) 236;
and the self-centered image, (XVI) 5; and self-
forgetfulness, (VI) 267-68; and self-fulfillment,
(VII) 152-53; (XIV) 289; and self-worship, (XVI)
79; and separation, (VI) 315, 324-25; and time, (X)
98; (XVI) 23; versus total observation, (XI) 287;
types of, (V) 281-82; understanding, (XV) 278;
versus what is, (XII) 201; and words, (XII) 197.
See also Authority; Belonging; Commitment;
Communication; Condemnation; Conformity;
Continuity; Divisions; Emptiness; Naming;
Nationalism; Verbalization; Words
Identity: and attachment, (XII) 30; and the need to be
somebody, (VIII) 243-44. See also Ambition;
Becoming
Ideology, (XVII) 138-44; and action, (XVII) 4, 138,
139-40, 141; and the approach to problems, (X)
197; and avoidance of facts, (XVII) 217; versus
awareness of the total process, (XVII) 137; and the
brain, (XVII) 147; and church and state, (V) 314;
and communalism, (V) 2; and community, (XVII)
31; and conditioning, (V) 152-53; and conforming
to conduct, (XVII) 202; and conformity, (X) 260;
dangers of, (III) 181; and divisiveness, (III) 187;
and efficiency, (V) 309; and the empty mind,
(XVII) 178; and escape from fact, (XVII) 249; and
fragmentation, (XVII) 135; freedom from, (XVII)
191-92; as hindrance to human problems, (XI) 187;
killing for, (IV) 23-24; and loss of responsibility,
(VII) 285; as meaningless, (XVII) 2, 160, 222; and
nonviolence, (XVI) 192-93; of nonviolence,
(XVII) 170, 191; rejection of, (XVII) 175; and
relationship, (VI) 79; versus seriousness, (XVII)
274; social acceptance of, (XVII) 201; and the
struggle between the “high” and the “middle”,
(XVII) 138; and war, (III) 242-43; (XVI) 4; and
world problems, (X) 163-64. See also Belief;
Conditioning; Dogma; God; Idea; Ideal; Method;
Nationalism; Patterns; Religion; System; Tradition;
War
Idolatry: and ideals, (XI) 174-75
“I do not know”: and the cessation of conditioning,
(IX) 112; and freedom, (XIII) 291; and the new,
(XII) 3-4; and meditation, (IX) 132 ; and the
process of thought, (XIV) 22-23; and the state of
learning, (XII) 106; as a state of love and
innocence, (XII) 107; states of, (XII) 121-22; and
states of mind, (XII) 214. See also Knowledge;
Learning
“I don’t know”: and accumulation, (XIII) 197; and the
process of thought, (XIII) 287; state of mind of,
(XV) 23, 266; and the waiting mind, (XI) 390. See
also Negation
Ignorance, (l) 184-85; (III) 6, 36; and absence of self-
knowledge, (V) 79; and awareness, (X) 9;
awareness of, (III) 220-21; as cause of suffering,
(X) 8, 103-4; defining, (III) 106-7; (IV) 142;
(XIII) 221; dispelling, (XI) 58; and duality, (III)
68-69; ending, (III) 64; and escape, (III) 80; as
“evil”, (III) 226; through inequality, (IV) 40;
meaning of, (XIV) 16; process of, (III) 65; as
quality of resistance, (III) 105-6; and relationship,
(III) 115; and self-awareness, (IV) 26; and self-
reliance, (III) 163-64; as unawareness, (III) 109-
10; understanding, (III) 10-11; (XI) 207-9; and
understanding, (V) 48; and want, (III) 17-18. See
also Action; Belief; Exclusivity; Experience; Fear
“I know”: and the absence of love, (XVI) 164; and
knowledge, (XI) 185
Illness, (IX) 88; coping with, (IV) 36-37; and fear,
(XVI) 108. See also Health
Illusion(s), (l) 71-72, 73, 77-79; (III) 191; (VIII) 32;
abolishing, (VII) 259-60; and actuality, (II) 140-
41; and authority, (XII) 205; and belief, (V) 346-
47; and the center, (XV) 143; and ceremonies, (l)

103; and certainty, (l ) 70; and conflict, (XII) 157;
(XIV) 78, 81; creation of, (XI) 225; as desire, (VI)
230-31; dissolving the power of, (VII) 269-71; and
drugs, (X) 89; and the effort to become different,
(IX) 170; eliminating, (XII) 265-66; as escape, (II)
128-29; (IV) 146; (VI) 339; (VIII) 135; and
experience, (V) 281-83; facing, (VII) 193-94, 269-
70; versus fact, (XIII) 36; and fear, (XII) 305;
(XIII) 34, 100; and freedom from ambition, (V)
292; freeing from, (l) 37; and God, (XII) 247; as
hindrance to meditation, (XII) 263-65; of idea and
action, (V) 300; and immortality, (l) 100; and
learning, (XIV) 241; living without, (XIII) 319;
and meditation, (VIII) 55, 149; (XII) 42; and
method, (IX) 176, 178; and the mind, (VII) 282;
(IX) 173, 258-59; and the nature of the mind, (VII)
243; and the new world, (VIII) 45-46; and
pleasure, (XV) 240-41, 164; (XVI) 283; as the
power of desire, (XII) 225; and the presence of
fear, (XIII) 319; and the purpose of life, (VII) 87;
and the pursuit of happiness, (X) 41; and reality, (l )
7, 44; (II) 165; (III) 83; and reincarnation, (IV)
121-22; and religion, (VIII) 168; and religious
conditioning, (XIII) 153; and search, (XV) 241;
and the search for God, (XIII) 324; and search for
truth, (V) 351-52; (IX) 165-66; and security, (VIII)
47; and thought, (XI) 326; and time, (XV) 125,
129; of time, (VIII) 332; versus true revolution,
(VIII) 65; types of, (V) 281; and the unknown, (V)
334; and world problems, (XII) 53. See also
Authority; Awareness; Conditioned mind;
Conditioning; Conflict; Dogma; Escape; Fact;
Faith; God; Idea(s); Ideal(s); Identification;
Images; Immortality; Meditation; Religion;
Systems; Truth
Image(s), (XVII) 77, 79-82; absence of, (XV) 196-97;
and the absence of love, (XVII) 205; awareness of,
(XV) 194-96; battle among, (XVII) 25; and the
center, (XVII) 187; and change, (XV) 198, 200;
and communication, (XVII) 196; and conflict,
(XV) 197, 199; consciousness of, (XV) 201-2; and
contradiction, (XV) 250-51; creation of, (XVI) 45-
46; defining, (XVI) 106; and deterioration, (XVII)
77-80; and the difficulty of listening, (XVI) 129;
and emptiness, (XVI) 183; ending, (XVI) 176; and
escape, (XIV) 217; and fear, (XVII) 226, 275;
freedom from, (XVI) 129-30; (XVII) 90, 279; of
God, (XV) 240; as hindrance to observation,
(XVII) 112-13; as hindrance to seeing, (XVII)
178-79, 207-8; as hindrance to self-knowing,
(XVII) 233; and identification, (XVI) 186; and
killing, (XVI) 44; and knowledge, (XVII) 210-11;
and the known, (XVII) 80, 81; and looking, (XVI)
114; looking without, (XVII) 211; and memo ry,
(XVI) 69; need to change, (XVI) 2; need to
destroy, (XVI) 45-46; and observation, (XVII)
105; and the observer, (XVII) 275; and the
observer and the observed, (XV) 202; and pleasure,
(XV) 223-224; (XVI) 216; (XVII) 185; and the
positive approach, (XV) 255; and problems, (XV)
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192-96; and relationship, (XVI) 44, 45, 46, 106-7,
121, 129, 134; (XVII) 7, 187, 205, 219, 241, 280-
81; and resistance, (XVI) 99-100; response to,
(XVI) 174; as the result of thought, (XVII) 252-53;
and seeing, (XVII) 168-69; and self-image, (XV)
193-95; and society, (XVI) 172; and thought,
(XVI) 169-70; and time and distance, (XV) 261-
62; and will, (XV) 199-200. See also Belief; Ideals;
Ideology; Words
Image and the image maker: as one, (XVII) 79, 81.
See also Images
Imbalance: and contradiction, (XV) 171
Imitation, (l) 90; (XVI) 13-19; and action, (VIII) 71;
and authority, (XI) 179-81; and conscious effort,
(VII) 181-83; and consciousness, (XVI) 16-17, 19;
versus creativity, (V) 146; defining, (XIV ) 30;
(XVI) 14; and desire to succeed, (IV) 97; and fear,
(XIII) 88; (XVII) 16; and followers, (VIII) 172-
73; freedom from, (XVII) 34; as hindrance to the
new, (XVI) 243; and the individual, (VIII) 179-80;
and knowledge, (IX) 244-45; life and, (XVI) 18-
19; and personal example, (IV) 93; and pleasure,
(XVII) 19; and puja, (VIII) 77; and seeking a
system, (XVII) 196-97; and tradition, (VII) 63; as
way of life, (IX) 186; and words, (V) 38; and the
young, (VIII) 92-93. See also Authority; Belief;
Conditioning; Conformity; Copying; Discipline;
Dull mind; Education; Following; Freedom; Habit;
Identification; New; Original; Repetition;
Resistance; Respectability
Imitative action: and environmental influence, (III)
236
Imitative experience: versus direct experience, (XII)
146. See also Experience; Experiencing
Imitative mind: See Dull mind; Imitation
Imitative process: and seeking power, (XII) 143. See
also Ambition; Power
Immature mind: as mediocre, (XII) 29. See also Dull
mind; Mind
Immaturity: defining, (XIII) 245. See also Mature
mind; Maturity
Immeasurable: achieving, (XI) 238, 393; (XIII) 170;
and the creative mind, (XII) 48; discovering, (XII)
186; experiencing, (X) 71; and fear, (XII) 45, 48;
futility of search, (X) 187; and inquiry, (IX) 271;
laying the foundation for, (XIII) 116; and
meditation, (XII) 313; and the movement of
creation, (XIII) 271; recognition of, (XIII) 79; and
the religious mind, (XII) 227; search for, (XIII)
67; and self-awareness, (X) 102; and the structure
of society, (XIII) 124; as within, (XI) 184. See also
God; Quiet mind; Reality; Religion; Timeless;
Truth
Immediacy: desire for, (XIII) 159-60; and mutation,
(XIII) 24
Immediate: and the absence of fear, (XVII) 72, 226;
change, (XVI) 201; (XVII) 268-69; and dealing
with problems, (XV) 211-13; and deterioration,
(XV) 236; and direct contact, (XVI) 221-22;
ending of fear, (XV) 320; ending of violence,
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(XVI) 25; and fear of the future, (XIV) 255; and
freedom, (XVI) 114; versus the gradual, (XV) 76,
135-36, 338-39; (XVI) 130; learning about the self,
(XIV) 262; versus postponement, (XIV) 254; and
radical change, (XVII) 101-2; and the resolution of
sorrow, (XIV) 306-7, 309; response to action,
(XVI) 208; and seeing the fact, (XVI) 184; as the
short view, (XIII) 92-93; and thought, (XV) 265;
and time, (XI) 77; understanding of violence, (XV)
338; understanding without condemnation, (XV)
277; and the young mind, (XVI) 298. See also
Interval; Meditation; Mutation; New; Revolution;
Time
Immediate action: and the absence of the observer,
(XVI) 183-84; and crisis, (XIV) 68; desire for,
(XI) 118-19, 123; and ending habit, (XVI) 98;
versus the long view, (XIII) 62-63; as the only
revolution, (XVII) 140; and time, (XVI) 22, 25-26;
and the time interval, (XIV) 293; as total action,
(XIV) 295; as the ultimate, (XVII) 102; and world
problems, (XIV) 26 See also Action; Immediate
Immediate change: versus gradual change, (XII) 288.
See also Change; Mutation; Revolution; Time
Immediate maturity: and understanding action, (XVI)
73. See also Immediate
Immediate perception, (XIV) 210; and escape, (XII)
212; possible, (XII) 126; and progress, (XII) 188;
and understanding influences, (XIV) 221. See also
Immediate; Immediate change; Perception
Immediate response: and the absence of thought, (XV)
23. See also Immediate
Immediate understanding: and mutation, (XIV) 273.
See also Immediate
Immorality: and pleasure, (XV) 71. See also Morality
Immortality, (l) 7, 22, 50, 62-63, 65; (II) 71-72, 113,
162-63, 190, 218; (III) 26-28, 172, 192, 245; (IV)
170-71; (V) 279-81; (X) 153-54; achievement of,
(l) 26; (III) 198; (V) 355; and awareness, (II) 119;
and belief, (VI) 63-64; and cessation of idea, (V)
295; and completeness of life, (II) 109; and the
conforming mind, (VII) 292; and continual living,
(II) 106; as continuity, (IV) 113-14; (V) 319; and
the continuity of the ‘me’, (VIII) 151; and craving,
(III) 164-65, 214; and death, (IV) 13; (IX) 157-58;
defining, (XI) 269; desire for, (VI) 238, 239; and
egotism, (II) 156; and evolution, (II) 54; and false
systems, (II) 54; and the fear of death, (III) 165;
(VIII) 245-46; and the ‘I’, (III) 104; and illusion,
(II) 174-75, 218; and illusion of relationship, (IV)
198; and innocence, (XVII) 172; and limited
consciousness, (II) 168; and mysticism, (II) 119; as
permanency, (V) 355; as personal experience, (II)
132-33; and reincarnation, (VI) 122; and religions,
(II) 154-55; search for, (II) 54, 204, 223; and
security, (II) 202; and time, (II) 13; and timeless
being, (l) 99-101. See also Continuity; Death; Fear;
God; ‘I’; Intelligence; Reality; Reincarnation;
Religion; Security
Impatience: and the desire for solutions, (XVI) 196
Impediment: See Hindrances
Impermanence, (IV) 72; and conflict, (III) 103-4; and
creation of the thinker, (IX) 233; as fact, (VIII)
274; and the search for peace of mind, (XI) 234;
and search for security, (III) 104; and the self, (III)
244. See also Change; Permanence
Improvement: as hindrance, (IX) 83-85; of the ‘me’,
(XI) 131
“I must not”: and “I must”, (XII) 83
Inaction: as action, (XIV ) 118; (XVI) 39, 122; (XVII)
73; and change, (XVI) 174; and freedom from fear,
(XVI) 175, 176; and time, (XIV) 151-52; as total
action, (XIV) 206; and what is, (XVI) 212; and the
world of ideas, (XIV) 73
Inactivity: as positive action, (V) 95. See also Quiet
mind
Inattention: and attention, (XV) 147; awareness of,
(XV) 210-11; (XVII) 85; as breeder of problems,
(XV) 112-13; and conflict, (XVI) 50-51; defining,
(XVII) 23; and distraction, (XIV) 201-2; and the
entity, (XV) 170; state of, (XVII) 260-62. See also
Attention; Concentration
Inattention and attention: two states of, (XVII) 220-21.
See also Inattention
Incentive: and ambition, (VII) 234; and efficiency,
(XII) 19; as impetus to change, (VII) 34, 36. See
also Becoming; Initiative; Motive
Inclination: and dealing with problems, (XVII) 95-96,
97; and pleasure, (XVII) 181; and the principle of
pleasure, (XVII) 141
Inclusion: and attention, (XII) 264
Incomplete experience: and memory, (V) 118
Incomplete life: and the search for a goal, (l) 13
Incompleteness, (l) 15-16; and action, (l) 24-26; (II)
229; causes of, (l) 13; and choice, (l) 8-9; and
compulsion, (II) 75-78; and conflict, (IV) 68; and
egotism, (l ) 7; and eternal authority, (l) 3; and
external authority, (l) 2-4; and fear of death, (l)
179-80; and meditation, (l) 27-28; and mind, (l ) 2-
4; opposites and, (l) 2; and search for security, (II)
187; and thought, (XI) 337-38. See also
Completeness; Whole
Independence: and the ‘I’, (l) 110; through
understanding, (l) 110
India, (IX) 198; (X) 196; and authority, (VIII) 26, 124;
and conditioned thought, (VIII) 152; and culture,
(VIII) 269-70; (XV) 27; (XVII) 165-66;
deterioration of, (VIII) 165-66; (XIII) 27; and
economic renewal, (VII) 143-44; and enslavement
to the idea of prosperity, (XI) 306; and freedom,
(V) 109-10; government of, (VIII) 172; and the
hindrance of tradition, (VII) 73-75; and ideals, (XI)
176; and the ideology of nonviolence, (XVII) 197;
and the lack of questioning, (XII) 276; and manual
labor, (VIII) 133; and nonviolence, (VIII) 32; (XI)
25; and Pakistan division, (VIII) 19; and the past,
(XVII) 160; and the patterns of belief, (XII) 188;
and post-war problems, (V) 151-57; problems in,
(XI) 65-66, 259; (XV) 328; (XVII) 93, 159; and
religious intensity, (IX) 277-78; and separation by
gender, (VIII) 125; and social regeneration, (VI)

270; and the struggle for freedom, (VII) 152; as a
traditional society, (VIII) 300-302; and Western
culture, (VIII) 146-47. See also Authority;
Background; Commitment; Conditioning;
Divisions; Environment; Government;
Identification; Influences; Naming; Nationalism;
Society; War; Words; World problems
Indians: See Conformity; Divisions; Ideology;
Nationalism; Society; War
Indifference: and compassion, (X) 271; and
domination, (V) 102; as escape from pain, (X) 271;
and the lack of communion, (XV) 124; and the
sensitive mind, (XIII) 58; understanding, (XIII)
147. See also Power; Superiority
Individual, (l) 106; (II) 38-39; 80-85, 130, 207-8, 221-
24; (VI) 265-69; (IX) 255, 274-76; and the ability
to change, (XI) 21; and achieving peace, (IV) 3-4;
action, (IV) 84; as alone, (XIV) 236; birth of,
(XIV) 140; and the capacity for freedom, (VII)
131-32; and change, (IX) 54, 56; (X) 5, 232-33;
(XI) 30; (XII) 253; (XIII) 27; and the collective,
(II) 133; (IX) 125-28, 143-44, 211; (XII) 253;
(XIV) 41; versus the collective, (VIII) 268; (X) 79;
and collective action, (V) 314-15; (VII) 229-30;
and collective conflict, (XIV) 48; as collective
entity, (X) 54; and collective influences, (X) 38-39;
as collective problem, (VII) 175-76, 284-85; and
collective regeneration, (VI) 296-97; and collective
thought, (XI) 295-96, 224; and the collective will,
(VIII) 255-56; and conditioning, (VIII) 178-79;
(IX) 36, 283; (XI) 57-58, 61; and conflict, (III)
182; (X) 174; versus conformity, (IX) 9; creates
society, (XI) 156; and the creative, (X) 171; and
creative release, (VIII) 297-99; as creator of
problems, (V) 29-30, 32-33; (XIII) 65; defining, (l)
18-19; (VII) 300; (XIV ) 272, 277; (XVI) 6-7, 48-
49, 126, 150, 232; (XVII) 49-50, 222-23, 228; and
despair, (XI) 139-40; development of, (XI) 2-3, 5-
10, 12; and education of children, (IX) 272;
enslavement of, (II) 66; and environment, (II) 65-
67; examining, (VI) 2; and exploitation, (l) 138-39;
(II) 175; as fragmented, (XI) 178; and freedom,
(VII) 63; (IX) 237; (X) 90; and freedom from
authority, (X) 206; and freedom from the
collective, (IX) 243-44; (X) 164, 166-67; and
freedom from fear, (VII) 290-91; and freedom
from society, (XIII) 67, 114; (X) 171; and freedom
from violence, (X) 81; and freedom of choice,
(VIII) 204; free from society, (IX) 196; and the
free mind, (XIII) 160; fulfillment versus
mechanization, (II) 169; function of, (XIII) 62; as
the government, (V) 66; and the group, (II) 109,
112; (VI) 151-52; and group consciousness, (l)
144; and historical events, (VI) 352; versus the
human being, (XIV) 251; (XVI) 43, 47; without
identification, (X) 75-76; importance of, (IV) 152;
(V) 193-94; (VI) 51-52; (X) 239, 241-43; (XI) 21,
144-45; versus individuality, (IX) 7; and for inward
change, (X) 191-92; and inward conflict, (XIV )
124-25; and livelihood, (V) 63; and living the
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timeless day, (XI) 148; as a local entity, (XVI) 93,
160; (XVII) 3, 46, 131-32; and loss of
responsibility, (V) 151-52; lost, (IX) 207; and
machines, (XII) 117-18, 185; as machines, (IX)
207; in marriage, (V) 176; and the mass, (III) 4,
74-75, 196; as the mass, (IV) 91; (V) 154, 315;
(IX) 48-49; versus the mass, (II) 6-7; and mass
action, (VI) 135-37; and the material world, (II)
147; meaning of, (XIV) 197; and the narrowing of
freedom, (XI) 254-55; need for creative, (XI) 104;
and the need for joy, (XIII) 157, 159; and the need
to become a human being, (XV) 297; as new social
architect, (IV) 162-63; and the new world, (X) 261;
nonexistence of, (XV) 56; (XVI) 92; and
organization, (l) 185-86, 186-87; and the origin of
movements, (V) 342; as part of the whole, (III)
197-98; as past, present, and future, (III) 154-55;
as path to peace, (III) 145, 148; and peace, (X) 84;
and perfection, (VII) 268-69; and the personal
point of view, (XVII) 57; and political action,
(VII) 8; as prisoner, (III) 20; and the professional
life, (II) 191-92; and questioning, (XIII) 71; and
radical revolution, (VIII) 155-56; recreating, (XI)
58; and regimentation, (III) 134; and relationship,
(III) 155-56; relationship of society to, (XI) 171-
72; (XIII) 281; and religion, (X) 217-18, 267-68;
and the resolution of world problems, (XVII) 261-
62; and responsibility, (II) 226-27; (IV) 88; (XIV)
229-30; and responsibility for world conflict, (V)
153; responsibility in marriage, (V) 176;
responsibility of, (XI) 259; (XV) 52-54; restraints
on, (II) 73; as a result of culture, education and
environment, (XI) 366-67; as the result of the past,
(XIII) 74; and revolution, (IX) 13-14; (XI) 36; and
role in society, (VI) 1-3, 34, 201-2; role of, (XIII)
1-2; (XIV) 77; and self-liberation, (III) 174; and
self transformation, (X) 107-10, 116-18; and social
action, (XI) 224; and social conditioning, (IX) 84;
and social conformity, (XIII) 225; and social
movement, (II) 66; and social responsibility, (III)
153; (VIII) 314-15; and the social structure, (II) 2;
and society, (II) 8-9; (III) 139, 145-46, 152; (VI)
33-37, 42, 152-53, 159-60, 181, 218-19, 279-81;
(VIII) 301-2; (X) 13; (XI) 224; as society, (X)
129-30; (XIV) 72-73; (XV) 50, 52; and solitude, (l)
90; as the solution, (V) 152-53; as the solver of
problems, (XIV) 229-30; as spectator, (V) 194; and
the state, (V) 341-45; submission to higher
purpose, (V) 277-79; as the sum of the past, (VII)
307; and total action, (X) 232-34; as the total
consciousness, (XI) 393; versus the total human
being, (XV) 219; and transformation, (VI) 34-35;
(XI) 157; as the true religious man, (X) 39; and
true values, (l) 53-54; and the unconditioned mind,
(VII) 169; understanding, (II) 9; (X) 246; and the
understanding of self, (IX) 4; and understanding
the social structure, (XIII) 119; uniqueness of, (III)
2; and violence, (XV) 333, 337; and war, (VIII)
261; and the world, (V) 10-11, 13, 14; as the world,
(III) 150, 154-55; (IV) 1, 7, 88, 140; (VI) 3, 80;
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(X) 118; (XI) 296; and world chaos, (XIV) 230;
and world influences on, (XI) 41-43; and world
problems, (IV) 33; (VII) 163; (IX) 25-26, 135-36.
See also Choice; Collective; Human beings
Individual action, (II) 1-2; and the awareness of
conditioning, (XIII) 62; and collective action, (V)
39; and collective thought, (VII) 168-69; as
effective, (X) 204, 206. See also Collective;
Collective action; Individual; Mass; Mass action;
Mass movement
Individual and society: and violence, (XVI) 289-90.
See also Individual; Society
Individual and the collective: as one, (XIV) 56. See
also Individual
Individual and the world, (XIV) 14, 17; as one, (XIV)
49-50, 79, 80, 126. See also Individual
Individual change: and collective change, (XII) 253;
and society, (XII) 269
Individual comprehension: and mass movement, (III)
76
Individual conditioning: through collective thinking,
(VII) 285
Individual creativeness: versus the acquisition of
knowledge, (VII) 310-11
Individual creativity: and creativeness, (X) 37;
defining, (X) 54, 176-77; importance of, (X) 20
Individual energy: release of, (XI) 103
Individualism, (II) 187-88; and the collective society,
(IX) 126-28; fear of, 281; versus self-knowledge,
(V) 271-72. See also Self-consciousness
Individualistic action: versus self-reliance, (III) 162
Individuality, (III) 14, 26-27, 35-36; achieving, (XIV)
245; and aloneness, (XIV) 133; and awareness,
(XI) 255-56; versus collective belief, (IX) 265; and
conformity, (VI) 93-94; and consciousness, (III)
50-51; crushing of, (XI) 103; defining, (III) 243-
44; (XIII) 277; and environment, (II) 111-12; as
eternal expression, (II) 49-50; freedom and
enslavement, (l) 18-19; and freedom from
problems, (XIV) 304; as an idea, (XV) 196; versus
the individual, (X) 177; meaning of, (II) 80-81; and
mutation, (XIV) 273; process of, (III) 61-63; (IX)
226-27; and the resolution of fear, (VII) 291; and
truth, (l) 4; as unique, (VI) 218-19; versus
uniqueness; (II) 139. See also Collective action;
Conformity; Human beings; Individual; Social
structure; Society; Suffering
Individual life: and fragmentation, (XI) 10. See also
Daily Life
Individual mind: and the capacity for evolution,
(XIII) 62; versus the collective mind, (XIII) 59;
defining, (XVI) 250; existence of, (XIII) 43;
nonexistence of, (XV) 219; as unique, (XIII) 277.
See also Individual; Mind
Individual, mutation, and the individual: relationship
between, (XIV) 161-67. See also Individual
Individual problem(s): and understanding the whole,
(XV) 191; as the world problem(s), (IX) 226; (X)
70, 85; (XI) 67. See also Individual; Problems
Individual relationship: and peaceful society, (III) 160
Individual responsibility: and world chaos, (IV) 83-84
Individual thinking, (XII) 162-63; and collective
thinking, (X) 176
Industrialism: and materialism, (IX) 277-78; and the
scientific spirit, (XII) 169; and self-knowledge,
(IX) 273; and society, (IX) 203-4; and the technical
mind, (VII) 163. See also Technology
Industrialization, (V) 35-36; and control of the mind,
(XII) 279; effects of, (III) 218-19; and freedom,
(XIV) 82-83; as nonsolution, (III) 222; and world
change, (X) 239-40, 241. See also Progress;
Science; Technological advance; Technological
progress; Technology; World problems
Industrial society: and repetition, (XVII) 206. See also
Conformity; Society; Technology
Inequality: and becoming, (VIII) 180-81; and belief in
reincarnation, (IV) 127-29; and consideration,
(VIII) 69; and divisions, (IV) 49; economic, (III)
66-67; and failure of revolutions, (IV) 128; and
function, (VII) 128; and livelihood, (VII) 84-85;
and Masters, (VI) 28-29; and the mind, (VIII) 319;
reason for, (VII) 72-73; and the search for God,
(XI) 144, 146-47, 148; and the search for solutions,
(VIII) 21; and security, (VII) 79; spiritual, (IX)
238; and understanding, (VI) 29-30. See also
Authority; Divisions; Revolution; Superiority
Inertia, (XVI) 27-30; and the quiet mind, (XIII) 47;
reasons for, (l) 54-55; and technique, (VII) 17-18,
19; and time, (XVI) 27-28; understanding, (XVI)
27-28. See also Laziness; Tradition
Inferiority: and superiority, (VII) 313-14. See also
Inequality
Infinite: freedom as, (XIV) 300; space as, (XIV ) 300.
See also Meditation; Mutation
Infinity: defining, (III) 4
Influence(s), (XIII) 224-27; and action, (IX) 204;
(XII) 22; and agreement and disagreement, (XI)
321-22; and aloneness, (XII) 315; awareness of,
(IX) 141; (XI) 138-39, 182; (XIV) 268; (XVI) 17;
and challenge, (XII) 75-76; and change, (XI) 126,
271-74; (XV) 156, 197-98, 303; on children, (IX)
107-8; and the conditioned mind, (XI) 68-69; and
conditioning, (XII) 139, 141, 144-45, 236-37;
(XIII) 6; on conscious thought, (X) 113; conscious
and unconscious, (XIII) 178; and the creation of
authority, (XII) 258; versus the creative mind,
(XIII) 157; danger of, (IV) 125-26; denial of,
(XVI) 296; desire to, (X) 114; destructiveness of,
(XIII) 229; effect of, (VIII) 287-88; and freedom,
(XI) 332; freedom from, (IX) 262; (XII) 125;
(XIII) 128-30, 323; freeing the mind from, (IX)
255, 257; as hindrance to fact, (XIII) 128; as
hindrance to truth, (XI) 30; inner and outer, (XII)
71; as limiting, (XI) 263; and the lonely mind,
(XIII) 270; and mind, (VII) 219-20; on the mind,
(XI) 41-43; (XIV) 220-22; as mind enslavement,
(XI) 166-67; need to be free of, (XV) 225; and
power, (XII) 28; problems of, (X) 115-16; and
propaganda, (XII) 15; and the religious mind, (XII)
321; as resistance to change, (XIII) 4; and self-

contradiction, (XII) 24; and sensitivity, (XIII) 326;
social, (X) 147; and social morality, (XIII) 187;
and society, (XIII) 225; and symbols, (XII) 319-
20, 321; as temporary, (XI) 329; and thought, (XI)
170; understanding, (XII) 96-97, 100; (XIII) 300;
(XIV) 60; of words, (XI) 113-14; (XIII) 114, 247-
48; and world problems, (XI) 57. See also
Background; Conditioning; Conformity;
Environment; Faith; Society
Information: as the path to change, (XI) 311-12
Inherent action: defining, (XVI) 28. See also Action
Inheritance, (III) 173; and accumulation of wealth,
(III) 73; as hindrance, (XI) 9. See also Hate; Past;
Thought
The Initiate in the Dark Cycle: and the tradition of the
Master, (III) 54
Initiative: achieving when young, (VII) 70; versus the
creative being, (VII) 82; and creativity, (VIII) 83-
85, 342; versus fear, (VII) 61-64; and freedom,
(VII) 80; and the freedom from fear, (VIII) 84-85;
and intelligence, (VII) 76; loss of, (VII) 219; and
questioning, (VII) 63-64. See also Awareness;
Incentive
Injustice: and explanations, (XI) 147
Inner: as the unconscious, (XII) 70, 111. See also
Inner and outer
Inner and outer: awareness of, (XV) 242-43; conflict,
(XIII) 179-80; and conflict, (XII) 129; disorder,
(XV) 326, 329; as interrelated, (XVII) 198; as one,
(XII) 134-35; (XIII) 51-52, 284; (XV) 47; (XVII)
2; and the religious mind, (XIII) 156-57; as unitary
process, (XII) 90. See also Inward and outward
Inner and outer space, (XIV) 297. See also Inward and
outward
Inner and outer worlds: as interrelated, (XIII) 128
Inner comprehension: and the religious mind, (XII) 95
Inner law, (l) 153; and enslavement, (l) 3; rashness for,
(l) 3. See also Authority
Inner life and worldly life: as related, (XV) 192, 195.
See also Inner and outer
Inner poverty: See Emptiness
Inner problems: defining, (XII) 218. See also Inner
and outer; Problems
Inner revolution: and right relationship, (XVII) 191.
See also Change; Revolution
“Inner voice”: as source of action, (XII) 66
Innocence: and aloneness, (XIII) 228; (XVII) 227; and
creation, (XIV) 197; and death, (XVII) 172, 173,
236; and dying to the old, (XVII) 173; and freedom
from sorrow, (XVII) 186; and freedom from what
is, (VIII) 33; and the free mind, (VIII) 29; futility
of cultivating, (X) 64; and “I don’t know”, (XI)
391; and immortality, (XVII) 172; importance of,
(XIV) 214; and looking at violence, (XVII) 171;
and the negative approach, (XI) 188; and peace,
(VIII) 130; and reality, (VIII) 38; and simplicity,
(XV) 293; state of, (XI) 342, 368; (XIV) 202-3;
untouched by thought, (XVII) 170, 171; and virtue,
(VII) 264; and wisdom, (VII) 118-19. See also
Empty mind; Humility; Innocency; Innocent mind;
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Meditation; Mind; New; New mind; Quiet mind;
Simplicity
Innocency: and action, (XVI) 228; defining, (XIII)
303; and freedom from fear, (XIII) 173; learning
the sense of, (XVI) 229; and meditation, (XIII)
265; and silence, (XIII) 210-11. See also Humility;
Innocence; Innocent mind; New
Innocent mind: and the absence of conflict, (XII) 129;
and the absence of method, (XI) 137; and the
absence of psychological time, (XIV) 202;
achieving, (X) 43; (XIV) 33; and authority, (XII)
295; and clarity, (XII) 207; defining, (XI) 346;
(XIII) 265; (XVI) 186; and discovery of the new,
(XIII) 186; and the discovery of the true, (XIV)
214, 216; and dying to the past, (XIII) 171; and
experience, (XV) 288-89; versus experience, (XIII)
323-24; and freedom from despair, (XIII) 220; and
freedom from knowledge, (XII) 35; and freedom
from the past, (XI) 223; (XIII) 207, 208; and God,
(XII) 103; and the immeasurable, (XIII) 222;
(XIV) 6; and learning, (XIII) 245-46, 248; and
love, (XI) 10; (XIV) 153; (XVII) 234; meaning of,
(XIII) 212; and the religious mind, (XIII) 208; as
silent, (XIII) 176; and sorrow, (XIV) 27; and
spontaneity, (XIII) 332; state of, (XVII) 277; and
the timeless, (XIV) 37, 39; and truth, (XI) 268,
271; and the unknown, (XI) 368. See also Free
mind; Humility; Innocence; Innocency; Mind;
New; New mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind; Serious
mind; Silent mind; Still mind; Virtue
Inquiry, (IX) 268-71; and the absence of fear, (XVII)
161; versus acceptance, (IX) 179; and action, (IX)
268-69; approach to, (XI) 291; art of, (XIV) 279;
and attention, (XII) 215-16; (XVII) 177; attitudes
to, (XI) 289; without authority, (XI) 158; and
belief, (XIII) 29; capacity for, (XIII) 100; and the
center, (XIII) 13; and challenge and response,
(XIII) 21; and change, (XII) 293; commitment to,
(XVII) 215-16; and conclusion, (X) 233-34; and
conditioning, (IX) 283; conditions for, (XV) 4-5;
and the confused mind, (XVI) 165; as a constant
need, (X) 37; into contradiction, (XI) 264, 267;
(XV) 310; into death, (XII) 315-17; into decline,
(XIV) 67; defining, (XV) 5; into deterioration,
(XIV) 29-30; difficulty of, (IX) 177; (X) 168-69;
and discipline, (X) 248; and discontent, (VII) 211-
12; (X) 217; and discovery, (XIII) 62; (XVI) 293;
versus dogma, (XIII) 113; and duty, (VII) 237; and
energy, (XII) 111; (XIV) 112-13; and envy, (X)
242; and escape, (X) 130; and fact, (XIV) 266; and
fear, (XIII) 39; feeling and verbal, (XI) 72; as
foundation for meditation, (XII) 311-12; and
freedom, (XI) 215-17; (XIV) 16-17; (XV) 4-5,
228; (XVI) 77; (XVII) 218; as freedom, (VII) 69-
70; (IX) 184-85; and freedom from background,
(XIII) 315; and freedom from ideals, (XIII) 107;
and freedom from the past, (XIII) 333-34; and
freedom of the self, (X) 40; and the free mind, (X)
32, 33, 261-62; (IX) 212; (XVII) 52; and God, (X)
102-3; as good, (X) 125; and the good mind, (XII)
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165; and the hindrance of books, (XIV) 75; and the
hindrance of patterns, (XIV ) 266; and the
hindrance of thought, (XIII) 69; as hindrance to
fear, (XII) 249; and humility, (XI) 14, 265-66,
269-70; (XIV) 89; importance of, (VII) 136-37;
(VIII) 4; and innocence, (VII) 264; without
judgement, (X) 179-80; and knowing, (XI) 269-70;
and knowledge, (XI) 225; from the known to the
unknown, (IX) 132; and learning, (XI) 5, 8, 161;
(IX) 225; (XIII) 138; (XIV ) 244, 254; (XVI) 53;
and listening, (XIV) 20; meaning of, (XII) 316; as
meditation, (X) 40; into meditation, (IX) 279-80;
and the mind, (X) 251; (XII) 5, 52, 54, 110-11;
motiveless, (XIII) 99-100, 186; as motiveless, (X)
39; need for, (VIII) 87-88; and the need for
freedom, (XVII) 134; need for inner, (X) 253-55;
and the need for passion, (XVI) 198; and the need
for peace, (XVI) 130; and negation, (XIV) 43;
negative and positive, (XII) 215; versus obstinacy,
(IX) 181-82; versus the petty mind, (X) 157; (XII)
307-8; and power, (XII) 55-56; and the problem,
(XII) 186; into problems, (XIV) 304; process of,
(XVII) 170; and the process of the mind, (XIII)
65-66; and the process of thought, (XI) 375; (XII)
304; and the quiet mind, (IX) 261; and religion, (X)
223-25; and the religious life, (XIV ) 264-65, 267;
and the religious spirit, (XII) 170; and the
resolution of problems, (X) 35; and righteousness,
(X) 224-25; and the scientific spirit, (XII) 169; and
security, (XIV) 132; and self-knowing, (XIII) 6;
(XIV) 107; and self-knowledge, (XI) 227; and
sorrow, (XIII) 82; into space, (XIV) 298; and the
state of listening, (XIV) 86; and the state of
negation, (XVI) 75; and thought, (X) 228-29; and
total freedom, (XIV) 121; and the totality of action,
(XI) 163; into true and false, (XIII) 181; and truth,
(VIII) 343; into truth, (XIV ) 23, 259; two ways of,
(XII) 140-41; and uncertainty, (X) 43; and the
unconscious, (XIV) 38; into the unconscious, (XII)
219-20; understanding, (XII) 52-54; and
understanding, (X) 220. See also Answers;
Examination; Exploration; Investigation; Mind;
Observation; Problems; Questioning; Seeking;
Skepticism
Insane mind: and problems, (XII) 11. See also Dull
mind; Mind
Insanity: analyzing, (III) 6-7
Insecurity, (XIII) 12; and freedom from habit, (IX)
107; and intelligence, (XV) 31; without neurosis,
(XVII) 252; and spirituality, (IX) 218;
understanding escape, (IV) 32; and violence, (XV)
299-300. See also Comfort; Fear; Security
Insensitive: versus attentive, (XIV) 88. See also
Sensitivity
Insensitivity: and alert passive awareness, (IV) 199;
and attention, (XIII) 84-85; and callousness,
(XVII) 267; and the conscious mind, (X) 151-52;
cultivating, (X) 134; and habit, (VIII) 79-80; (XII)
46; and suppressing, (X) 236. See also
Compassion; Conformity; Dullness; Sensitivity
Inside and outside: existence of, (XV) 138; observing,
(XIII) 331-32; as one, (XIII) 332; as one conflict,
(XIV) 72-73. See also Inner and outer; Inward and
outward
Inspiration: by Masters, (IV) 40-41; need for, (IV) 21;
from religious ritual, (IX) 156. See also
Stimulation
Instant action: and ending conflict, (XVI) 99; as
instant mutation, (XVI) 171. See also Action;
Immediate
Instant mutation: as instant action, (XVI) 171. See also
Immediate; Mutation
Instinct: and fear, (XII) 47
Institutions: necessary for the technical, (V) 100; as
separatist, (V) 2-3. See also Organizations
Insufficiency: and desire, (XV) 63-64, 67; as a
problem, (XII) 11, 13; understanding, (III) 185
Integrated human being: defining, (VII) 158-60
Integrated individual: and education, (V) 104
Integrated life: and a new culture, (VIII) 266-68
Integrated mind, (X) 152; and influence, (VII) 219;
and problems, (X) 121
Integrated revolution: See Total revolution
Integrated understanding: and world problems, (III)
181
Integrated view, (VII) 320-21; and problem solving,
(VII) 321-22
Integration, (IV) 38-39; and absence of fear, (VII)
319-21; and action, (V) 86-88; of conscious and
unconscious, (VII) 18; and contradiction, (XIII)
229-30; (XVI) 225; versus contradiction, (IX) 6;
versus disintegration, (VIII) 324; and
fragmentation, (XVI) 295; and freedom from
conflict, (VII) 18019; as futile, (XV) 178; (XVI)
237; and intelligence, (VII) 157-59; meaning of,
(VIII) 158; nonexistence of, (XIV) 14; and
relationship, (VI) 71; versus separation, (VII) 161;
of thinker and the thought, (VII) 22; and thought,
(VI) 202-3; versus total action, (XV) 63; and
understanding, (V) 324. See also Awareness;
Whole
Integrity: defining, (XIII) 26; as a quality of the new
mind, (XII) 294; 297, 298; understanding, 294. See
also Intuition
Intellect, (III) 170; (VII) 251-53; authority of, (XVII)
33; and change, (VII) 8-9; as corrupter of feeling,
(XI) 237; and dealing with problems, (XVI) 140;
deceptiveness of, (XVI) 248; and disharmony, (IV)
122; and energy, (XVI) 244; failure of, (IV) 83;
and feeling, (XI) 72, 261; function of, (XI) 216-17;
as hindrance, (IV) 4; as hindrance to solutions,
(XI) 42; and love, (XV) 165; as the mechanical
mind, (VII) 283-84; narrowing of, (XVII) 129; and
pleasure, (XV) 140-42; and problems, (XVII) 49;
and the problem of ending conflict, (XVI) 96; and
the problem of sex, (V) 97; and the problem of war,
(XVI) 11-12; smothering of, (XV) 72; as
superficial, (XI) 274; and words, (XVI) 13;
worship of, (XII) 299-300. See also Energy; Ideas;

Illusions; Intellectual; Intelligence; Knowledge;
Learning
Intellection: See Thinking
Intellectual: awareness, (II) 194; and cleverness,
(XVI) 231; and commitment, (XV) 6; and
communication, (XI) 101; and conflict, (XV) 342;
decline, (XVII) 211; and despair, (XI) 391; versus
emotional, (l ) 46; and fear of aloneness, (IX) 93;
and formulas, (XVII) 109; and “goodness”, (IX)
228; and the invention of philosophies, (XVII) 40;
limitations of approach, (II) 17; and the loss of
nature, (XVII) 207; and nonviolence, (XV) 333;
problem of, (XI) 386; and religion, (XI) 94-95; and
satisfaction, (XI) 244; suppression, (XIV) 289-90;
understanding, (VI) 17; (XIV) 73; and
understanding, (XV) 335; and verbalization, (XV)
331-32; worship of, (XI) 131-32. See also Ideas;
Intellect; Intellectuals; Knowledge; Learning
Intellectual activation: as process of becoming, (VII)
251-53. See also Mind
Intellectual agreement: versus understanding, (XIII)
63-64
Intellectual capacity: versus intellectual conception,
(XVII) 207. See also Intellectual
Intellectual contact: and emotional contact, (XIII) 134-
35
Intellectualism: as a hindrance to love, (VIII) 40
Intellectual mind: as hindrance, (VIII) 188-89
Intellectual process: versus understanding desire, (XV)
17-18. See also Intellect
Intellectuals, (X) 175-76; and acceptance of the
immediate, (XIII) 168; and belonging, (XIII) 93-
94; and conflict, (XII) 239; and formulas, (V) 72-
73; and the religious mind, (XIII) 275;
understanding as hindrance, (V) 273; and words,
(XII) 286. See also Authority; Ideas; Knowledge;
Specialists
Intellectual understanding: (VI) 17; versus direct
relationship, (XVII) 222. See also Intellectual
Intellectual writers: and despair, (XVI) 93. See also
Intellectual; Intellectuals
Intelligence, (l) 184-85; (II) 34, 43, 51-52, 58, 62-63,
81, 109; (III) 76; (IV) 68-69, 77-78; (VII) 188-90,
216-17; (XII) 7-10; and the absence of fear, (VIII)
85; achieving, (II) 93, 118; (XVII) 124; and
achieving freedom, (XV) 14; through action, (II)
177-78; of aloneness, (II) 120, 125; as anonymous,
(XI) 264-65; and authority, (VII) 67-68;
awakening of, (II) 19; and awareness, (III) 170-71;
and awareness of the superficial, (XIV) 214; and
beauty, (XIV) 223; and the better life, (V) 93; and
capacity, (XI) 3; and choiceless awareness, (VIII)
180; versus cleverness, (VIII) 75; and collective,
(VI) 296; and comparison, (VIII) 44; versus
compulsion, (III) 80-81; and conflict, (IV) 10-11;
and consolation, (II) 231; and creative living, (II)
98; and culture, (l) 159; defining, (III) 95; (IV) 60,
65; (VII) 135, 189; (XI) 133, 196, 336; (XII) 144-
45, 321; (XIV) 2; (XVI) 139; (XVII) 238; and
dependency, (II) 89; destruction of, (II) 176; and
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discipline, (V) 256-59; (VI) 257-59; versus
discipline, (VII) 146-47; and the discipline of
learning, (XIV) 146; divided, (IV) 70; versus the
dull mind, (V) 131-32; in educating children, (IX)
108; and education, (VII) 157-59; (VIII) 12, 73-
74; and emptiness, (II) 77-78; and the empty mind,
(XVII) 71; as energy, (VI) 288; (XV) 291-93; and
environment, (II) 60, 68; and escape from
problems, (XVII) 51; and experiencing the real,
(IV) 73; and exploitation, (II) 46-47; and fact, (XI)
345; versus faith, (VII) 205; and fear, (II) 226;
(VIII) 62; and freedom, (VIII) 84; and freedom
from fear, (XI) 176; and fulfillment, (II) 187-88,
196; and function of education, (V) 104; and
harmony, (II) 166-67; and immortality, (II) 109;
and influences, (XIII) 178; and the inner and outer
world, (II) 75; and inquiry, (VII) 70-71; (XI) 133;
and intellect, (l) 115-16; versus intellect, (III) 63;
and interest, (V) 130; versus knowledge, (IX) 11;
and learning, (XI) 109; living with, (XIV) 145; and
living without comparison, (XVII) 30; and love,
(XVII) 242; meaning of, (VII) 119-20; (VIII) 46,
60; and meditation, (XIII) 323, 324; (XVII) 193;
and meeting daily problems, (VII) 82; and natural
life, (II) 17; necessity to understand, (VII) 134-35;
and negative thinking, (XIV) 265; and
organizations, (l) 185-86; and personal
understanding, (II) 179; and problem solving, (VI)
332-33; as the product of freedom, (VII) 76; and
purpose in life, (XVI) 255; through questioning,
(II) 149-50; and quiet, (XVI) 269-70; and
relationship, (V) 293; (VII) 136; and role of
education, (VII) 59-61, 63-64; roots of, (IV) 65-66;
and self-awareness, (VI) 284; and self-
consciousness, (V) 130; and self-protectiveness,
(IV) 64-65; and sensitivity, (XIV) 143-44, 145,
146; (XV) 7, 15; (XVI) 206; and sensitivity and
insensitivity, (XVII) 267; and simplicity, (III) 31-
32; (V) 245-46; and social order, (III) 66-67; and
specialization, (V) 255; and stupidity, (II) 118; and
suffering, (II) 89; and teachers, (II) 79; and total
action, (XVII) 119; and truth, (II) 75; and
understanding desire, (XV) 21; and understanding
disorder, (XVII) 239-40; and understanding
problems, (XIV) 179; as understanding of sorrow,
(IV) 175; as unique, (II) 139; and vocation, (VII)
85. See also Awareness; Discontent; Fear; Intellect;
Intellectual; Intellectual mind; Knowledge; Love;
New mind; Reality; Self-knowledge; Truth
Intelligent awareness: and the absence of
apprehension, (XII) 6-7
Intelligent happiness: See Fulfillment
Intelligent mind: achieving, (XII) 145; and dividing
life, (XII) 22. See also Mind; New mind
Intensity: and attention, (XVI) 14; and communication,
(XV) 2, 81; and communion, (XIV) 27, 114; (XV)
62; (XVI) 140; and desire, (XII) 149; and
destruction, (XII) 212-13; expression of, (XVI)
208; and gratification, (XVII) 64; loss of, (XIV)
96-97; as passion, (XII) 226; (XV) 225; and seeing
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totally, (XIII) 17-18; and silence, (XV) 46. See
also Energy; Feelings; Passion
Intention: as incentive to understanding, (V) 52; and
the inquiring mind, (V) 32. See also Search
Interest: and choice, (V) 263; and concentration, (V)
82; conditions for, (IV) 166-67; versus control,
(VIII) 137-38; and distraction, (V) 89, 121, 130,
226; effortless, (VIII) 120; and exclusive
concentration, (V) 166-68; and learning, (VIII)
156; and meditation, (V) 208-9; as necessary to
observation, (XIV) 51; and the problems of daily
existence, (XIV) 56
Interference: and the fact, (XIII) 39-40
Internal authority: and the hindrance of knowledge,
(XII) 295. See also Authority; Inner
Interpretation: and the conscious and unconscious,
(XIV) 65; as distortion, (XII) 218; as distraction,
(XIV) 65; and dreams, (IX) 123; as hindrance to
fact, (XII) 50; as hindrance to listening, (XII) 67;
(XIII) 63-64; and listening, (XI) 330; and naming,
(XII) 43; and seeing, (XII) 5. See also Authority;
Comparison
Interpreter: and dreams, (IX) 60; versus truth, (X) 227.
See also Authority
Interpreters: versus original experiencers, (X) 161. See
also Authority
Interrelationships: and guilt, (IV) 3; of problems of
existence, (IV) 179. See also Relationship
Interval(s): between action and time, (XIV) 149-50;
between challenge and response, (XVI) 208;
conflict in, (XVII) 221; and contradiction, (XV)
179; and fear, (XVII) 72; between perception and
action, (V) 299-301; and the process of thinking,
(XVI) 233; between the question and answer,
(XIV) 292-93; and silence, (XVI) 197; and space,
(XV) 270; as static, (XVII) 89; and thinking, (XV)
265-66; between thoughts, (VII) 222; (XVI) 189;
between thoughts, as timeless, (V) 119; and time,
(XV) 212, 214; (XVI) 21-22, 268; (XVII) 75;
between what is and ‘what should be’, (XV) 182.
See also Observer and the observed; Quiet mind;
Space; Thought
Intimation: See Intuition
Introspection: and action, (IV) 112-13; and awareness,
(IV) 142; defining, (III) 178-79; (IV) 201-2; as
process of tyranny, (IV) 112; understanding,
(XVII) 252
Introversion: and the need for self-awareness, (III)
221-23
Intuition, (l) 59, 60-61; (II) 23-24, 71, 74; (III) 27;
(IX) 150; and consciousness, (V) 234-35; defining,
(II) 23, 67; (XII) 10; and desire, (VI) 319; desire
for, (XIII) 294; and distrust of the word, (XVI)
236; as intelligence, (II) 67; meaning of, (VI) 319;
and past experience, (II) 67; and reason, (II) 24;
and wish fulfillment, (V) 235. See also Belief;
Instinct; Understanding
Invention: and creation, (XII) 64; versus creation,
(XV) 47; versus creativity, (XIV) 269. See also
Machines; Progress; Science
Investigation: of authority, (XIII) 123; into death,
(XIII) 99-100; and energy, (XV) 317-18; and
freedom, (XV) 20-21; of freedom, (XVI) 113-14;
and freedom from fear, (XVII) 2; and the freedom
to inquire, (XV) 157; freedom to pursue, (XVI) 79-
80; and the free mind, (VIII) 263-64; need for,
(XII) 100; and the need for freedom, (XVII) 105;
and nonacceptance, (XV) 343; and the past, (XVI)
89-90; and thought, (XVI) 168; and the wasting of
energy, (XV) 235; and will, (XVI) 96. See also
Examination; Inquiry; Observation; Questioning;
Seeking; Skepticism
Inward and outward: awareness, (XVII) 225; and the
cessation of conflict, (XV) 42, 47; conflict, (XVII)
42; and contradiction, (XV) 310, 313-14;
contradiction between, (XVII) 32; crises, (XVII)
195; fear of, (XV) 101; as one, (XII) 231; (XIII)
267-68; (XIV) 167; (XV) 85; order, (XII) 189-90;
(XV) 296-97; (XVII) 190; order and disorder,
(XV) 198-99; problems, (XIII) 213; security,
(XVII) 243; as a single state, (XII) 57; violence,
(XVII) 255. See also Inner and outer
Inward and outward movement: awareness of, (XVII)
14. See also Inward and outward
Inward and outward order: as one, (XVI) 48. See also
Order
Inward authority, (XII) 144; defining, (XII) 234. See
also Authority; Inner
Inward awareness: defining, (VII) 116. See also
Awareness
Inward battles: and conflict, (XIII) 284
Inward challenge: and outward response, (XV) 129.
See also Challenge; Inner and outer
Inward condition, (III) 127-28
Inward movement: and change, (XII) 291-92;
defining, (XII) 171-72; through understanding the
outward, (XIV) 2. See also Inward and outward
Inward poverty: and craving, (III) 214; escape fro m,
(VI) 200-201
Inward revolution: and action, (XIII) 328; of the
conscious and unconscious, (XIII) 215; and the
field of consciousness, (XI) 310-11; problem of,
(IX) 25; and the scientific spirit, (XII) 169; versus
war momentum, (VIII) 262. See also Change;
Meditation; Mutation; Psychological revolution;
Psychological structure of society; Revolution;
Total Revolution; Transformation; Truth
Inward security, (XII) 235; and conflict, (VI) 191;
(XIV) 81; and the invention of gods, (XIV ) 130;
search for, (VI) 269-70; and technique, (V) 201.
See also Self-knowledge
Inward state: and outward war, (V) 14-15. See also
Conflict
‘I’-process, (III) 7-8, 35-36, 86-88; and consciousness,
(III) 64-65; (XI) creation of, (XI) 169; and
individual experience, (III) 83-84; and need for
elimination, (IV) 57-58; and permanency, (III) 26-
28; and religious versus scientific view, (III) 86;
and suffering, (III) 71-72; understanding, (III) 10-

11, 182. See also Craving; Discernment; ‘I’;
Limitations; Reality; Self; Sorrow; World problems
Irrationality: of governments and individuals, (V) 66-
67. See also War
Irreligious: and ritual, (X) 164. See also Religion;
Tradition
“I should” and “I should not”: and ideas, (XIII) 232
Ism(s), (VIII) 41; versus inquiry, (XI) 217; and the
need to belong, (XI) 214, 216, 218. See also Belief;
Systems
Isolation, (VI) 221; and the absence of belief, (XVI)
257; versus aloneness, (XIV) 117; (XVI) 38; and
belief, (VI) 253-54; and conflict, (V) 30; (XIII)
277; defining, (VI) 74-75; and delusion, (III) 231;
and dependence, (IX) 63; (XVI) 119-20; and the
desire for security, (XI) 321; and destruction, (VI)
281-82; and the discovery of beauty, (XII) 156;
and domination, (V) 303; versus emptiness, (XIV )
207-8; and escape from boredom, (XIV) 219-20;
and family relationship, (V) 17-18; (VI) 86-88; and
fear, (XIV) 153; fear of, (X) 5-6; (XII) 60-61, 280;
through fear, (VI) 174; as hindrance to self-
knowledge, (IX) 138-39; as hindrance to
understanding, (V) 323-25; impossibility of, (IV)
146; (V) 154-56; (IX) 148; and individual as the
world, (V) 179; and insensitivity, (XVI) 99; living
with, (XII) 271-72; and loneliness, (XII) 315; and
marriage, (V) 175; and the mind, (VI) 280-82;
national, (IV) 193; and the need for religion, (VIII)
314; as non-existent, (VIII) 293; (X) 148; (XI)
343-44; and the problem, (VIII) 190-91; process
of, (XII) 87-89; and relationship(s), (V) 59-61,
165, 228-29; (VI) 208; (VIII) 336; (XIII) 281;
from relationships, (III) 155-56; and religion,
(XIV) 220; and resistance, (IX) 3; as self-imposed,
(XIV) 116; and self-knowledge, (V) 74, 238, 335;
and the still mind, (VI) 161; and thought, (XIV)
191; and word, (V) 52-54. See also Alone;
Aloneness; Awareness; Emptiness; Loneliness;
Resistance; Sorrow
Italy: See Authority; Conditioning; Nationalism;
Society; War; Words; World problems
“It may be possible”: and the new mind, (XII) 52-54.
See also Authority; Conditioning; “I do not know”;
Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World
problems
Japan: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions;
Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World
problems
Jargon: and the use of words, (XII) 275
Jealousy, (l) 80; and action, (XVI) 268-69; and
approach to feelings, (XIII) 236-37; and change,
(XI) 124; and the feeling without the word, (XII)
241; as an idea, (XV) 90-91; immediate freedom
from, (XV) 159; and love, (XV) 74; (XVII) 203;
perception of, (XII) 181; and psychological
dependence, (XIII) 110-11; understanding, (VIII)
110; (XV) 170; and the word, (XIII) 197-98. See
also Comparison; Envy; Love
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Jesus: as escape, (XII) 201. See also Authority;
Background; Conditioning; Identification;
Religion; Religious mind; Visions; Words
Jewish: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning;
Divisions; Religion; Words
Job(s): and competition, (XIV) 206; and education,
(VIII) 57-58, 60, 67, 74, 75-76, 79, 85, 97; security
in, (XIV) 81, 133. See also Livelihood; Work
Journalists: role of, (IV) 93. See also Experts; Media;
Propaganda
Journey: within, (XIII) 125
Joy: achieving, (XVI) 226; and achieving technique,
(V) 145-46; achieving through freedom, (IV) 49;
and appreciating the moment, (VIII) 88; and
attempt to maintain, (V) 250; communication of,
(XVII) 125; versus the continuity of pleasure,
(XV) 312; as creation, (IV) 196; destruction of,
(IV) 119; without duality, (III) 114; as immediate,
(VII) 100-101; (XVII) 69, 114; and innocency,
(XVI) 228; and meditation, (XVI) 30, 32; and the
need for simplicity, (XIII) 157, 159; versus
pleasure, (XV) 140; and the purpose of life, (V) 21-
23; through self-discovery, (III) 235-37; and
sorrow, (III) 112; as spontaneity, (III) 137; and
suffering, (XIII) 312-13; and total awareness,
(XVI) 71; through understanding pleasure, (XVII)
123. See also Ecstasy; Enjoyment; Happiness;
Love; Meditation; Reality; Sorrow; Truth
Joyful moments: and self-forgetfulness, (IV) 69
Judgement: destructiveness of, (IV) 84; as hindrance to
learning, (XIV) 239; as hindrance to
understanding, (X) 3. See also Comparison;
Competition; Condemnation; Envy; Experience;
Opinion
Judgmental: See Condemnation
Jung: and the search for answers, (XV) 106; and the
unconscious, (XV) 218
Jungians: and new approaches, (XII) 155. See also
Psychiatry
Justice: as legislation, (X) 201. See also Law
Justification: See Acquisitiveness; Comparison;
Condemnation; Conflict; Envy; Experience;
Opinion
Juvenile delinquency, (IX) 86-87; roots of, (X) 4-5. Se
also Children
Juvenile mind: as hindrance to exploring, (XV) 3. See
also Dull mind; Mind; Quiet mind
Karma, (III) 171-72, 173; (IV) 50; (VI) 122-23; (X)
14, 190; and action, (II) 229; (XV) 132; awareness
of, (III) 135; and cause and effect, (VI) 67-70; (X)
221-23; versus cause and effect, (XV) 32;
definition of, (II) 66; and escape from suffering,
(XIII) 310; and the fear of death, (XII) 160;
freedom from, (X) 222-23; and limited action, (II)
166; meaning of, (XI) 91; as passive acceptance,
(VII) 124-25
Killing: and creativity, (IV) 25-26; and dualistic
thought, (IV) 2-3; as duty, (VII) 123; as the
greatest crime, (IV) 23; and human progress,
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(VIII) 99; and image, (XVI) 44; justification of,
(IV) 16; and nonviolence, (XV) 334; and the
protection of evolution, (XVI) 265; refusal to
participate in, (XV) 327-29; rejection of, (XVI) 3;
speaking out against, (XVI) 7-8; understanding the
desire for, (VII) 145. See also Criminal instinct;
Society; State; Violence; War
Kindness, (VII) 240; and intention, (V) 32
Know-how: and challenge and response, (XII) 309;
and mechanical knowledge, (XII) 306. See also
Inventions; Machines; Progress; Science
Knowing: as constant movement, (XI) 392-93; as
constant process, (XI) 377; defining, (XI) 268-69;
versus feeling, (XI) 145-46, 147; as hindrance to
listening, (XVI) 140; versus “I know”, (XI) 270,
305; and knowledge, (XI) 337; versus knowledge,
(XII) 34, 36-37; (XIII) 302; versus learning, (XV)
110-11; and loneliness, (XI) 236; meaning of,
(XII) 155; oneself, (XI) 249-51; as the present,
(XII) 37; (XIV) 138; process of, (XII) 7, 280;
significance, (XI) 299-300; as timeless, (XI) 362-
63; two ways of, (XII) 292; versus understanding,
(XI) 185. See also Knowledge; Known; Self-
knowing
“Knowing” and “not-knowing”: states of 121-22
Knowledge, (l) 143-44; (II) 67; (VII) 102-4, 309-11;
(XI) 265, 268-71, 335-40, 379-83; (XIII) 79, 80-
82; accumulating, (XVII) 230-31; and
accumulation, (l) 136-37, 144; (IV) 200; (XI) 390,
393; (XV) 343; accumulation of, (III) 136; (IX)
85, 167; (XIII) 255, 268, 290; (XIV) 79-80; (XVI)
231-32; as the accumulation of information, (XV)
150; accumulation of the known, (IX) 111-113; as
the accumulation of the past, (XIII) 118-19; as an
accumulative process, (XII) 198; and acting, (X)
46; acting from, (XVI) 73; and action, (VI) 265;
adding to, (XIV) 287; and authority, (VII) 52; (IX)
278; (XI) 225-26; (XII) 236; (XIII) 245; as
authority, (XIV) 18; as barrier to learning, (IX)
196; and belief, (VI) 253, 257, 317-19; as burden,
(X) 9; and burden of the past, (VII) 322-23; 325;
and the center, (XV) 146; as the center of action,
(XI) 343; and change, (VIII) 162-63; (XVII) 268;
and communication, (VIII) 275-76; and the
conditioned mind, (VII) 258; and the conditioned
state, (VIII) 147-48, 276; and conflict, (VI) 337-
39; and the conscious, (XI) 163; and continuity,
(XIII) 174; (XVI) 243; and the creation of
problems, (XII) 7-10, 72; and creative fulfillment,
(l) 132; and daily life, (III) 174; defining, (VI) 22-
23, 208-9; (VII) 226-27; (XIII) 245-46, 249;
(XIV) 238; (XV) 51; (XVII) 21; and destruction of
the new, (X) 266; as deteriorating fact, (VII) 117-
18; and discipline, (XIV ) 240; and education, (VI)
55; (VIII) 321; and electronic brains, (XII) 303; as
essential, (VII) 227; and experience, (VIII) 182-
83; (X) 23, 144-45, 218-19; exploring, (X) 259-62;
as fragmented, (XIV) 212; and freedom, (XI) 376;
(XIII) 292; (XIV ) 16, 86; freedom from, (VIII)
215; (X) 21, 252, 261-62; and freedom from the
known, (XIII) 269-70; and freedom of the mind,
(IX) 173; and the free mind, (VIII) 254-55; versus
the fresh mind, (X) 86; function of, (XV) 13-14;
(XVII) 46; and function of material things, (XIV)
151; and habit(s), (XI) 299-300; (XIII) 240; as
hindrance, (VI) 348-49; (VIII) 229, 254, 255; as
hindrance and necessity, (XIV) 107; as hindrance
to attention, (IX) 276; as hindrance to creativity,
(V) 232-33; as hindrance to discovery, (IX) 39; as
hindrance to freedom, (XI) 378; (XII) 35; (XIII)
123; as hindrance to free thought, (X) 19; as
hindrance to inquiry, (IX) 182-83; as hindrance to
knowing, (XII) 34, 37; as hindrance to the new,
(XIV) 228; as hindrance to perception, (X) 86-87;
as hindrance to reality, (VII) 254; as hindrance to
religion, (X) 186; as hindrance to self-knowledge,
(XIII) 193; as hindrance to self-observation, (XV)
54; as hindrance to truth, (VIII) 269; (X) 2-3; as
hindrance to understanding, (VIII) 214-15, 235;
and identification, (X) 76; and “I don’t know”,
(XV) 23; importance of, (XIII) 219-20; (XV) 2;
increase of, (XIV) 16; versus intelligence, (VII)
134, 189-90; as invention, (XII) 77, 80; inward and
outward, (XII) 9-10; versus knowing, (XI) 249-50;
and the known, (XI) 192; versus the known, (IX)
238; and learning, (X) 172-73, 212-13; (XI) 1-2,
60-61, 213, 304; (XII) 1-2, 158; (XIV) 170-71;
(XV) 111, 247-48; (XVI) 213; versus learning,
(XIII) 26, 111, 131; (XVII) 211-12; as limited,
(XI) 375; and listening, (XVI) 197; and living in
the past, (XVI) 205; and looking at the image,
(XVII) 210-11; and loss of feeling, (l) 174;
mechanical, (VIII) 269; (XI) 298; as mechanical,
(XII) 63; and mechanical time, (XII) 317; as
memory, (VII) 246-47; versus mental clarity, (IX)
278; and the mind, (XI) 280; (XIV ) 230; and
naming, (XIII) 280; as necessary to daily life,
(XIV) 214; and the new mind, (XII) 114; (XIII)
53; observing with, (XVI) 201; and observation,
(XIII) 299; and the past, (XII) 7, 10, 321-22;
(XVI) 20, 239; (XVII) 245; as the past, (XIV) 138;
(XV) 247; as of the past, (XIII) 302-3; as past
experience, (X) 205; and the past and future, (XI)
226; and permanency, (XII) 105; and the petty
mind, (IX) 264; and pleasure, (XV) 233; and
positive thinking, (IX) 180; and power, (XII) 271;
and problems, (XIV) 178; process of, (XI) 362; as
process of recognition, (XI) 184, 246; and the
process of thinking, (XI) 33; and the process of
thought, (XIII) 287-88; and questioning, (XV) 257;
without reaction, (XIV) 205; and reality, (V) 357;
reason for importance of, (VII) 9; and recognition,
(XII) 37; (XIII) 97, 198; and the relationship
between technical and psychological, (XVII) 31;
and the religious mind, (XII) 325; and
renunciation, (IX) 244; and response, (XIV ) 136-
37; and the restless mind, (VIII) 320; role of, (XI)
7-8; scientific, (VII) 117-18; (XVI) 261; and the
scientist, (XII) 112; and the search for God, (IX)
38-39; and security, (IX) 20; (XI) 250; (XIII) 122;

and seeing, (XIII) 118; and the self, (XIII) 246,
249; and self-knowledge, (IV) 205-6; and self-
protection, (VII) 324-25; and the sensitive mind,
(XII) 108; and simplicity, (V) 247; and the
sleeping mind, (XI) 159; and specialization, (VIII)
153-55; versus the state of negation, (XIII) 10; as
static, (XI) 377; as superficial, (XIII) 168;
suppression of, (VII) 31; and teaching, (XI) 79-80;
and technology, (XI) 147; technological and
tradition, (IX) 212; and thinking, (X) 219; and
thought, (XII) 304; (XVI) 15; and time, (XIII) 91-
92, 178; as time, (XI) 365; (XVII) 268; and true
and false, (XV) 3; and truth, (VI) 297-98; versus
truth, (VII) 286; and the unburdened mind, (XII)
298; and the unconscious, (XIII) 293;
understanding, (XI) 207-9; (XII) 265; without
understanding, (II) 21; (VI) 184; and wisdom,
(XVI) 152; versus wisdom, (VIII) 333; (XV) 173.
See also Accumulation; Authority; Books;
Intellect; Intellectual; Memory; Mind; Past;
Wisdom
Knowledge, action, and love: contradictions between,
(XIII) 45
Known, (IX) 158-59; and the absence of the new,
(XVII) 35; and accumulation, (VII) 319; and
action, (XVI) 174-75, 177, 180; and approach to
the unknown, (XV) 129, 130; and attention, (XI)
288; and change, (X) 137-38; and clinging to,
(XVI) 62-63; and conflict, (XIII) 290; and
confusion, (XVI) 164; and continuity, (XIII) 318-
19; (XVII) 149; and death, (IX) 158; defining, (X)
98; (XIII) 302; (XVII) 80, 81; denial of, (XIII)
149; desire for continuity of, (V) 126-27; (XIII)
318; and deterioration of the mind, (IX) 190; and
discipline, (XIII) 81; and drugs, (XIV) 159; dying
to, (XI) 393; (XIV) 32; (XVII) 151, 172; and
experience, (XIII) 153-54; and fear, (XIII) 104,
137; and fear of death, (VII) 331-32; (VIII) 308-9;
(X) 61; (XIII) 203, 258, 319; (XVII) 74; and fear
of losing, (IX) 288; (XIV) 213; (XV) 231, 320;
(XVI) 155, 243; (XVII) 74, 236, 277; and fear of
the unknown, (VII) 306; and the field of time, (XI)
65-67; as fixed, (XI) 198; freedom from, (VIII)
257; (X) 87; (XI) 53, 171, 200-201, 247; (XIII) 98,
290, 291; (XIV) 105; (XVI) 82; function of, (XIII)
290; and God, (IX) 228; as hell, (VII) 332; as
hindrance to change, (X) 138; as hindrance to
discovery, (IX) 245; as hindrance to the unknown,
(IX) 53; and ideal, (X) 118; and images, (XVII)
80, 81; and immortality, (VIII) 246; and
knowledge, (VIII) 321; and learning, (X) 212;
letting go of, (IX) 53; and life, (XI) 191-92; and
memory, (IX) 110-13; (XVII) 13; and the mind,
(VIII) 323; (IX) 92, 217-18, 231-32, 248-49, 261-
62; (X) 43; (XI) 39-40, 82, 281-82; (XVII) 80, 81;
need to be free from, (XIII) 207-8; as old, (XI) 96;
and the past, present, and future, (XII) 322; and the
positive approach, (XI) 188; as preferable to the
unknown, (XIV) 152; and recognition, (XI) 246;
(XIII) 97; and the recognizable, (XIII) 209-10; and
79
religion, (VIII) 182-84; and the religious mind,
(XII) 324-25; and revolution, (XI) 71-72, 386; and
the search for God, (X) 159-60; and the search for
the unknown, (XIV) 196-97; seeking, (XVII) 170;
and sociological revolution, (XVII) 10; and
thought, (VIII) 205-6; (XVII) 143; as thought and
feeling, (XIII) 155; as time, (XVI) 188; and truth,
(VIII) 185; and the unconscious, (XVII) 59-60;
versus the unknowable, (X) 51; and the unknown,
(V) 232; 215, 277-78; (X) 272; (XII) 160-61, 163;
(XVI) 164; and worship, (IX) 110; as yesterday,
(XII) 161. See also Accumulation; Continuity;
Death; God; Knowledge; ‘Me’; Mind; Religion;
Self; Time; Unknown; Will
Known and the unknown: and consciousness, (XI)
385; and the free mind, (XIII) 338; and knowledge,
(XIII) 288; movement from, (XIII) 98; and self-
knowledge, (IX) 255
Koran: See Authority; Background; Belief; Books;
Conditioning; Divisions; God; Knowledge; Power;
Propaganda; Religion; Religious mind; Visions;
Words
Krishna, (III) 237. See also Authority; Background;
Conditioning; Divisions; Religion; Religious mind;
Society; Visions; World problems
Labeling: See Naming; Verbalization
Labels: acceptance of, (XV) 338; and authority, (V)
184; and awareness of emotion, (V) 311-14; and
belief, (V) 306-7; as cause of conflict, (X) 202; and
disorder, (XV) 328; freedom from, (X) 201; and
true religion, (V) 77; worship of, (V) 106-7, See
also Identification; Naming; Words
Labor: problem of, (XVII) 127-28. See also Industrial
society; Leisure
Land: redistribution of, (VII) 202-3
Language: and the effect of translation, (XVII) 222;
and memory, (XVII) 106; need for one world,
(XVII) 258, 263. See also Communication; Unity
of mankind
Laughter: and sorrow, (XI) 284. See also Despair;
Feelings
Law: and authority, (XIV) 19; (XV) 44; (XVI) 17;
(XVII) 33, 36-38; and friendliness, (X) 188; and
the need for authority, (XV) 322; obedience to,
(XIV) 247; and order and disorder, (XVII) 246;
and patriotism, (II) 42; versus right profession, (X)
263; as social detriment, (VI) 106-7. See also
Order; Society
Lawlessness: world, (XVII) 215. See also Law
Laws: and values, (l) 185-86. See also Legislation
Lawyers: social role of, (V) 143. See also Livelihood;
Professions
Laziness, (l) 42-43; (III) 137, 239; (XIII) 138-41, 143;
and action, (XVI) 74; and belief, (XVI) 254, 255-
56; and conflict, (XVI) 153; facing the fact of,
(XIV) 113; versus inertia, (XVI) 27; inward, (XV)
200; and passivity, (XII) 206; reasons for, (VIII)
71; understanding the structure of, (XVII) 124; and
world problems, (XVI) 71-72. See also Leisure
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Lazy mind: awareness of, (XI) 182; and gradualism,
(XIII) 178; and systems, (XI) 203; and time, (XII)
159. See also Dull mind; Laziness; Mind; New
mind; Petty mind
Leader(s), (l) 150-51; (V) 151-52; (VI) 2; absence of,
(XIV) 3; and absence of self-awareness, (V) 80;
and an approach to problems, (VIII) 9; and change,
(VIII) 251-52; and concern with the immediate,
(XIII) 62-63; and conflict, (X) 173-75; and
confusion, (V) 66-67; (VI) 242; (VIII) 201-2; (IX)
274-75; (XIII) 88, 89; and the creation of patterns,
(XII) 16; versus the creative, (XIII) 3; and
creativeness, (VI) 308-9; as dangers, (V) 183;
(XIII) 209; and dependency, (II) 26-27; and the
desire for security, (VIII) 82; and desire to be
saved, (IV) 102-3; as destructive, (IX) 128; and
divisions, (II) 91; economic, political, and
religious, (VIII) 248-49; as escape, (X) 7; and
exploitation, (II) 39; (V) 47-48; (X) 168; as
exploiter, (l) 148; as expression of confusion, (V)
22-23; as factors of social degradation, (IV) 107;
failure of, (V) 218-19; (VII) 164-65; (VIII) 48, 49-
50; (XVII) 215-16; and false respect, (III) 68; and
fear, (XII) 59; and followers, (l) 172-73; (II) 26-
27; (IV) 86, 94-95; (V) 103; (VI) 103-4; (X) 8-9;
and following, (IX) 149-52; and freedom, (XI)
218; and guilt, (V) 277; as hindrance, (IV) 151,
152, 155; as hindrance to the truth, (XVII) 98; and
influence, (l) 39-40; and lack of freedom, (VII)
109; as loveless, (XI) 45; and myth, (V) 57-58;
need for, (l) 164; (III) 100; need to question, (IV)
132; and power, (V) 61; (XII) 27-28; and
problems, (VII) 133-34; (VIII) 9; and problem
solving, (VI) 332; reasons for need of, (V) 367-69;
and revolution, (VIII) 247-48; search for, (VIII) 2-
3; and self-knowledge, (VI) 156-57; versus self-
liberation, (IV) 85; and social, political, and
religious domination, (V) 102; and social structure,
(l) 94; and truth, (II) 29; (VI) 133-34; and world
problems, (XII) 49-50; and vested interests, (XI)
354-55; and world problems , (XI) 303; and world
turmoil, (XI) 295. See also Authority; Education;
Escape; Exploiter; Followers; Guru; Illusion;
Leadership; Master; Priest; Religion; Savior;
Society; Teacher; Truth
Leadership, (l ) 74; and the absence of inquiry, (XIII)
11; and competition, (XII) 19; and corruption,
(XIII) 1, 3. See also Authority; Leaders; Power;
Society
League of nations: as peace solution, (II) 209
Learning, (IX) 196-97, 238-39; (XI) 1-2, 79-82; (XII)
198-200; (XIV ) 238-44; (XVI) 213-19; and the
absence of conflict, (XV) 343; and the absence of
contradiction, (XV) 11; and the absence of despair,
(XIV) 94; versus accumulating knowledge, (XV)
51, 146; versus accumulation, (XI) 250; (XIV) 6-7;
versus acquiring, (XIII) 91; versus the acquisition
of knowledge, (XIII) 245-46, 248-49; (XIV) 137;
and action, (XV) 253, 255; (XVI) 150; (XVII) 22;
as the active present, (XV) 343; (XVII) 177; as
active process, (XI) 300; and the act of listening,
(XV) 34; versus adjustment, (XV) 317; with
attention and quietness, (XVI) 73; and the attentive
mind, (XI) 38-40; and authority, (XI) 208; versus
authority, (XV) 21-22; without authority, (XIV)
271; (XVI) 51-52; aversion to, (XV) 299; and
change, (XV) 50; (XVI) 221; and communication,
(XVI) 42; complexity of, (XVII) 245; versus
concentration, (XI) 37-39; (XIII) 20-21; without
conclusions, (XI) 357-58; without condemning,
(XI) 227; (XIV) 262-63; conditions for, (XII) 157-
58; versus conformity, (XIV) 240; as a constant
process, (XV) 150; and creativity, (VIII) 320-22;
and curiosity, (XIV) 287; defining, (VIII) 231-22;
(XI) 1; (XIII) 245, 246-47, 249; (XIV) 27, 73, 238,
240; (XV) 9, 51; (XVII) 211-12; difficult art of,
(XVII) 230-31; and discipline, (XIII) 80-82; (XIV )
91-92, 144, 173; (XV) 68-70; (XVII) 58, 59, 108;
as discipline, (XVI) 136-37, 150, 193; without
division, (X) 197-98; through doing, (XV) 316; and
dying to yesterday, (XI) 158; and the empty mind,
(XII) 32-33; as endless, (XI) 392-93; and energy,
(XIV) 170; and evolution of society, (XIV) 245;
and experience, (XVI) 108-9; and fear, (XIII) 248;
and forgetting, (XVI) 290; and freedom, (XIII)
111; and the free mind, (XI) 156; and the fresh
mind, (XV) 3-4; and the function of society, (XV)
15; and the hindrance of accumulation, (XIV ) 79-
80; as hindrance to creativity, (V) 232-33; and
humility, (XI) 98, 303, 305; (XII) 198-200; (XIII)
268, 270; (XIV) 89; (XVI) 145; (XVII) 274;
versus ideology, (X) 197; and immediate maturity,
(XVI) 73; and the impenetrable, (XI) 113; versus
instruction, (XIV) 178, 204; and integrity, (XIII)
26; and knowledge, (XIII) 82; versus knowledge,
(XI) 56, 60, 337-38; (XII) 280; (XV) 173-74, 242,
247-48; about laziness, (XIII) 138; and life, (XIV)
276; and listening, (XV) 2-3, 274; (XVI) 51; and
love, (XIV) 173; (XV) 16; versus the machine
mind, (XI) 108; meaning of, (XII) 1-2; (XVI) 53,
102-3; moment of, (IX) 240; as moment to
moment, (XI) 29; motives for, (IV) 116-17; as
movement, (XV) 13; (XVI) 111; and the new
mind, (XII) 114; and the new society, (XV) 54; as
noncumulative, (XIV) 171-72; as not additive,
(XIII) 321; and not-knowing, (XII) 250; and
observation, (XIV) 139; and obstruction, (XIV) 1,
2, 3-4; and pleasure, (XV) 70; versus power, (XII)
271; as the present, (XV) 247; and problems,
(XIV) 178; (XV) 72; process of, (X) 172-73, 212-
13, 252-53; (XI) 213-14; (XII) 105-7, 280; (XIV)
53-54, 170-71; (XVI) 20; and relationship, (XVI)
52; without repetition, (XVI) 265; and the role of
education, (IX) 225; about the self, (XV) 51-52;
(XVI) 154; through self-exposure, (XVI) 226; and
self-knowledge, (XI) 60-61; and sensitivity, (XV)
61-62; and silence, (XV) 252-53; (XVI) 236; state
of, (XIII) 268-70; (XVI) 300-301; state of mind of,
(XV) 110-11; and the state of not knowing, (XVI)
293; and being taught, (IX) 238, 240; versus being

taught, (X) 231, 233; and the teacher, (XIV) 51-53,
276; and teaching, (IX) 171-73; and time, (XVI)
193; as timeless, (XI) 363; two kinds of, (XVI)
213-14; understanding, (XII) 265; (XIII) 131-35,
137; (XVII) 21-22, 58-60; understanding the
importance of, (XVI) 220. See also Attention;
Education; Knowledge; Listening
Learning, listening, and seeing: as one, (XV) 130. See
also Learning
Left and right: similarity between, (XVII) 139. See
also Ideology
Legislation, (l) 141; and change, (IX) 260; and
communalism, (V) 2; effectiveness of, (III) 217-
18, 226; and greed, (III) 151, 157; and
individuality, (l) 94; and peace, (IX) 223; and
peace and goodwill, (IX) 247; and reform, (IV) 17;
role of, (IV) 99. See also Compulsion; Discipline;
Government; Laws; Society
Leisure: and choice, (XVI) 9; and daily life, (l) 48-49;
effects of, (XV) 95-96, 97; effects of more, (XIV)
203; and freedom, (XIII) 4-5; and human
relationships, (XVII) 128; importance of, (XIII)
42; and laziness, (XIII) 138-39; versus the
occupied mind, (XIII) 46; and pleasure, (XV) 165;
and quietness, (XIII) 45; and responsibility, (VI)
105-6; and scientific progress, (XVI) 54; and self-
awareness, (VI) 347-48; and society, (XVI) 122;
and technological progress, (XIV) 162; and
technology, (XV) 330; three possible effects of,
(XVII) 167; and the uncontaminated mind, (XIII)
42-43. See also Technology
Leisured: as instrument for revolution, (V) 62-63. See
also Guides; Transformation
Lenin: and the repetitive mind, (XV) 73
Liberated man, (l) 50
Liberation, (l) 36-37, 41-42, 65-66; (II) 69;
achievement of, (l) 41; from conflict, (IV) 20; and
escape, (l) 139; (II) 69; and ‘I’, (II) 69; as
integrated whole, (II) 104, 163; and limitation,
(III) 3, 4; and love, (XV) 35; and perception, (XII)
310; search for, (l) 78-79; (II) 69-70; and self-
knowing, (XII) 248; without systems, (VIII) 7;
through thought, (II) 129; from time, (IX) 173.
See also Action; Conflict; Freedom; Happiness;
Individual; Method; Self-knowledge; Time
Liberty: desire for, (XIV) 135. See also Freedom
Lies, (V) 320-22. See also False
Life, (XI) 189-95, 314-19; and the absence of answers,
(X) 167, 234; achieving the complete, (l ) 117-19;
and action, (XI) 109, 111, 341, 343; as action,
(XIII) 51; (XIV) 68, 70; (XV) 20, 62, 67, 168, 341,
344-45; (XVI) 173, 269, 271; as answerless, (XI)
367; approach to, (IX) 2, 281-83; approach to
understanding, (X) 170-71; arguing with, (XII)
317-18; avoidance of, (XIV) 12; awareness of, (IX)
235; (X) 61; (XI) 334; as a battle, (XIV) 70; as a
battlefield, (XVI) 213-14; as beautiful and ugly,
(X) 134; without beginning or ending, (XI) 292,
353; and challenge, (XV) 22-23, 25; as challenge,
(VIII) 268; as challenge and response, (V) 211-12;
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(XII) 68-69; (XV) 12, 17; (XVI) 122; (XVII) 26-
27, 111; change in, (XV) 133; as chaotic, (XI) 270;
characterizing the condition of, (XVII) 109; as
collective, (IX) 255; and communication, (XI) 101-
2; complexity of, (VIII) 58, 293; (XVII) 98; as
complicated, (X) 259; and conflict, (XVI) 128,
202, 269; as conflict, (V) 263; (VIII) 327-28, 341-
42; (XIV) 126, 239; without conflict, (XIII) 17;
conflict in, (XI) 257; and conflict of opposites,
(IV) 21-22; as confusion, (IX) 257; consciousness
of, (l) 32-33; as constant conflict, (XVII) 121; as
constant movement, (VIII) 147; (X) 69; as constant
struggle, (IV) 190; contact with, (XV) 33; as
continuity, (VI) 147; as the continuity of existence,
(XIV) 102; and continuity of thought, (XIV) 213;
as continuous activity, (XIV) 232; without
contradiction, (XVI) 153, 225-26; and
contradiction in action, (XIV) 283; as death and
living, (XV) 285; defining, (V) 20; (XI) 281;
(XIII) 158; (XIV ) 33; and the demand for pleasure,
(XVII) 181; denial of, (XV) 61; describing, (VI)
165; and despair, (XVII) 157; despair as, (XV) 27;
difficulties of, (XI) 277; (XIII) 162; direct contact
with, (XV) 75; and dis cipline, (XVI) 110;
discontent with, (XVII) 40-41, 43; as disturbed,
(VIII) 129-30; divided as action and non-action,
(IX) 51; divided into action, devotion, knowledge,
(XI) 245; divisions in, (XV) 284-85; as drab,
(XIV) 155; as dull, (IX) 231-32; and dying to
yesterday, (XI) 78; without effort, (XV) 126-27; as
effortless, (XI) 210; as emptiness, (VI) 13;
emptiness of, (XVII) 215-16; as endless
movement, (VIII) 300; (XVII) 243; as energy,
(XIV) 238; (XVI) 50; (XVII) 177; as eternal
movement, (XI) 258; and the factor of pleasure,
(XV) 141; without fear, (XVI) 109; fear of, (XIV)
255; (XVII) 277; and fear of death, (XVI) 178;
feeling for, (XI) 42-43; as filled with conflict,
(XIII) 257-58; as fragmentary, (XI) 238-39;
fragmentation of, (XV) 62-63, 150; as
fragmentation or as total, (XV) 107; as fragmented,
(X) 128; fragmenting, (XVI) 237-38, 240; (XVII)
29; free from exploitation, (X) 168; getting used to,
(XV) 229-30; giving meaning to, (X) 159-60;
growing complexity of, (XV) 220, 225; as happy
and unhappy, (IX) 283-84; as immeasurable, (XI)
357-58; (XIII) 98; as impermanent, (VIII) 274;
importance of knowing, (XIV) 152; inability to do
anything about, (XVI) 240; as inclusive, (XIII) 66;
increasing complexity of, (XI) 289; individual
participation in, (XI) 207; and influences, (XIII)
128; as inner and outer, (XV) 101-2; as insecure,
(XV) 300; as interrelated total, (IV) 87; and inward
and outward desires, (XIV) 130; as joy and sorrow,
(XI) 257; lack of awareness of, (XII) 321; and
learning, (l) 128-29; (XVII) 60; learning about,
(XI) 108; as limited, (V) 26-28; (XV) 41; living a
conditioned, (XVI) 100; and living in the present,
(XIV) 256; looking at, (XIV) 19; looking at the
whole of, (XVII) 61; losing the significance of,
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(XVII) 26; and love, (XIV ) 258; love of, (II) 124;
(IV) 191; as meaningful, (XVII) 45, 73; meaning
of, (II) 11; (VIII) 263; (XV) 345; as meaningless,
(XVII) 51-52; and meaningless and significant,
(XV) 318; and meaning through seeing the small,
(VII) 151; as mechanical, (XI) 82; (XII) 185;
(XIV) 151; and mechanical thinking, (XI) 33;
mediocrity of, (XV) 302; meditation as part of,
(XIII) 151; as the mind, (VIII) 273; as more than
production and consumption, (IX) 210; as
movement, (VII) 257; (X) 14, 86; (XI) 67, 164;
(XII) 291; (XV) 129, 341; (XVI) 208; as
movement in relationships, (XV) 9, 13-14; and the
movement to the center, (XIV) 198, 202; as multi-
level, (V) 211-13; and the need for clarity, (XI)
178-79; and the need for passion, (XIV) 95; need
to deepen, (XIII) 218, 222; need to understand,
(VIII) 340-41; (XI) 261; (XIV) 278; (XV) 180-81,
319-20; need to view as a whole, (X) 86-88; as
new, (III) 136-37; as one movement, (XII) 9-10;
and oneness with death, (V) 126-27; as pain, (XII)
259-60; pain in, (XVII) 69-70; and the petty mind,
(XI) 27-28; as pleasant and unpleasant, (VIII) 108;
and pleasure, (XVI) 91; as a problem, (VI) 129;
(XII) 8; (XIV) 23; problem of, (IX) 188; problem
of death, (XV) 317; and the problem of living,
(VIII) 184; and problems, (XV) 195; as process,
(VII) 111-12; as process of challenge and response,
(IX) 108-9; as the process of consciousness, (V)
120; as a process of discovery, (VIII) 342; as a
process of imitation, (VII) 183; prolonging, (XIII)
317; (XV) 317; (XVI) 30; psychological attitude
to, (VIII) 42-43; purpose in, (XVI) 255; purpose
of, (II) 104-5; (IV) 107; (V) 19-20, 29, 158-59,
160; (VII) 86-87, 124; (VIII) 121; (X) 65-66;
(XIII) 22-23; (XIV ) 61, 115; questioning the
meaning of, (XVII) 133; reason for loving, (XVII)
264; and relationship, (XIV) 123, 227; as
relationship, (V) 159, 212-13; (VI) 203-4, 221-22;
(XI) 343; relationship to, (VIII) 222; as renewal,
(l) 106; as a repeated pattern, (XVI) 242-43;
without resistance, (XIII) 161; resistance to, (XVI)
100; and reverence, (VII) 231; search for meaning
to, (XI) 79-80; (XVI) 144; and the search for
pleasure, (XV) 164; seeing as a whole, (XVII) 265,
268; seeing totally, (XVI) 6; seeing the whole
movement of, (XVI) 237-38, 240; seeking the
meaning to, (XVI) 202; self-understanding, (VIII)
293; as a series of conflicts, (XI) 335; (XIII) 16; as
a series of escapes, (XIII) 290; as shallow, (XVI)
180, 182; shortness of, (XVI) 250; significance of,
(VIII) 152-53; (IX) 93-94, 245-46; (XIII) 117;
(XVI) 6, 176; as simple and complex, (X) 54;
simplicity of, (l) 74; as sordid, (XIII) 198; and
sorrow, (XII) 92-93; and struggle, (II) 73; (VIII)
321; as a struggle, (XVI) 34; (XVII) 210; as
superficial, (X) 40; (XIII) 66-67; and taking one
step, (XVI) 301; as timeless movement, (VIII)
272-73; as total, (XIII) 185; total approach to,
(XV) 163; totality of, (XI) 102, 107, 163, 362; as
total movement, (XVII) 27, 106; as total process,
(V) 121, 333, 338; (VIII) 242; as total relationship,
(V) 254; total understanding of, (XI) 330-31; as
turmoil, (XI) 210; (XIII) 262-63; two ways of
meeting, (XV) 91; uncertainty of, (XIV) 129;
understanding from moment to moment, (XI) 270;
understanding of, (l) 32-33, 111-12; (II) 173-74;
(IX) 17; (X) 125; (XIII) 76-77; (XV) 14; and
understanding death, (XVII) 28; understanding the
movement of, (XV) 1; understanding the process
of, (XVII) 71; understanding relationships of, (XV)
191, 195; understanding through watching, 65; as
undivided, (XIII) 244; unity of, (l ) 78; as the
unknown, (V) 127; viewed as a whole, (XIII) 268;
wasting, (XV) 71; as a whole, (XV) 101;
wholeness of, (III) 2-3; withdrawal from, (VI) 104-
5. See also Death; Existence; Living
Life and death: and continuity, (X) 97-98; without
division, (XIII) 184; division between, (XIII) 315,
318; as one, (IV) 189-90; (VI) 153-55; (IX) 288;
(X) 60-61; (XII) 319; (XIII) 319; (XIV) 104-5,
212-13; relationship between, (XIV) 255; as
societal base, (XV) 282-83. See also Death; Life;
Living
Life problems: and positive instructions, (III) 97-98;
solving, (III) 89-90
Light: versus conflict, (XVI) 8; and the end of seeking,
(XVI) 157; and freedom from the known, (XVI)
31; and the need for caring and clarity, (XVII) 99;
and observation, (XVI) 7, 10; and the quiet brain,
(XVI) 18; as secondhand, (XVI) 9
Limitation(s): of action through ideas, (V) 43; and
awareness, (IV) 70-71, 208; awareness of, (III) 24;
of challenge and response, (XII) 68-81; and
change, (XI) 313; of desire and fear, (III) 107-8;
and education, (VIII) 281-82; and freedom, (III)
11-12; as hindrance to authority, (III) 187; as
individuality, (III) 27-28; and intelligence, (l) 36;
and the ‘I’ process, (III) 10-11; and the mind, (VII)
32-33; (VIII) 230; of the mind, (XI) 340-41;
overcoming, (III) 183-84; and perfection, (l) 114;
and pursuit of security, (III) 2; in search, (IX) 20;
and search for psychological security, (IV) 149-50.
See also Action; Ambition; Conditioning;
Discernment; Environment; Experience;
Hindrances; Past; Reality; Relationship; Suffering;
Tolerance
Limited consciousness, (II) 35-36, 81-82. See also
Individuality
Limited intelligence: transcending, (IV) 65
Limited mind: and control, (IX) 104-5; and
fragmentation, (XII) 309. See also Dull mind; Petty
mind; Whole
Listening, (VII) 189; and the absence of the problem,
(XVII) 260; without accumulating, (XV) 242; to
acquire, (IX) 215; and action, (XV) 155; approach
to, (XI) 260-61; (XIII) 166, 170; (XIV) 48;
approach to the unknowable, (XIII) 169; as an art,
(IX) 254; (XV) 1-2, 20, 149-50; art of, (II) 104,
153; (IV) 108, 110, 159; (V) 181-82, 188-89, 226;

(VI) 1, 16-17, 177, 215; (VII) 3; (VIII) 1, 3, 49,
173-74, 188-89, 247, 250, 297-98; (X) 185; (XI)
13-14, 18, 56, 267-68, 330, 379-80; (XIII) 63-65,
101, 150; (XIV) 8-9, 82, 90; (XVI) 55; and
attention, (IX) 49-50, 200-201; (XII) 248, 306;
(XIII) 70, 73, 121, 238; (XIV) 149; (XV) 16, 52,
119, 157; (XVI) 146-47, 161; with attention, (XI)
28-29, 121; without attitude, (XI) 139; and
authority, (VII) 284; and awareness, (VII) 299-
300; (X) 262; with awareness, (IX) 55; and
awareness of conditioning, (X) 122; without
barrier, (VII) 254; beauty in, (XIV ) 96; and
challenge, (XI) 363; and change, (XV) 133; and
choicelessness, (XII) 268; and clarification, (IX)
237; and communication, (XV) 186; (XVI) 140;
and communion, (XI) 102, 213-14; (XIV ) 128,
186, 192; without comparison, (VIII) 53, 228; (X)
136, 203-4; (XII) 188-89, 295-96; (XIII) 87;
(XVII) 64-65; with complete attention, (XVII)
163; without conclusions, (X) 169-70; without
condemnation, (IX) 28; without conditioning, (XI)
20; conditions for, (XVI) 42; and conflict, (XIII)
21, 49; without conflict, (XIV) 43; consciously and
unconsciously, (XV) 188; without contradiction,
(XII) 67; (XIII) 307; creative, (VIII) 212-13; and
defenses, (XI) 71; and desire, (XIV) 100; and the
desire to be taught, (X) 252; difficulty of, (VIII)
35-36; (IX) 6-7; (XI) 159; (XIII) 75; (XIV) 234;
(XV) 59, 297; (XVI) 2, 129; and direct experience,
(XI) 183-84; and discipline, (XVI) 101; and
discovery, (XIII) 93; and the discovery of truth,
(X) 211; without divisions, (XIV) 13; and doing,
(XV) 287; effect of, (XV) 82; without effort, (XI)
175, 266; (XII) 204; (XIII) 124-25, 144, 192-93,
301-2; effortlessly, (XVII) 240; emotionally,
intellectually, and physically, (XVI) 41; and the
empty mind, (XIV) 165; (XVII) 76; and the end of
seeking, (XVII) 86; and experiencing, (VIII) 211,
213, 216, 240, 242; (XIII) 228-29; (XVII) 201; as
experiencing, (XI) 390; to explore, (XIII) 120; and
fear, (XII) 252; (XV) 113-14; versus following,
(XII) 143; and freedom, (VIII) 205; and freedom
from fear, (XIII) 171; and freedom from violence,
(XVII) 142; with a free mind, (XIV) 134; versus
having listened, (XI) 269; and hearing, (XII) 285;
versus hearing, (IV) 130; (VII) 174-75; 206-8;
(XV) 34; (XVII) 44; and hearing the words, (XIV)
84-85; and the good mind, (IX) 262; and the
hindrance of opinions, (XVII) 1; and the hindrance
of words, (XIII) 278; without “how”, (IX) 177;
and humility, (IX) 263; with humility, (X) 259; and
ideas, (XV) 89; without ideas, (XIV) 234; to the
image, (XVII) 219; implications of, (XVI) 74-75;
importance of, (VII) 139; (VIII) 85-86, 168; (XII)
320; (XIV) 20; (XVI) 236-37; (XVII) 23-24, 59;
and importance of knowing how, (VII) 97-98; and
indifference, (XIII) 147; and influence, (XIII) 229;
intellectually, (XVI) 96-97; and interest, (VIII) 88;
versus interest, (X) 180-81; without interpretation,
(X) 33; (XVII) 136-37; and interpreting the word,
83
(XVI) 1; inward and superficial, (IX) 83; inwardly,
(XIV) 127; without judgement, (VIII) 224; (X) 1-
2; kinds of, (IX) 184-85; knowing how to, (IX) 39;
and learning, (XI) 108-9, 113, 134; (XV) 9, 13,
222, 274; as learning, (XVII) 172; as liberating,
(XI) 161-62; as major difficulty, (VIII) 274;
meaning of, (XIII) 178; (XVI) 24, 280-81; and the
mind, (XV) 341; with the mind and heart, (XVII)
120; as a miracle, (XIV) 96-97; miracle of, (XVI)
243-44; miracle of total, (XVII) 71; and motive,
(XVII) 262-63; motiveless, (XIII) 214-15;
negatively, (XIV) 192; nonverbally, (XIV) 193;
and observation, (XIV ) 138-39; and observation of
the mind, (XIII) 140; and observing, (XVI) 166; as
part of awareness, (X) 91; and patience, (IX) 77,
79; and perception, (XII) 1-2; without prejudice,
(VI) 45, 247-48; (XVI) 72-73, 74-75; as the
problem, (VIII) 8; and problems, (XV) 151;
process of, (XII) 58; and the quiet brain, (XII) 229;
and the quiet mind, (X) 88; with the quiet mind,
(VI) 83; (VII) 289, 295; reasons for, (IX) 268-69;
(XIII) 231; and the religious mind, (XII) 320;
without resistance, (VIII) 161-62, 165; (XVI) 27;
responsibility of, (XVI) 13-14; and revolution,
(XVI) 130; and right communication, (XI) 55-56;
and seeing, (XIV ) 85; and seeing the fact, (XIII)
227; (XVI) 248; and seeing what is, (XVII) 230;
without seeking, (XIII) 221; to the self, (XV) 239;
with self-abandonment, (XVII) 177; and self-
awareness, (VII) 213-14; and self-discovery,
(XVII) 216; and self-examining, (XIII) 3; and self-
observation, (XI) 301; (XIII) 101; (XV) 339-40;
(XVII) 78; and sensitivity, (XV) 61, 80, 223;
significance of, (XII) 90; and silence, (XVI) 147;
with the silent mind, (XV) 68; and solving the
problem, (XVI) 73, 74, 75; state of, (XIV) 143;
(XV) 89; without struggle, (VII) 34-35; to
suffering, (VII) 215-16; without tension, (XVI)
148; and time, (XI) 126; (XIV) 122; without time,
(XV) 125; and the time interval, (XVII) 142; and
timelessness, (XVI) 26; totally, (XI) 384; (XIII)
306-7; (XVII) 164-65; and transformation, (IX)
240; (XIII) 242; and transformation of the mind,
(XIII) 74-75, 79; between two thoughts, (VIII)
327; two ways of, (XIII) 117; (XV) 234-35; and
unconscious awareness, (VII) 204; understanding,
(XI) 352-53; (XVI) 273-74; and understanding,
(IX) 135; (XV) 1; (XVII) 123; and understanding
problems, (XI) 303; (XVII) 39; ways of, (X) 112,
113; and what is, (XVII) 182; and the word,
(XVII) 195-96; without the word, (XVI) 236; and
words, (VI) 300. See also Attention; Learning;
Looking; Observation; Seeing
Listening, learning, and seeing: as one, (XV) 130. See
also Listening
Literature: and contradiction, (XV) 306; as action,
(XV) 97. See also Art(s)
Livelihood: and achieving the quiet mind, (IX) 21-22;
and action, (IX) 203-4; and change, (XI) 360; and
conditioning, (VII) 75; and conflict, (IX) 203-4;
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and discomfort, (IX) 207; and education, (V) 199-
200; (VII) 157, 160; (X) 226; goals of, (IV) 141;
and the integrated life, (VII) 71; and living without
habit, (XIV) 145; as necessity, (X) 262-63; and
occupation, (IX) 102-3; as process of life, (IX)
269; right and wrong, (V) 61-64, 143-45; and the
role of education, (IX) 11-12; and self-knowledge,
(III) 236; and social change, (VI) 104-7; and social
dependence, (VII) 80-81; and technique, (IX) 58;
and wrong society, (IV) 207. See also Daily life;
Education; Experts; Exploitation; Occupation;
Occupied mind; Old age; Professions; Retirement;
Specialists; Technology; Vocation; Work
Living, (XVI) 187-91; and the absence of purpose,
(XII) 25; acceptance of conflict in, (XVI) 176; and
action, (XVI) 72, 278; as action, (XI) 265; (XII)
23-24; (XVII) 18, 19; as action in relationship,
(XVII) 250; as annihilation, (XII) 40; approach to,
(XV) 209; with clarity, (XII) 195-96; and
completeness of action, (II) 199; complexity of,
(XVI) 92; conceptual, (XVII) 248-49; concern
with, (XIII) 100; (XV) 37-38; with the conditioned
mind, (VIII) 51; without conflict, (V) 162; (XIV)
131; (XV) 153; (XVI) 93-94, 161; (XVII) 273-74;
and conformity, (XV) 218; and contradiction,
(XVI) 94; with and without contradiction, (XV)
259-60; without contradiction, (XII) 25; (XV) 179,
315; as daily renewal, (VIII) 138-39; day to day,
(VIII) 191; and death, (IX) 116, 236; with death,
(XII) 259-60; (XIV) 31-32, 152; defining, (V) 162;
(IX) 287-88; (X) 159; as degradation, (XV) 49;
describing, (XIV) 30-31; at different levels, (XIV)
68; difficulty of, (XII) 54; without divisions, (II)
143-44; and the dull mind, (XII) 18; and dying,
(XII) 40, 160-61; as dying, (IX) 287-88; and dying
daily, (XVII) 75; and dying daily, psychologically,
(XIII) 186; as dying from moment to moment,
(XVI) 64; by dying to the past, (XIV) 105; without
effort, (XII) 313; (XIV ) 232-33; (XV) 47, 216,
306; while entering into death, (IX) 54; and
exploitation, (II) 122; with the fact of fear, (XIII)
33; and fear, (XIV) 30; versus fear, (XIII) 35;
without fear, (XII) 260; fear of, (XVI) 103; with
the fear of dying, (XV) 283-84; finding a new way
of, (XVI) 19; and following a code of conduct,
(XVII) 201; and freedom from the known, (XIV)
33; and harmonious action, (II) 143-44; and the
hindrance of knowledge, (XIV ) 80; without ideas,
(XIV) 205; importance of knowing how to, (XVII)
28-29; as influence, (XII) 96; and knowing how,
(VIII) 341; meaning of, (VIII) 255; (XV) 40; and
meditation, (XII) 42; moment to moment, (VI) 22-
23; and the need for fear, (XVI) 177-78; without
the need to escape, (XV) 169; in the now, (XV)
267-69; as part of dying, (VII) 272-73; (XI) 242-
43; and the past, (II) 87; (XII) 137; in the past,
(XIII) 326; in perpetual conflict, (XIII) 283, 286;
at the physical level, (XVII) 179; in the present,
(XIV) 94; as a problem, (XIV) 114-15; as a
process of dying, (X) 98; purpose of, (II) 105;
(XIII) 196; versus the pursuit of meditation, (XV)
36-37; as reaction, (X) 257; and relationships,
(XVI) 33-35; as religion, (X) 231; as religious
process, (X) 231; and sensitivity, (XIV) 105; with
sorrow, (XII) 212; without struggle, (XIII) 125; as
superficial, (IX) 35, 38; superficially, (XVII) 120-
21; on the surface, (XVI) 231-32; and timeless
creation, (XIII) 105; as timeless movement, (XII)
16-17; as a total problem, (XIV) 121; as total
process, (XI) 178; total process of, (XVII) 79;
types of, (XII) 16-17; with uncertainty, (XIV) 133,
134; understanding, (IX) 268-71; (X) 153-55; with
understanding, (XV) 169, 321; and understanding
death, (XVI) 63, 64; (XVII) 47; understanding the
problem of, (XV) 186-90; understanding the
significance of, (XIV ) 40. See also Daily life;
Death; Existence; Life; Truth
Living, action, and awareness: as the same, (XVII)
253. See also Action; Awareness; Living
Living and dying: division between, (XV) 320; fear of
both, (XVII) 252; and the fresh mind, (XVII) 28;
without the interval, (XV) 181; as one, (XII) 161,
222, 261; (XVI) 31; relationship between, (XVII)
234; understanding, (XVI) 155-56, 176, 178;
understanding the totality of, (XV) 284. See also
Dying; Living
Living completely, (l) 193-94
Living daily: without conflict, (XVI) 9-10
Living, death, and love: need to understand, (XVII)
73. See also Death; Living; Love
Living entity: and the observer, (XVII) 210
Living in the present: and dying moment to moment,
(XIII) 319; and energy, (XIII) 328-29. See also
Living; Present
Living reality, (l) 4, 44; description of, (II) 4; and
freedom, (l) 7; (II) 10; and individuality, (l) 7; and
personal experience, (l ) 4. See also Truth
Living totally: defining, (XII) 300-301; and
deterioration, (XII) 300; difficulty of, (XVII) 119.
See also Living; Whole
Living truth: and simplicity of thought, (II) 94-95. See
also Intelligence; Truth
Logic: limitations of, (XII) 107-8; versus religious
people, (XIII) 87. See also Science; Scientific
mind
Loneliness, (l) 46, 168; (II) 44-45; (VI) 74-75, 237-38;
(VII) 272-73; (XII) 87-89; and absence of
ambition, (VII) 236; acceptance of, (V) 116-17;
and accumulation, (X) 262; as actual or word, (XI)
87-88; and aloneness, (XVI) 149; versus aloneness,
(VI) 38-39; (VIII) 314; (XIV) 117; as cause of
seeking, (XI) 236-37; and communion, (VI) 87-88;
and confidence, (VII) 205-6; and creativity, (VIII)
206; dealing with, (II) 115-16; defining, (VI) 38-
39; and dependency, (IX) 62-64; and desire, (XII)
246; and escape, (VI) 39; (XIV) 116; escape from,
(III) 111; (XII) 156, 313-14; (XIII) 127, 187;
(XVI) 153, 180-82, 261-62; and escape from what
is, (V) 356; (VIII) 198; and escape to dependence,
(XVI) 120-21; and the essence of fear, (XIII) 103;

and experience, (l ) 34; and fear, (VII) 78-79, 302;
(IX) 119-20; (XI) 351; (XIV) 249; (XVI) 211; fear
of, (XV) 113-14; (XVII) 164; futility of escape
from, (IV) 30-31; 101; and the hindrance of the
word, (XIII) 247; and the ‘I’, (III) 229; and
illusion, (VII) 193-94; and inspiration, (IV) 21; and
insufficiency, (XV) 167-68; and the lack of
communion, (XIV) 219-20; levels of, (XV) 27;
looking at, (XIII) 130; and love, (VI) 87-88; and
the need for power, (VIII) 112-13; and the
observer, (IX) 64; (XVI) 212; pain of, (XV) 24;
and relationship, (V) 159; and restlessness, (XIII)
23; and right tension, (IV) 48; and the search for
meaning, (XVII) 41; and the search for sensation,
(X) 16; and the self as one, (V) 249; and self-
awareness, (XI) 209-10; and self-contradiction,
(XI) 242; and self-pity, (XIII) 140, 141; (XIV)
307; sense of, (XIII) 127; and the sense of
isolation, (XIII) 269; and sorrow, (XII) 208; (XIII)
253, 311; (XV) 312; (XVII) 186, 188; state of,
(XV) 32, 209-10; and the state of nothingness,
(XIII) 187; and success, (VII) 236; understanding,
(VII) 201; (XIV) 103-4; and the word, (XIII) 197.
See also Alone; Aloneness; Craving; Despair;
Emptiness; Escape; Fear; Happiness; Intelligence;
Isolation; Pain; Solitude; Sorrow
Looking: and the absence of ideas, (XVII) 193; as
action, (XVII) 239; at action, (XVI) 272; and
attention, (XVI) 128; with awareness, (XIII) 215;
and awareness of fragmentation, (XVII) 243-44;
from the center, (XV) 142-43; and change, (XVI)
130; as communion, (XV) 170; without
condemnation, (XVI) 102; without conflict, (XVI)
136; and the conscious and unconscious, (XV) 189;
difficulty of, (XV) 279; and the empty mind, (XVI)
222; at the fact, (XVI) 259; at fear, (XVI) 211-12;
(XVII) 72, 225; without fear, (XIII) 66; and
freedom, (XVII) 208-11; and the hindrance of fear,
(XVII) 216; and the hindrance of image, (XVI)
101; (XVII) 275; and the hindrance of memory,
(XIV) 280; and the hindrance of naming, (XIV)
137-38; and identification, (XVII) 46; without the
image, (XVI) 102, 169-70, 183; (XVII) 246, 252-
53; and immediate understanding, (XV) 277-78;
importance of, (XVII) 258-59; and the interference
of thought, (XV) 155; without interpretation,
(XIII) 192-93; without judgement, (XIV) 233-34;
and learning, (XV) 51-52; without the ‘me’, (XV)
66; and memory, (XVII) 44; at the memory of
pleasure, (XV) 233; without naming, (XIII) 250;
(XIV) 279-80; (XVI) 110-11; without the observer,
(XVI) 201; (XVII) 208; and passion as related,
(XVII) 132-33; without the past, (XV) 146; and the
problem of violence, (XVI) 290; at the self, (XVI)
220; and silence, (XV) 143; with silence, (XVI)
274; stages of, (XIII) 280; and thought, (XVI) 69,
204; without thought, (XIII) 108-9; (XV) 143; and
total attention, (XVI) 191; without tradition, (XIV)
279; without verbalization, (XIV ) 241-42; at
violence, (XVII) 260; within and without, (XV) 45,
85
47; without the word, (XII) 293; (XV) 10; (XVI)
127. See also Learning; Listening; Observation;
Perception; Seeing
Loss: and memory, (l ) 120; and loneliness, (II) 231;
and reincarnation, (II) 40-41. See also Death;
Experience; Knowledge; Loneliness; Suffering
Love, (l) 21, 61-62, 112; (II) 184, 201; (III) 104, 188,
190; (IV) 38, 145-46, 153, 154, 156, 170, 187; (VI)
131-33; (VII) 87-89, 104-5, 285-86; (IX) 175, 267-
68; (XV) 19-20, 34-36, 228-31; (XVII) 202-5;
absence of, (VIII) 66, 69; (XIII) 329; (XIV) 165,
307; and the absence of ambition, (XIII) 272; and
absence of condemnation, (VII) 272; and absence
of domination, (V) 64-65; and the absence of
effort, (XII) 267; and absence of fear, (VII) 186,
191, 327; (VIII) 70; (XII) 268; and the absence of
hate, (XIII) 207; and the absence of pleasure or
desire, (XVII) 115; and the absence of self, (V)
194; and the absence of space, (XVII) 187; and the
absence of violence, (XVII) 209, 259; and
accumulation, (XII) 158; achieving, (III) 94, 132;
(VI) 43; (VIII) 34, 311-12; (XIV) 308-9; (XVI)
77; and achieving peace, (XV) 323; and action, (V)
207-8; (X) 195; (XVII) 250; and activity, (XI) 316;
and aloneness, (XII) 40; as always negative, (XVI)
75-76; and ambition, (XII) 309-10; versus
ambition, (VII) 85, 91; (X) 5, 16; (XIV) 91; versus
ambition and envy, (XII) 205; analyzing, (VI) 197;
as anonymous, (XI) 373; approach to problem, (X)
156; aspects of, (III) 221; and attachment, (X) 115;
(XI) 122, 123, 293; and attention, (VIII) 318; (XI)
8; (XII) 144; attitudes to, (V) 54-55; without
authority, (IX) 147; through awareness, (III) 167;
and the battle with sorrow, (XIII) 250; and beauty,
(XIII) 143; (XVI) 301; beauty of, (IV) 189; (V)
147-49, 325-26; and being oneself, (III) 124; as
beyond thought, (V) 295; and caring, (XIV ) 123-
24; and cessation of inequality, (VIII) 319; and
change, (VI) 317; as chaste, (IV) 176, 177; and
children, (V) 113-14, 173-74; (IX) 65; of children,
(X) 147; and commitment, (XVII) 217; versus
commitment, (XI) 325; communicating, (X) 146;
and communion, (IV) 110; (VIII) 182; (XIV ) 281,
286; (XV) 315; (XVII) 222; without comparison,
(XVII) 183; and complete attention, (X) 175; and
conflict, (VI) 338; versus conflict, (VIII) 310;
(XIV) 78; without conflict, (XIII) 329-30; without
conscious cultivation, (VII) 223-24; versus
continuity, (V) 69; and contradiction, (XV) 180;
and cooperation, (VI) 282; and creation, (XV) 47;
danger of, (IV) 184; and death, (V) 69; (XI) 242-
43; defining, (VI) 42-43, 166-67; (XIV) 269;
(XVII) 144; and demand, (X) 60; and denial,
(XIII) 149; and dependency, (VI) 347; (IX) 22, 63-
64; without dependence, (III) 159-60; and desire,
(X) 245; (XII) 149; desire for, (VI) 197-98; (VIII)
34; and the desire for permanency, (XIII) 306; and
desire to possess, (VII) 95-96; as direct action,
(XIII) 328; versus the disciplined mind, (VII) 147-
48; and the discovery of truth, (VIII) 316-17; and
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distribution of wealth, (IV) 198-99; divided and
whole, (XI) 264; versus division, (VII) 145;
without division, (III) 168; and divisions, (V) 83-
84; and duty, (VII) 238; versus the duty to kill,
(VII) 123; and dying daily, (XV) 47, 80; (XVII)
75; and dying to experience, (XV) 93; and dying to
the past, (XV) 182; (XVII) 43; and dying to
yesterday, (XII) 161; and education, (IV) 108; (X)
95; and effort, (IX) 170; and the empty mind,
(XIV) 230-31; and the ending of sorrow, (XVII)
30; and energy, (XVI) 245; and envy, (XIII) 97;
and equality, (VII) 128; (IX) 178; as the essence of
beauty, (XI) 43; as eternal, (XI) 98; examining,
(VII) 106; within families, (V) 17; and the family,
(XVII) 212; and fear, (VIII) 66; (XIII) 305; and
feeling, (XIII) 57-58; (XIV) 34; and followers and
leaders, (XI) 18-19, 45; fragmentation of, (XVII)
44; and freedom, (II) 68; (VIII) 129; (XI) 66-67;
(XIV) 179, 298; and freedom from conflict, (XII)
20; and freedom from fear, (VIII) 337; and
freedom from sex, (IV) 13-14; and freedom from
sorrow, (XV) 320; and freedom from time, (XV)
26; and freedom from the word, (XII) 85; and the
freedom to look, (XVII) 276; and the free mind,
(X) 47; futility of thinking about, (XIV ) 213; and
future generations, (XII) 261; and generosity, (VI)
341; and giving of heart and mind, (XV) 6; and
God, (V) 159; and habit, (X) 134-35; and hatred,
(XVII) 276; and helping, (VI) 242; and the
hindrance of ambition, (XII) 135; (XIII) 127; and
the hindrance of authority, (XIII) 123-24; and the
hindrance of the brain, (XII) 217; and the
hindrance of conflict, (XVI) 51, 52; and hindrance
of fear, (VII) 76, 78, 79; (XVI) 104; and the
hindrance of ideas, (XVI) 219; and the hindrance
of image, (XVI) 45; and hindrance of the mind,
(VII) 92-94; and the hindrance of opinions, (XV)
338; and the hindrance of sorrow, (XIV) 306;
(XVI) 143; and the hindrance of space between the
observer and the observed, (XVII) 186; and
humbleness, (VIII) 202; and idealization of
Masters, (III) 167; versus identification, (IX) 3; as
immediate, (XIV) 44; as independent, (III) 138-39;
and inequality, (IV) 128-29; and infinite space,
(XIV) 300; and inner and outer refinement, (VII)
98-99; and innocence, (XVII) 173; and the
innocent mind, (XI) 10; inquiry into, (XVII) 233-
34; as instant action, (XIV) 21; as intelligence,
(VII) 135; and jealousy, (V) 102; knowing, (XV)
128, 346; (XVII) 187, 188; and knowing dying,
(XII) 260-61; knowing how to, (VIII) 205; and
knowledge, (VII) 103; lack of, (XII) 318-19; and
learning, (V) 271; (XV) 16; as liberator, (V) 214;
and life without conflict, (XIV) 257; and living
peacefully, (XV) 321; as a living thing, (XI) 300;
(XVII) 212; loss of, (IV) 119-20; and the loss of
compassion, (X) 60; of man and God, (VIII) 40;
and marriage, (V) 175; and marriage as equals, (V)
88; and materialism, (II) 38; as meaningless, (XI)
111-12; meaning of, (IV) 209-10; (VII) 88; (VIII)
312; (X) 236; (XI) 6; (XII) 179, 273; (XIII) 15,
189; (XIV) 153; (XVII) 28, 73; and the meaning of
words, (XVII) 125-26; and the mediocre mind,
(VIII) 124; and meditation, (XII) 168; (XV) 174;
and the mind, (V) 23; (VI) 310; (VIII) 346-47; and
morality, (VII) 163-64; and motive, (XIII) 310-11;
(XV) 265; and the motive of fear, (XVI) 178; as
motiveless, (IX) 208; and the nature of humility,
(XI) 266; and need for, (VII) 96; and the need for
freedom, (XVI) 190; and negation of the positive,
(XI) 333; as the new, (III) 136-37; (XIV) 196-97;
and the new world, (XVII) 166; as non-
identification, (X) 155; as not of the mind, (X) 150;
without the object, (XVI) 114-15; and the object of
attention, (X) 256-57; and observation, (XIV ) 17-
18, 76; and order, (XIV) 212; (XVII) 250; and
pain, (II) 68; of parent for child, (VIII) 280, 283;
particular and universal, (XII) 10; and passion,
(XIII) 255-56; (XVII) 156, 157; as passion, (XI)
374; and peace, (IX) 248; as peace, (VII) 127; and
pleasure, (XV) 70, 71, 74, 142; (XVII) 66, 67;
versus pleasure, (XVI) 62, 75-76; as the positive,
(VI) 320; and possession, (II) 68, 79; and
possessiveness, (II) 49, 87-88, 212-13; and power,
(V) 45-46; (VI) 309; and prayer, (l) 123-24; and
the presence of intelligence, order, and austerity,
(XVII) 242; and the presence of ‘me’, (VII) 48; as
primary, (IV) 172; problem of, (XVII) 223; and the
problem of sorrow, (XIII) 85; and problems, (XIII)
133; and the process of thought, (X) 113; of
profession, (X) 263; and the projection of image,
(XVII) 250; quality of, (XVI) 24-26; (XVII) 208;
and the quality of the new mind, (XII) 294, 297-98;
and the quiet mind, (XIII) 253; and reality, (IV)
178-79; (V) 179; (XIII) 162; as reality, (X) 202; as
redemption, (VI) 262; and relationship, (III) 116,
156; (IV) 124, 150, 157; (VIII) 338; and relation to
sex, (V) 55-57, 98-99, 217-18; and religion, (VIII)
136; (XI) 148; as religious, (X) 216; and the
religious mind, (XII) 325; and repression, (II) 68;
and responsibility, (XIII) 223-24; and revolution,
(VI) 11, 88; (XVI) 234; as revolution, (VII) 238;
role of in marriage, (IV) 203; and the sacred, (XV)
244; versus search for fulfillment, (VII) 313-14;
and seeing clearly, (XVII) 130; and the self, (VI)
270, 326, 347; and self-awareness, (III) 126; and
self-centered activity, (VI) 322-23; and self-
centeredness, (XII) 14; and self-deception, (III)
167-68; and self-knowledge, (VII) 230; and the
sensitive mind, (XVII) 179; and sensitivity, (XIV)
131; versus sentiment, (XIV) 27; versus
sentimentality, (X) 95; and sex, (l) 167; (VI) 131;
versus sex as sensation, (III) 83-84; and sexual
problems, (II) 213; and sharing, (XV) 2; and the
significance of equality, (VIII) 271; and silence,
(XVI) 236; as silence, (XI) 283; and the simple
mind, (IX) 273; and simplicity, (V) 85; (VI) 75;
and sin, (X) 244; and social reform, (IX) 243; as
solution, (VI) 233-34; and sorrow, (VI) 312; (XI)
286-87; (XII) 210; (XIII) 253, 255; (XV) 226;

without sorrow, (XIV) 61; and space, (XV) 40;
(XVI) 71; spontaneous, (IX) 162; state of, (XI)
233, 251-52, 269; (XIII) 329; (XIV) 167; (XVI)
245; (XVII) 269; and the state of being, (IV) 174;
(V) 69; (VI) 367, 368-69; as a state of mind, (XI)
194-95; and suffering, (XIII) 32, 312; and
superiority, (VII) 33; as symbol, (VI) 326-27; and
technique, (IX) 58; and theory, (XV) 338; and
thought, (XVI) 138-39; and time, (VII) 102; (XIV)
308-9; (XV) 127; as timeless, (XI) 78-79; and time,
sorrow, and death, (XIV) 209; and tolerance, (V)
205; and total action, (X) 175-76; (XIV) 208-9;
(XV) 345; as total attention, (X) 117-18; as a total
feeling, (XI) 164; as total versus fragmentary,
(XII) 220; and total revolution, (XVI) 48; and the
transformation of the mind, (XI) 244; as
transformer, (IV) 157; as the true revolution, (VII)
181; and true revolutionary, (V) 197-98; and truth,
(V) 58-59; as unconditional, (V) 175; and the
unconscious, (VII) 196-97; understanding, (X)
270-71; (XII) 171, 172; (XIV) 99-100, 219, 302,
307-9; (XV) 73-74, 285-86; (XVI) 64, 75-77; and
understanding, (IV) 200; (VI) 286-87, 288-89;
(VII) 240-41; and understanding death, (XIV) 106;
and understanding fear, (XVII) 281; and the
understanding mind, (XV) 33; as unifier, (V) 325;
and unity of man, (IV) 49; as the unknowable, (XI)
288-89; verb, (XI) 297; and virtue, (XV) 73; and
the virtuous mind, (XI) 236; and what is, (VIII)
195-96; and what it is not, (V) 147-48; and will of
satisfaction, (III) 105-6; and the word, (XII) 122;
(XVI) 175; versus the word, (V) 38; of work,
(VIII) 96-98; (IX) 102-3; (XII) 309-10; (XIII) 21;
and world peace, (V) 101. See also Communion;
Effort; Happiness; Joy; Meditation; Quiet mind;
Reality; Silent mind; Still mind; Truth
Love, action, and knowledge: contradiction between,
(XIII) 45. See also Action; Knowledge; Love
Love and beauty: as one, (XII) 226
Love and death: and creation, (XV) 181-82;
relationship between, (XV) 182. See also Death;
Love
Love, creation, and death: as interrelated, (XIV) 207;
as one, (XII) 261. See also Creation; Death; Love
Love, death, and beauty: relationship between, (XIII)
105. See also Beauty; Death; Love
Love, death, and sorrow: relationship between, (XIII)
256, 310. See also Death; Love; Sorrow
Love, death, and time, (XVII) 23-31; as interrelated,
(XIV) 254, 257-58. See also Death; Love; Time
Love, death, creation, and beauty: as related, (XV)
142. See also Beauty; Creation; Death; Love
Love, destruction, and creation: relationship between,
(XIII) 162-63. See also Creation; Destruction;
Love
Love, fear, and sorrow: relationship between, (XIII)
250. See also Fear; Love; Sorrow
Love, living, and death: need to understand, (XVII)
73. See also Death; Living; Love
Love of doing: and concentration, (VIII) 120
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Love, passion, and desire: as related, (XII) 243, 246
LSD: and addiction, (XVII) 194; and the attempt to
achieve relationship, (XVII) 7; and conditioned
experience, (XVII) 33; and the desire for
experience, (XV) 86, 241; and the disappearance of
divisions, (XVII) 193, 194; effects of, (XVI) 204;
futility of escape through, (XVII) 14; and the role
of drugs, (XIV) 260; and the search for experience,
(XVI) 181, 182; (XVII) 154. See also Drugs
Lust: and passion, (XI) 374; (XIII) 251
Machine(s), (IV) 152; capability of, (XII) 246; human
beings as, (XVII) 206; and the human mind, (XI)
131, 170; and innocency, (XIII) 265; and memory,
(IX) 250; as not creative, (XI) 367; political and
industrial, (IV) 88-89; proliferation of, (XII) 279;
replacing humans, (V) 201; and technical
confidence, (V) 23. See also Automation;
Conformity; Imitation; Industrialism; Mechanical
brain; Progress; Society; Technology
Mahatmas: See Authority
Make-believe world: as escape, (XI) 234
Man, (II) 228-29; average, (II) 122; and the brutal
society, (XVII) 63; as complex entity, (IV) 85; as
creature of circumstance, (IV) 139-40; in despair,
(XVII) 96; and environment, (II) 228; as follower,
(XVII) 173; as historically tortured, (XVI) 16; as
the measure, (III) 146, 154; as primitive, (II) 80;
purpose of, (IV) 151; and reasons for existence,
(VIII) 292; and religious beliefs, (II) 228; as the
residue of time, (XVII) 12; as social entity or
religious conception, (III) 37-38; and society, (II)
155; suffering of, (XVI) 127; understanding the
total essence of, (XV) 56. See also Human beings;
Individual; Life
Mankind: and love, (XVII) 203; unity of, (XVI) 219.
See also Man; Unity of man(kind)*
Manners: and respect, (VIII) 69
Mantra: effects of, (V) 85, 90-91; and meditation,
(XV) 84
Manual labor: and class, (VIII) 133. See also Jobs;
Work
Marriage, (IV) 145-46; (V) 174-77; arranged, (V) 98-
99; as business contract, (V) 87-88; and the desire
for security, (XV) 28; and education, (VII) 59-60,
64; and immorality, (V) 97-98; and love, (XV) 229;
reasons for, (IV) 202-3; and security, (XIII) 121;
and sex, (V) 217-18; and truth, (II) 134. See also
Children; Family; Individual; Relationship(s); Sex
Marriage laws: and violence, (XVII) 256. See also
Family; Law
Mars: exploration and knowledge of the external, (XV)
231. See also Technology
Marx, Karl: and followers, (XVI) 234; and freedom,
(XIV) 176; and the repetitive mind, (XV) 73. See
also Authority; Ideology
Marxism: as reaction, (XII) 22. See also Authority;
Conditioning; Power; Tyranny; Words; World
problems
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Marx-Leninism: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning;
Divisions; Nationalism; Revolution; Society
Masks, (XVI) 225-30; awareness of, (XVI) 226-27;
living without, (XVI) 226; living with public and
private, (XVI) 225; and self-centered activity,
(XVI) 230. See also Security
Mass, (VI) 47; defining, (III) 4-5; as escape from
social problems, (V) 152; and fear, (X) 84; and
ideology, (V) 314; and individual, (III) 4, 196; as
the individual, (l) 112-13; (V) 50; and influence of
tradition, (III) 61; meaning of, (III) 4; (V) 341-42;
and relationship, (IV) 130; and revolution, (XI) 36;
as uncreative, (XI) 30. See also Collective;
Individual; Society; Unconscious
Mass action, (VI) 135-36; and illusion, (VI) 51; and
the individual, (V) 10-11; as individual escape, (V)
154-55; and love, (V) 96. See also Collective;
Collective action; Individual
Mass communication: and destruction of freedom,
(XI) 108. See also Influences; Propaganda
Mass education: problems of, (V) 108-9
Mass movement: and change, (V) 342; and individual,
(II) 207; and individual intelligence, (II) 226-27;
and individual well-being, (II) 217. See also
Collective; Collective action; Mass action;
Revolution
Mass psychology, (III) 87
Master(s), (l) 162-65; (II) 9, 28-31, 70, 145-46;
(III)18-20; belief in, (l) 74; (II) 28; (V) 252-54;
(VI) 28-30; as concept or actuality, (III) 19; and
dependence, (III) 67; dependence on, (l) 147-49;
(VII) 274; examining need for, (III) 213-14; and
exploitation, (II) 30-31; and followers, (III) 32-33;
independence from, (l) 12; and meditation, (IV) 53-
54; (VI) 175; need for, (II) 149-50; and pupil, (II)
28-31; (IV) 40-41; search for, (V) 332; and search
for truth, (VI) 284; and self-absorption, (XIV) 160;
and self-deception, (VI) 324; and self-knowledge,
(VI) 29-30; and self-reliance, (III) 162-64; and
spiritual world, (III) 234-35; as unessential, (l) 73.
See also Authority; Conditioning; Confusion;
Exploiter; Followers; God; Gratification; Guide;
Gurus; Leader; Priest; Religion; Teachers; Savior;
Worldliness
Materialism, (III) 113; and America, (IX) 193; as
escape, (VIII) 135; and the field of the known,
(XIII) 291; and industrialism, (IX) 277-78; as
profitable, (XI) 180; and religion, (XIV) 267;
versus religion, (X) 49; and self-contradiction, (XI)
182; and spirituality, (XI) 140. See also Ambition;
Industrialism; Progress; Society; Technology
Materialist: versus scientific view, (IV) 139-40
Material life: versus the spiritual life, (V) 186-87
Material progress: and human problems, (XIV) 5. See
also Materialism
Material welfare: and problems, (VIII) 8
Mathematics: and order, (XVII) 248. See also Science
Matter: as thought, (XVII) 178
Mature mind: and aloneness, (XIV ) 160; defining,
(XIII) 245-47, 248; describing, (XII) 29; and
energy, (XIV) 274-75, 278; and freedom from
confusion, (XVII) 18; and the hereafter, (XIII)
144-45; and living in the present, (XIII) 319; and
thought, (XVII) 144; and understanding conflict,
(XIV) 58; as unfragmented, (XV) 315. See also
Dull mind; Empty mind; Free mind; Mind;
Maturity; Meditation; Mind; New mind; Quiet
mind; Silent mind; Transformation
Maturity: condition for, (XVI) 251; and the denial of
authority, (XIV) 275-77, 278; and emptiness,
(XVI) 221; and the ending of divisions, (XIV) 282;
and energy, (XIV ) 288; and facing facts, (XIV)
286; meaning of, (XIII) 245-46, 247, 248; (XIV)
202; (XV) 289; and questioning, (XVI) 33; and the
silent mind, (XVII) 36; through understanding, (V)
34; understanding the nature of, (XIII) 145; and
understanding the whole, (XV) 344. See also
Mature mind; New mind; Quiet mind; Serious
mind
Maya: See Illusion
‘Me’: absence of, and unity, (VII) 4-5; and the absence
of passion, (XIII) 252, 254; and action of the will,
(VIII) 37; and ambition, (VII) 16; (X) 130; and
attention, (X) 140; (XI) 149-50; and authority,
(VIII) 44; and awareness, (IX) 30; and becoming,
(VII) 200; as the center, (VII) 296; (X) 15; as the
center of the brain, (XIII) 241; as center of
consciousness, (VII) 23-24; as the center of
thought, (XI) 297; cessation of, (IX) 17; and
change, (XVI) 203; choiceless awareness of, (XIV)
107; and the clear mind, (XII) 265; and
communion, (XIV) 182; and condemnation, (IX)
72-73; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 148; and
conditioning, (VIII) 218-19; and conflict, (V) 295,
350-51; (XVI) 4; and conflict of duality, (VII) 47-
49; and consciousness, (XI) 229; and continuity,
(VII) 282; (VIII) 151, 246; (IX) 40-41, 143, 236;
and the creative state, (VIII) 311-12; and death,
(XI) 292; defining, (V) 328; (IX) 16-17, 157; and
the desire for continuity, (X) 154; dissolving, (VII)
50; doing away with, (XVI) 280; effect of cessation
of, (X) 74; and effort, (VI) 162-64; (IX) 248; (X)
57; and enjoyment, (VIII) 119; as evil and good,
(IX) 170; as experience, (XIII) 44; and
experiencing, (X) 67; and fear, (VII) 192-93;
(XIII) 35, 305; and fear of death, (V) 125-27; fear
of losing, (XVII) 74; and the fear of oblivion,
(XIII) 35; as a fixed point, (VIII) 331-32; and
freedom, (VII) 230; freedom from, (VIII) 343; and
fulfillment, (VII) 309, 329-30; as the historical
process, (XIII) 205; as the idea, (VIII) 10; and
identification, (XVI) 11, 34; and identification with
a system, (VII) 152-53; versus “I know”, (XI) 185;
illusion and reality, (IX) 122; as impermanent,
(VIII) 273; improvement of, (XI) 131; and
integration, (VIII) 324; investigation of, (XI) 86;
and knowledge, (VII) 103; (X) 76; knowledge of,
(IX) 14; and limited consciousness, (XI) 263; and
loneliness, (IX) 63-64; (XVI) 212; and the
mediocre mind, (VIII) 124; and meditation, (XI)

247; and memory, (V) 119; (X) 218-19; as the
mind, (VII) 305-6; (VIII) 209-10; and the nature of
time, (VIII) 24; and need for permanence, (X) 10;
observing, (XIII) 298-99; origin of, (XI) 250; and
pain and pleasure, (V) 278; and permanency,
(VIII) 222, 224; and power, (VII) 13-14; and the
process of existence, (XI) 120; and the projection
of fear, (VII) 326-27; and the psychological
structure of society, (XIII) 303-4; as refuge, (XI)
169; and revolution, (VIII) 169; and the root of
fear, (X) 93-94; as self, (VI) 124-25; as self-
acquisitiveness, (VIII) 229; and self-centered
activity, (VI) 324; as self-centered activity, (XIV)
215; and self-forgetfulness, (X) 255; and self-
improvement, (IX) 84; and seriousness, (IX) 183,
185; as source of sorrow, (X) 57; and the state of
mutation, (XIV) 137; as static or nonstatic, (XIII)
35; and the still mind, (VII) 21-22; and struggle,
(VII) 30; and the struggle to eliminate, (VII) 305-
7; and suffering, (VIII) 184; (X) 56; as the thinker,
(XIII) 194; and thinking, (VIII) 236; (IX) 266; and
time, (XIV) 149; and the totality of the past, (IX)
266; trying to define, (VII) 275-77; understanding
the structure of, (XVII) 76; and the unknown, (VI)
190; and violence, (IX) 119; (X) 81. See also
Center; Consciousness; Freedom; ‘I’; Known;
Mind; Object; Observer; Self; Self-centered
activity; Thinker and thought
“Me and my urges”: as the ultimate problem, (XI) 248
Meaning to life: significance of, (XI) 178
Means: as the ends, (IV) 84, 94; (XI) 259-60
Means and ends, (IV) 84, 94; (VI) 233; (XI) 259-60;
and conflict (V) 153; as one, (V) 139; and
technique, (V) 309-10
Measureless: See God; Reality; Truth
Mechanical: conduct as, (XVII) 201, 202; and
continuity, (XI) 367-68; and the creative, (XI) 376;
dying to, (XII) 107; energy, (XII) 63-64; life as,
(XV) 112; and systems, (XI) 221-22; thinking, (XI)
33; and thought in daily life, (XVII) 235; time,
(XII) 221; time and knowledge, (XII) 317. See
also Habit; Mechanical mind; Technical;
Technique
Mechanical brain: and adaptation to society, (XIV)
124; and creation, (XIII) 40-41; dullness of, (XIII)
294. See also Conditioning
Mechanical invention: versus creation, (XII) 230
Mechanical knowledge: and belief, (XIII) 6; and
experience, (XII) 308; as necessary, (XII) 321-22;
(XIII) 25; nondenial of, (XII) 256-57. See also
Invention; Science; Scientific approach; Scientific
mind
Mechanical learning: and the center, (XII) 199
Mechanical living: and consciousness, (XII) 256
Mechanical mind, (XIII) 3-4; and the absence of love
and freedom, (XVII) 234; as the conscious, (XIV)
249; versus creation, (XI) 82; and discipline, (XIV)
144-45; and freedom, (XI) 216; and learning, (XI)
338; and modern civilization, (XI) 380; versus the
new, (XI) 281; and repetition, (XIV) 230; and
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thought, (XII) 232. See also Dull mind;
Mechanical mind; Mind; New mind; Petty mind
Mechanical process: defining, (III) 124-25, 126-27,
128; versus learning, (XII) 106-7
Mechanical progress, (l) 189
Mechanical response: and thoughts, (XII) 3
Mechanical thinking: and conclusions, (XI) 290-91;
and conditioning, (XII) 214; and minimum
conflict, (XI) 331; and reason, (XII) 64
Mechanical thought: versus the new mind, (XIII) 53
Mechanistic view of life, (III) 55-56
Media: and conformity, (IV) 66-67; and confusion,
(XVI) 277-78; and influences, (XI) 332; and
sensitivity, (IV) 4; and thought control, (XI) 57;
and thought-feeling, (IV) 39-40. See also
Conditioning; Government; Imitation; Influences;
Propaganda; Society
Medical authority, (IX) 147-48
Medicine: and world change, (XVI) 54
Mediocre, (VII) 271; versus the creative, (VII) 263-64
Mediocre mind, (VII) 219-21; (VIII) 16-17; defining,
(X) 189; (XII) 307; and the desire to improve, (X)
59; and life, (VIII) 341; and limited thought, (VII)
222; and self-realization, (VIII) 20; and social
morality, (VIII) 312; versus the still mind, (VIII)
220; understanding, (VIII) 123-25. See also Dull
mind; Fear; Mediocrity; Mind; New mind;
Occupied mind; Petty mind; Religious mind
Mediocrity: defining, (VIII) 16-17; and education,
(VIII) 279; and the need for permanence, (X) 43;
and the occupation of the mind, (VIII) 286-87; and
the petty mind, (XIII) 92-93; process of, (VIII)
329-30; as the rule, (XIII) 94; and system, (IX)
199; and tradition, (X) 49, 51. See also Mediocre
mind
Meditation, (l) 26-28; (II) 40; (III) 19-20, 179-80,
222; (IV) 81, 90, 181-2; (V) 135-38, 163-66, 208-
10; (VI) 174-76, 211-13, 244-46, 327-29, 366-68;
(VII) 56-58, 92, 154, 217-18, 247-49; (VIII) 54-
56, 192-194, 227; (IX) 73-75, 131-33, 213-14, 279-
80; (X) 227-29; (XI) 138-40, 195-201, 244-47,
279-83, 388-89, 392-93; (XII) 203-6, 263-69;
(XIII) 92-99, 149-56, 192, 195-96, 261-65, 265-67,
320-25; (XIV) 33-39, 106-12, 154-61, 258-61,
298-302; (XV) 34-40, 81-88, 134-38, 174-76;
(XVI) 29-32, 68-71, 144-48; (XVII) 78, 80-83,
237-42; and the absence of illusion, (VIII) 157;
and the absence of time, (XVII) 267; versus
absorption, (XIV) 300; achieving, (IX) 74-75; and
achieving peace, (X) 84; achieving the state of,
(XVI) 250; and attention, (XVII) 125-26; as
attention, (X) 264; (XVI) 144; and authority,
(VIII) 48; and awareness, (IV) 78, 205; (IX) 31;
(XII) 306-13; as awareness, (XIII) 210; and
awareness of the fact, (XIII) 40; basis for, (XII)
305; beginning of, (XIII) 89; (XV) 169; (XVI) 12,
137-38; without the center, (XV) 314; and change,
(VIII) 178; (XI) 310; (XII) 200; and the clear
mind, (IX) 279; versus concentration, (l) 170-71;
(III) 55; (V) 82; and conditioning, (VIII) 91;
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conditions for, (XII) 274; and conformity, (XII)
29; and the conscious, (VIII) 175; in daily life,
(XV) 273-75; and death and sorrow, (XIII) 266-67;
defining, (III) 187; (VI) 76-78; (VII) 233-34;
(VIII) 206, 239-40, 325-26; (IX) 74-75; (X) 161;
(XI) 40, 67, 279; (XII) 42-43, 139; (XV) 38; (XVI)
157, 286; (XVII) 77-78; and denial, (XIII) 53; and
the desire for experience, (XV) 275-76; and
devotion, (VI) 25-26; and discipline, (XIII) 212;
and dying daily, (XVII) 29; and effort, (VIII) 37;
as the emptying of the mind, (XVII) 80; and the
empty mind, (XIV) 118; and the ending of thought,
(XIV) 26; and the end of seeking, (XVII) 43;
examining, (IV) 100-101; and experiencing, (VII)
239; explaining, (VI) 25-26; (XVII) 193-94; as
extensive awareness, (VII) 151; and the fact,
(XIII) 36; and fear, (XII) 43; foundation for, (XII)
307-13; (XIII) 96-97; and freedom from
conditioning, (X) 272; and freedom from
deterioration, (IX) 185-87; as freedom from
influences, (XI) 138; and freedom from the known,
(XII) 325; and the free mind, (IV) 126-27; and
generosity and goodness, (XIII) 150; as a group,
(IV) 46; as habit, (VIII) 80; and the hindrance of
system, (IX) 262; and illusion, (III) 183; (IV) 81;
(VIII) 149; importance of, (XIII) 262; (XVI) 182,
249-50; as inquiry, (X) 40; and inquiry into space,
(XIV) 298; and integration, (VII) 172; and inward
revolution, (VIII) 249-50; and listening, (X) 136;
meaning of, (IV) 47; (V) 81, 82-83; (XII) 280;
(XIV) 216; (XV) 277, 307-8, 315; (XVII) 237; and
the meditator, (VI) 26; and the mind, (IX) 261;
(XI) 352, 356-57; (XII) 163, 168; and motiveless
inquiry, (X) 77; need for, (IX) 186; (X) 104-5; and
the need for self-knowing, (XVII) 175, 214; and
the new mind, (XIV) 34-35; and the observer and
the observed, (XVI) 184; and the occupied mind,
(VIII) 286-87; and order, (XV) 174; and the
passionate mind, (XVI) 65-66; versus prayer, (IX)
17-18; process of, (VIII) 311; (IX) 132, 191-92,
274; (XV) 278; and process of thought, (VII) 291;
and the process of time, (XII) 99; versus
psychological security, (VIII) 255; and the
purgation of the mind, (VIII) 95; and the quiet
brain, (XIII) 241; (XVI) 300; and the quiet mind,
(V) 338; (VII) 203; (XII) 166; (XIII) 336; reasons
for, (III) 130-32; and the religious mind, (XII)
227; and renewal, (IV) 36; and repetition, (XIII)
210; (XIV) 299; and right thinking, (IV) 14, 84;
and the search for romantic experience, (XVI) 66;
and seeing the truth, (XVI) 58; and self-awareness,
(III) 200-201; and self-knowing, (XIII) 90; and
self-knowledge, (IV) 81-82; (V) 170; (VI) 6-7;
(VIII) 40-41; (X) 179, 255; (XV) 279; as self-
knowledge, (IX) 152; versus the shallow mind,
(XIV) 214; state of, (XI) 37-38, 40; (XV) 322; and
the state of attention, (XVII) 116; and the still
mind, (III) 247-48; versus a system, (IX) 235; and
the thought process, (IV) 194; and the total use of
energy, (XVII) 124-25; and the tranquillity of the
mind, (VIII) 220; and transformation, (XI) 152;
(XV) 171-72; types of, (III) 179; understanding,
(IV) 34-36; (VI) 62; (IX) 73-75; (X) 160-62; (XII)
41-46, 48; (XIII) 45; (XV) 183-84, 345; (XVII)
124-25, 150, 178-79; and understanding conflict
and effort, (XII) 213; and understanding life, (III)
80; as understanding love and death, (XV) 345; and
understanding the old brain, (XVI) 197; and
understanding space, (XVI) 249; and wisdom,
(VIII) 209. See also Attention; Awareness; Clear
mind; Concentration; Creation; Distraction;
Interest; Listening; Love; Memory; Mind;
Mutation; New; Observation; Quiet mind; Radical
transformation; Reality; Revolution; Self-
abandonment; Still mind; Stillness; Thought; Truth
Meditative awareness: versus prayer, (III) 233
Meditative mind: as essential, (XII) 168. See also
Meditation
Meditator: and meditation, (VII) 218, 233-34; (XI)
141, 196-97; and meditation as one, (VIII) 325-26.
See also Observer and the observed; Thinker and
the thought
Meditator and meditation: division between, (XI) 197
Memories: and the center, (X) 24; collective and
individual, (X) 143; pleasant and unpleasant, (X)
73
Memory, (l) 66, 88-90, 119-21; (II) 95-96; (V) 117-20,
139-40, 327-28; (X) 72-73; as accumulated
knowledge, (V) 305-6; as accumulation, (IX) 250;
and action, (XI) 318-19; (XIII) 329; (XV) 289;
(XVI) 260; and afterlife, (II) 13; and authority,
(XIII) 10-11; (XIV ) 86; authority of, (III) 57; as
background, (XIV) 210; as barrier, (II) 117-18; as
burden, (l) 51-52; (XI) 75-76; as cause of copy,
(III) 237; as the center, (XII) 155-56; (XVII) 149;
and change, (VII) 19; (VIII) 175; clinging to, (XI)
319; and clinging to the known, (XV) 231; and the
collective, (IX) 126, 128; companions of, (X) 171;
as computer, (XIII) 318; as conditioned, (IX) 30;
and the conditioned mind, (III) 79; (VII) 258; and
conditioning, (XI) 187; (XII) 2, 6; and conflict,
(XII) 178; and conformity, (XII) 29; conscious and
unconscious, (V) 136-37; (IX) 141; and
consciousness, (VI) 363-64; and consistency, (l)
25-26; and continuity, (IV) 121; (VIII) 144, 189;
(IX) 287; (X) 208-10; and the creation of problems ,
(XII) 132; and creativity, (V) 146; cultivation of,
(VIII) 103; (IX) 141-42; as a dead thing, (XVII)
22; defining, (II) 70-71, 189-90; (III) 41; (V) 326;
(XII) 100; and desire, (V) 129; and the desire for
continuity, (XIV) 280; and desire for more, (V)
237; and discipline, (IX) 91-92; and dividing the
thinker from the thought, (X) 114; divisions of,
(IV) 170-71; dying to, (XI) 137; (XIV) 256-57;
(XVI) 176; (XVII) 172; and the electronic brain,
(XIV) 151; and ending fear, (XVI) 210; ending of,
(XVII) 147, 148-51; and environment, (II) 54; and
experience, (l) 116; (II) 211-12; (IV) 135-36, 162;
(V) 215, 233, 319; (VI) 91-92; (VII) 182-83;
(VIII) 117; (X) 21, 144-45; (XI) 268, 337; (XII)

166, 198, 224; explaining, (XIV) 235; exposing,
(III) 210; of the fact, (XIII) 325; factual and
psychological, (IV) 52-53; and fear, (VIII) 205;
(XVII) 226; and fear of death, (X) 61; and
forgiveness, (XVI) 170; freedom from, (IV) 69;
(IX) 127-28; and freedom from judgement, (VIII)
334-35; and freedom of time, (II) 13; freeing the
mind from, (XVII) 81; and frustration, (VIII) 196-
97; function of, (V) 236-37; (XIII) 6, 7; (XVI)
110; (XVII) 105-6; and habit, (VI) 364; (X) 133-
34; as hindrance, (l) 97; (IX) 50; as hindrance to
capacity, (IX) 49; as hindrance to change, (XVII)
111; as hindrance to discovery, (IX) 85; as
hindrance to freedom, (XI) 170; as hindrance to
observation, (XVII) 5; as hindrance to present, (V)
251; as hindrance to the real, (IX) 40; as hindrance
to seeing, (XIV ) 58-59; as hindrance to
understanding, (XIV ) 58, 59; and the ‘I’, (l) 77-78;
(II) 70-71, 106; as the ‘I’, (XIV ) 158; and ideas,
(V) 41-43, 44; (XIV) 232; and the idea of fear,
(XIV) 194; and identity of ‘I’, (III) 99; and images,
(XVI) 69, 183; as imitative, (XVI) 15; as
incompleted action, (II) 122; and incomplete
experience, (V) 68-69, 91-92; and individuality,
(II) 187; and influence, (XII) 97; as joyless, (VII)
100-101; and knowledge, (IV) 36; (VI) 318; (VII)
246-47; (X) 144-45, 218-19, 249; (XII) 252-53;
(XIV) 16, 18; as knowledge, (XI) 362; and the
known, (VIII) 182-83; (XI) 39-40, 191; as the
known, (XIV) 213; and the known and unknown,
(IX) 110-13; and labeling, (V) 311-13; and
language, (VIII) 275; layers of, (l) 22; and
learning, (XIV) 170; as limitation, (II) 164; (V)
197; and limitation of action, (III) 69; and looking,
(XIII) 280; (XVII) 44; and love, (VI) 167; (XVII)
28, 204; versus love, (XII) 260-61; and the ‘me’,
(VII) 277-78; (VIII) 246; as ‘me’, (V) 330-31;
(IX) 17; as mechanical, (XI) 338, 366-67; (XII)
180; (XIII) 326; mechanism of, (XIII) 102-3; and
meditation, (IV) 100-101; and the mind, (VII) 330;
(XIV) 215-16; and naming, (XIV) 137-38; as
necessary, (VIII) 106; as necessary and as
hindrance, (XIV) 243; versus the new, (XIII) 10-
11; and the new and the old, (IV) 194-95; and
observation, (XIII) 14; (XIV) 107; as the observer,
(XVII) 43, 88-89; and the occupied mind, (VII)
232-33; and old thought, (IV) 174; and origin of
thought, (V) 50; painful and pleasurable, (X) 17; as
the past, (XIII) 70; and permanency, (XII) 105;
and pleasure, (XV) 290; (XVI) 146-47, 283, 285;
(XVII) 11-12, 13, 66; and positive thinking, (X)
19; and prejudice, (II) 122-23; and problems,
(XIV) 178-79; and the process of thought, (X) 84-
85, 214; (XIII) 286-88; (XIV) 191-92; and the
process of time, (XVII) 26; as psychological
authority, (XIII) 334; purpose of, (X) 51; as
reaction of thought, (XIII) 90-91; and reality, (IV)
25; (VII) 42; and recognition, (XIV) 51-52; and
response, (XII) 71-72, 124; (XIII) 135; response
of, (XIV) 22-23; (XV) 22-23; and security, (VII)
91
329; (XIV) 185; and the self, (VII) 35-38; (XIII)
246-47; as the self, (XI) 86, 297-98; (XIV) 16-17;
as self-centeredness, (l) 151; and self-discipline, (l)
63, 193; (II) 164; and self-pity, (XIII) 140-41; and
senility, (XVI) 239; and the significance of life,
(VIII) 341; and the solution to problems, (VIII)
284-85; and sorrow, (IV) 176; (XIII) 173, 252;
(XIV) 104; and the sorrow of death, (XIII) 202-3;
and spontaneity, (XVI) 267; as the static observer,
(XVII) 276; versus the still mind, (VII) 202;
structure of, (XVII) 118-19; and thinking, (IX) 11,
189-90, 265; (X) 250; (XI) 87, 115-16, 389-90;
(XII) 79; (XIII) 233; (XIV) 292; (XV) 224, 304-5;
(XVI) 37; and thought, (V) 8, 337; (VII) 149;
(VIII) 290; (XI) 128-29, 131; (XII) 304; (XIII)
43-44, 102-3, 171-72, 196-97; (XIV) 243; (XVI)
220, 294, 295; (XVII) 163, 177, 259, 277; and
thought as old, (XVII) 234; and the thought
process, (XII) 3; and time, (l) 24-26; (VII) 156;
(VIII) 331; (XII) 58-62, 97-98; (XVI) 238; and
tradition, (VIII) 102-3; (X) 49-51; and the trivial
mind, (VII) 32; and truth, (VI) 231; as uncreative,
(VII) 117-18; understanding, (V) 42-43, 44, 219-
20; (XIV) 59; and understanding, (XV) 85; and
values, (II) 92-93, 122-23; and want, (l) 126; and
the word, (XIV) 106; and the ‘you’, (VI) 63; (X)
258-59. See also Accumulation; Conditioning;
Experience; Habit; Knowledge; Mind; Mutation;
Past; Self; Time
Memory and perception: relationship between, (XIV)
58. See also Memory; Perception
Memory and the center: as cause and effect, (XII) 166
Memory in action: versus awareness in action, (XII)
305-6
Mental and emotional attitudes: related to outward and
physical disturbance, (IV) 37. See also Mind-heart
Mental conflict: and physical effects, (IX) 285
Mental energy: and the absence of conflict, (XIII) 231.
See also Energy
Mental illness: causes of, (VI) 269-70; (XII) 222-23;
and conflict, (XII) 194; and energy, (XII) 289; and
fear, (XII) 58-62; and fear of uncertainty, (XII)
235
Mentation: defining, (XVII) 5. See also Thinking
Mescaline: and the role of drugs, (XIV) 260. See also
Experience
Messiah, (II) 36-37. See also Authority; Religion;
Savior
Method(s): as answer to problems, (IX) 178; and
awareness, (III) 105; as barrier to discovery, (IX)
187; and change, (VIII) 164; and confusion, (VI)
344; and the creation of conditioning, (IX) 164;
defining, (XV) 82-83; and dependence, (IX) 22;
dependence on, (l) 148; (VII) 272; (IX) 22; as
destructive, (IX) 264; and education, (VII) 159;
and ends, (III) 153; and energy, (XIII) 338;
enslavement to, (XI) 312; (XVII) 107; and fact,
(VIII) 335-36; and freedom from fear, (XI) 117-
18; versus the free mind, (VIII) 264; function of,
(X) 213-14; futility of, (l) 7-8; as hindrance, (X)
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41-42; (XI) 117; as hindrance to change, (X) 109;
as hindrance to discovery, (XVII) 63; as hindrance
to the empty mind, (XVII) 76; as hindrance to
freedom, (X) 18; as hindrance to the free mind, (X)
131; as hindrance to meditation, (XV) 345; (XVI)
66, 145; as hindrance to questioning, (XIII) 17; as
hindrance to the religious mind, (XIII) 52-53; as
hindrance to solving the problem, (XIII) 12; as a
hindrance to understanding, (VIII) 269; and
illusion, (IX) 176; and inquiry, (XI) 131; and
learning, (IX) 172-73; and the mediocre mind, (IX)
198-99; and meditation, (XI) 283; (XV) 36-38;
versus meditation, (IX) 74, 213; (XIII) 154; as
nonexistent, (XI) 118; as nonexistent to achieving
mutation, (XVII) 117; and the petty mind, (XIV)
259; pursuit of, (XVII) 39; versus right meditation,
(X) 160; and spontaneity, (III) 126; as static, (IX)
265; (XI) 283; and time, (XVI) 58; and tranquil
mind, (VI) 336-37; versus truth, (XIV ) 259. See
also Belief; Conditioning; Conformity; Discipline;
Habits; “How”; Ideals; Patterns; Systems; Tradition
Military: as social detriment, (VI) 106
Millenium: defining, (II) 52. See also Paradise; Utopia
Mind, (l) 44-47; (II) 72; (III) 191, 200; (VII) 92-94;
(XI) 165-71, 335-41; (XII) 107-15, 163-68; and the
ability to discover, (X) 43; and the absence of
conflict, (XII) 14-15; (XVI) 81; and the absence of
gratification, (XIV) 201; and the absence of the
need to escape, (XII) 94; and the absence of
thought, (XV) 266; and the acceptance of conflict,
(XVI) 132; and the acceptance of tradition, (XVII)
153; and accumulation, (l) 55, 96, 98; (VII) 134-
35; (VIII) 105-6, 285; as accumulation of past,
(IV) 34-35; and achievement, (l) 44; and achieving
change, (IX) 57-58; (XVI) 201; achieving clarity
of, (IX) 49; achieving freedom of, (X) 164-67; and
achieving inner peace, (VIII) 225; and achieving
meditation, (IX) 74-75; and achieving mutation,
(XV) 4; (XVII) 53, 268-69; and achieving peace,
(XVI) 4; and achieving the religious life, (X) 62-
63; achieving revolution through, (IX) 210-212;
achieving the timeless, (IX) 69; and achieving
totality of action, (XI) 165; achieving truth, (X) 20;
and acquisition, (l) 44; and action, (XII) 22; (XIV )
21; (XV) 6, 214, 344; as active, (VIII) 109-10; as
active and passive, (IV) 8; active and still, (VI)
100-102; and adjustment, (XV) 342-43; as aging
and as young, (XI) 74-76; alone, (XII) 80-81, 135-
36, 225; (XIV) 39; and aloneness, (XII) 256;
(XIV) 268; (XV) 209; (XVI) 38; and ambition,
(VII) 235; (IX) 120, 174-75; (XII) 14, 15; and the
anatomy of thought, (VII) 239; approach to
freeing, (XII) 61-62; and approach to problems,
(VII) 244-45; (X) 155-56; (XVI) 222-23; attempt
to capture, (X) 98-101; attempt to mold, (X) 163-
64; and attention, (VIII) 313; (XI) 38-40; and the
attentive state, (XIII) 155; and authority, (l) 3; (II)
163; (VII) 301-2; (VIII) 242-43; (X) 35-36; (XIV)
171, 246; (XVII) 274; and authority as hindrance
to the true, (XIII) 71, 72; awake and sleeping,
(XIII) 266; and awareness, (VII) 25; (IX) 30-31;
(X) 15; (XII) 55, 101-2; (XIV) 240; and awareness
as a human being, (XVI) 150; awareness of, (XI)
120, 200, 343; and awareness of action, (XV) 310;
and awareness of conditioning, (X) 78; (XI) 271-
72; and awareness of conflict, (XIV) 11; and
awareness of image, (XV) 194-95; and awareness
of the self, (XVI) 204; and awareness of thinking,
(X) 53-54; and awareness of time, (XV) 116; and
awareness of the whole, (XV) 104; and the barrier
of the word, (XII) 86; and becoming, (VII) 199-
200; (VIII) 170; and being, (VIII) 170; and belief,
(l) 154; (II) 42; (VIII) 28-29; (XVI) 260; and
belief in the soul, (XV) 319; beyond challenge and
response, (XII) 70, 72, 73-75; beyond the
limitations of, (XI) 248; beyond the measure of,
(X) 198; as bound, (IX) 182-83, 185; and the brain,
(XI) 137; (XII) 299; (XIII) 241-42; brain as part
of, (XIV) 65; and breaking through conditioning,
(XVII) 98; capabilities of, (VII) 305-6; ( XV) 301;
caught in the known, (XIII) 257; as center, (VII)
294-97; as certain and uncertain, (XIII) 306;
cessation of, (IX) 24; (X) 258; and cessation of the
object, (XV) 39; and challenge, (XVI) 209; and
challenge and response, (XVII) 155; and challenge
and response to, (XV) 12, 213-14; challenged,
(XII) 76-77; as challenger, (XII) 76; and change,
(VII) 322; (VIII) 24, 163-64; (IX) 27, 154; (XV)
135; and change without effort, (IX) 56-57; and
chemicals, (XI) 81-82; and clinging to the past, (V)
327; as cognitive, (VII) 317; and the collective,
(IX) 126-28; collective and individual, (X) 54-55;
collective versus the individual, (XI) 144-45;
collectivized, (XIII) 1-2; coming to the end of,
(IX) 34-35; and communion, (XIV) 288; and
comparison, (XVII) 185; and the comprehension of
truth, (XIII) 14-15; and concentration, (l) 27; (VI)
6; (XIII) 264; (XIV) 217; and concentration versus
meditation, (V) 209-11; and conception of God,
(III) 177; and conclusions, (X) 253; (XI) 217; and
condemnation, (X) 110-111; conditioned, (XI) 59;
(XII) 100-102; as conditioned, (X) 11-12, 157-58;
conditioned and unconditioned, (IX) 144-45;
(XIV) 263; conditioned by culture, (XI) 246;
conditioned versus the free, (X) 12; as conditioned
movement, (VIII) 273-74; conditioned to
problems, (X) 121-24; and conditioning, (VI) 75-
76; (VII) 45; (VIII) 298-99; (IX) 78-80, 94; (XI)
68-70, 73-74, 134, 158-59, 187-88, 257; (XV) 47,
96-97; conditioning of, (XVI) 162; conditioning of
patterns, (XIII) 315; and conditions for
exploration, (XVII) 50; and conflict, (l) 28; (VI)
19-20, 37-39; (X) 37-39, 222; (XII) 13-15, 155;
176-77; (XIII) 17; (XV) 62, 259; (XVI) 46-47,
170, 183; (XVII) 230, 267, 273-74; in conflict,
(XIV) 81, 175, 204-5; and the conflict of choice,
(X) 90; and conformity, (VII) 13; (XII) 28-29;
(XV) 216, 218, 219; and conformity to pleasure,
(XV) 164, 169; and confusion, (VIII) 212-14; (X)
65-66; (XI) 201-2, 204; (XVI) 247; (XVII) 17-18,

21; and confusion through choice, (XVII) 53;
conscious and unconscious, (VI) 256; (VII) 171-
72; (VIII) 13-14, 210; (X) 151-52, 237; (XI) 10-
12, 365; (XIV) 190-91, 249; as the conscious and
unconscious, (XIII) 282; and consciousness of self,
(VII) 248; consensus of, (IX) 262; and consistency
as petty, (VII) 206; and constant change, (XIV) 58;
contamination of, (VIII) 51; and contemplation,
(II) 40-41; and contentment, (VII) 212; and
continuity, (XI) 193-94; and contradiction, (VIII)
253-54; (IX) 5-6; control of, (IX) 103-5; and the
creation of authority, (VIII) 48; and creation of
certainty, (IX) 228; and the creation of duality,
(VIII) 194-97; and the creation of fear, (VIII) 65;
and creation of religions, (VII) 8; creative, (IX) 7-
9; as creative, (X) 16-17; and creative emptiness,
(VII) 54-55; and creativeness, (VI) 169-70; (XI)
37; and creative revolution, (XI) 70-71; as creator
of materialism and religion, (X) 49; as creator of
problems, (V) 148-49; as crippled, (VII) 153; and
crisis, (XIV) 151-52; as crowded, (XVII) 241; and
the cultivation of virtue, (X) 246-48; and daily
death, (VIII) 289; and daily dying, (XI) 242-43;
and dealing with mistakes, (VII) 267-68; and
dealing with the whole, (XV) 11; and death, (IX)
188; (X) 209-10; (XII) 39-40; defining, (VII) 14,
92-93; (XII) 202; (XIV ) 28, 136; (XVI) 15; (XVII)
110; defining the function of, (VIII) 163;
dependent, (XIII) 111; describing, (XIII) 294; and
desire, (VIII) 305; (X) 257; (XII) 150-53; as
desire, (IX) 82-83; and desire for certainty, (XI)
35; and desire for continuity, (VII) 283; and the
desire for more experience, (XV) 256; and the
desire for more pleasure, (XV) 238-39; and desire
for permanence, (VII) 114; and the desire for
permanency, (XIII) 136; (XVI) 193; and the desire
for security, (X) 42; as destroyer of love, (V) 148-
49; (VII) 286; and the destructiveness of conflict,
(XII) 104-5; and the destructiveness of violence,
(XV) 337; and deterioration, (XV) 237;
deterioration of, (VII) 241; (VIII) 165-66; (IX)
185-87, 190; (XI) 75-76, 342-45; (XII) 185; (XIV )
28, 194; (XVII) 23, 32, 77, 80; and deterioration
through inward and outward conflict, (XVII) 42;
difficulty of slowing down, (III) 205; and direct
experience, (X) 71; and discernment, (II) 157-58;
and discipline, (VII) 147; (VIII) 295; (X) 96-97,
247-49; (XIII) 190; the disciplined, (VI) 77-78;
and discontent, (XII) 14; and discovery, (IX) 278-
79; discovery of, (XI) 149; and the discovery of
innocence, (XVII) 170, 171; and the discovery of
the new, (XIII) 303; (XIV) 228; and the discovery
of truth, (VIII) 255-56; (XIII) 124; and disorder,
(XV) 120, 206; without distortion, (XV) 97; and
dis tortion through conflict, (XVI) 85; divided, (III)
81-82, 142; (X) 113; (XIII) 335; divided between
the fact and the ideal, (XVI) 257; dividing, (VIII)
265; and division between the observer and the
observed, (XIII) 335; and division of death and
living, (XV) 285; and division of life, (II) 105-6;
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divisions in, (XIV ) 251; divisions of, (VII) 281;
and domination of, (X) 117; and dreams, (X) 55;
and duality, (l) 2, 45; (XVI) 68; dulling through
repetition, (V) 84-85; and dying to itself, (XI) 78;
(XV) 33; and dying to memories, (XI) 137; dying
to the petty, (XIII) 258-59; as a dynamic, (VI) 5;
Eastern and Western, (XIV) 198; and the effect of
problems, (XIV) 99; and efficiency without
comparison, (XVII) 183; and effort, (XI) 230-33;
(XV) 9, 11, 175; without effort, (IX) 65; effortless
state, (XIV) 262-63; and the elimination of
conflict, (XV) 143; and emotion, (X) 4; versus
emotion, (III) 132; and emptiness, (l) 152; (IX)
119-20; (X) 30, 94; empty from the past, (XV) 231;
empty of ideas, (XIII) 232-33; and the ending of
thought, (XIV ) 212; (XV) 237-38; and the end of
search, (IX) 12-13; and energy, (XII) 46; (XV)
136-37; (XVI) 134; enslaved, (XI) 290; enslaved
by time, (XII) 99-100; enslaved by words, (XIV)
89; (XVII) 237; and enslavement to authority,
(XV) 57; and enslavement to words, (XII) 4-6, 44,
48; as envious, (X) 207-8; and environment, (II)
68-69; (IX) 6, 7; and envy, (IX) 40; (X) 46-47; and
escape, (l) 140; and escape from conflict, (l) 33;
and escape from uncertainty, (X) 15-16; and escape
from what is, (XVII) 12; and escape into the ideal,
(VIII) 329-30; and escape through absorption,
(XV) 177; and escape to God, (XI) 276; as the
essence of desire, (III) 138-39; or eternal, (X) 33;
as exclusive, (V) 167; and experience, (VIII) 50-
51, 184-85; (X) 9, 22-24; (XI) 269-70; (XV) 129;
and the experience of memory, (XI) 319; and
experiencing, (IX) 114; and experiencing death,
(XII) 222; and experiencing God, (VIII) 181; and
experiencing the new, (XI) 199; and experiencing
versus sensation, (V) 299; and experiencing the
unknown, (X) 66-67; and fact, (VIII) 272-74; (XI)
350-51; (XIII) 39; and the family, (XIII) 110; and
fear, (l) 179; (VI) 193-94; (VII) 315-16; (VIII)
167; (X) 52; (XI) 174; (XIV) 292; (XV) 161, 219;
(XVII) 163-64, 274, 276; and fear of death, (XIV)
213; and fear of the unknown, (V) 355; as fearless,
(VIII) 269; and feeling(s), (X) 185; (XII) 54-55;
versus feeling, (XI) 148; and the field of images,
(XVII) 80, 81; and the field of time, (XI) 191, 365-
68; and a fixed point, (VIII) 331-32; and formation
of habits, (X) 38; and the formation of ideas, (XIV)
142; and forms of escape, (XV) 272; and
fragmentation, (XV) 150; 238, 279-80; (XVII) 265,
267-68; fragmented, (XI) 238-39; as free, (VII)
277; free and slave, (XI) 256; and freedom, (l) 138,
188; (VII) 131-32, 290-91; (VIII) 214; (IX) 143-
44, 194-95, 237, 239; (X) 21; (XI) 61, 353, 376-78;
(XIII) 238, 288; (XIV) 174, 300; (XV) 203, 205,
304; (XVII) 148, 157, 217-18; and freedom from
authorities and followers, (XII) 180; and freedom
from authority, (VII) 53; (XVII) 34; and freedom
from ‘becoming’, (X) 268-69; and freedom from
the center, (X) 26; and freedom from choice, (l) 42;
(VIII) 109; and freedom from conclusions, (VIII)
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311; and freedom from conditioning, (VIII) 217-
19, 249-50; (IX) 34-36; (X) 108-9, 122-24, 170-72;
(XVI) 148, 189; (XVII) 19; and freedom from
conflict, (XII) 20, 197; (l) 22; (XIV) 9; and
freedom from conformity, (XII) 29; and freedom
from contradiction, (XI) 32; (XV) 181; and
freedom from dependency, (IX) 61-63; and
freedom from duality, (l) 15; and freedom from
escapes, (XVII) 258; and freedom from fear, (l)
133; (VII) 63; (XI) 348-49; (XII) 140, 142, 305;
(XIV) 94; (XV) 117; (XVI) 179; (XVII) 2, 13; and
freedom from fragmentation, (X) 148-49; and
freedom from influences, (XII) 89, 139; (XIV)
220-22; and freedom from knowledge, (VIII) 4,
334; (IX) 279; (XIII) 219; and freedom from the
known, (X) 51; and freedom from limitations, (II)
186; and freedom from memory, (XII) 71-72; and
freedom from organized religion, (IX) 33-34, 36;
and freedom from the past, (V) 9, 83, 297-99; (VII)
232-33, 317-19; (IX) 250; (X) 87, 127-28; (XI) 53,
304; and freedom from past and future, (II) 163-64;
and freedom from problems, (XV) 152; and
freedom from sorrow, (XII) 208-9; and freedom
from time, (l) 4-5, 40; (XIV) 217; and freedom
from the unknown, (IX) 53-54; and freedom from
violence, (X) 81; and freedom from the word,
(XVII) 272; and freedom from words, (X) 47-48;
and freedom from worship, (X) 49; freedom of, (X)
206; (XI) 233; free from assumptions, (IX) 1-2;
free from attachment, (XI) 241; free from
authority, (XII) 204-5; (XIII) 228; (XIV) 130-31;
free from belief, (XV) 171; free from challenge and
response, (XII) 157; free from conclusions, (X)
170-71; free from conditioning, (IX) 39, 72, 130,
244-45; (XII) 144; free from conflict, (X) 256; free
from culture, (IX) 56-57; free from dependency,
(IX) 62-64; (X) 93; free from disorder, (XVII) 247;
free from effort, (XI) 21-22, 232; (XVII) 210; free
from envy, (IX) 251-53; free from fear, (X) 20;
free from fear of insecurity, (XIV) 133; free from
habit, (XI) 298-300; free from ideals, (IX) 45; free
from images, (XV) 195; free from influences, (IX)
255; free from the known, (XIII) 269-70; (XVI)
250; free from memory, (XIV ) 59; free from
motive, (XIII) 99-100; free from the opposite,
(XVII) 232; free from the past, (XIII) 180-81;
(XIV) 87; free from search, (IX) 68; free from
time, (XIII) 117; free from tradition, (XIII) 68, 73;
free from the word, (XI) 113-14, 118; (XII) 197,
216, 228; (XIII) 295; freeing, (l) 11; (II) 211;
(XII) 67; (XVII) 32-33, 88, 241; freeing through
self-knowledge, (XII) 16; and free inquiry, (X) 33;
and free of the collective, (X) 177-80; free of the
observer, (X) 254-55; as fresh, (III) 136-37; (VIII)
205-6; and friction, (XIV) 69, 70; functioning of,
(II) 62-63; (VI) 279-81; function of, (VII) 255-57;
(X) 220-21; (XI) 81-83, 166; (XII) 120; function
of, for change, (VII) 297; and the function of the
brain, (XI) 142-43; and generosity, (XIII) 150,
151; going beyond, (IX) 140; (XI) 378; (XVII)
187; and going beyond conditioning, (XVII) 162;
going beyond itself, (XIV) 217; and going beyond
the word, (XIV) 53; as guru, (VIII) 26-27; and
habit, (VI) 360; (VIII) 79; (IX) 107; (X) 47, 133-
35; as hindrance, (III) 75-76; and the hindrance of
conclusions, (IX) 240; (X) 24; and the hindrance of
conformity, (X) 146-47; and the hindrance of
custom, (XI) 322-23; and the hindrance of desire,
(VIII) 260; and hindrance of ‘I’, (VII) 306; as
hindrance to love, (VII) 163-64; as hindrance to
new, (V) 233; and hindrance of the past, (VII) 53-
55; and the hindrance of problems, (XII) 7-8, 10,
11; and the hindrance of systems, (X) 41-42; and
the hindrance of theory, (XI) 132-33; and the
hindrance of time, (XII) 58-62; as humble, (X)
259-61; and humility, (XVII) 274; and the ‘I’, (l)
151; and idea, (VI) 356-57; (XIV) 235; and the
ideal of perfection, (VII) 268-69; and ideals, (XI)
176; without identification, (X) 76; and illusion(s),
(VII) 2, 270-71; (VIII) 100; (XII) 61; (XV) 164-
65; and illusion of security, (VI) 306; and
imitations, (VIII) 101-3; as imitative, (XVII) 12;
and immediate freedom from the past, (XIV) 228-
29; and immediate understanding, (XI) 248-49; as
impermanent, (IX) 255; and the importance of
revolution, (XVI) 298; imprisoned, (IV) 126-27; as
inattentive, (XI) 222; and incompleteness, (l) 3; the
incorruptible, (VII) 221; and independent thought,
(X) 130; and the individual, (XI) 157; and inertia,
(XVI) 29, 30; and the inertia of “how”, (VII) 17,
19; influence(s) on, (X) 198; (XII) 321; inner and
outer, (XII) 90; and innocence, (XV) 289-90;
(XVII) 171; as innocent, (VIII) 38; and inquiry,
(VIII) 82-83; (X) 43, 233-34; (XIV) 254; (XVII)
233; and inquiry into freedom, (XIII) 110; as
insensitive, (XII) 16-17; and insensitivity, (XVII)
269; as instrument of inquiry, (X) 217-18; and
insufficiency, (XII) 13; and intelligence, (II) 59,
70-71; (XVII) 238; and interests, (V) 162; and
interference with the now, (XV) 267; and inward
revolution, (X) 63; kinds of, (l) 115-16; and
knowing beauty, (XVI) 241; knowing itself, (XIII)
334; and knowledge, (l) 137, 143, 145; (XIV) 215;
and the known, (VIII) 322, 346-47; (IX) 92, 159,
231-32, 260-61; (XI) 288, 385; (XIII) 290-91;
(XVI) 267; (XVII) 35, 80, 81; as the known, (X)
98; and the known and unknown, (VIII) 205-6; and
labeling, (V) 313; lack of change in, (XV) 302,
307; lazy, (X) 222-23; (XIII) 139; and learning,
(IX) 196-97, 239; (X) 212-13; (XV) 3; levels of, (l)
45; (VII) 316; liberating, (II) 45-46; and life as
movement, (XIII) 181; limitations of, (VII) 302; as
limited, (IV) 70, 208; (VIII) 219-20; (IX) 161;
(XI) 94, 249; limiting, (X) 16-17; and limiting
consciousness, (II) 187; as limitless, (XII) 85; and
listening, (XIV) 8; (XVI) 197; and living in ideas,
(XVII) 248; living in the present, (XIII) 319; and
living without contradiction, (XV) 253; and
loneliness, (VII) 236; (IX) 64; (XI) 351; (XIV)
220; as loneliness, (XII) 156-57; and looking at

what is, (XV) 292; and looking without time,
(XVII) 268; without loss of clarity, (XIV) 29; and
love, (l) 72; (VI) 132-33; (X) 216, 271; (XII) 179;
as machine, (XI) 103-4, 302; as machine of
recognition, (XI) 39; as both man and woman (XV)
253; as mechanism, (XI) 192; and mediocrity,
(VIII) 16-18; and meditation, (II) 40; (IV) 100-
101; (VII) 56-57; (VIII) 81, 325; (IX) 213-14;
(XI) 144, 352, 356; (XII) 43; (XIV) 106, 302;
(XVII) 193-94, 238, 242; and memory, (II) 13;
(VI) 125-27; (VIII) 39, 183-84; (IX) 49; (X) 73,
219-20, 249-50; (XI) 320-21; (XIV) 215-16; and
method, (X) 213; and modified change, (XV) 3;
(XVII) 100; and motive, (VIII) 328-29; and
movement, (XI) 93, 327-28; movement of, (XV)
134-35; and the movement of life, (l) 177-78; and
the movement of negation, (XV) 263; mutation in,
(XVII) 223; nature of, (IX) 6; necessity of
understanding, (IV) 182-83; and the need for
certainty, (IX) 8; (X) 132; and the need for change,
(X) 46; need for clarity in, (XI) 178-79; and the
need for energy, (XIV) 290; and the need for
peace, (XVI) 134; and the need for radical
transformation, (X) 203; and the need for self-
awareness, (IX) 77-79; need to be aware of, (XI)
374; and the need to be critical, (XIV) 244-45; and
the need to change, (XI) 329-30; need to cleanse,
(IX) 198-99; and the need to inquire, (XII) 5; need
to understand, (XV) 341; and negative and positive
thinking, (XI) 89-94; new, (X) 258; and the new,
(l) 52; as new, (VII) 281-83; and new action,
(XIV) 227; and new ideas, (VI) 149; and not-
knowing, (XII) 3-4; as observant, (X) 17; and
observation, (XIV) 5-6; observation of, (IX) 195;
(XI) 364; as observer, (l) 93; and obstinacy, (IX)
181-82; occupied, (VIII) 173; as old, (X) 258; and
opposites, (l) 34; and opposition, (l) 145; and the
origin of fear, (VIII) 187; and otherness, (IX) 231-
32; and the past, (l) 151; (V) 305; (VII) 224-25;
(VIII) 159; (IX) 91-92, 187-88, 190-92; (X) 254;
as the past, (XV) 276-77; and past experience,
(VIII) 234-35; and peace, (VII) 126; (IX) 223;
penetration of, (XIII) 66-67; and permanence, (X)
179; as petty, (VII) 203; and pleasure, (XV) 124;
(XVII) 66, 184; and pleasure and pain, (XVI) 218;
and pleasure versus what is, (XV) 210; as pliable,
(III) 23-24; and positive and negative, (XV) 253,
286; and the possibility for transformation, (VII)
277; potential of, (XI) 9; poverty of, (X) 37; and
prayer, (VI) 30-31, 159; and the present, (II) 163-
64; and previous experience, (XI) 208; and the
problem of attachment, (IX) 38; and the problem of
comparison, (XII) 11-12; and the problem of
existence, (VIII) 15-16; and problems, (VI) 129;
(VIII) 2-4, 228, 230-31; (XIV) 182; (XV) 114,
151, 192, 195; (XVI) 209-10; and process of, (VII)
316-17; (VIII) 323; (IX) 140-42, 211-12; (X) 269;
(XI) 114-18; (XII) 45, 119; and the process of
accumulating knowledge, (VIII) 321; as the
process of change, (VII) 36-38; and process of
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consciousness, (VI) 119; and process of desire, (X)
58; and process of integration, (VII) 19;
psychological change in, (XVI) 219; and
psychological freedom, (XIV ) 83; and
psychological learning, (XVI) 214; and
psychological time, (V) 139-40; (IX) 167; and
purpose, (XII) 24; and the pursuit of pleasure,
(XVI) 146-47; and the quality of freedom, (XI) 47;
and questioning, (XVI) 168; the quiet mind, (VI)
15-16; radical change in, (XI) 89, 92, 94, 155, 309-
10; radical revolution in, (XVII) 65; and the reason
for effort, (IX) 263; reasons for changes in, (XIV)
72; reasons for decline of, (XIV) 67, 70; and
recognition, (VI) 125-26; (VII) 209-10; and
recognizable experience, (XVII) 155; as recorder
of the past, (XV) 99; and the refinement of self,
(VIII) 118-19; rejuvenation of, (XVII) 78; and
relationship, (X) 71-72; and religion, (XI) 103; as
religious and irreligious, (XV) 60; and the religious
revolution, (IX) 210, 212; and religious sacredness,
(XV) 245; and renewal, (XVI) 248, 298, 301;
renewal of, (XVII) 96; and repetition, (VI) 299-
303; as the repository of human history, (XIII) 38-
39; as residue of the past, (V) 233-34; and
resolution of problems, (XV) 212-13; restless, (XI)
234-35; as the result of time, (V) 189; (VII) 85-86;
(X) 43; (XI) 43; (XIII) 66; (XVII) 109; in revolt,
(IX) 10; and revolution, (VIII) 16-17, 168-69;
(XIII) 67; revolution of, (XI) 15-16; and right and
wrong, (VII) 291-92; and righteousness, (X) 184;
and the rigidity of aging, (XIII) 204-5; as rootless,
(VIII) 194, 196-97; and the sacred, (XV) 242-43,
245; and science, (XII) 51; and search, (IX) 179-
85, 256-57; as searcher, (IX) 115; and the search
for authority, (XI) 350; (XIV) 116-17; and the
search for certainty, (VIII) 208; and the search for
comfort, (XVII) 54; and the search for experience,
(XIV) 299; and the search for God, (VII) 241; and
search for the new, (l) 1; and the search for
permanence, (VII) 328-29; and search for reality,
(VI) 240; (VII) 31-32; (VIII) 242-43; and search
for security, (II) 69; (III) 95-96; (VIII) 214-14,
222-24; (IX) 248; (XI) 105; (XII) 134-35, 137; and
the search for truth, (VII) 165; and the search for
the unknown, (IX) 111, 112-13; and search for
virtue, (l) 20; secondhand, (XV) 137; and security,
(VIII) 288; (IX) 19, 212; and seeing, (XIV) 306;
and seeing the totality, (XV) 284; and seeing as a
total unity, (XVII) 265, 267-68; and seeing the true
and the false, (XVII) 270; and seeking, (XV) 242;
(XVI) 196; and seeking experiences, (XIV) 261;
and seeking pleasure, (XVII) 234; as the self, (IX)
130; and self-abandonment, (XI) 251-52; and self-
awareness, (VII) 8; and self-centered activity, (VI)
322-23; and self-concern (XIII) 141; and self-
contradiction, (XI) 150; and self-deception, (VII)
46; (VIII) 339; (X) 272; and self-discipline, (l) 35-
36; as self-enslaver and liberator, (XII) 237; and
self-knowledge, (IV) 205-6; (V) 29; (VI) 346;
(VII) 327; (X) 141-44, 221; and self-
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understanding, (X) 118; and sensation, (VII) 41-
42; as sensitive and subtle, (XIII) 261; serious,
(XII) 183; and seriousness, (XVI) 131-32; and sex,
(VI) 194; as shallow, (VI) 60; and the shaping of
formulas, (XIV) 146; and silence, (XV) 308; (XVI)
185, 274; and simplicity, (V) 247; (VI) 276-77;
(VII) 323-25; as slave, (XI) 331; as slave to the
environment, (XIV) 135; slave to ideas, (XI) 387;
as slave to tradition, (XI) 253-54; and sleep, (XII)
41-42; and social problems, (VIII) 319; and
society, (XII) 97; (XIV) 245; as the soil for
problems, (XVI) 221; and sorrow, (XV) 344; and
the source of thought, (XVI) 134-36; and space,
(XIV) 140-41, 207-8, 309; (XV) 36, 127; as state,
(IX) 199; and the state of integration, (VIII) 324-
25; and the state of learning, (XII) 107; (XV) 247-
48; and the state of negation, (XVI) 76-77; and the
state of non-recognition, (VII) 209-10; and the
state of nothingness, (XI) 177; and the state of not-
knowing, (X) 19, 50; and the structure of envy,
(VII) 113; and the structure of society, (XIII) 145;
and struggle, (VII) 29; and the struggle against
corruption, (VII) 285-86; as stupid, (VII) 179; as
submissive, (VII) 237-38; and suffering, (VIII)
104-5; (X) 58; (XII) 175-76; as the sum of the past,
(VIII) 270; and superficiality, (VII) 312-13; and
suppression, (X) 244; (XV) 312; and surrendering,
(VIII) 174; as survival mechanism, (VI) 363; three
conditions of, (III) 22-23; three states of, (XII) 52-
54; and time, (l) 25; (VI) 92; (VII) 238-39, 253-54;
(VIII) 159, 163-64, 189-90, 203-4, 231-32, 273,
323, 339-40, 342; (IX) 17, 20, 66, 172; (XI) 76-78,
192-93, 221, 270, 332, 392; (XII) 66, 100-103,
159; (XIII) 43, 159; (XIV ) 63, 150, 152, 200, 209,
309; (XV) 120, 307; and time and the timeless,
(IX) 24; and the timeless, (IV) 72-73; (XII) 84; as
total, (XIV) 72; and total awareness, (XVII) 277;
totality of, (XII) 95; and the totality of action, (XI)
165; as the totality of the human mind, (XVI) 150;
as totally alive, (XII) 73-75; as a total process,
(VII) 307; as total reality, (XI) 67-68; and total
revolution, (IX) 13; as total revolution, (XI) 71,
296; total revolution in, (XVII) 104; and
transformation, (XVII) 145; transformation of,
(XV) 262; and the trivial, (VII) 32-33; and truth,
(VI) 133; (VII) 142; (VIII) 319-20; (X) 34; (XI)
20, 185; unconditioned, (V) 324; the uncorrupted,
(VIII) 230; as uncreative, (X) 3; understanding,
(III) 141-42; (X) 1-4; (XI) 279-83; and
understanding, (l) 189; (II) 75, 87; (VI) 9-10, 286;
(VII) 176, 293; (VIII) 46, 143-44, 146-49; (IX)
221-23; (XII) 237; and understanding
consciousness, (XVI) 58; and understanding death,
(X) 61; understanding the evolution of, (XI) 193;
and understanding fear, (XIII) 248; and
understanding isolation, (XII) 89; and
understanding the known, (XIII) 291-92; and
understanding loneliness, (XV) 135; and
understanding the nature of the word, (XVII) 25;
and understanding the positive structure, (XV) 258;
and understanding the problem, (VIII) 9-10;
understanding the process of, (V) 208; (IX) 136-38,
215-18; (X) 223; (XI) 63-68; understanding the
structure of, (XVII) 242; and understanding the
totality, (X) 140-41; as unfree, (XI) 41, 43; and the
unknown, (VII) 279-80; (XIV) 153; as unoccupied,
(IX) 27-28; as unprejudiced, (X) 69; untouched by
society, (XIV ) 205; and values, (l) 106; and
viewing the whole, (XI) 25; and virtue, (XI) 369-
70, 371; vulnerability of, (XVI) 250; wandering of,
(XVII) 193-94; and the wasting of energy, (XV)
112; whole and fragmented, (XI) 106-7; and will,
(X) 26-27; and word, (V) 220; (XI) 84-85; and
world problems, (XII) 230; worship of, (XII) 122.
See also Awareness; Body; Brain; Center;
Conditioning; Conflict; Consciousness; ‘I’; ‘Me;
Memory; Mind-heart; New mind; Self; Serious
mind; Thought
Mind and body: in conflict, (XIII) 139. See also
Psychosomatic illness
Mind and heart, (l) 121; (II) 80; and achievement, (l)
65-66; and action, (l ) 30, 85-86; and awareness, (l)
25; and change, (XV) 334; and emptiness, (l) 14-
15; and environment, (II) 74; freeing, (l) 28, 176;
harmony of, (l) 11, 90-92, 193; and sexual
problems, (l) 62; and simplicity, (V) 247; and
understanding, (l) 80. See also Heart; Mind; Mind-
heart
Mind and the brain: differences between, (XII) 270
Mind control, (X) 227-28; (XI) 103; and loss of
freedom, (XII) 281
Mind-emotion: See Mind-heart; Thought-feeling
Mind-heart, (III) 5-6; (IV) 15-16; and hindrances, (IV)
31; and lack of stillness, (IV) 18; and limitation,
(III) 14; and loneliness, (IV) 30-31; and
meditation, (IV) 35-36; and memory, (IV) 29-32;
and self-awareness, (IV) 22; as silent, (IV) 8; and
terminal illness, (IV) 37; and tranquillity, (IV) 42;
wholeness of, (III) 3, 4. See also Mind; Thought-
feeling
‘Mine’: See ‘I’; ‘Me’; Self; Thinker and the thought
Miracles: desire for, (IV) 206; search for, (II) 20. See
also Christianity; Religion
Mischief: See Conflict; Confusion
Mistakes: and discovery, (XII) 286; and peace of
mind, (VII) 267-68
Mode of conduct: and the desire for authority, (X) 48
Modern life: and conflict, (XIII) 290. See also Life
Modern society: revolt against, (XII) 278. See also
Industrialism; Society; World problems
Modern world: defining, (V) 157
Modified continuity: as change, (XIV) 187. See also
Continuity
Mohammed: See Authority; Conditioning;
Identification; Religious mind; Words
Mohammedan: See Belief; Divisions; Religion
Moment to moment: versus accumulation, (X) 127-28;
and awareness, (VII) 318-19; (VIII) 221-22; (X)
51, 53-54, 242-43, 254; awareness of, (XI) 181-82;
and the awareness of death, (X) 61; and creation,

(VIII) 333; and creativeness, (V) 305; and dying,
(XI) 195; dying from, (IX) 100; and freedom from
the past, (VII) 301-3; (IX) 141-42; and the free
mind, (X) 206; and learning, (XIV) 172; and
meditation, (VIII) 239; versus memory, (IX) 278;
and negative thinking, (VIII) 235; and the new
mind, (X) 258; and observation, (X) 176; as
process, (VIII) 286; and relationship, (VII) 253;
and righteousness, (X) 225; and self-knowing,
(XII) 265-66; and self-knowledge, (X) 251; (XI)
227; and the silent mind, (VII) 286; and the still
mind, (VIII) 20; versus thought, (VIII) 290, 292;
and true religion, (VII) 319; and truth, (V) 221-22;
(VIII) 250; (IX) 143, 233-34; (X) 218. See also
Creativity; Immediate; Self-fulfillment
Money: and psychological problems, (XIV) 176-77
Monks: and conditioning, (XIII) 122; and the ending
of sorrow, (XIII) 253; and escape, (XVI) 115; and
pleasure, (XVII) 11; and the simple life, (XV) 42;
and the suppression of pleasure, (XVII) 123; and
withdrawal from the world, (XIII) 264-65. See also
Authority; Religion; Simplicity
Montessori: as a system of education, (V) 105
Moral: as conflict, (XV) 15
Moral decline, (XVII) 216, 217. See also Morality
Moral fiber: disintegration of, (X) 195
Morality, (II) 11; (VII) 251-53; acceptance of
traditional, religious, and social, (XVII) 201; actual
and ideal, (III) 53-54; and choice, (XV) 198-99;
and compulsion, (II) 209; as conscious conflict,
(VII) 317; defining, (II) 11; (X) 184; (XI) 322; and
discipline, (II) 138; and the discipline of society,
(XIV) 144; and disorder, (XVII) 239; and
education, (VII) 163-64; and humans and the apes,
(XIV) 199; of individual and group, (II) 136; and
love, (XIV) 302; and pleasure, (XVI) 215; and
possessions, (II) 5-6; and possessiveness, (II) 6,
205-6; and questioning of values, (II) 183-84; and
religion, (II) 209; as reward and punishment, (III)
37-38; and social bondage, (II) 54; and social
respectability, (XV) 71, 73; and society, (XIII)
116; (XV) 15; and time, (XVII) 202; as tradition,
(VII) 186. See also Deterioration; Environment;
Humility; Society; World problems
Moral life, (VII) 251-53
‘More’: and becoming, (VIII) 16; and continuity, (IX)
250-51; creation of, (IX) 114; desire for, (VIII)
185; (XVI) 216-17; and envy, (X) 47, 132; (XIII)
168; freedom from, (X) 172-73; and the free mind,
(IX) 195-96; and greed, (VII) 223; and the habit of
envy, (XV) 135-36; and the occupied mind, (VII)
312-13; and pleasure, (XVI) 286; as progress,
(VIII) 107-8; pursuit of, (X) 241; (XIII) 186;
search for, (XVI) 247; as source of illusion, (VII)
270-71; as time, (VIII) 331-32, 343. See also
Accumulation; Acquisition; Acquisitiveness;
Ambition; Becoming; Experience; Fulfillment;
Progress; Saints; Society; Success
Mother: and love for the child, (XIV) 307. See also
Family
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Mother and child: and dependence, (XVI) 120. See
also Family
Motion: and action of the mind, (VII) 248
Motive, (VII) 204; and achieving the opposite, (IX)
228-29; and action, (XII) 66, 73; (XIV) 204; and
affection and love, (XII) 298; and attention, (IX)
276; (XIII) 84; for attention, (VIII) 313; versus
attention, (X) 175; and attention and inattention,
(XVII) 262-63; and change, (IX) 26, 56; (X) 100-
101; (XI) 273-75, 314; (XII) 255-56, 291; (XIII)
3-4, 271-72; (XIV) 187-88; (XV) 133, 303; and
comparison, (XIV) 194; and confusion, (XII) 68-
69; and denial, (XIII) 54, 258, 259; and the desire
to be secure, (X) 79; and the desire to be socially
helpful, (XII) 66; and discipline, (XI) 279; and
discontent, (IX) 68, 208-9; and distortion, (XIII)
168-69; and effort, (X) 75; and ending conflict,
(XIII) 231; ending without, (XIII) 259; and
energy, (XIII) 56-57, 160-61, 338; (XIV) 238;
(XV) 42; (XVI) 67; enslavement to, (XI) 255; and
fragmentation, (XVI) 296; freedom from, (X) 39;
and freedom from envy, (X) 242; and frustration,
(X) 182-83; as hindrance, (XII) 284-85; as
hindrance to answers, (XVII) 35; as hindrance to
attention, (XVII) 45; as hindrance to change, (X)
45-46; as hindrance to efficiency, (XVII) 263; as
hindrance to energy, (XIV) 118; as hindrance to
freedom, (XV) 5; (XVII) 39; as hindrance to
investigation, (XIII) 100; as hindrance to passion,
(XVII) 64; as hindrance to revolution, (XVII) 65;
as hindrance to solving problems, (XVII) 51; and
inertia, (XVI) 28; and listening, (XVII) 263; and
‘me’, (X) 254-55; need to understand, (XI) 306;
and pain and pleasure, (XIV) 95; and passion,
(XIV) 265; (XVII) 155, 157; and pleasure, (XVII)
262-63; and positive action, (XI) 292; and
questioning, (XIII) 115; (XVI) 33, 196; and the
question of living, (XVI) 187-88; and rejection,
(XV) 263-65, 291; and response, (XVI) 208; and
reward and punishment, (XVI) 25; and search, (X)
217; (XVI) 82; and search for, (VIII) 342; for
search, (IX) 20, 68, 179; and seeking, (XVII) 154;
and self-knowing, (XIII) 248-49; and sorrow,
(XIII) 310-11; (XIV) 26; understanding, (IX) 258.
See also Effort; Faith; Incentive; Observation;
Resistance
Motiveless action: and action, (XII) 288. See also
Motive
Movement: and achieving clarity, (XVI) 197; and
action, (XI) 112; without causation, (X) 183;
without center, (X) 180; from the center to the
periphery, (XVII) 153, 156; cessation of, (VIII)
320; (XI) 127-28; and change, (X) 137; (XI) 125-
28; (XII) 291-92; (XVI) 263-65, 268; from one
conditioning to another, (VII) 266-67; and
creation, (XIII) 40; and the end of the known,
(VIII) 347; of energy, (VIII) 304-6; and escape,
(XVI) 267; and escape as static, (XVI) 263-65;
and the field of time, (XV) 271, 273; and the fresh
mind, (XVI) 301; as hindrance to clarity, (IX) 29;
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of inner and outer, (XIII) 156-57; and knowing,
(XI) 269-70; and the known, (XI) 283; and
learning, (XV) 9, 150; of learning, (XI) 302, 338;
of life, (XIII) 267-68; and the mind, (XI) 300;
motiveless, (IX) 208; and the negative and the
positive, (XV) 286; not of time, (XV) 134-35; of
pleasure, (XV) 165; and the religious mind, (XII)
171-72; and self-knowledge, (IX) 67; (XI) 185;
and the sensitive mind, (XV) 273; as static, (XVI)
268; and truth, (X) 198; (XII) 252; and what is,
(XVI) 264-65. See also Inner and outer; Inward
and outward
Movement of knowing: and the timeless, (XI) 362-63
Movement of life, (XV) 1; and attention, (XVI) 33;
and change, (XI) 173; listening to, (XV) 297-98,
341; and meditation, (XI) 195; need to understand,
(XIV) 227-28; separation from, (XI) 354; and time,
(XI) 191-92; understanding, (XV) 295, 300. See
also Life; Movement
Mukti: as freedom, (X) 131
Murder: approach to, (XVI) 116; and search for God,
(IV) 26. See also Killing; Violence
Music: and listening, (XVII) 39. See also Arts
Musician: and expression, (XVI) 245. See also Arts
Muslim: and conditioning, (XIV) 156. See also
Ambition; Authority; Background; Belief;
Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; God;
Identification; Religion; Religious mind; Religious
organizations; Sects; Society; Visions; Words;
World proble ms
Muslim League, (IV) 86-87
Mutating mind: as the religious mind, (XII) 325
Mutation, (XII) 253-54, 256-57, 288-93; and the
absence of authority, (XII) 299; and the absence of
fear, (XVII) 164; and the absence of time, (XIV) 5;
achieving, (XII) 267; (XIII) 74, 75, 78, 79, 109,
118, 328, 332; (XIV) 60, 140, 191-92, 277-78;
(XV) 40, 308; (XVI) 12, 32, 219; (XVII) 111;
achieving without effort, (XV) 66; and the active
present, (XIV) 13; and altruism, (XVII) 127; and
attention, (XII) 308; and awareness, (XII) 311,
313; and the brain, (XIV) 273; and the cessation of
thought, (XIV ) 8; and the collective and the
individual, (XIV) 273; and commitment, (XVII)
217; and the compassionate mind, (XIII) 300;
conditions for, (XVII) 14; and the conscious and
unconscious as unimportant, (XIV) 190-91; and
consciousness, (XII) 256; and the creative mind,
(XIV) 269; and creativeness, (XIV) 233; and
defining, (XIII) 107-8, 118; (XIV) 59, 230; and
ending fear, (XVII) 68; and the end of experience,
(XIII) 302; and energy, (XIII) 325-30; (XVII)
198; and the field of time, (XV) 133; and freedom,
(XIII) 109; and freedom from fear, (XIII) 305; and
the free mind, (XVII) 9; versus the gradual
process, (XIII) 24; and the hindrance of
conditioning, (XVII) 110; and the hindrance of
ideas, (XIII) 276; and the hindrance of the mind,
(XIV) 15; and hindrance of the past, (XIII) 77; and
hindrance of the positive, (XV) 262; and the
hindrance of systems, (XIV) 278; and the
hindrance of time, (XIV) 305; how to achieve,
(XII) 320; and human beings, (XVII) 222-23; and
human problems, (XVI) 19; and immediate action,
(XIV) 135; and the individual, (XV) 52; and
learning, (XV) 174; in life and death, (XVI) 63;
and listening, (XIII) 302; and love, (XV) 35; and
the meaninglessness of time, (XIII) 24; and
meditation, (XII) 307; (XV) 38; as motiveless,
(XIV) 9; necessary action for, (XVI) 173, 174;
need for, (XII) 305; (XIII) 4-5, 295, 328; (XIV)
228-29; (XV) 307, 330; and the need for attention,
(XVI) 6; and the need for contact, (XIV) 256; and
the need for energy, (XV) 91; (XVII) 139; and the
need for freedom, (XIV ) 169; need for immediate,
(XVI) 64; and the need for total revolution, (XIV)
274; and the need to break through conditioning,
(XVII) 100, 104; and the new mind, (XII) 305;
(XVI) 157; and observation, (XIV) 58-59; out of
time, (XIV) 59; as part of daily living, (XIV) 61;
and perception of the fact, (XIII) 138; and the petty
mind, (XII) 307-9; and pleasure, (XVII) 10;
possibility of achieving, (XVII) 144; and
questioning authority, (XIII) 11; and relationships,
(XVI) 34-35; and the religious revolution, (XIII)
118; as revolution, (XIV) 35; and self-knowing,
(XIV) 172; and silence, (XVI) 130; and society,
(XVI) 219; and space in the mind, (XIV) 140; and
the still mind, (XVII) 242; system to achieve,
(XVII) 117; and time, (XV) 262, 303; (XVI) 21;
versus time, (XIV) 188; as total action, (XVII) 13;
as total revolution, (XV) 3-4; understanding, (XII)
284-87; and understanding the positive and
negative, (XV) 260-62; and understanding the
process of thought, (XIII) 296-97, 300; and
verbalization, (XIII) 296. See also Change;
Humility; Listening; Love; New; Quiet mind;
Radical transformation; Revolution;
Transformation; Virtue
Mutation and change: difference between, (XII) 284-
86
Mutation, religion, and the individual: as interrelated,
(XIV) 161-67. See also Individual; Religion
Mystery: as an invention of the mind, (VIII) 28; search
for, (XV) 174; (XVI) 66, 280-81; and the search
for the hidden, (XV) 49, 52
Mystic, (IX) 142-43
Mysticism, (l ) 52; defining, (VII) 25-26; as escape,
(XIV) 268; and illusion, (VI) 230-31; as self-
delusion, (XIV) 299
Myth(s): and belief, (V) 57-58; as escape, (XI) 283-85,
288; versus fact, (VIII) 272-74
Nama-Japam: and the quiet mind, (VII) 155-56
Naming: attempt to avoid, (XIII) 279-80; and
awareness, (IX) 30-31, 286; and the cessation of
evil, (IX) 95; to communicate or identify, (V) 311-
13; and condemnation, (IX) 23, 72; and
consciousness, (IV) 186-87; (V) 236; (IX) 99-100;
and creating conflict, (XVI) 50; and the creation of

fear, (IX) 47-48; and direct experience, (V) 274-75;
and division, (IX) 120; and envy, (X) 91-92; as
fact, (XII) 232; and fear, (V) 248-49; and feelings,
(XI) 188, 350-51; (XIII) 236-37; as hindrance, (V)
261; (XI) 350-51; (XIV) 138; (XVII) 75; as
hindrance to awareness, (X) 140; as hindrance to
looking, (XVI) 110-11; as hindrance to
observation, (XI) 158, 237; (XIV) 50, 111; and
insensitivity, (XIV) 137; and looking, (XIV) 279-
80; versus perceiving, (XI) 174-75; process of,
(XI) 351; and the process of knowledge, (XIII)
198; and the process of recognition, (VIII) 237-38;
and transformation, (V) 284; and understanding,
(XII) 43-44. See also Attention; Communication;
Communion; Divisions; Fact; Identification;
Labels; Symbols; Verbalization; Words
Narrow mind: See Dull mind; Mind
Nation: definition of, (l) 150; and the desire for
obedience, (XIII) 70-71, 73. See also Conformity;
Nationalism; Society; Success
Nationalism, (l) 150-151; (II) 47, 78, 176, 185, 199-
200; (III) 74-75, 91-92, 128-29, 227; (IV) 132-33;
(VI) 137-38; and acquisitiveness, (II) 154-55; and
aloneness, (XVI) 118; approach to questioning,
(XIII) 115; basis of, (II) 51; and belief, (XII) 126-
27; and brotherhood, (l) 155-58, 167; and business,
(II) 47; as cause of human division, (VIII) 154-55;
as a cause of war, (X) 70; cessation of, (IV) 201; as
collective expression, (II) 204; and commitment,
(XVI) 224-25; and conditioning, (XIII) 5-6, 273-
74; and conflict, (XI) 371-72; (XVII) 276; and the
creation of disorder, (XV) 159; and cruel energy,
(XII) 64-65; as a curse, (XI) 206-7; danger of,
(XVII) 184; as a dead quality, (XI) 122; and
denial, (XII) 287; and the denial of peace, (XVI)
214; and the denial of physical survival, (XVI) 60-
61; and the desire for permanence, (X) 7; as
destructive, (XI) 316-17; destructiveness of, (XIII)
183-84; as destructive of human needs, (IV) 85; as
a disease, (II) 216; and disorder, (XV) 124, 299,
327-29; and divisions, (V) 1-2, 4; (XIV) 229; as
divisive, (VI) 70; divisiveness of, (XVI) 171, 172;
and ending violence, (XVI) 224-25; and
exploitation, (II) 216; as fact, (XIII) 64; and fear,
(VIII) 237; freedom from, (XIII) 92; (XVI) 151;
and the frightened mind, (XVII) 247; as habit,
(XIII) 249; and harmony, (II) 37; as hindrance,
(XIV) 150; as hindrance to brotherhood, (II) 51; as
hindrance to human unity, (XVII) 162; as
hindrance to love, (X) 178; as hindrance to solving
problems, (XI) 295; and hypocrisy, (l) 173-74; as
idea, (VI) 49; and ideas, (XIV) 236; and image,
(XVI) 44; and the individual, (VI) 352; and
isolation, (IV) 193; and Masters, (l) 164; and
military education, (V) 110-11; narrowness of,
(XV) 187-88; and patriotism, (II) 6, 41-42; and
peace, (IX) 223-24; versus peace, (VIII) 217; as a
poison, (V) 77; and possessiveness, (II) 19; and
power, (V) 59-61; and prejudice, (II) 6; (III) 29,
201-202; and problems, (XIV) 41; (XVII) 93; and
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provincialism, (III) 129; and psychological
security, (IX) 222; and religion, (X) 201; (XIII)
333; as road to war, (X) 24, 73, 84; role of, (XVI)
232; and science, (VIII) 92; and security, (V) 63;
(VI) 187-88; (XIV) 186; seeing the nature of,
(XVI) 227; and social problems, (VI) 54; and
starvation, (XIV ) 75; and state worship, (V) 115;
understanding, (VIII) 140; and understanding,
(XV) 169-70; and unemployment, (II) 19; versus
the unity of mankind, (XVII) 30; and viewing from
the center, (XII) 95; and war, (l) 178-79; (II) 6,
205; (III) 231-32; (V) 15, 75, 339; (VI) 59-60;
(VIII) 19, 153; (XVI) 4, 17, 95; (XVII) 263; and
world problems, (XII) 75-76, 118; (XV) 196; and
worship of the past, (III) 210. See also Authority;
Class; Conditioning; Conflict; Consciousness;
Divisions; Government; Greed; Peace; Possessions;
Power; Religion; Security; Society; Starvation;
Violence; War; World chaos; World problems
Nationality: and division, (VIII) 248; versus freedom,
(IX) 50-51; need to end, (XVII) 258; and thought,
(IX) 12-13, 135. See also Nationalism; Unity of
mankind
National symbols: and conditioning, (X) 115
Nations: inequality among, (XI) 259
Nature, (V) 142-43; communion with, (XIV) 226;
(XVII) 281; as creator of sorrow, (III) 227;
distancing from, (XVI) 113; insensitivity to,
(XVII) 267; and insensitivity to beauty, (V) 142-
43; loss of contact with, (XVII) 207; loss of
relationship with, (V) 142. See also State
Necessity (-ies): and desire, (III) 142-43;
understanding, (VI) 227-28; and world starvation,
(V) 73. See also Food, clothing, shelter; Need;
Psychological security
Need(s), (II) 124-25; (III) 189; dependence on, (XII)
243-44; and exploitation, (IV) 134; and false
division, (III) 70; and psychological gratification,
(IV) 32; physical and psychological, (V) 192; of
rich and poor, (II) 52; understanding, (XII) 244.
See also Food, clothing, shelter; Necessities;
Possessiveness
Negation: and the absence of conditioning, (XIII) 197;
achieving the state of, (XVI) 76-77; of activity,
(XVI) 230; and the act of nonconfoming, (XVII)
21; agreement in, (III) 197; and attention, (XII)
113; and beauty, (XIII) 143; and coming to the
quiet mind, (XVII) 271; and the creative, (XVII)
272; defining the state of, (XIII) 226; and disorder,
(XV) 325-26; and freedom, (XV) 282; (XVII) 20;
and humility, (XI) 370; importance of, (XIII) 184;
and intelligence, (XVII) 238; and the inquiring
mind, (XII) 103; and inquiry, (XVI) 75; and
inquiry into the religious mind, (XII) 224; and the
lack of resistance, (XIII) 50; in life, (VI) 319-20;
and love, (XII) 179; (XVI) 76-77; and motiveless
rejection, (XV) 286; and the new, (XVI) 77; and
the positive mind, (XIII) 129; and the positive
order, (XVII) 223; and seeing completely, (XIV)
201-2; and seeing the true, (XIII) 142; and self-
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awareness, (VII) 9; and self-knowing, (XVII) 21;
sense of, (XV) 253; and the sensitive mind, (XVI)
234; and seriousness, (XVII) 274; state of, (XI)
237-38; (XIII) 10, 293-94; (XIV) 192; as a state of
mind, (XV) 213-14; and thinking, (XV) 219; and
true, (XI) 316-17; understanding, (III) 202; and
understanding action, (XII) 26-27; and the
understanding mind, (XIII) 227; and understanding
the positive, (XVII) 168, 176. See also Denial;
Freedom; Negative approach; Positive
Negation of action: and the observer and the observed,
(XVI) 122. See also Negation
Negative: achieving order through, (XV) 297-99; and
clarity, (XVI) 12; and contradiction, (XV) 254;
defining, (XVI) 18; and experience, (X) 16. See
also Negation
Negative and the positive: importance of
understanding, (XV) 299; and the quiet mind, (XV)
286. See also Negative
Negative approach, (XV) 253-60, 260-66; and the
absence of authority, (XIII) 215; and the absence
of reaction, (XII) 154; and conditioning, (XIII)
208; and the conscious mind, (XI) 231-32;
defining, (XV) 213-14; and denial, (XII) 287; and
inquiry, (XI) 291-92; meaning of, (XIII) 50-51;
and positive action, (XI) 202-6; and psychological
problems, (XIII) 293; and religion, (XIV ) 44; and
truth, (XII) 83-84; and the unconscious, (XIII)
226; to the unconscious, (XII) 220; and the
unconscious mind, (XI) 163-64; understanding,
(XII) 170. See also Negation; Negative and the
positive; Negative thinking; Thinking
Negative comprehension, (III) 246-47; comprehension
as highest form of thinking, (III) 221
Negative mind, (XIII) 129-30; and the absence of
contradiction, (XV) 256-57, 259; and the absence
of experience, (XV) 257. See also Negation;
Negative approach
Negative observation: and the mind, (XIII) 33. See
also Negation
Negative state: defining, (XIII) 201-2; listening in,
(XVI) 147. See also Negation
Negative thinking, (XI) 89-94; and comprehension,
(IV) 108; and creative understanding, (IV) 163;
defining, (X) 19; (XI) 188, 282; (XII) 213-14, 322;
and discovery of the true, (XIV) 265; explaining,
(XIII) 256; as highest form, (V) 137-38; (VIII)
235; (XII) 220; importance of, (XI) 68; meaning
of, (XI) 329; and meditation, (XIII) 95; versus
positive thinking, (V) 147; (XI) 135; process of,
(XII) 78-81, 255-56; and the religious mind, (XII)
322-23; and the religious spirit, (XII) 170; and
seeing the false, (XIII) 2; as supreme, (IX) 179;
and the unconscious, (XI) 163-64; and words, (V)
220. See also Negation
Negative watching: defining, (XIII) 244; and the
unconscious, (XIII) 194-95. See also Negation
Negro and white: conflict between, (XVI) 224. See
also Racism; World problems
Neurological fear: types of, (XII) 47-48. See also Fear
Neurosis (-es): awareness of, (XIII) 330; and conflict,
(XIII) 290; and the desire for certainty, (XIII) 204;
and escape from fear, (XVII) 72; and fear, (XIII)
137; (XIV) 94; (XV) 76-77; (XVI) 210; and
identification, (XIV) 217-18; and nonviolence,
(XVI) 296; and problems, (XIII) 324; (XV) 72;
and religious people, (XV) 27; and self-centered
activity, (XVI) 184; and tension, (XVI) 153, 162;
and turmoil, (XIII) 307; and uncertainty, (XIV)
132. See also Contradiction
New: absence of, (IX) 186; and the absence of the
known, (XVI) 185; and the absence of movement,
(XVI) 301; and absence of process of recognition,
(VII) 317, 319-20; and the absence of seeking,
(XVI) 247; and the absence of thought, (XVI) 164;
achieving, (IX) 142; (X) 33; (XV) 137; and action,
(XVI) 261; and action without contradiction, (XVI)
228; actions as, (XVII) 170; and aloneness, (VII)
221; without the animal background, (XIV) 200;
and approach to problems, (X) 197; versus belief,
(V) 307; (XII) 321; versus the certain, (VIII) 209;
and challenge, (X) 157; challenge of, (V) 255, 305-
6; challenge and response to, (XII) 325; and
change, (X) 138; and communion, (XIV) 284;
versus the conditioned brain, (XVII) 135; versus
conditioning, (XVII) 97, 134; conditions for,
(XVI) 115; and conflict, (XIII) 49-50; in conflict
with the old, (IV) 173-74; versus contradiction,
(VIII) 267; and creation, (XII) 216-17; (XVI) 148;
creation of, (XIII) 259; (XV) 177; and the creative,
(XI) 35; and creativity, (V) 286; (IX) 245; and the
death of the old, (XVII) 277; and desire, (VII) 42;
and destroying the old, (XIII) 209; and the
difficulty of listening, (X) 204; and discovery,
(XIII) 302-3; discovery of, (X) 145-46; and dying,
(VII) 55-56; (X) 53; through dying, (XVI) 176;
and dying daily, (XVII) 237; and dying to
yesterday, (XVII) 148-50; and emptiness, (XII)
256; (XIV) 164, 263; (XVI) 70-71; and the empty
mind, (XV) 246; and ending, (XVII) 113; and the
ending of sorrow, (XV) 221; and ending time,
(XVII) 67; and an end to seeking, (XI) 189; and
the energy to inquire, (XVI) 75; versus experience,
(XI) 178; (XVII) 32-33, 34-35; experiencing, (X)
71; explosion into, (XVI) 39; explosion of energy,
(XVI) 156; and the fear of ending the old, (XVI)
76-77; feeling, (X) 265-66; and freedom, (XVI)
191-92; freedom from the past, (VII) 53-55; and
the free mind, (IX) 4; and the fresh mind, (XV)
289-90; and futility of recognition, (IX) 180; and
God, (IX) 24; and the hindrance of conditioning,
(XVI) 162; and the hindrance of image, (XVII)
169; and the hindrance of memory, (X) 214; and
the hindrance of the past, (XIV) 52; and the
hindrance of repetition, (XVI) 228; and the
hindrance of thought, (XVI) 147; (XVII) 169, 173;
and independence, (IX) 109; and the innocent
mind, (XII) 207; joy of, (IV) 110-11; and
knowledge, (V) 233; (XI) 382; without labeling,
(V) 311; and learning, (XIV) 54-55; (XVI) 214;

(XVII) 212; and listening, (XI) 261; and living,
(X) 154-55; living in, (XIII) 240; and living
totally, (XIV) 80; and living with death, (XII) 260;
and love, (XVII) 250; versus memory, (X) 50;
(XIII) 10-11; (XIV ) 59; and the mind, (IX) 91, 93;
(XI) 281; (XIV) 83; as moment to moment, (IX)
278; need for, (X) 252-55; and the need for energy,
(XV) 108; and negation, (XVI) 77, 234; as not
conditioned, (XIV) 230; and the old, (XIII) 74;
versus the old, (VIII) 270; (XVII) 136; versus the
past, (IX) 85, 188, 190, 192; (X) 73; and
perception, (XI) 340; possibility of becoming,
(XVI) 242; problems, (IX) 194-95; reasons for
resistance to, (XIII) 19; versus recognition, (XI)
95-96; recognition of, (XIII) 222-23; as religious
revolution, (X) 186; and revolution, (XII) 185; and
science, (XII) 77; and search, (IX) 256-57; (XVI)
111; search for, (XIV) 196-97; seeing, (XVI) 249;
and seeing the fact, (XIII) 30-31; and silence,
(XVI) 123; and simplicity, (V) 246-47; and space,
(XV) 127; and the state of not-knowing, (X) 50;
and the state of quietness, (XII) 227; and the still
mind, (IX) 11; versus thinking, (IX) 141-42; versus
thought, (XVII) 149, 234; and the totality
approach, (X) 149; versus tradition, (IX) 199; and
transformation, (VIII) 250; versus the unaware
mind, (XI) 226; understanding, (X) 130; and
understanding, (V) 234; and understanding death,
(XVI) 31-32; and understanding meditation,
(XVII) 178; unexperienced as, (XVI) 39; and the
unoccupied mind, (IX) 28. See also Change;
Creative revolution; Freedom; Fresh mind;
Mutation; New mind; Radical transformation;
Reality; Renewal; Revolution; Time; Total
revolution; Transformation; Truth
New approach: versus the old, (VII) 322. See also
Truth
New brain: and the interval, (XVI) 197. See also
Brain; New
New challenge: and old response, (VIII) 300, 302
New culture: and the free mind, (VIII) 322
New day: and change, (VIII) 164
New entity: See New; New mind
New human being: immediate need for, (XIV) 30. See
also New
New man: achieving, (XIV) 6; and observation, (XIV)
4-5; and the political organization, (XVI) 231. See
also New
New mind, (VIII) 49-52; (XII) 293-95, 298; and the
absence of ambition, (XII) 310; and the absence of
conflict, (XII) 154; (XIV) 49; and the absence of
seeking, (XVI) 182; achieving, (XII) 115, 254,
308-9; (XIII) 52-53, 61, 73; acquiring, (XVI) 14-
19; and awareness, (XII) 56; (XIII) 117-18; and
the challenge of life, (XII) 279; and change,
(XVII) 10; and confronting facts, (XIII) 63; and
the conscious and unconscious, (XII) 112; versus
continuity, (XI) 368; and creativity, (VIII) 166-67;
and criticism, (XIV) 34-35; and dealing with
problems, (XVII) 97; defining, (VIII) 48; (XII)
101
113-14; describing, (XII) 50-51, 55, 236; and
dying of the old, (XVII) 31; and dying to the past,
(XII) 161; and energy, (XII) 114-15; (XVI) 154; as
essential, (XII) 118; through explosion, (XVI) 162-
63; and family and societal obligations, (XII) 127;
and fear, (XIII) 137; and freedom from the known,
(XIII) 273; and freedom from memory, (V) 215;
and God, (XVI) 157; and the hindrance of
fragmentation, (XIV ) 14; as innocent, (VIII) 49,
51; and inquiry, (XII) 293; and multiplying
problems, (XIII) 16; and mutation, (XIII) 74; need
for, (XII) 50-54, 174, 275-76; (XIII) 2, 67, 71,
116; (XIV) 14-17, 47; (XVI) 8; needs of, (XV) 93;
and negation, (XIII) 50; for new relationships,
(XIV) 227-28; and the new world, (XIII) 119;
possibility of, (XVI) 14, 19; and the problem of
existence, (VIII) 142-43; as the religious mind,
(XII) 107-8, 113-14; and seeing, (XIII) 73; and
seeing the total, (XII) 57-58; versus social
morality, (XIII) 52; and sorrow, (XII) 294-95, 298;
and time, (XII) 58; (XIII) 24; (XIV) 5; and
understanding experience and thought, (XIV) 37;
and understanding imitation, (XVI) 15, 19; and
understanding love, (XIV ) 335-36; versus “what to
do”, (XII) 128. See also Change; Empty mind;
Free mind; Fresh mind; Innocent mind; Mind;
Mutation; New; New mind; Quiet mind; Religious
mind; Revolution; Silent mind
New morality: defining, (III) 232
New order: and the need for peace, (XV) 296, 301; and
understanding disorder, (XVII) 176. See also New;
New mind; Order
New problems: and new solutions, (IV) 83-84
New society: achieving, (VIII) 301-2; (XVII) 36;
creation of, (XI) 8-10; and education, (VIII) 281;
and the empty mind, (XI) 94; and the ending of
sorrow, (XV) 344; and the human being, (XVII) 4;
and the individual, (V) 185; and individual
responsibility, (XV) 53-54; and learning, (XVII)
60; versus the mediocre mind, (VIII) 124; and
order, (XVII) 180; principles for, (V) 64;
questioning the existence of, (XVII) 57; versus
reformation, (X) 166; and self-knowledge, (V) 61,
78; and the serious man, (XV) 301; and
transformation, (XV) 182; and the use of force,
(XVII) 61; and what is, (XVII) 191. See also
Change; Condemnation; New; New order;
Revolution; Society; Total revolution;
Transformation
Newspapers: and the dulling of the mind, (XIII) 295.
See also Authority; Influences; Propaganda
New thinking: and self-knowledge, (X) 234
New world, (VIII) 41-43; and the absence of ambition,
(XIII) 78; achieving, (VIII) 29, 170-71; (X) 101-2,
128; creating, (VIII) 46; (IX) 113; creation of, (XI)
207; without divisions, (XIII) 30; and freedom
from authority, (X) 101; and freedom from
conditioning, (X) 177-78; and the hindrance of
thought, (XVI) 163, 167; and insight into what is,
(VIII) 33; and mutation, (XII) 284; need for, (X)
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107; and the next generation, (X) 194; as ours, (IX)
260; and a religious revolution, (X) 195-96; and
understanding authority, (X) 99, 101. See also
New; World problems
No: complexity of saying, (XIII) 160; importance of
saying, (XIII) 2; need to say, (XVI) 60. See also
Denial; Negation
Noise: cessation of, (XVII) 150. See also Meditation
Noisy mind: and action, (XIV ) 285; versus the empty
mind, (XIV) 262-63. See also Dull mind
Nonacceptance: and the alert mind, (XV) 343
Nonfiction: and the pursuit of the fiction, (XIV) 48
Nonmovement: and the essence of time, (XV) 271,
273. See also Movement
Nonverbal: and listening, (XIV ) 193. See also
Communion; Words
Nonviolence, (X) 80-81; and becoming, (VIII) 169;
and belief, (XVI) 255; futility of attempt to
achieve, (XVI) 179; as an idea, (XVII) 12; as ideal,
(XI) 23-24; ideal of, (XV) 305; (XVI) 192-93, 224;
(XVII) 103, 107; and ideology, (XVII) 142, 170;
as ineffectual, (IX) 119; and intellectuals, (XV)
333; and neurosis, (XVI) 296; as nonreality, (XII)
61; and the refusal to kill, (XV) 327-28; and the
relationship to violence, (XVI) 288-89; as
romantic, (XVII) 258; and the state of
contradiction, (XI) 305-6; and time, (XII) 101; and
violence, (XI) 369-70; and war, (IV) 192; (XVI)
44. See also Contradiction; Ideals; Violence; War;
World problems
No-sayers: and religion, (XI) 289-90
Nothing: and achieving the unknown, (XIII) 203; fear
of being, (XVI) 227; importance of being, (XIII)
180
Nothingness: and becoming, (IX) 170; and creativity,
(IX) 122; and emptiness, (XIII) 191; as sanity,
(IX) 129; state of, (XII) 161; and the state of
revolution, (XI) 177; and unconscious state, (VI)
325-26. See also Nothing
No-time: as the essence of time, (XV) 271, 273
Not-knowing: and the ability to investigate, (IX) 239;
and attention, (XII) 250-51; and the cause of
violence, (XVI) 291-93; and fear, (XII) 250-51; as
the highest form of thinking, (X) 19; and humility,
(XIII) 81; living in the state of, (XIII) 105; and the
process of thought, (XIII) 287; state of, (XI) 390;
(XII) 215-16; (XVI) 295; and the state of learning,
(XV) 111; and truth, (XI) 307; two states of, (XIII)
257, 259. See also Knowing; Knowledge
Now, (XV) 266-69, 273; as the continuation of
memory, (XVI) 238-39; defining, (XV) 267; living
in, (XVI) 12; (XVII) 27. See also Future; Past;
Present; Time
Obedience: and authority, (XIII) 9-11; (XIV) 247; and
the creation of disorder, (XIII) 70-71; and disorder,
(XVII) 174; and the dull mind, (XII) 286-87; and
fear, (VIII) 83-84; (XII) 278; (XV) 44; reasons for,
(XIII) 10; and responsibility, (XIII) 224; and
security, (XIV) 130; and social conditioning,
(XVII) 261; and society, (XIII) 227, 228; versus
the true individual, (XI) 145; without
understanding, (VII) 132-33; and violence, (XVII)
257. See also Authority; Conditioning; Conformity;
Discipline
Object: as the action, (XVI) 268; and the creation of
space, (XVI) 70; love without, (XVI) 114; as the
observed, (XVI) 269-70; and the seeker, (XVI) 69;
and space, (XIV) 293, 300; (XVI) 25, 189, 249;
(XVII) 88, 89. See also Censor; Center; Entity;
Observer
Object and the observer: and space, (XV) 35-36. See
also Object; Observer and the observed
Obscurity: results of, (XVII) 99
Observation, (XIV) 1-7; and the absence of resistance,
(XII) 289; and the absence of thought, (XVII) 4;
and action, (XVI) 152; approach to, (VIII) 122-23;
and attention, (XIII) 84; (XVII) 148; and authority,
(XIII) 335-36; and awareness, (X) 53-54; (XVII)
83; with care, (XIV) 79-80; as catalyst, (XVII) 39;
cessation of, (XVI) 148; and change, (XII) 267;
(XV) 337; change through, (XV) 65-66; without
choice, (IX) 4; and choiceless awareness, (XV)
175; (XVII) 14; and clarity, (XVI) 7, 9; and the
clear mind, (XIV) 3; without comparison, (VIII)
122; (XII) 11-12; with conclusions, (XIII) 328;
without condemnation, (VIII) 307-8; (XIV) 12;
(XVI) 114; (XVII) 22; and conditioning, (XII)
100-101; (XVI) 162; (XVII) 263; conditions for,
(XVII) 99; and conflict, (XIV) 125-26; and the
conscious mind, (XIV) 63, 65; and consciousness,
(XIV) 38, 39; and desire, (X) 245; (XIV) 183; and
deterioration, (XVII) 78; and discipline, (XIV) 4;
(XVII) 34; and discovering the true and false,
(XIV) 27; without distraction, (IX) 21; and
dullness, (XII) 45-46; and the ending of conflict,
(XIV) 42; and the ending of sorrow, (XIV) 307;
(XV) 344; and the ending of violence, (XIV) 76;
and energy, (XIV ) 288; (XV) 144-45; and
enslavement to words, (XII) 122; without
evaluation, (XIII) 215; and examination, (XVI) 33;
as exploration, (XIV) 108; and facing the fact,
(XIV) 26; and the fact, (XII) 311; of fear, (XV)
300; and feeling, (XII) 88; (XIII) 236-37; without
formula, (XIV) 143-44, 146; and freedom, (XIII)
292; (XIV) 18, 19-20, 139; (XVI) 61; (XVII) 211;
and freedom from the word, (XVII) 36; and the
hindrance of accumulation, (XIV) 107; and the
hindrance of determination, (XVI) 96-97; and the
hindrance of memory, (XIII) 326; and the
hindrance of the mind, (VIII) 151-52; and the
hindrance of motive, (XVII) 262-63; and the
hindrance of resistance, (XVI) 198; and the
hindrance of thought, (XVII) 219; of human
conflict, (XIV) 43; and image, (XVII) 58;
importance of, (XVII) 105; and indifference,
(XIII) 147; of the inner and outer world, (XIV ) 79;
inside and outside, (XIII) 331; without
interpretation, (XV) 45-46; without judging, (XIV)
301; and knowledge, (XIII) 299; and learning,

(XIV) 1-4, 54-55, 80; (XV) 62; (XVI) 51, 237; and
listening, (XIII) 124; and loss of conditioning,
(XIII) 118; of love and death, (XVII) 113;
meaning of, (XIV) 50; and meditation, (XI) 195;
(XIV) 33, 35, 36-37; without memory, (XIII) 14;
of the mind, (IX) 221; (XI) 254, 343; (XIV) 29; of
the movement of life, (XVII) 68; and naming, (XI)
158; without naming, (IX) 11; (XIV) 280; and the
need for gurus, (XIV) 70-71; and the new, (XIII)
18; without the observer and observed, (XII) 113;
and the problem, (XIV) 182; process of, (XII) 43-
46, 48; (XIII) 297-300; (XIV) 50-52; (XV) 66-67;
and the process of naming, (XIII) 237; and the
quiet brain, (XII) 312-13; (XVI) 18; and the quiet
mind, (XV) 51; rarity of, (XV) 50; and reaction,
(XII) 83-84; without reaction, (XVII) 225; without
resistance, (XIV ) 138-39; of the self, (IX) 216;
(XI) 229-30; (XIV) 17-18; and self-discovery,
(XVI) 250; and self-knowing, (XVII) 21; and self-
knowledge, (XI) 186; and sensation, (XVII) 147;
without separation, (XIII) 297-98, 299, 300; and
silence, (XVII) 118-19; and simplicity, (XVII) 98;
and sorrow, (XIII) 85; and space, (XIV) 140;
through space, (XIII) 321, 322; of the state of
conflict, (XIII) 285; without technique, (XVII) 66;
without the thinker, (XV) 67; (XVI) 169; and
thinking, (XI) 352; without thought, (XIV) 205;
and total response, (XII) 282; and true denial,
(XII) 224; and the unconscious, (XIII) 195, 293;
and understanding, (XII) 60, 109, 112; (XVII) 113;
and understanding conflict, (XIV) 79; and
understanding sorrow, (XII) 94; and understanding
the world, (XIV) 17; and the unity of inside and
outside, (XII) 231; of what is, (XIV) 1-2; without
the word, (XII) 89. See also Attention; Awareness;
Desire; Listening; Looking; Observer and the
observed; Perception; Seeing; Thinking
Observed: defining, (XVII) 210. See also Observer
Observer: absence of, (XII) 102; (XVII) 164-65; and
awareness, (XV) 38; as censor, (XV) 100; and
change, (XVI) 20; (XVII) 276; as the conditioned
entity, (XVI) 136-37; and consciousness, (XVII) 3;
defining, (XVII) 210; and despair, (V) 249; and
duality, (XVI) 69; ending of, (XVI) 203; (XVII)
90; and fear, (XVI) 212; (XVII) 112, 113, 275-76;
freedom from, (XVI) 251; as hindrance to
attention, (XVI) 190; as hindrance to freedom,
(XVII) 38; as hindrance to observation, (XV) 283-
84; as the idea, (XVI) 268; identifying, (XVI) 199-
201; and the image, (XV) 202; (XVI) 45-46;
(XVII) 79, 82; as image-maker, (XVI) 183; and
inattention, (XV) 113; living without, (XVI) 191;
and loneliness, (XVI) 153-54; looking without,
(XVI) 136, 186-87, 201; meaning of, (XVI) 23;
and memory, (XVI) 134; (XVII) 43, 72; and the
observed, (IV) 194; (V) 249; as the past, (XVI)
200-201; and radical revolution, (XVI) 205; and
space, (XVI) 58, 251; (XVII) 241; as static, (XVII)
276; and the thought, (XV) 67; and time, (XVI)
143; and violence, (XV) 338; and what is, (XVI)
103
212; (XVII) 89. See also Center; Entity; ‘Me’;
Object; Observer and the observed; Thinker;
Thinker and the thought
Observer and the observed, (III) 233; (XVI) 202-5,
268-74; absence of, (XIII) 98; (XV) 114; and the
absence of division, (XIII) 298, 300; and the
absence of silence, (XV) 136; and attention, (XVII)
115-16; and awareness, (IX) 30; and awareness of
problems, (XV) 192; and change, (XII) 253-54;
(XVII) 82; and communion, (XIV) 185-86, 189;
and conditioning, (IX) 94; and conflict, (XI) 299;
(XVI) 153-54, 156, 268-72; and contradiction,
(XII) 46; and the creation of fear, (XVI) 107-8;
and despair, (XVII) 22; without division, (IX) 120;
(XVI) 143, 202-3; division in, (XIII) 283; and
duality, (XII) 100-102; and emptiness, (XVI) 121;
and the empty mind, (XVII) 3-4; ending the
division of, (XVII) 219; and ending fear, (XVI)
180; and fear, (XI) 176; (XIII) 250; (XVII) 13, 72-
73, 209-10, 211; and inattention, (XVII) 148; and
living without ambition, (XVI) 170; and loneliness,
(IX) 64; and looking, (XVII) 275, 276; and looking
at the self, (XIV ) 242; need to understand, (XVI)
136; as one, (XIII) 304, 322; (XIV ) 195; (XV)
145; (XVI) 121-23, 185, 202-4, 272-73; (XVII) 43,
44, 75, 76, 112, 165; and the problem of change,
(VII) 37-38; and the quiet mind, (X) 142-44;
(XIII) 175-76; and seeing, (XV) 190-91; separation
between, (XVI) 183; and sorrow, (XIV) 211; and
space, (XVI) 248-49, 250-51; (XVII) 42, 241; and
the static state, (XVII) 89; and time, (XV) 126-27,
130; (XVI) 23-25; and the time interval, (XVII)
141-42, 144; time interval between, (XVI) 134; and
total attention, (XVII) 61; understanding, (XVI)
199-201; and understanding thought, (XIV ) 36; and
what is, (XVII) 88, 89-90; and the whole mind,
(XII) 44, 48; and the word, (XV) 339. See also
Experiencer and the experienced; Observation;
Observed; Observer; Thinker and the thought
Observer and the questioner: as one, (XIII) 13-14. See
also Observation
Observing: and the center, (XIII) 13; without effort,
(XVI) 127; and the new, (XIII) 302-3; and
questioning, (XVI) 198-99; versus thinking, (XII)
6. See also Looking; Observation; Seeing
Obstinate: and positive thinking, (IX) 181-82
Occident: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions;
Society; World problems
Occident and Orient, (X) 31-32; and the image of God,
(XV) 240; and oneness of human problems, (IX)
51, 121; similarities between, (XVI) 159. See also
East; East and West; West; World problems
Occult, (IX) 142-43
Occupation(s): and conflict, (IV) 5; (VII) 42-43; and
education, (V) 172; 59-60, 64; and exploitation,
(IV) 8-9; and reality, (IV) 26; as social detriment,
(VI) 106-7; with what to do, (IX) 262. See also
Education; Livelihood; Nationalism; Occupied
mind; Professions; Quiet mind
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Occupied mind, (VII) 309; (VIII) 207; (IX) 102; and
achieving stillness, (IX) 21-22; and the acquisitive
mind, (IX) 27-28; and authority, (VIII) 231;
awareness of, (IX) 58-59; and change, (XI) 124;
and the conditioned response, (IX) 284; and
conflict, (IX) 204-5; defining, (X) 156-57; versus
the empty mind, (XI) 40-41; examining, (IX) 206;
and fear, (IX) 37; (XII) 234; as hindrance to
seeing, (XVI) 2; as hindrance to self-knowing,
(XVII) 164; and laziness, (XIII) 138; limitations
of, (IX) 205-6; and listening, (XI) 14; and love,
(VIII) 319; and mediocrity, (VIII) 286-87; (X)
189; and meditation, (VIII) 239-40; versus
meditation, (VII) 233-34, 247-49; versus the new,
(IX) 140,142; and problems, (IX) 80-81; and self-
centeredness, (X) 226; and sorrow, (IX) 99; and
superficiality, (VII) 312-13; understanding, (XII)
137-38. See also Conscious; Daily life; Dull mind;
Empty mind; Livelihood; Mediocre mind; Mind;
Petty mind; Quiet mind; Serious mind
Old: and authority, (XIV ) 20; defining, (XIII) 74; and
disturbance, (XIII) 15; dying to, (XVII) 173;
ending of, (XIII) 303; as an example to the young,
(VIII) 92-93; fear of, (XVII) 226; and the loss of
innocence, (XV) 235; and the new, (XIV) 230;
versus the new, (XVII) 136; and thought, (XVII)
169, 170, 173, 176, 177; versus young, (V) 33-34.
See also Old age; Parents
Old age, (III) 213; and conditioned belief, (XVI) 156;
and deterioration, (VI) 299-301; fear of, (XII) 318;
and the fear of death, (XV) 78; and leisure time,
(III) 211; meaning of, (X) 258; and the seeds of
deterioration, (VII) 309; and understanding death,
(XV) 346
Old brain: function of, (XVI) 197; and the need for
quiet, (XVI) 16. See also Brain
Older generation: and the creation of world problems,
(XVII) 280; and the responsibility for world
violence, (XVII) 261-62. See also Younger
generation; Young people
Old mind, (XI) 74-77; (XIV) 14-15, 20; and acquiring
knowledge, (XIII) 245; describing, (XII) 236;
ending of, (XVI) 163; looking at, (XVI) 198;
reasons for, (XI) 75-76; versus the young mind,
(XI) 35-36. See also Dull mind; Mind; Old brain;
Petty mind
One world: as brotherhood, (VII) 102
Opinion(s): versus communion, (XIV) 226; and
contradiction, (IX) 7, 9; as dialecticism, (XVI) 3;
versus fact(s), (XII) 283; (XIV ) 145; futility of
discussing, (XVI) 196; as hindrance to fact, (XV)
10-11, 338-39; as hindrance to inquiry, (XVI) 53;
as hindrance to relationships, (XVI) 46; as
hindrance to understanding, (XI) 70; listening
without, (XV) 186, 188; of others, (l) 140-41; as
useless, (XVII) 228; as valueless, (XIV) 234; and
words, (XIV) 50. See also Authority; Belief;
Comparison; Competition; Idea(s); Ideal(s);
Ideology; Patterns; Tradition
Opposite(s): and choice, (l) 3, 9; (XI) 164-65; and
conflict, (IV) 2-3; (XIII) 76; (XVII) 267; conflict
of, (III) 175; (VI) 167-68, 195; and desire, (XI)
180-81; and education of children, (III) 78;
falseness of, (III) 50-51; and the futility of
integration, (XV) 178; and ideals versus
understanding, (XVII) 232; and incompleteness, (l)
2-3; overcoming, (XII) 100, 102; as reaction, (XI)
333; search for, (l) 168-70; and the seeds of, (IX)
228-29; state of, (IX) 284; and suffering, (l ) 2-3;
transcending, (III) 212; and violence, (VI) 77. See
also Choice; Conflict; Conflict of opposites;
Contradiction; Divisions; Duality; Effort
Opposition, (l) 144-45; as conflict, (VI) 7-8; and
duality, (III) 204; as hindrance, (III) 197-98
Oppressor: and the oppressed, (II) 27. See also
Exploiter
Order, (XII) 189-92; (XV) 171-75; achieving, (XV)
201; and attention, (XV) 172; and austerity, (XVII)
239, 242; awareness of, (XV) 207; and the
awareness of disorder, (XV) 206-7; as the basis of
relationships, (XV) 57; and the challenge of
authority, (XVII) 138; and change, (XV) 157; and
the cultivation of virtue, (IX) 90-91; defining, (XV)
14; (XVI) 114-15; desire for, (XII) 187-88, 189-
90; and discipline, (XV) 346; and disorder, (XV)
55-56, 116-20, 124-25, 158, 295-301; (XVI) 184;
and facing what is, (XVII) 191; and forced
behavior, (XVII) 202; and freedom, (XV) 116-17,
195-96, 206, 304; and freedom from sorrow, (XV)
344, 346; generational attempt at, (XVII) 245; and
the hindrance of authority, (XVII) 197; and the
hindrance of compulsion, (XVI) 47-48; and the
hindrance of ideology, (XVII) 192; and
identification with pleasure, (XV) 236; versus the
immoral society, (XVI) 183-84; inward and
outward, (XVII) 190; and love, (XVII) 242; the
need for, (VIII) 91; (XIV ) 278; (XVII) 159, 167,
190-91; need for inner and outer, (XVI) 24-25;
need for inward and outward, (XV) 198-99; need
for outward, (XVII) 258; need for social and
inward, (XVI) 47-48; and observation, (XV) 129;
as peace, (XV) 129; and the presence of love and
beauty, (XVII) 208; and responsibility, (XV) 57;
and sanity, (XV) 171-72; in the self, (XVII) 180;
and self-knowing, (XV) 174; as social necessity,
(XV) 325-26; and society, (XV) 19, 203; and
technology, (XV) 56; and time, (XV) 262; as
timeless, (XV) 200; without tradition, (X) 146; and
violence, (XVI) 25; and virtue, (XII) 310; (XV)
136, 201; (XVI) 25; (XVII) 34; as virtue, (XIII)
157-58; and will, (XV) 209. See also Disorder;
Order and disorder; Society
Order and disorder, (XVII) 167-68, 173, 245-51; and
conduct, (XVII) 202; and meditation, (XVII) 239-
40; understanding the relationship between, (XVII)
223-24, 227-28. See also Disorder; Order
Orderly freedom: and society, (XV) 55. See also Order
Order, space, and freedom: as interrelated, (XV) 206.
See also Order; Space

Organization(s), (II) 205; (V) 100-102, 115; as cause
of war, (V) 76; creating, (l ) 185-86; and disunity,
(II) 84-85; and exploitation, (III) 21-22; versus
freedom, (X) 15-16; freedom from, (XVI) 248; as
hindrance to reality, (IV) 39-40; increase in, (XIV)
296-97; and Master, (II) 225-26; need for, (II) 124;
and the need to question, (II) 188; and the path to
love, (X) 188-89; and peace movement, (VI) 98-
100; as reactionary, (XI) 354-55; role of, (VI) 279,
281; and social reform, (VI) 316-17; as support,
(VIII) 230; as usurpers of power, (V) 100-101. See
also Authority; Groups; Institution; Religion;
Society
Organized belief: loss of faith in, (XVII) 94. See also
Belief
Organized entertainment: and leisure, (XIV) 203
Organized groups: and vested interests, (VI) 284-85
Organized religion, (V) 36-37; and the absence of
peace, (VIII) 141; and the absence of self, (X) 75;
and authority, (VII) 301; and the authority of the
few, (XVII) 139; and compulsion of individual,
(VI) 279-81; as conditioned, (XII) 78; and
conditioning, (V) 48; (XI) 168; and dependency,
(III) 162-63; and destruction of individual
responsibility, (IV) 88; and discipline, (XIII) 303-
4; and energy, (XIII) 337-38; as escape, (VI) 140;
escape from, (IV) 151; as escape from suffering,
(XII) 175; versus experiencing life, (V) 202; and
freedom, (XIII) 106; freedom from, (IX) 33-34,
36; and government, (IX) 230; as hindrance to
thought, (XI) 302; and leisure, (XIV) 203; as
meaningless, (XVII) 41, 215, 217; and the mind of
man, (X) 98-99; and the modern world, (V) 156-
57; need to be free of, (XI) 207; and the
obliteration of the individual, (XI) 144; as
poisonous, (XII) 127; and problems, (XV) 7; as
propaganda, (XIV) 43; and propaganda
conditioning, (XIII) 332-33; versus religion, (X)
199; versus the religious person, (XIII) 64; and the
search for God, (X) 102-3; and the search for the
original, (XV) 215; and separatism, (V) 2-3; and
the state, (III) 207; (IV) 16; teachings of, (XVII)
152-53; versus the true religion, (X) 34; versus the
true religious life, (XI) 360; and universal morality,
(X) 80. See also Authority; Conditioning;
Exploitation; God; Masters; Obedience; Organized
belief; Power; Religion; Society; War
Organized revolution: as reactionary, (XI) 360. See
also Revolution
Organized society: and freedom, (IX) 249; function of,
(V) 203-5. See also Society
Organizer: function of, (XVII) 143
Orient: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions;
Society; World problems
Orient and Occident, (II) 194; (X) 31-32; differences
between, (IX) 51; and oneness of human problems,
(IX) 121; similarities between, (XVI) 159. See also
East; East and West; West; World problems
Original: achieving, (XV) 220; defining, (XV) 215;
and freedom from time, (XIV) 150; and hindrance
105
to understanding, (XV) 219; and the need for
skepticism, (XVI) 137; need to be, (XIV) 149-50;
and the religious man, (XIV) 117; search for, (XV)
241. See also Conditioning; Habit; New; Repetition
Originality: and learning, (XIV ) 240; and simplicity,
(XIII) 158. See also Original
Original sin: and the Christian resistance to life, (XVI)
100. See also Belief; Religion
Origin of life: and the ending of sorrow, (XV) 220
Orthodoxy: and the absence of beauty, (XV) 93;
rejection of, (V) 170-71. See also Conditioning;
Conformity; New
Otherness: and the search for freedom, (XI) 44; state
of, (IX) 231-32; as unknown, (IX) 234. See also
God; Reality; Truth
“Ought to be”: versus what I am, (X) 70
Our earth: and divisions, (VIII) 186
‘Ourness’: and rebuilding a new civilization, (VII)
141-42; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 151
Our world: and the cessation of divisions, (VIII) 92;
and fear, (VIII) 63; need for, (VIII) 113-14
Outer: and challenge, (XII) 75-76; defining the
function of, (XII) 70-71. See also Inner
Outer and inner: as one, (XI) 184; as unitary process,
(XII) 90. See also Inner and outer; Inward and
outward
Outer and inner life: as one, (XIII) 51-52. See also
Inner and outer; Outer and inner
Outer problems: defining, (XII) 218. See also Society;
World problems
Outer space: and exploration, (XIV) 297. See also
Space
Outer to inner: movement of, (XV) 47, 85, 175. See
also Inner and outer
Outer world: and inner state, (IV) 48
Outside: See Outer
Outward: understanding, (XV) 44, 47; and
understanding society, (XV) 42, 47. See also Outer
to inner
Outward and inward movement(s): and the desire to
belong, (XII) 184-85; as one (XIII) 89-90. See also
Inner and outer
Outward authority, (XII) 144; defining, (XII) 234. See
also Authority; Outer
Outward challenge: and inward crisis, (XVI) 160; and
social competition, (XIII) 220-21. See also
Challenge
Outward change: rapidity of, (XII) 200. See also
Industrialism; Progress; Society
Outward condition, (III) 127-28
Outward movement: affecting, (XII) 185; and change,
(XII) 291-92; defining, (XII) 171-72; of life,
(XIV) 1-2
Outward reform: and inward revolution, (VII) 294-95
Outward security, (XII) 235
Overcoming: as suppression, (IV) 118-19
Over-organization: and destruction of freedom, (XI)
103
Overpopulation: and confusion, (XI) 57; and
destruction of freedom, (XI) 103; and violence,
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(XVII) 256; and worship of authority, (XIV) 246.
See also Space; World problems
Pacifism, (VI) 195-97; and violence, (VI) 127-28; and
war, (V) 315. See also Peace; Violence
Pacifist: and violence, (XVI) 288, 296. See also War
Pain, (II) 28; (VIII) 302-3; abolishing, (XV) 232-33;
acceptance of, (XVI) 83; acceptance of
psychological, (XV) 316; approach to, (XIII) 223;
avoidance of, (XVI) 169; and awareness of
conflict, (XVI) 82; beginning of, (XV) 237; and
change, (XV) 54; and comfort, (l) 27; and
competition, (XVI) 218; and continuity, (XIII)
318; and desire, (IX) 82; (XV) 106; (XVI) 88;
(XVII) 213; and detachment, (V) 228-29; difficulty
of overcoming physical, (XVI) 235; and
discontent, (XI) 8; escape from, (l) 170; and
experience, (X) 17; and fear, (XII) 96; (XV) 28;
and life, (XVII) 69-70; meaning of, (XVI) 284;
and motive, (XIV) 95; physical, (XIV ) 90; (XVII)
69; physical and psychological, (IV) 175; (XV)
200, 341; and pleasure, (l) 15; (II) 215; (XV) 290-
91; (XVI) 287; (XVII) 67, 123; and pleasure of
living, (X) 159; and the presence of pleasure,
(XVI) 62, 91-92; and psychological dependence,
(VII) 273-74; and relationship, (IX) 139; and the
relation to pleasure, (XVI) 117-18; and the search
for pleasure, (XVI) 121; and thought, (XVII) 163;
and time, (XIV) 103; (XV) 131. See also
Confusion; Despair; Escape; Happiness;
Identification; Pleasure; Sorrow; Suffering
Painter: and communion, (XIV) 226; and expression,
(XVI) 245. See also Arts
Pakistan: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions;
Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World
problems
Paradise: through intelligent awareness, (II) 185. See
also Millennium
Paramatma: as spiritual entity, (VIII) 291
Parenting, (l) 55-56; and religious training, (l) 121
Parents: and attitude to education, (VII) 157-60; as
authority, (l) 55-56; (VII) 78-79; and coercive
education, (XI) 3-4; and comparison, (VIII) 67-68;
and the conditioned mind, (VII) 74, 75; and
dependence on children, (VII) 81-82; and the
desire to have children conform, (X) 14; duty to,
(VII) 237; and education, (VIII) 124; and the
education of children, (IX) 224-25; (X) 65; (XIII)
272-73; and fear of, (VII) 76; and love, (XV) 229;
and loving their children, (VII) 88-89; (IX) 271-
72; and power, (VIII) 113-14; and the relationship
to the child, (IX) 155-56; respect for, (VIII) 71;
and responsibility for education, (VII) 162-63;
responsibility for environment, (V) 170-74;
responsibility of, (VIII) 38-39, 278-83;
responsibility to, (V) 170-72; role of, (V) 171-74;
(VII) 68; (VIII) 63-64. See also Authority;
Children; Domination; Education; Family
Parsi(s): See Authority; Belief; Conditioning;
Conformity; Divisions; God; Religion; Society;
Words; World problems
Part: as shallow, (VII) 170; and whole, (XII) 176. See
also Total action
Partial: action, (XI) 342
Participation: in affecting outward change, (XVI) 242
Particular: versus the general, (XIII) 148; and love,
(XVII) 203; versus the total, (XV) 186-90; and the
universal, (XII) 10
Passion, (XIII) 250-52, 253-56; (XIV) 95-100; and
action, (XIV) 70; and austerity, (XII) 166; (XV)
225; and beauty, (XI) 205; and conflict, (XII) 194;
defining, (XII) 149, 273; (XVII) 252; and
discontent, (XIV ) 265; and the discovery of truth,
(XIV) 124; and the dissipation of energy, (XVII)
232; and energy, (XIII) 111-12; (XVI) 67, 68; and
energy from what is, (XIV) 113; and energy
through action, (XV) 235-36; as foundation for the
free mind, (XII) 205; and freedom, (XVI) 162;
(XVII) 18-19; and the hindrance of acceptance,
(XIV) 33-34; and inquiry, (XVI) 67; and learning,
(XI) 98-99; and listening, (XVII) 172; meaning of,
(XI) 374; (XII) 245; and motive, (XVII) 155, 157;
need for, (XIV) 60-61, 154; (XVII) 63-64, 132-33;
and the need for reason, (XIV) 154; and pleasure,
(XVI) 66, 281; (XVII) 35, 66; and the religious
mind, (XII) 226; revival of, (XI) 97, 99; and seeing
beauty, (XIV) 269; and self-abandonment, (XI)
251-52; versus sex, (XII) 245; and simplicity, (XI)
72; as a state of mind, (XV) 69-70; and
understanding, (XIII) 251; and understanding
sorrow, (XIII) 251-52; and understanding truth,
(XI) 146-48. See also Desire; Feelings; Intensity;
Love; Sensitivity
Passionate mind: and the absence of conflict, (XII)
154; and the absence of seeking, (XVII) 156;
defining, (XI) 97; as the empty mind, (XIV) 118;
and the immeasurable, (XI) 153; and learning,
(XV) 69-70; and the whole, (XI) 108. See also
Mind; New mind; Passion; Quiet mind; Religious
mind; Silent mind
Passion, love, and desire: as related, (XII) 243, 246
Passive alertness: understanding, (V) 50-51, 52, 265.
See also Self-knowledge
Passive awareness: and aloneness, (V) 357-58;
defining, (V) 9; and dream interpretation, (IV) 137-
38; and freedom from fear, (VII) 302-3; and need
to dream, (V) 144; and openness to the unknown,
(VII) 331-32; versus possessions, (V) 297; and
state of tranquillity, (IV) 126; and the still mind,
(IV) 209; and the tranquil mind-heart, (IV) 64; and
true thought, (IV) 136; and understanding, (V) 7,
155-56, 191, 254-56, 261, 318, 358-59. See also
Awareness; Choiceless Awareness; Quiet mind;
Real; Reality
Passive mind: and the positive, (XV) 254-55. See also
Mind
Passivity: and laziness, (XII) 206

Past, (II) 163-64; and accumulation, (XVII) 177; and
action, (XIV) 149; (XVI) 216; (XVII) 18;
analyzing, (VI) 144-45; and authority, (XIII) 10,
71-72, 123; awareness of, (III) 135; versus beauty,
(XVII) 207; breaking down, (XIII) 92; as burden,
(II) 67; clinging to, (XVI) 49; and communion,
(XIV) 284; and comparison, (XVII) 183;
conditioned by, (XVI) 141-42, 143; and
conditioning, (XIII) 129; (XV) 304-5; and the
conscious and unconscious, (XVI) 143; as the
conscious and unconscious, (XII) 127; (XV) 276-
77; as the conscious and the unconscious mind,
(IX) 188; in the conscious and unconscious, (XIV)
138; and consciousness, (VI) 108-10; (X) 50, 54;
as consciousness, (XIII) 289-90; and conditioned
thought, (IV) 79; contact with, (XV) 162; defining,
(V) 189; (VIII) 323; (X) 54, 237-38; (XIII) 68, 72,
316; (XIV) 151; (XVI) 188-89, 190; denial of,
(XVI) 77; desire for, (X) 254; desire to erase, (X)
73; dissolving, (XIII) 69, 72, 73; dominating
influences of, (III) 119; dying to, (XI) 194-95;
(XII) 221-22, 260-61; (XV) 79-80, 232-33, 244,
276; (XVI) 31-32, 162; and dying to yesterday,
(XII) 37; and the empty mind, (XVII) 242; ending
of, (XIII) 303; (XVII) 163; and energy, (XIII) 66,
338; enslavement to, (XII) 6; as the essence of
habit, (XIII) 240; as existence, (XVI) 205; and
experience, (VII) 239; (X) 145-46; (XII) 224, 309;
(XIII) 220; (XVII) 34-35, 155; and the fact, (XIII)
37; and fear, (XI) 173-74; (XIII) 35, 134; (XIV)
94; and formula for change, (XVII) 101-2; and
fragmentation, (XVI) 239; freedom from, (VI) 364;
(VII) 224-25; (VIII) 95, 196, 205, 268-69; (IX) 49,
143, 187-88, 190-95, 211; (X) 50, 123, 149, 237-
38; (XI) 225-26; (XII) 137; (XIII) 37-38, 67, 72,
73, 219, 240; (XIV) 87, 228; (XV) 153; (XVI) 90;
(XVII) 5, 166; and freedom from the known, (IX)
92; freedom to look at, (XVI) 198; and the free
mind, (VIII) 322-23; functioning from, (XVI) 239-
40; function of, (XIII) 69-70; futility of return to,
(IX) 2; and future, (XIII) 63, 77; versus future,
(III) 141; and goodness, (XIII) 151; as hindrance,
(IV) 49-50; (V) 58, 121; as a hindrance to
discovery, (VIII) 234-36; as hindrance to freedom,
(VIII) 102-3; as a hindrance to humility, (XVI)
145; as hindrance to investigation, (XVI) 90; as
hindrance to learning, (X) 252-53; as hindrance to
meditation, (IX) 280; as hindrance to the new,
(XIV) 243; as hindrance to the present, (V) 304-6;
(XIII) 328-29; as hindrance to solving problems,
(XVII) 33; as hindrance to the still mind, (IX) 231-
32; as hindrance to the timeless, (X) 87; as
hindrance to the young mind, (XIV) 85; and the
image of fear, (XVII) 276; and the individual,
(XIII) 74; and influence, (XII) 97; influences of,
(X) 223; influence in present and future, (XIII)
316-17, 319; and influence on now and the future,
(XI) 273; inheritance from, (III) 163, 191-92; and
inquiry, (XIII) 334; and the insensitive mind,
(XVII) 269; and knowledge, (VIII) 333; (IX) 217;
107
(XII) 321-22; (XIII) 185, 222; as knowledge, (X)
97-98; as the known, (IX) 260-61; and learning,
(XI) 158; as limitation of present and future, (III)
154; living free of, (XVI) 13; living in, (XIV) 88;
(XVI) 238-39; and living in the present, (XV) 114-
16; living without, (XIII) 317, 319; and maturity,
(XIII) 246-47; and ‘me’, (VI) 181-83; meaning of,
(XI) 50; and memory, (l) 180-82; (IV) 41; (IX)
266-67; and the mind, (V) 138-39; need to be free
of, (X) 203; (XIII) 315-16; (XVI) 12; and the
negative approach, (XI) 206; nonunderstanding of,
(III) 223; and the observer, (XVI) 199-201; and the
old mind, (X) 258; and past understanding, (IV)
36; pleasant and unpleasant, (VII) 232-33; and
pleasure, (XVI) 283-85; and present, (II) 68; (III)
209-10; (V) 80, 189; present and future, (V) 250-
51; and the quality of thought, (XIII) 43-44; as a
response to thought, (XIV) 190; and the shaping of
response, (XIII) 122-23; and sorrow, (VIII) 336;
and thinking, (X) 214; thinking as a result of,
(XVI) 168; and thought, (VII) 231-32; (XV) 224;
(XVI) 147; (XVII) 135-36; and time, (XIV) 102;
(XV) 75-76; as time, (VIII) 39; and the timeless,
(XI) 169; and the unconscious, (XIII) 7; as the
unconscious, (XIV) 63; understanding, (IV) 19;
and the word, (XIII) 295; worship of, (VIII) 215.
See also Accumulation; Brain; Conditioning;
Continuity; Environment; Experience; Fear; Hate;
Heredity; Individual; Knowledge; Memory; Mind;
Time
Past and future: living in, (XIII) 159-60. See also Past
Past, present, and future: and conditioning, (X) 26; and
conflict, (XII) 177; and thought, (XIII) 102-3; and
time, (XI) 176; (XIV ) 101; as time, (XVI) 141-42.
See also Future; Past; Present
Path: as nonexistent, (XIII) 106. See also Discipline;
Method
Patience: meaning of, (XIV) 100
Patriotism, (II) 6, 41-43; (X) 115; and awareness, (II)
41; versus brotherhood, (II) 50-51; as a disease,
(II) 42; as hindrance, (II) 42; and irrationality, (V)
66-67; versus love of the earth, (XI) 92; origin of,
(II) 51; as poisonous, (XV) 229; and war, (III)
242. See also Divisions; Nationalism; War; World
problems
Pattern(s): attempt to be free of, (X) 99; and change,
(X) 11-12; (XIV) 277; (XVII) 198; versus change,
(XIII) 74-75; changing to, (XV) 332; and
conformity, (XII) 235; conformity to, (XI) 326;
(XV) 325-28; (XVII) 134; and contradiction,
(XIV) 281; creating, (XVII) 20; creating new, (X)
45; and the desire to change, (XV) 133; destruction
of, (XII) 254, 279; and escape from fact, (XIII)
232; as hindrance to change, (IX) 55; (XI) 89;
(XIV) 188; as hindrance to dealing with problems,
(XVII) 129; as hindrance to radical revolution,
(XIV) 271; as hindrance to understanding, (XV)
240; versus meditation, (XII) 263; and memory,
(XIV) 170; need to be free of, (X) 171; (XIII) 315;
need to break, (XV) 99; and the petty mind, (XV)
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183; versus reality, (VIII) 318; and the repetition
of thought, (XVII) 177-78; and revolt, (XVII) 168;
versus revolution, (XVI) 233; and satisfying
discontent, (XIV ) 264; search for, (XIV) 278; and
the search for God, (XV) 41; significance of,
(XIII) 262; and social revolutions, (XVII) 16; and
society, (XIV ) 245; submission to, (XV) 295; and
superficial change, (XIII) 267; surviving within,
(XVII) 179; of thinking, (X) 38; (XV) 55. See also
Belief; Change; Conditioning; Conformity;
Copying; Discipline; Habits; Ideal(s); Ideology;
Imitation; Knowledge; Method; Systems;
Technique; Tradition; Words
Peace, (III) 176; (VI) 9-10; (VII) 126-27; (IX) 70-71;
(XV) 220-26, 295-96; and the ability to learn,
(XVI) 214; and the absence of conflict, (XVI) 80-
81, 84; (XVII) 219; and the absence of pleasure,
(XV) 124; and the absence of tomorrow, (XV) 116;
to achieve, (III) 117, 150, 226, 232, 237-38;
achieving, (IV) 4, 27, 89; (VIII) 142; (IX) 15-16,
70-71; (X) 79; (XIII) 234; (XIV) 13, 259-60;
(XVI) 125-30, 130-35; achieving, (XV) 346; (XVI)
4, 11, 46-47; achieving through fundamental
change, (VII) 53-54; achieving through self-
knowledge, (V) 16; acquiring, (X) 9; analyzing the
nature of, (VIII) 260-61; approach to, (XVI) 116;
barriers to, (IX) 70; versus becoming, (XIV) 133-
34; through compassion and goodwill, (IV) 7;
conditions for, (V) 339; (XV) 84, 86; (XVII) 29;
and conflict, (XII) 242, 298; (XVI) 214; and the
conflict of commitment, (XI) 371-72; and
contradiction, (XV) 179, 180; creating, (III) 153;
defining, (IV) 154-55; (IX) 15-16, 70; (XV) 225;
and desire, (XVI) 76, 85; desire for, (V) 223-24;
(VIII) 153; (IX) 247; (XII) 8, 238; (XIII) 324;
desire for inward, (XIV) 129; versus the desire for
security, (XV) 220; and the desire to achieve,
(VIII) 154; destroyers of, (XVI) 126-27; and
discontent, (VII) 211; discovering, (XI) 113;
versus divisions, (VIII) 217; as effortless, (XVI)
135; and energy, (XVI) 130, 134; and escape,
(VIII) 227-28; as evolutionary process, (III) 231-
32; versus fear, (VIII) 225-26; finding method for,
(VII) 20-21; and freedom, (XVI) 3-4; (XVII) 85;
and freedom from conditioning, (XVI) 126-27; and
freedom from fear, (XV) 117; and freedom from
the positive, (XVII) 21; versus fulfillment, (IX)
122; futility of pursuit, (X) 40; and the hindrance of
armaments, (XVII) 281; and the hindrance of
motive, (XVII) 273; and the hindrance of thought,
(XVI) 133; hindrances to, (IV) 89-90; as an idea,
(XV) 83; and the individual, (V) 342; and
individual understanding, (III) 145-46, 148; and
intelligent awareness, (III) 148; inward and
outward, (XVI) 116; versus isolation of
relationship, (V) 59-61; meaning of, (VII) 126-27;
(VIII) 219; (IX) 223-24; (XII) 190; (XV) 127-28;
(XVI) 126; of mind, (XIII) 54; and moral
behavior, (XVI) 81; through motiveless movement,
(IX) 208-9; as necessity, (VI) 98-99; need for, (X)
116-17; (XV) 220; (XVI) 15; (XVII) 101, 257; and
the need for inward change, (XVII) 144; and the
need for order, (XVII) 245, 247; need to live in,
(XVI) 132; as order, (XV) 129; and the ordinary
person, (VIII) 225; organizing for, (V) 76; as
personal responsibility, (IV) 188; (V) 153; and
prayer, (XIV) 259-60; through prayer, (III) 31;
(IV) 90; and the presence of freedom, (XVI) 111,
125-26; (XVII) 218; and the presence of goodness,
(XVI) 9; price of, (IV) 7; reasons for achieving,
(VI) 98-100; and the refinement of the heart, (VII)
127; and relationship, (XVI) 44-45, 47; and the
religious man, (XV) 322-23; and revolution of
values, (IV) 93; search for, (VI) 79; (VIII) 328;
(XI) 140-41; (XV) 88, 94; and the search for
security, (VIII) 222-24; through self-knowledge,
(III) 197; (IV) 151, 157; (VIII) 225-26; state of,
(XV) 91; and the still mind, (XIV ) 218-19;
superficial, (XV) 64; and truth, (VI) 100; through
understanding of confusion, (IV) 193; types of,
(VIII) 129-30; (IX) 233; and the unconditioned
mind, (VIII) 218-19; through understanding,
(VIII) 231-32; and understanding needs, (XV) 220;
through understanding the self, (VIII) 227-28; and
violence, (VI) 99; without violence, (III) 140; as
vulnerable to attack, (X) 83-84; and war, (V) 15-
16; (VI) 195-97; from within, (V) 278. See also
Conflict; Divisions; God; Immeasurable;
Nationalism; Non-violence; Quiet mind; Reality;
Society; Tranquillity; Violence; War; World
problems
Peaceful living: as prime goal, (III) 242-43
Peaceful mind: and understanding the significance of
existence, (XVII) 43. See also Mind; Quiet mind;
Silent mind
Peacemakers, (IX) 209
“Peace of mind”: and meditation, (XV) 36. See also
Peace
Perception: achieving, (XII) 24; and achieving
understanding, (XVII) 4; and action, (XI) 358; as
action, (XV) 332; and attention, (XI) 258, 360; and
clarity, (XI) 182-83; and compassion, (IV) 8; and
conflict, (XIV) 12-13; and confusion, (XI) 202,
204-5; and death, (XII) 258; and desire, (XIV)
180; (XV) 16, 64, 313; (XVI) 36, 61, 86-87;
(XVII) 184, 213; as different from analysis, (XIII)
283-84; and effort, (XII) 41; and energy, (XIII) 66;
(XIV) 290; of the fact, (XI) 391; of false and true,
(XI) 190; and fear, (XIII) 100-101; of fear, (XVII)
275; and freedom, (XII) 234; and the free mind,
(XI) 256, 258; and the hindrance of influence,
(XIII) 226; and the individual, (XVII) 137;
without interpretation, (XI) 208; and knowledge,
(XIII) 219; versus knowledge, (X) 86-87; and
liberation, (XII) 310; and listening, (XII) 67;
(XVI) 140; and the negative approach to, (XII) 27;
and the new, (XI) 340; of the problem, (XI) 339;
and the process of desire, (XV) 166; and
renunciation, (XI) 277; and sensation, (VII) 77-78;
significance, (XI) 345; and silence, (XVI) 185; of

sorrow, (XI) 221-23; and the state of being alone,
(XII) 225; versus symbols, (XI) 287; and time,
(XII) 160; (XIV) 210; and total freedom, (XIV)
134, 135; and truth, (XI) 254; understanding,
(VIII) 39-40; as the way of truth, (XI) 257-58; of
the whole, (V) 88-89; and the word, (XIV) 189.
See also Awareness; Learning; Looking; Masks;
Observation; Seeing
Perception and memory: relationship between, (XIV)
58. See also Memory; Perception
Perfection, (l) 42, 112-14, 151-52, 178; as continual
becoming, (II) 142-43; defining, (VIII) 332; and
ideal, (VII) 268-69; as illusion, (III) 98; and
learning, (IX) 171-73; as the known, (VII) 306-7;
and time, (VIII) 331-32. See also Conflict;
Environment; Experience; God; Reality; Truth
Perfect man: as materialist, not spiritual, ideal, (VII)
268
Periphery: and the seeking mind, (XVII) 152-53, 156
Permanence, (-y), (III) 26-29; (VII) 327-29, 330; and
attention, (XVI) 193; and the center, (X) 178-79;
versus the constant, (XI) 126-27; and continuity,
(V) 267; (VIII) 209; and the creation of God,
(VIII) 87; and the dead mind, (XIV) 251; and
desire for, (III) 103-4; (IV) 189; (V) 336-37; (VII)
49, 114-15, 263-65; (VIII) 150, 185, 222-24, 273;
(IX) 112, 217; (XI) 356; (XIII) 179-81; (XIV)
279; (XV) 28, 177; and the desire for security,
(XII) 104-5; effect of and desire for, (VII) 21-22;
and escape from loneliness, (XIII) 103; and fear,
(XIII) 101-2, 136; and God, (IX) 142; as
hindrance, (IX) 36; as hindrance to inquiry, (IX)
223; as hindrance to security, (VII) 161; human
search for, (XV) 40-41; as an idea, (XIV ) 242; and
impermanence, (l) 64; (X) 178-79; as life goal,
(VII) 87; and the ‘me’, (IX) 41; and the mind, (IX)
20; or movement beyond time, (IX) 142; myth of,
(VIII) 289; and the need for authority, (VIII) 26;
and the need for dependence, (IX) 61-62; as
nonexistent, (VIII) 274; (XI) 31; (XIII) 180-81;
(XV) 319; and organized religion, (XIV) 223; and
promise of security, (VII) 279; and religion, (XI)
116; search for, (IV) 205; (IX) 208, 257; (X) 7, 10,
42-43; (XIII) 44, 263; (XIV) 223; (XV) 241; and
the search for fulfillment, (IX) 47; and search for
God, (V) 346; and the search for security, (XIII)
306; and separation, (V) 8; and the thinker and the
thought, (XII) 177-78; and thought, (XII) 241; and
time, (XII) 98; and time, death, and love, (XII)
162; and transiency, (XI) 117; versus transient,
(III) 151. See also Awareness; Belief; Change;
Continuity; Death; Fear; Impermanence;
Permanent; Reincarnation; Religion; Security
Permanent: belief in, (XVII) 17; desire for, (XVII) 85;
meaning of, (XIII) 256; nonexistence of, (XVII)
27-28, 114; and the search for God, (XVII) 182;
and the soul, (XVII) 108. See also Continuity;
Death; Fear; Permanency; Religion; Security
109
Permanent entity: and the desire for continuity, (XVII)
27; and the next life, (XVII) 149; and thought,
(XIV) 158. See also Permanent; Soul
Permanent state: desire for, (XIV) 129, 132
Personality, (VIII) 145
Personal lives: and public conflict, (V) 77
Personal responsibility: and world crisis, (VI) 217
Persuasion: and change, (XI) 308-11; (XII) 288. See
also Compulsion
Petition: and prayer, (VII) 217. See also Prayer
Pettiness: and the mediocre mind, (VIII) 123-24; need
to end, (XIII) 273; seeing, (XIII) 184; and truth,
(XIII) 205-6. See also Petty mind
Petty mind: and ambition, (X) 153; and the ambitious
mind, (XIII) 98; and approach to problems, (X)
155-57; and avoidance of problems, (XIV ) 94-95;
awareness of, (XI) 340; 27-28; as basic problem,
(X) 100-101; and being serious, (XIII) 275; and
commitment to action, (XIII) 93-94; and
contradiction, (XI) and control, (IX) 103-5; and
creation of problems, (XI) 134; defining, (X) 156-
57; (XII) 307-8; describing, (XI) 94-99; and drugs,
(XVII) 14; and experience, (XV) 39; and fear,
(XV) 320; and feeling, (XI) 72-73; and following,
(XVI) 232; and freedom, (VIII) 228-31; freedom
from, (XIII) 97; and fundamental change, (XI)
239; going beyond, (VII) 255; and habit, (XV)
243; and the immediate,, (XIII) 92-93; and
intelligence, (VII) 216-17; and knowledge, (XV)
260; and the known, (IX) 217; as limited, (XI) 131;
and listening, (XVII) 240; and the meaning of
bliss, (XIV) 72; as the mechanical mind, (XIV )
259; and meditation, (XIV) 299-300; versus the
new, (X) 179; as occupied, (VIII) 207; and peace,
(VIII) 232; and the positive approach, (XI) 293;
and prayer, (IX) 235; and problems, (XIV) 81-82;
realization of, (IX) 283; and religion, (XVI) 247-
48; and seriousness, (VIII) 259; and superficial
answers, (IX) 136, 138; as unaware, (IX) 265-66;
versus the unknown, (X) 214. See also Conscious
mind; Dull mind; Empty mind; Innocent mind;
Mediocre mind; Mind; New mind; Occupied mind;
Old mind; Quiet mind; Religious mind; Shallow
mind; Superficiality
Philanthropy: and discernment, (III) 39-40; and
environment, (III) 15-16; and exploitation, (II)
141-42; and fear, (II) 188-89; and wrong means,
(IV) 198. See also Exploitation; Needs
Philosophers: and the failure of rulers, (XVII) 125;
and the purpose of life, (IX) 93-94; theories of,
(III) 62. See also Authority; Intellectual;
Knowledge; Philosophy
Philosophy, (II) 27, 49; defining, (XIV) 76; and
despair, (XVI) 265; as immature, (XIV) 198;
invention of, (XI) 391; and the meaning of life,
(XIV) 40; as metaphysical refuge, (II) 86; and
problems, (XVII) 32; as refuge, (l) 105; value of,
(IX) 38-39; and world uncertainty, (XI) 378. See
also Authority; Intellect
Philosophy of action: See Action
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Physical continuity: desire for, (XII) 160. See also
Permanency
Physical danger: protection against, (XVI) 110. See
also Danger
Physical death: solving the problem of, (XII) 262. See
also Continuity; Death
Physical effort: versus psychological effort, (IX) 166.
See also Effort
Physical energy: in the East and West, (XIII) 231; and
psychological conflict, (XVI) 138; sources of,
(XIV) 288. See also Energy
Physical fear: necessity of, (XII) 262; and
psychological fear, (XII) 304; as self-protective,
(XV) 77. See also Fear
Physical growth: versus psychological growth, (VII)
49-50
Physical health: need for, (XI) 7; and psychological
health, (XVII) 54. See also Body; Mind
Physical interdependence: versus psychological
independence, (X) 92
Physical needs: and desire, (VII) 42; as necessity,
(XII) 243
Physical necessities: distribution of, (IX) 196; and
greed, (IX) 163-64; and power, (XI) 250
Physical needs and psychological needs: discerning
between, (XII) 247
Physical order: as necessary, (XV) 136. See also Order
Physical pain: versus psychological suffering, (XII)
211
Physical security, (V) 169; as necessary, (XV) 31, 138;
need for, (X) 42; (XII) 135; versus psychological
security, (V) 160; (X) 3; search for 269; urge for,
(XIV) 184; and world divisions, (XIII) 12. See
also Continuity; Escape; Security; World problems
Physical sorrow, (XII) 218, 210. See also Sorrow
Physical survival: and fear, (XVI) 60
Physical time, (XV) acceptance of, (XV) 117. See also
Time
Physical violence: defining, (XVI) 288. See also
Violence
Physics: and applying the light of silence, (XII) 90.
See also Science; Scientific mind
Pills: and the mind, (XI) 81-82; and tranquillity, (XIII)
77. See also Chemicals, Drugs
Planned economy: versus freedom, (X) 174
Planned revolution: versus revolution, (XIV) 44. See
also Mutation
Pleasure, (XV) 70-74, 140-44, 164-69; (XVI) 35-39,
214-18, 282-88; (XVII) 10-13, 14-15, 64-70, 181-
85, 188; and the absence of effort, (XVII) 231; and
the absence of love, (XVII) 130; accumulation of,
(XV) 232-33; and action, (XVI) 74; (XVII) 18-19;
as the basic principle of life, (XVI) 91; as basis for
activities, (XV) 335; as the basis for society,
(XVII) 64, 65; and beauty, (XV) 26; (XVI) 65; and
capacity, (V) 257; and change, (XV) 54; (XVI) 49;
and conduct, (XVII) 204; and conflict, (XVI) 81-
82, 154, 214-15; and continuity, (XIII) 318; (XV)
290; and the continuity of thought, (XVI) 145-47;
and creating disorder, (XV) 199; demand for, (XV)
161-62; and desire, (IX) 82; (XV) 106, 123, 223-
24; (XVI) 88, 93-94; (XVII) 172, 213, 239; desire
for, (V) 337; and the desire for ‘more’, (VII) 100-
101; and discipline, (X) 249; drive for, (XV) 124-
25; dying to, (XI) 78, 367; (XII) 161; (XIII) 187;
(XIV) 32, 153; (XV) 79-80, 232-33; (XVI) 31;
(XVII) 28, 147-48; and dying to memory, (XIV)
257; and dying to the past, (XV) 290-91; ending,
(XV) 111-12; and escape, (XVI) 97; and
experience, (X) 17; and fear, (XVI) 281; (XVII)
163; function of, (XVI) 62; as a goal, (XVI) 213;
as hindrance to love, (XVI) 234; and the ideal,
(XV) 261; and immediate action, (XVII) 141; and
love, (XIV) 165; (XV) 174; (XVII) 202-4, 234;
versus love, (XVI) 75-76; meaning of, (XVI) 117-
18; (XVII) 115; as mechanical, (XVII) 233-34;
and memory, (X) 133-34; (XI) 319; and morality,
(XVI) 215; and motive, (XIV) 95; (XVII) 262;
nature of, (XV) 335, 339; need to understand, (XV)
273; need to understand the nature of, (XVII) 6;
and pain, (XV) 200; (XVII) 10; and passion,
(XVII) 35; and peace, (XV) 222-23; and the
positive approach, (XV) 255-56; process of, (XVI)
154; (XVII) 204; and repetition, (XVII) 45-46; as
the result of thought, (XVII) 114; search for, (XVI)
233; and the search for experience, (XVI) 66; and
seeking, (XVII) 154; and self-centered activity,
(XV) 228, 236-37, 239; and self-centered
prosperity, (XVII) 19; and the sensual, (XV) 140-
41; and sorrow, (XII) 210; (XIII) 174; (XV) 293;
(XVI) 143; (XVII) 181; structure of, (XV) 125;
(XVI) 281-82; (XVII) 122-23; and the thinker,
(XV) 219; and thinking, (XVI) 91; and thought,
(XVI) 163, 164, 169; (XVII) 118, 148, 169-70,
250; and time, (XV) 121, 132-33, 136; as timeless,
(XI) 350; types of, (XVI) 216; (XVII) 181; as the
ultimate valuation, (XV) 311-12; understanding,
(XV) 141, 210, 223-24, 311-13, 315; (XVI) 215-
16; and understanding fear, (XVI) 61-62; and
understanding meditation, (XVI) 145-48;
understanding the structure of, (XV) 233; (XVI)
281; understanding the types of, (XV) 70;
unnamed, (XVII) 14-15; values as basis for, (XVI)
95. See also Dull mind; Feelings; Gratification;
Happiness; Pain; Sensation; Sorrow
Pleasure and pain: and change, (XVI) 128-29; and
conflict, (XVI) 55, 91-92, 112, 182; and
contradiction, (XVI) 94; and dying
psychologically, (XV) 346; dying to, (XV) 321;
and fragmentation, (XVI) 288; freedom from,
(XVI) 92; as one, (XVI) 36, 37-38; and rejection,
(XV) 263-64; and the superficial life, (XVI) 99;
and the will, (XVI) 97. See also Pain; Pleasure
Plus quality, (V) 198
Poems: and tension, (XIV ) 289. See also Arts
Poetry: as creative impulse and verbalization, (VII)
246; and total attention, (XIII) 176-77. See also
Artist
Police: as invaders of privacy, (V) 143
Police force: as social detriment, (VI) 107

Policeman: versus right profession, (X) 263
Political action, (IX) 253-54; and religious honesty,
(VI) 277-78
Political dogma: and change, (VIII) 22
Political freedom, (VI) 137-38
Political mind: as destructive, (XII) 90. See also
Authority; Power
Political organizations: and freedom, (XI) 114, 116
Political participation: and anti-violence, (IV) 192
Political parties: and systems, (VIII) 30
Political power: as evil, (VII) 48; and peace, (VIII)
153
Political problems: and challenges, (XII) 76. See also
Authority; Power; Society
Political struggle: and life, (VIII) 58
Political system(s): escape from, (IV) 151; need to be
free from, (XI) 207
Political tyranny: increase of, (XII) 49-50. See also
Authority; World problems
Politicians, (VII) 161-62; and authority, (XIII) 123;
and contradiction, (XV) 180; and control, (X) 163-
64; and creation of problems, (IX) 214; as
destructive, (XII) 50; and divisions, (IX) 117;
(XVII) 162; and the failure of rulers, (XVII) 125;
and fear, (XII) 59; and fragmentation, (XIV) 3; and
freedom, (XIII) 106; (XVII) 16-17; and hypocrisy,
(XVII) 266; and the immediate, (XIII) 159;
(XVII) 102; and power, (VIII) 113-14; and
reformation, (XI) 48-49; and the saint, (XI) 289;
and the unity of man, (XVI) 231; and world
confusion, (XIV ) 12; and world problems, (XI)
295; (XII) 230. See also Ambition; Authority;
Government; Obedience; Politics; Power; Society;
World problems
Politics: failure of, (XVII) 94; and order, (XVII) 159;
as a part of life, (XI) 352; and power, (XII) 37-38;
versus the religious kind, (XIV ) 117; and social
reform, (VI) 66-67; and world view, (II) 101-2. See
also Politicians; Society; World problems
Poor: attitudes toward, (VIII) 75; and happiness, (VII)
101; and the pseudo-religious, (XIV) 26. See also
Acquisition; Food, clothing, shelter; Possessions;
Starvation; World problems
Popular opinion: and nonviolence, (XV) 328, 334. See
also Conditioning; Conformity
Population: effects of increasing, (XIV) 297; and the
need for space, (XV) 204. See also World problems
Population explosion: and world problems, (XVII)
160. See also Cities; Space
Positive: action and reaction, (XII) 300; and
contradiction, (XV) 254-56; defining, (XV) 261;
and disorder, (XV) 299; and the negative
importance of understanding, (XV) 299; and the
state of innocency, (XVI) 230. See also Action;
Inaction; Negation; Negative mind; Positive action
Positive action: and ambition, (XI) 267; and
conditioning, (XVII) 20; and creation of the mask,
(XVI) 230; and escape from what is, (XVI) 212; as
futile for change, (XVI) 174; and love, (XVI) 76-
77; meaning of, (XVI) 18, 75; and the past, (XVII)
111
18; as reaction, (XVI) 122; and seeking, (XVI)
115. See also Action; Negation; Positive
Positive and negative, (III) 203; approaches to, (XII)
26-28; and the quiet mind, (XV) 286. See also
Positive
Positive approach, (XV) 253-60, 260-66; and the
conscious mind, (XI) 163, 231-32; and
contradiction, (XI) 202-4; defining, (XIII) 208;
(XV) 213; and inquiry, (XI) 291-93; to
psychological problems, (XIII) 169. See also
Negation; Negative approach; Positive and
negative
Positive mind: defining, (XIII) 129; describing, (XV)
255-56; movement away from, (XV) 257-58. See
also Mind; Positive approach; Quiet mind
Positive movement: versus seeing immediately, (XIV)
200, 202
Positive process: and inertia, (XVI) 28; and inquiry,
(XII) 140-41. See also Positive action
Positive state: defining, (XIII) 201; and the state of
negation, (XVI) 234. See also Positive approach;
Positive process
Positive thinking, (XI) 89-94; and comparison, (XIII)
257; and conflict, (XII) 154; and conformity, (XII)
78; defining, (X) 19, 139; (XI) 188; (XII) 213-14,
322; (XIII) 50-51, 95; as destructive, (XI) 282;
explaining, (XII) 282-83; and formulas, (XII) 255;
as limited, (XII) 220; meaning of, (XI) 329; versus
negative thinking, (VIII) 234-36, (IX) 179-81;
process of, (XII) 78-81; as reaction, (XII) 153. See
also Negative thinking; Positive approach
Positive watching: and the unconscious, (XIII) 194.
See also Positive approach
Possession(s), (l) 41; (II) 88, 123-24; (VI) 12; and the
absence of contentment, (VIII) 139; and
aggrandizement, (VI) 88-89; and compassion, (l)
92; consequences of, (II) 8; craving for, (II) 121-
22; dependence on, (III) 147; and desire, (VII) 41-
42; and detachment, (V) 229; and fear, (IV) 38;
versus the free mind, (VIII) 29-30; and greed, (III)
150-52; and illusion, (V) 281; and inner poverty,
(V) 357; and joy, (VIII) 118; versus love, (VII) 93;
versus the new mind, (VII) 202; and power, (II)
137-38; as power, (III) 146-47; and psychological
security, (V) 343-44; and relationship, (IV) 203;
(V) 363; (VI) 80; and renunciation, (l) 49-50; and
search for security, (V) 73; and self-fulfillment, (V)
158; and the simple life, (VII) 323; and simplicity,
(VI) 73-74; and social cruelty, (l ) 157; and social
enslavement, (II) 104; and virtue, (II) 16-17. See
also Accumulation; Acquisition; Acquisitiveness;
Craving; Gain; Greed; Happiness; Morality;
Possessiveness; Property; Relationship; Security
Possessiveness, (II) 5-6, 10, 45; and conflict, (VI) 239;
and craving, (III) 164-65; and exploitation, (II) 19-
20; and fascism, (II) 14; freedom from, (l) 176; and
fulfillment, (II) 187-88; as hindrance, (l) 150; and
love, (III) 164; (IV) 209-10; (VI) 132; and
nationality, (II) 39; and personal needs, (II) 10;
and psychological security, (XIII) 120, 121; and
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relationship, (III) 159-60; and social exploitation,
(IV) 27; and understanding, (II) 121; and war, (II)
25. See also Accumulation; Acquisitiveness;
Craving; Feelings; Gain; Love; Possessions
Postponement: and change, (XII) 289-90; and ideals,
(V) 290; as a philosophy, (VII) 145. See also
Gradual
Poverty: and action, (XII) 23; alleviation of, (VII)
227; approach to, (XII) 187; causes of, (VI) 138-
39; and change, (VI) 10-11; desire to alleviate,
(XIV) 74-75; and the educated man, (XV) 31; and
exploitation, (II) 52; external and internal, (II) 44;
and guilt, (XII) 140-41; and the hindrance of
nationalism, (XV) 305; inner, (III) 147, 190; and
intelligence, (II) 158-59; inward, (VIII) 111;
inward and outward, (VIII) 86; lessening of, (IX)
242; and the mind, (VIII) 319; and nationalism,
(II) 216; and need for transformation, (V) 40; and
prosperity, (XII) 184; psychological, (III) 151;
(VII) 251-52; resolving through formulas, (XV)
10; and security, (l) 19-20; and solutions, (VI) 138-
39; and wealth, (VI) 107; (IX) 193, 196; world,
(VI) 84; as a world problem, (II) 6-7; (XVI) 242;
and world problems, (XIV) 2. See also Food,
clothing, shelter; Necessities; Poor; Possessions;
Scientific knowledge; Security; Society;
Starvation; Values; World problems
Power, (l) 41; (VI) 89; (IX) 274-77; and action, (XVI)
151; and ambition, (VIII) 96; and authority, (XII)
236; (XIII) 14; as the basis for war, (VIII) 261;
and the bourgeois life, (XVI) 256; as cause of war,
(V) 76; and change, (VII) 45-49; (XI) 274-77; and
conflict between the “high” and the “middle”,
(XVII) 138; and contradiction, (XIII) 126; as
corrupting, (XVI) 149; and creation of laws, (VII)
80; and criticism, (V) 296; and dealing with
starvation, (XVII) 104; desire for, (III) 150-51;
(IV) 95; (VIII) 112-14; (XI) 372-73; (XIV ) 246;
and the desire to commit, (XII) 66; and desire to
exploit, (V) 308; as destructive, (IV) 85; (V) 64;
and disorder, (XVII) 200; and the dull mind, (XI)
372; dying to, (XII) 40; evil of, (XI) 272, 276;
(XII) 171, 189; (XIV) 74; and exploitation, (V)
100-101; and exploitation of leadership, (IV) 187;
and happiness, (II) 198; and the hierarchical
process, (V) 100; and ideology, (IV) 160; and
inquiry, (XII) 55-56; and inward transformation,
(VII) 12-13; as isolating process, (VI) 309; and
knowledge, (VII) 103; (XII) 35-36; and the lost
individual, (IX) 274-75; as a loveless state, (V)
101; meaning of, (XII) 171; as the new religion,
(V) 153; and obedience, (XV) 44; and occupation,
(IV) 9; and oppression, (IV) 3; and order and
disorder, (XVII) 246; and organized groups, (VI)
316-17; physical security, (IV) 138; and
possessions, (V) 339; through possessions, (III)
147; and process of isolation, (V) 60-61; and
property, (III) 181; and relationship to evil, (IV)
132; and the religious mind, (XV) 44; and
revolutions, (XI) 1; through scientific technique,
(VIII) 35; search for, (l) 85; (III) 226; (XV) 44;
seeking, (XII) 143; and social approval, (l) 151;
and social divisions, (XVII) 122; and social
inequality, (V) 145; and society, (IX) 229-30; (XII)
36; (XIII) 110; versus solitude, (VIII) 244;
spiritual and material, (II) 137-38; and status, (XII)
34-37, 271; as status, (VIII) 37; struggle for,
(XVII) 109; types of, (VIII) 35; types and meaning
of, (V) 44-45; understanding, (XII) 27-28; and
violence, (IX) 117-18, 241; (XVII) 200. See also
Acquisition; Ambition; Authority; Competition;
Craving; Domination; Envy; Faith; Fulfillment;
Government; Greed; Ideas; Identification;
Inequality; Nationalism; Possessions; Society;
Sorrow; Suffering; Understanding; Value; War;
World problems
Practice: as hindrance, (IX) 273; as mechanical
process, (XV) 83; and meditation, (XV) 84; and
method, (XV) 82-83; studying, (XI) 319-20. See
also Belief; Habits; Method; Patterns; Tradition
Prayer, (l) 123-24; (II) 150; (IV) 81; (VI) 30-31, 203-
4; (VII) 217-18; (X) 227, 228; as an act of will,
(VIII) 192; analyzing, (V) 81, 164-65; as escape,
(VI) 14-16, 31; (XIV) 299; (XV) 153; and
freedom, (XIV) 300-301; function of, (XIV) 259-
60; importance of, (VI) 229-30; and meditation,
(IV) 90; (V) 135-36, 208-11, 269, 361; (IX) 280;
(XI) 141, 356; (XIII) 94-95, 195, 263; (XIV) 108-
9, 156; (XV) 37, 83-84; (XVI) 66; of mind, (XI)
178; and past conditioning, (VI) 230; as petition,
(III) 232-33; (IV) 180-81; (VII) 96-97; process of,
(VI) 118-19; (IX) 234-35; as repetition, (VI) 158-
59; and search for God, (VI) 158-59; and self-
gratification, (VI) 204; and the state of suffering,
(VIII) 239; and the still mind, (VI) 100; as
supplication, (VI) 64-65; understanding the process
of, (IX) 17-18; value of, (II) 212. See also
Authority; God; Illusion; Peace; Religion
Precept: defining, (III) 125
Predestination: defining, (III) 85
Predeterminism: and the loss of freedom, (X) 90
Prejudice(s), (l) 24, 135-36; (II) 173, 196-97; and the
conditioned mind, (VII) 73, 74-75; and
conditioning, (V) 187; (VII) 204; defining, (V)
271; and discernment, (III) 52; and environment,
(II) 66-67, 115, 119; freedom from, (II) 67, 221; as
hindrance to discovery, (XI) 167; as hindrance to
learning, (XIV) 1-2; as hindrance to thinking, (X)
2-3; listening without, (XIII) 75; and nationalism,
(II) 6; and path to truth, (III) 97; reasons for, (II)
67; stupidity of, (XVII) 258; as tradition, (II) 2;
understanding, (III) 20-21; and violence, (IX) 241;
(XVII) 260. See also Comparison; Competition;
Condemnation; Divisions; Experience;
Nationalism; Race; Religion; Tolerance; Truth
Presbyterian: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning;
Divisions; Religion; Words
Present, (II) 68-69; and action, (XIV ) 139, 236;
(XVII) 18; and attention, (XIV) 273; and
awareness, (XVII) 22; and clinging to past, (V)

250-51; and comparison, (XVII) 183; and the
continuation of the past, (XIII) 316-17, 319;
defining, (XIV) 28; and the fragmentation of time,
(XVI) 238; and fear, (XII) 249, 251; and freedom
from the past, (V) 121; as free from fear, (XI) 173-
74; versus gradual understanding, (XIV ) 262; and
learning, (XVI) 215-16; (XVII) 58-59, 231; and
listening, (XV) 34; listening in, (XIII) 328; living
in, (II) 67, 138; (VI) 41; (XIV) 94, 178-79, 254;
(XV) 114-16; (XVI) 188, 239; living without fear
in, (XIII) 319; as meaningless, (XIV ) 40; as the
modified past, (XVI) 200; need to be aware of,
(IV) 19; need to understand, (III) 171; observing
in, (XIV) 4; and passion, (XVII) 19; past and
future, (XI) 273; and past memories, (II) 156-57;
and past pleasure, (XVI) 283-84; and pleasure,
(XVI) 285; and relationship, (V) 213-14; as a result
of the past, (IV) 90; as sacrifice to future, (IV) 94,
178; and time, (XV) 75-76; and total attention,
(XIV) 253; and transformation, (V) 221;
understanding, (IV) 12, 50. See also Conditioning;
Future; Memory; Past; Time
Prestige: See Ambition; Power
Pretension: seeing the structure of, (XVI) 227. See also
Masks
Pride: and the feeling of ‘I’, (VII) 99-100; as
hindrance to generosity, (XIII) 150, 151;
transforming, (XI) 29-30; understanding, (XI) 30
Priest(s), (II) 11-12, 142; and authority, (XVII) 33; as
comforter, (II) 161-62; creation of, (XVI) 113; and
exploitation, (II) 12, 223; as exploiter, (II) 88-89,
154-55, 208, 216-17; function of, (X) 202; as
interpreter, (VIII) 207-8; and morality, (II) 205-6;
and pacification, (II) 12; reason for, (II) 12;
religious and secular, (XVI) 280; and ritual, (II)
84. See also Authority; Leader; Messiah; Religion;
Savior; Teacher
Primitive: and civilized, (XIII) 190; versus the
cultivated state, (XII) 87
Primitive art: and belief, (XIII) 30
Principles, (l ) 112, 175-76; and dishonesty, (XVII)
247; external, (l) 153; versus seriousness, (XVII)
274. See also Behavior; Images; Tradition
Private life: and masks, (XVI) 225
Privilege, (VI) 12; and the need for revolution, (XI)
309; and ritual, (V) 91
Problem of existence: as basic problem, (X) 122, 124
Problem of life: understanding, (X) 85-86, 88
Problems, (l) 87-88; (II) 82; (V) 333-38; (VI) 50-52,
128-31, 331-34; (IX) 77-78, 80-81, 198-201; (XI)
265-67, 270; (XIII) 132-33; (XIV) 174-80, 180-87,
251-58; (XV) 149-56, 191-97; (XVI) 207-10;
(XVII) 31-38, 93-99; and the absence of answers,
(IX) 240; of achieving change, (VII) 36-38; and
action, (XI) 358; and the act of listening, (XI) 56;
adjusting to, (XV) 316; analyzing, (V) 181-83; and
answer(s), (VII) 43, 106, 140-41; (VIII) 220, 252-
53; (X) 167, 180, 235; as the answer, (XI) 342-43,
346; (XIII) 206; without answers, (X) 35; and the
answers as known, (XI) 305; answers to, (XIII)
113
216-17; approach to, (III) 124; (IV) 205; (V) 89,
294-95; (VII) 244; (VIII) 100-101, 162, 165, 249-
50, 283-86; (IX) 33-34, 138, 223, 253; (X) 1-2, 4,
72, 199-200, 240, 242-43; (XI) 15-16, 19, 130,
156-57, 190, 201-6, 228, 295, 303-4, 306, 363;
(XII) 117, 133, 246; (XIII) 65-66, 132-33, 211;
(XIV) 14-15, 161-66; (XV) 211-13; (XVI) 222-23;
(XVII) 49-53; and approach to answers, (XVI)
299-300; as approach to change, (XI) 314; and
asking right questions, (XVII) 108; and authority,
(VII) 301; awareness of, (IX) 253; (X) 173; (XIV)
41-42; (XV) 210; (XVI) 173; basic, (IX) 196; (X)
239-41; and the capacity to cope, (VII) 274-75; and
cessation of escape, (XII) 241; and challenge and
response, (XV) 12; (XVI) 207-9; of change, (IX)
25-29; (X) 116-18; and the clear mind, (XVI) 209;
collective and individual, (X) 148-49; and
communication, (XV) 8-10, 340; and complexity,
(VI) 333; complexity of, (X) 128; complexity of
inward, (XIII) 177-78; and the conditioned
approach, (VIII) 3-4; and the conditioned mind,
(VII) 174-75; and conditioning, (VIII) 217, 343;
(XII) 53; and conditioning and belief, (XVI) 159;
and conflict, (II) 1; (XII) 15, 239; (XIII) 161-62;
of conflict, (X) 29; (XVI) 8; and the conscious
mind, (III) 201-2; contact with, (XVII) 25; and
contradiction, (XI) 159; creation of, (XV) 144;
critical awareness of, (XIV) 226; of daily
existence, (XIV) 56; of daily life, (XI) 352; dealing
with, (VII) 322-24; (XV) 100-101; (XVII) 95-96;
dealing with the daily, (VII) 151; and dealing with
the whole, (XVI) 136; defining, (IX) 142; (XIV)
188, 304; (XVI) 207-8; and denial, (XIII) 86; and
dependency, (IX) 62, 63; and the desire for
answers, (XIII) 65-66; desire for freedom from,
(XVI) 195; and the desire for solutions, (VII) 133;
desire to be free of, (XI) 266-67; and the
destruction of clarity, (XIV) 174; and the discovery
of truth, (VIII) 344; and the dulling of the mind,
(XIII) 132; and the dull mind, (XIV) 126; (XV)
114; of East and West, (IX) 121; and effort, (XV)
9, 12; and effort to change, (VII) 181-83; and the
emotion and the intellect, (XVII) 49; ending of,
(XIII) 170; and ending thought, (XV) 238; and
energy, (XVII) 120; enumerating, (VIII) 9; of
envy, (X) 29-30; and escape from, (IV) 159-60;
(VI) 135; (XVII) 8-9; and escape from the fact,
(XVI) 60; of existence, (VIII) 147-49; exploring or
solving, (VIII) 251; facing the young, (VII) 133;
and fact, (XII) 317; and fear, (VII) 303; and
feelings, (XV) 6-7; and feeling versus thinking, (X)
123; fragmentary view of, (XVII) 264-65; of
fragmentation, (XV) 101-4; freedom and love as
the only, (XVII) 223; and freedom from belief,
(XVI) 258; and the fresh mind, (XV) 289; and the
futility of seeking solutions, (X) 150; and
government, (XV) 10; growing complexity of, (X)
155, 197; and the hindrance of conditioning, (X)
170-71; and the hindrance of divisions, (VIII) 248-
49; and hindrance of the past, (VI) 79; and
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hopelessness, (XII) 174; how to deal with, (VIII)
207; identification with, (XVI) 161; identifying,
(VIII) 2; (XI) 248; and immediate action, (XIII)
328; immediate approach to, (XV) 72; immediate
resolution of, (XIV ) 133, 304, 308, 309; immediate
understanding of, (XVI) 155; importance of
approach to, (X) 155-56; and inattention, (XV)
112-13; and inclination, temperament, and
circumstances, (XVII) 95-96, 97; increasing, (XI)
266; (XIV) 303; and India, (XIV ) 272; and the
individual, (XIV) 229-30; as individual, (IX) 135-
36; and inquiry, (IX) 271; (XII) 186-87; inquiry
into, (X) 35; and integrated understanding, (III)
181; as interrelated, (XIV) 14, 252; (XV) 7-8, 12,
211-12; interrelationship(s) of, (II) 12; (X) 128;
(XI) 329-30; (XVII) 132; and the interval between
challenge and response, (XVI) 208; investigation
of, (IX) 4-5; (XIII) 100; inward and outward,
(XIII) 213; inward and outward as one, (XII) 218;
and knowledge, (VII) 310-12; (XI) 337-38; and the
lack of inward energy, (XIII) 327; and the
limitations of thinking, (XI) 389; and listening
without opinions, (XVI) 140; of living, (VI) 45-47;
of living as a human being, (XVI) 93; living with,
(XIV) 224; looking with nonverbal attention at,
(XV) 143; and the loss of faith, (XVII) 1; and the
‘me’, (VII) 179; meaning of, (VIII) 230-31; (IX)
9, 36-37; (XIII) 19-20; (XVI) 74; and the mind,
(VI) 222-23; (VII) 253-54; (XVI) 221; and the
movement of life, (XV) 186-87; as multilevel, (VI)
143-44; multiplying of, (VI) 168-69; (VII) 293;
(VIII) 236, 283-85; and need for hope, (VII) 243-
44; and need for an immediate end to, (XII) 294;
need for immediate resolution of, (XIII) 314; and
the need for mutation, (XV) 4; need to face, (XVI)
246-47; and the need to face the fact, (XVII) 251;
and the need to see clearly, (XVI) 7; need to solve,
(XIV) 251-52; new approach to, (X) 121-24; and
the new mind, (XVII) 97; and the now, (XV) 268;
and the past, (IX) 216; and the path to solution,
(VII) 165; perception of, (XI) 339; personal, (III)
135-36; of possession and name, (IV) 98, 99;
prevention of, (XIII) 174; primary, (XVI) 165;
process of coping with, (IV) 29-30; and the process
of exploration, (VIII) 311; and the process of
thought, (X) 112-13; psychological, (X) 187; and
questions and answers, (XII) 71-72; and the quiet
mind, (XV) 245, 308; (XVII) 4; and quietness,
(VI) 7; and radical transformation, (VIII) 36; of
relationship and existence, (XV) 163-64; and
reliance on authority, (XIV) 275-76; (XVI) 72; and
religious freedom, (IX) 33-36; and the religious
life, (XIV ) 264; and the religious mind, (XIII) 162;
and the religious and scientific approaches, (XII)
169; reluctance to probe, (XII) 187; and resistance,
(VIII) 243; resolution of, (XV) 212-13; (XVII) 77;
resolutions to, (XI) 133; resolving, (XIV) 303-4,
309; rethinking, (XIV ) 40; and the role of dialogue,
(XVI) 257; and the search for answers, (VIII) 1-4;
(XIII) 199-200, 202; and search for happiness,
(IV) 61; and search for satisfaction, (VIII) 240-41;
and the search for solutions, (VIII) 7-9, 15; search
for understanding of, (V) 11-13, 32, 72-73; and
seeing the whole, (XV) 187-90; (XVI) 237; seeing
the whole of, (XVII) 61, 264-65, 267, 268; as self-
made, (VIII) 49; sensitivity to, (XI) 133-34;
separation from, (X) 139; and the serious mind,
(XIII) 276; and seriousness, (XVII) 98; sharing of,
(XV) 8; and the silent mind, (XV) 253; simplicity
of approach to, (XVI) 245; of slavery, (XI) 330-35;
social, (XI) 65; and solution, (IV) 69; (VI) 35;
(VII) 139-43; versus solutions, (X) 54; solution to,
(IX) 15; and sorrow, (XII) 295; (XIII) 83, 84, 85;
(XVII) 180-81; and struggle, (VII) 28-29; and
superficial change, (VII) 34; suppression of, (XV)
71-72; as symptoms, (II) 1-2; and the thinker, (IV)
147; and the thinker and the thought as one, (X)
114-15; totality of approach to, (XI) 56-57, 233;
total view of, (XI) 132; and transformation, (IV)
207; types of, (XV) 7; understanding of, (l) 67;
(VIII) 170, 191, 202, 226; (X) 110; (XI) 170, 178;
(XII) 7-12, 132; (XIII) 132-33; (XIV) 99; (XVII)
31-38; understanding the approach to, (VIII) 142;
and understanding desire, (XV) 107; and
understanding effort, conflict, and contradiction,
(XII) 123; understanding the significance of,
(XIII) 168; and understanding thinking, (VII) 180;
as universal, (X) 1-2, 31, 69; unresolved, (XIV)
290; viewing from general to the specific, (XI) 62-
63; and the waste of energy, (XIII) 232; as a
whole, (X) 139-41; world, (II) 221-22; world, and
relationship to the individual, (V) 30, 32-33. See
also Escape; Inquiry; Questioning; World problems
Problem solving: and human suffering, (V) 41; the
intellectual approach to, (VII) 251-54; and passive
alertness, (IV) 136; and passive awareness, (V)
255; process of, (V) 283. See also Conflict
Process: as centerless, (X) 14-15; defining, (XI) 21; as
static, (XVII) 272; of thought and conditioning,
(X) 101-2; and time, (XVII) 272-73
Process of becoming: and the individual, (III) 50-51
Process of thought: as the word, (XIII) 296-97. See
also Thought
Production: and physical necessities, (IX) 242
Profession(s), (V) 61-64; and capacity, (XII) 302; and
efficiency in education, (V) 105; as expressions of
society, (IV) 109-10; finding the right, (X) 263;
and the integrated human, (V) 114; and knowledge,
(XI) 381; right and wrong, (VI) 60; slaves to, (XI)
302, 330, 332. See also Education; Exploitation;
Livelihood; Occupation; Profit; Specialists;
Vocation; Work
Professional life, (II) 191-93
Professionals: and love of work, (IX) 103. See also
Livelihood
Profit-minded: and the desire for success, (XII) 298.
See also Ambition
Profits: as hindrance to solving problems, (XI) 295;
and listening, (XI) 253; as motive for change, (XI)
273; and vested interest, (VIII) 207

Progress, (l) 112, 134, 151, 189-90; (IX) 96-99; and
ambition, (VIII) 96, 98-99; and the collective, (IX)
127; as comparative, (XIV) 193; and comparison,
(XII) 14; (XV) 168; and conditioning, (IX) 200; as
confusion, (VII) 253; as denial to freedom, (XII)
276; desire for, (VIII) 130-31; economic, (XVI)
192; and fear, (XII) 188; and freedom, (XII) 169;
(XIII) 2, 4; as gradual growth, (XVI) 206; as
growth, (V) 17; and happiness, (IV) 61-62;
interpreting, (IV) 41; inward, (VII) 251-52; (VIII)
115; inward and outward, (XVI) 231; as inward
and outward process, (VII) 254-55; material,
(VIII) 115; mechanical, (l) 189-90; and the mind,
(X) 143; outward and inward, (XVII) 32;
psychological, (IV) 183-84; scientific, (VII) 101;
(VIII) 117; and specialization, (V) 127-29;
technological, (IV) 183-84; (IX) 96; (XIV) 162;
and technology, (XIII) 273; (XVII) 19; and
thought, (VI) 196; and time, (XII) 51. See also
Acquisitiveness; Automation; Change; Computers;
Evolution; Harmony; Inventions; Leisure; “More”,
Revolution; Society; Technology; Technological
progress
Progressive: and desire for change, (VII) 321-22
Propaganda, (V) 276; (VII) 173; and adjustment to
changes, (XI) 124; 271-72, 276; awareness of,
(XVII) 109-10; and belief, (III) 8-9; (XII) 251;
and collective thinking, (VII) 168-69; and
commitment, (XII) 231; and the conditioned mind,
(VII) 180; and conditioning, (XIII) 6-7; (XV) 225;
(XVII) 39; and confusion, (XVI) 276; and the
denial of freedom, (XII) 281; describing, (IV) 144;
as destructive, (XI) 341; effect of, (III) 93;
enslaved by, (XVII) 22, 180; enslavement to, (XII)
139; (XVI) 156; and enslavement to words, (XI)
84; and fact, (XIII) 125; falseness of, (IV) 197; (V)
365-66; freedom from, (III) 222-23; (XI) 182;
(XII) 268; (XIII) 323; function of, (XIV) 8; as
hindrance to truth, (IV) 75-76; as hypnosis, (VII)
196-97; and ideology, (XVII) 140; and influence,
(XI) 166-67, 332; (XII) 96, 321; and listening,
(VII) 97-98; versus listening, (XI) 71; and the loss
of feeling, (XI) 379; and the mechanical mind,
(XII) 230; and the mind, (XI) 68; minds shaped by,
(XVII) 109; need to question, (XVII) 220; and
organization, (IV) 39-40; and organized belief,
(XIV) 127; and prejudice, (IX) 255-56; and the
quality of the mind, (XI) 375; and religion, (XIII)
64; as repetition, (IX) 185; role of, (V) 108; and the
search for God, (XIII) 270; and the social
structure, (XIII) 220-21; subliminal, (XIII) 178;
technique of, (VII) 219; and technology, (X) 192;
and Theosophy, (V) 203-4; and tradition, (XII) 15;
and the true democrat, (XVII) 270; two thousand
years of, (XVI) 80; and war, (l) 178-79; (IV) 20.
See also Authority; Communication; Conditioning;
Conformity; Division; Influences; Media;
Nationalism; Persuasion; Security; Sensation;
Society; War
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Property, (IV) 98-99; and attitude to the earth, (V)
142; ownership of, (l) 39; as power, (IV) 104; and
psychological security, (V) 343-44; relationship to,
(VI) 89; and religions, (X) 202. See also
Accumulation; Acquisitiveness; Possession;
Possessiveness
Prosperity: and freedom, (XIII) 157; and human
problems, (XIII) 216; and the loss of freedom,
(XII) 130; and poverty, (XII) 184; of the West,
(XIV) 227. See also Poor; Technology; World
problems
Protective reaction: and fear, (XII) 140. See also
Reaction
Protestant: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning;
Divisions; Religion; Words
Protestantism: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning;
Conformity; Divisions; God; Religion; Words;
World problems
Psyche: and authority, (XVII) 33, 34, 36; and
continuity, (XIII) 317-18; and knowledge, (IX)
244; lack of change in, (XVII) 2; and the mind,
(XIV) 136, 140; need to transform, (XIII) 317-18;
need to understand, (XIV ) 140; and physical time,
(XV) 120; and pleasure, (XVI) 215; and the
possibility for change, (XVII) 3, 5; revolution in,
(XIV) 5; (XVII) 51; and time, (XVI) 188;
understanding the structure of, (XVII) 40. See also
Center; ‘Me’; Mind; Self; Soul; Supreme self
Psychiatrists: role of, (IX) 88-89
Psychiatry: and the unconscious, (XII) 111
Psychoanalysis, (IX) 88-89; and adjustment to society,
(XVI) 94; and freeing the mind, (II) 17-18; futility
of, (X) 114; limitations of, (III) 46-47. See also
Analysis
Psychoanalyst: as exploiter, (IV) 137
Psychoanalytical process: as the intensification of
conflict, (XIII) 283. See also Analysis
Psychological: acquisition, (XI) 250; and books, (IV)
164
Psychological action: and time, (XV) 120. See also
Action
Psychological authority: evil of, (XIII) 120; as
memory, (XIII) 334. See also Authority;
Obedience
Psychological conflict: and importance of
understanding, (V) 168-69
Psychological conformity: and society, (XV) 15. See
also Conformity
Psychological contradiction: living without, (XIII) 57.
See also Conflict; Contradiction
Psychological craving: and security, (IV) 99
Psychological cultivation: and technique, (V) 309-10
Psychological death: and the known, (XII) 318. See
also Death
Psychological demand(s): and conflict, (IV) 32-33;
and physical well-being, (VIII) 29
Psychological dependence (-y): and freedom from, (X)
92-93; and loneliness, (XIII) 110-11; reasons for,
(X) 52-53; and relationship, (VIII) 337
Psychological desire: understanding, (III) 157
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Psychological destruction: and compassion, (XIII)
162. See also Destruction
Psychological effort: and virtue, (IX) 166
Psychological emptiness: and self-expansion, (IV) 164
Psychological energy: as the highest form, (XIV) 288.
See also Energy
Psychological entity: transformation of, (V) 134-35
Psychological experience: freedom from, (XIII) 55.
See also Experience
Psychological fact: and the time interval, (XIV) 293.
See also Fact
Psychological fear: awareness of, (XIII) 247-48; and
bodily pain, (XVI) 104, 110; and physical fear,
(XII) 304; and thought, (XV) 77. See also Fear
Psychological freedom: from society, (XIV) 74. See
also Freedom
Psychological growth: and the ‘me’, (VII) 49-50
Psychological health: and physical health, (XVII) 54.
See also Body; Mind
Psychological hunger: and the need for discontent,
(XIII) 271
Psychological influences: and conditioning, (XIII)
224-25. See also Influences
Psychological learning: defining, (XVI) 213-14. See
also Learning
Psychological memory, (V) 117; as knowledge, (X)
219; and time, (V) 138-40
Psychological mutation: See Change; Mutation;
Psychological revolution
Psychological needs, (XII) 243-44
Psychological order: and daily life, (XV) 57. See also
Order
Psychological pain: escape from, (XIII) 309. See also
Pain; Sorrow; Suffering
Psychological problems: and the absence of answers,
(XIII) 181; three phases of, (IV) 42. See also
Problems
Psychological revolution: achieving an effortless,
(XIII) 166; and the crisis of consciousness, (XVII)
222; and the mind, (IX) 210; need for, (XIII) 206-
7; (XV) 56-57; and peace, (XVI) 214; and
responsibility, (XV) 57. See also Change; Inner and
outer; Radical revolution; Revolution; Total
revolution
Psychological reward: and gratification, (V) 159-60
Psychological safety, (VIII) 72
Psychological security: and authoritarian values,
(VIII) 73; and competition, (XIV) 184; as creator
of conflict, (V) 153; and dependence, (IX) 61, 63;
desire for, (X) 42; desire to understand, (XIV) 184;
and experience, (XVI) 109-10; versus the free
mind, (X) 32; and illusion, (V) 354; need for,
(XIV) 30; need to understand, (XV) 44; as
nonexistent, (XII) 190; (XV) 31; and outward
conflict, (VII) 29; versus physical security, (V)
152-53; (X) 3; and prejudice, (V) 340; and
psychological authority, (XIII) 121; and self-
expression, (V) 169; and starvation, (XIV ) 75;
unreality of, (XIII) 12. See also Meditation;
Security
Psychological sorrow, (XII) 208, 210. See also Sorrow
Psychological structure: need to understand, (XIV ) 72-
73
Psychological structure of man: and violence, (XV)
301
Psychological structure of society: and aloneness,
(XVI) 38; and the animalistic past, (XIII) 241-42;
basis of, (XV) 203; and conditioning, (XIV) 156;
and the conscious mind, (XIV) 38; as crucial,
(XIII) 205; defining, (XIII) 283; (XV) 90; denial
of, (XIV) 163, 166; and developing character,
(XIII) 277; ending, (XIII) 259; escape from, (XV)
157-58; and freedom, (XV) 168-69, 206-7, 283;
freedom from, (XIII) 196; (XIV) 64, 74, 302;
(XVI) 148; and the free mind, (XV) 152; and
human nature, (XVI) 276; and the individual, (XV)
326; and meditation, (XV) 184; rejection of, (XV)
92; and thought, (XVI) 166; understanding, (XIII)
165-70, 225-26; and virtue, (XV) 172. See also
Inner and outer; Society
Psychological superstructure: and religions, (XIV) 44
Psychological survival: and fear, (XVI) 60
Psychological time, (XII) 272; and belief in the future,
(XIII) 308; and change, (XI) 125; versus
chronological time, (XV) 67; and continuity, (XIV)
24; defining, (IX) 166-67; (XIII) 102; (XV) 75-76;
and denial, (XIII) 168; as fear, (XIII) 171-72; and
freedom, (XV) 117; freedom from, (XIII) 184; as
hindrance to understanding death, (XIII) 258-59;
as inward, (XII) 159; and the solution to problems,
(XVI) 234; understanding, (XIII) 185; (XVI) 20-
21; and what is and ‘what should be’, (XII) 317.
See also Time
Psychological values: and human need, (IV) 85
Psychological violence: defining, (XVI) 288. See also
Violence
Psychological well-being: and physical well-being,
(VIII) 8
Psychologists: and the hindrance of interpreters, (XII)
254. See also Authority; Specialists
Psychology: of conflict, (X) 41; of dreams, (IX) 123;
as foundation, (III) 207-8; and mind control, (XI)
103; and political thought control, (X) 163; and
tension, (IV) 26-27, 36-37, 48. See also Self-
knowledge
Psychosis: and acute contradiction, (XVI) 132. See
also Contradiction; Neurosis
Psychosomatic disease(s): versus the clear mind,
(XIV) 230; and conflict, (XIII) 18; (XIV ) 74;
influences, (XIII) 326; and problems, (XIII) 132;
and relationships, (XIV ) 174. See also Body
Psychosomatic illness, (IX) 88, 284-85; and conflict,
(VII) 43
Public life: and masks, (XVI) 225
Public opinion: and doubt, (l) 154-55; and fear, (XII)
61; fear of, (XIV) 292; and mob psychology, (III)
41. See also Divisions; Nationalism
Puja: as habit, (VIII) 79; as imitation, (VIII) 77;
reasons for, (VII) 2

Punishment: and fear, (VIII) 62; and judgement, (IV)
3 (XII) 124; and the process of thought, (XII) 250
Pupil, (II) 28-31. See also Master; Teacher
Purification: self-inflicted, (IX) 201
Puritanism: and pleasure, (XVI) 282
Purpose: and action, (XII) 23-25; need for, (XVI) 255;
as a reason for living, (VI) 242
Purpose of life: defining, (V) 19-20; futility of search
for, (XII) 163-64; and the occupied mind, (VII)
247-48; seeking, (IV) 129-30; and world problems,
(XII) 277. See also Authority; Confusion; Reality
Question(s): and the absence of answers, (XVII) 199;
and the absence of clarity, (X) 4; and answer(s),
(VI) 303; (XVII) 4, 6; without answers, (IX) 138;
approach to, (X) 199-200; (XI) 256; asking the
right ones, (X) 152-53; attentiveness to, (XVII) 85;
without conclusions, (VIII) 300; listening to,
(XVI) 299; motive for, (VIII) 343-44; as
necessary, (IX) 86; and the perceptive mind, (XIII)
216-17; putting the right, (XVII) 5-6; right and
wrong, (XII) 186-87; and self-understanding, (IX)
136; significance of, (X) 234-35; and solutions,
(XII) 71-72. See also Answers; Listening;
Problems; Questioning
Questioning, (VI) 2; (XVI) 65-71; approach to, (XIII)
13-14; (XVII) 219-20; and authority, (XVI) 233;
and awareness, (XVI) 168; and the breakdown of
authority, (XIII) 70-71; and concentration, (XIII)
20; and conflict, (XIII) 17; and contradiction, (XV)
257; as dangerous, (XII) 235; difficulty of, (XV)
156; and exploration, (XVI) 118; and fact, (XII)
301; and freedom, (XIII) 106-7; and the free mind,
(XIII) 2-3, 5; and fulfillment, (II) 208; and the
hindrance of laziness, (XVI) 72; importance of,
(XIII) 9, 11-12; and intelligence, (II) 58, 166-67,
224; as irreligious , (XII) 315; and listening,
(XVII) 260; and listening to understand, (XVII)
242-43; meaning of living, (XVI) 187-88; motive
for, (XVI) 33; motiveless, (XIII) 56-57, 71, 73;
(XVI) 196; necessity for, (VII) 92; need for, (XII)
285-87; (XIII) 29-30; (XVII) 133; and the need for
skepticism, (XVI) 229; versus obedience, (VII)
132; and observation, (XIII) 118; and observing,
(XVI) 198-99; and pain, (IV) 94; as path to true
action, (XIII) 9-11; process of living, (XIII) 115;
and the process of thought, (XIV ) 22-23; without
reaction, (XII) 316; and responsibility, (XVI) 253-
54; right and wrong, (XVI) 229, 230, 235; without
seeking answers, (XIII) 65-66, 67; social structure,
(XIII) 120; state of seriousness, (XVI) 131-32;
structure of society, (XIII) 115; of student and
teacher, (VII) 136-37; and suffering, (II) 32-33; the
system, (II) 191-92; truth, (II) 49; two types of,
(XII) 276-77; two ways of, (XII) 300; (XIII) 115;
to understand one’s mind, (XIII) 66-67. See also
Conflict; Discovery; Examination; Exploration;
Inquiry; Investigation; Morality; Problems;
Question(s); Search; Seeking; Suffering
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Questions and responses: and the interval between,
Quiet: and clarity, (XVI) 13; and intelligence, (XVI)
269-70. See also Quiet brain; Quiet mind; Silence;
Silent mind
Quiet brain: and the absence of conflict, (XII) 263,
266-67; and the absence of thought, (XII) 312; and
dying at the psychological level, (XVII) 179; and
freedom from influences, (XIII) 300; and going
beyond time, (XIII) 241; and listening, (XII) 229;
and meditation, (XIII) 195-96, 263, 279; (XVII)
150; and the movement beyond, (XIII) 40; and
mutation, (XIII) 305; and the negative, (XVI) 18-
19; and the new, (XVII) 136; and the new mind,
(XIII) 117-18; and not knowing, (XV) 266; and
sensitivity, (XII) 326; (XIV) 111-12. See also
Brain; Free mind; Innocent mind; Mind; Mutation;
Quiet mind
Quiet mind, (V) 257, 260; (VII) 297; (VIII) 167; and
the absence of compulsion, (VII) 31; and the
absence of conflict, (X) 41; and absence of desire,
(VII) 132; and absence of deterioration, (VII) 309;
and the absence of experience, (XVII) 84; and
absence of fear, (V) 240; (X) 94; and the absence
of problems, (XV) 213; achieving, (VII) 9-10, 19,
57, 86, 155-56; (X) 8, 72, 84-85, 120, 161-62; (XI)
73, 160, 328; (XIII) 324; (XIV) 38-39; (XV) 346;
and achieving creativity, (X) 139-40; achieving
through awareness, (IX) 31, 124; and action,
(XVII) 82; and the agitated mind, (XII) 233-34;
and aloneness, (V) 324-25; and ambition, (VII) 16;
attempt to achieve, (XVII) 81; and attention, (XV)
176; and awareness of the conscious, (XIV) 63, 65;
and becoming, (VII) 200; versus becoming, (V)
270; beyond, (IX) 65; and the body, (XVII) 63;
and the cessation of the thinker, (XVI) 148; and the
cessation of thought, (IX) 265; and change, (XI)
127; and choice, (VIII) 309-11; versus conditioned
response, (VIII) 302; and conflict, (V) 348, 351;
and consciousness, (XIV) 38-39; and the continuity
of pleasure, (XV) 125; and control, (IX) 105; and
creation, (XIII) 23; and the creative, (XVII) 272;
and creativity, (VII) 196; versus the dead mind,
(IX) 61; defining, (XII) 216; and desire, (VIII)
305-6; difficulty of achieving, (XVII) 8; versus
discipline, (VII) 151; and discovering the answer,
(XI) 339; and discovery, (VIII) 233; and dreams,
(VIII) 331; and drugs, (XIV) 108-9; and education,
(IX) 12; and effort, (V) 291-92; and endless space,
(XV) 47; and the end of search, (IX) 48; and the
end of seeking, (XVII) 83; and energy, (VIII) 320;
and envy, (IX) 252-53; and the exploration of
consciousness, (XIII) 335; and fact, (XII) 178-79;
and freedom, (VII) 194; (VIII) 251; and freedom
from the environment, (IX) 6; and freedom from
fear, (VII) 302-3; and freedom from thought, (IX)
130; and the full life, (X) 3; for fundamental
change, (VII) 48; an God, (VII) 4; and the
hindrance of sorrow, (XVII) 242; and inertia,
(XIII) 47; without labeling, (V) 313-14; and
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learning, (XV) 9, 69; and listening, (VIII) 188-89;
(XIII) 278; (XIV ) 234; (XVI) 197; and livelihood,
(IX) 21-22; and looking, (XVI) 130, 300; and love,
(V) 326; (XIV) 302; (XV) 74; meaning of, (XIII)
175-76; and meditation, (V) 362; (VII) 57; (IX)
214; (XII) 166; (XIII) 45, 324, 336; (XV) 184;
(XVII) 193-94; versus the mind made quiet, (V)
347; and mutation, (XII) 305; need for, (IX) 91;
versus the need to search, (VIII) 343; and the new,
(VII) 210; (XIII) 222; and observation, (XIV ) 19-
20; and passive activity, (VII) 214; and peace,
(VII) 127; (VIII) 261; (IX) 16; and perception,
(XVI) 185; and problems, (VIII) 143; and problem
solving, (V) 283, 295; and the quiet brain, (XII)
273-74; and radical revolution, (XI) 158; and
reality, (VII) 226, 253-54; (VIII) 340; reason for
wanting, (XVII) 271; and renewal, (XVII) 113;
and revolution, (VIII) 299-300; and seeing, (XIII)
214-15; and seeing immediately, (XIV) 202; and
seeing the totality of fear, (XVII) 277; and self-
knowledge, (X) 144, 229; and simplicity, (V) 370;
and the solution to problems, (XV) 308; and
sorrow, (XIV) 211; and space, (XV) 270, 278; and
the state of freedom, (XIV) 174; and the state of
not-knowing, (VIII) 323; structure of, (XV) 254;
versus technique, (V) 310; and the true, (X) 109;
and truth, (VII) 182; (XI) 20; and unconditioning,
(VIII) 206-7; and the unconscious, (XIV ) 38-39;
(XVII) 62-63; and understanding, (V) 265-66;
(XVII) 4, 82, 225, 244, 265-66; and understanding
conflict, (V) 51-52; and understanding life, (XIII)
77; and understanding love and sorrow, (XIII) 253;
and the unknown, (V) 244-45; as vital, (XIV) 263.
See also Clear mind; Compulsion; Empty mind;
Free mind; God; Innocent mind; Meditation; Mind;
Mutation; New mind; Petty mind; Quiet brain;
Quietness; Reality; Religion; Silence; Silent mind;
Still mind; Stillness; Tranquillity; Tranquil mind;
Truth
Quietness: achieving, (XVI) 16; as desire for
continuity, (VII) 201-2; and the hindrance of
society, (XIII) 46; and intuition, (V) 235; and
laziness, (XIII) 139; and learning, (XVI) 73;
process of, (XIII) 280; and resolution of fear, (VII)
291; and understanding, (XVII) 6-7. See also
Quiet; Quiet brain; Quiet mind; Silence
Quotation: as barrier to truth, (VII) 153
Quoting: and the dull mind, (XI) 231; futility of, (VI)
114-15; and learning, (VIII) 77; as unintelligent,
(XI) 141-42
Race: and conflict, (XVII) 44. See also Divisions;
Prejudice
Racial instincts: and the unconscious, (XI) 339
Racialism, (V) 109. See also Divisions; Tolerance:
Racism
Racial unconsciousness: and conformity, (XI) 232-33
Racism: and fear, (XVI) 262. See also Divisions;
Racialism; World problems
Radical change: achieving, (X) 100-102, 135-38; as
the breaking of patterns, (XII) 253-54; and
consciousness, (XVII) 33; and effort, (X) 111;
through the individual, (IX) 226-27; need for, (X)
43-44, 185-86; (XI) 329; and the need for change,
(XII) 121; and working together, (XI) 309, 311.
See also Change; Mutation; Radical revolution;
Radical transformation; Religion; Revolution;
Transformation; True religion
Radicalist: and confusion, (VIII) 200-201
Radical mutation: and relationship, (XVI) 2-3. See
also Mutation
Radical revolution: and the absence of conditioning,
(XVII) 101; achieving, (XVII) 53; versus
authority, (VIII) 43, 45; and the collective will,
(VIII) 252; without comparison, (VIII) 46; versus
continuity, (XIV) 271; without effort, (XVII) 65;
and energy, (XVI) 154; as essential, (XVI) 167;
and the hindrance of thought, (XVI) 55; versus
ideology, (XVI) 213; as the main crisis, (XVII) 2;
as necessity, (XIII) 63; need for, (XIV ) 7; (XVI)
201; (XVII) 108-9; as a new society, (XVII) 171;
and the observer, (XVI) 205; and relationships,
(XVI) 1; and the solution of problems, (XVII) 35.
See also Change; Mutation; New; Reality;
Religious mind; Religious revolution; Revolution;
Total revolution; Truth
Radical transformation: approach to, (IX) 226-27; and
change, (XI) 309-11; and the creative mind, (XI)
177; and the human being, (XVI) 43; motiveless,
(XI) 274; need for, (XI) 358; and negative
thinking, (XI) 92, 94; and relationships, (XVI) 45;
as revolution, (VII) 294-97; and self-knowledge,
(XI) 17-18; and time, (XI) 126. See also Change;
Radical revolution; Revolution; Transformation;
Truth
Rama: and conditioning, (XIV) 156. See also
Authority; Background; Belief; Conditioning;
Divisions; God; Religion; Religious mind; Society;
Visions; World problems
Ramanuja: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions;
Religion
Reaction, (XII) 21-22, 24-29, 31; and action, (XII) 83-
84; to anger, (XVII) 260; awareness of, (XVI) 300;
and the brain, (XII) 192; and conflict, (XII) 156;
and the creation of misery, (XII) 25; and death,
(XV) 318; defining, (XII) 173; (XIII) 289; and
desire, (XIV ) 97; (XV) 166; (XVI) 61, 86-88; and
the desire for answers, (XIII) 65; and emptiness,
(XV) 291; and experience, (XIII) 98; (XIV) 110;
(XV) 128; to facts, (XV) 156; and freedom, (XIV)
135; (XV) 342; (XVI) 113; (XVII) 51, 224;
function of, (XVI) 15; as hindrance to truth, (XII)
128; to human problems, (XIII) 65; level of, (XII)
76-77; as a life pattern, (XIII) 252; and living,
(XII) 24; living without, (XIII) 233; meaning of,
(XII) 141; and mechanical responses, (VI) 124-25;
and negative and positive thinking, (XII) 213; and
order, (XII) 190; and patterns, (XVII) 134; and
pleasure, (XVI) 285, 286; as positive action, (XVI)

122; and the positive and negative approaches,
(XII) 153-54; and the process of thinking, (XII)
214, 250; and questioning, (XII) 300, 303, 316;
(XIII) 115; and revolt, (XV) 50; revolt as, (XVII)
190; and revolution, (XII) 159, 172, 278-79; and
sex, (VI) 130; and sorrow, (XIII) 156-57; and
thinking, (XI) 32-33; as thinking, (XVII) 163; and
thought, (XI) 128-29; as thought, (XIII) 297; types
of, (XIII) 142; understanding, (XII) 278; (XIII)
142; and words, (V) 38; (XVI) 13. See also
Challenge; Challenge and response; Response
Reactionary: defining, (XIII) 65
Reading: and the clever mind, (XV) 140; reasons for,
(VII) 11; and revolution, (V) 108. See also Books;
Education; Knowledge; Transformation
Real: and the absence of influence, (XII) 321; as
causeless, (IV) 79; discovering for oneself, (XV)
92; and end of self, (IV) 63-64; identifying, (IV)
35-36; search for, (IV) 33-34; and thought, (V) 68;
and the unreal, (VIII) 261; and what is, (VIII) 65.
See also God; Reality; Truth
Reality, (III) 170; (V) 332, 357; (VI) 85; (IX) 49, 128,
223; and absence of self, (IV) 15; achieving, (III)
240; (IV) 4; (VI) 14; (VII) 54-55; (X) 40, 67, 77;
(XI) 206; and action, (V) 206; and aloneness,
(VIII) 314; (XIII) 277; without assumptions, (X)
166-67; and authority, (III) 235; (VI) 65-66; and
awareness, (II) 218; and awareness without choice,
(XVI) 206; and beauty, (V) 35-36; (XIV ) 269; and
being alone, (XII) 225; and belief, (II) 33-34; (V)
306-7; versus belief, (III) 177-78; and cessation for
self-fulfillment, (IV) 103; and the cessation of
thought, (X) 250; and clarity, (XI) 203-4; and the
clear mind, (XVII) 185; and comprehension, (III)
38-39; and conditioning, (VIII) 220; and creation,
(XII) 231; and creative emptiness, (III) 202-3; as
creativeness, (VII) 260; (VIII) 320, 322; (IX) 141;
creative search for, (IX) 51; through daily life, (III)
55; defining, (XIV ) 309; desire to know, (IV) 116;
and devotion, (XI) 147; discerning, (III) 81;
discovering, (VI) 345; (VII) 265; (IX) 3; (X) 2;
(XII) 264; (XVII) 217, 221; and effort, (IX) 248-
49; as effortless, (X) 269; and end to sorrow, (IV)
41; and energy, (XI) 278; escape from, (XVI) 128;
existence of, (IV) 60-61; (VII) 225-26;
experiencing, (VII) 17-18; (X) 62; exploration for,
(XIII) 332-36; and the family, (XIII) 122; and
fear, (III) 113; finding, (V) 7; finding, as universal
vocation, (VII) 245; and freedom, (XIV ) 83; and
freedom from belief, (XII) 238; and freedom from
conditioning, (XVI) 113; and freedom from the
environment, (XIV) 228; and freedom from
memory, (V) 137; and freedom from symbols,
(VII) 269; as freedom from tradition, (VII) 26; and
the free mind, (VIII) 229; and the free and silent
mind, (XII) 216; and fulfillment, (II) 221; futility
of seeking, (X) 20; and the futility of systems, (XI)
198; and the good mind, (XI) 325; versus
gratification, (V) 165; and greed, (III) 152; and
gurus, (V) 178; and happiness, (V) 293; and the
119
hindrance of escape, (XIV ) 115; and the imitative
mind, (VIII) 71; as impermanent, (IX) 217; and
inaction, (XVI) 176; through the individual, (IX)
274; as individual revolution, (XIII) 336;
individual search for, (IX) 13; through intelligence,
(IV) 59; and inward freedom, (IV) 9; and the ‘I’
process, (III) 50; and limitations, (III) 83; and the
limitations of thought, (X) 39; as living, (X) 146;
and love, (III) 156; meaning of, (IX) 7; and
meditation, (IV) 100-101; through meditation,
(VIII) 55; the mind, as hindrance to, (VII) 253-54;
as moment to moment, (V) 78; (VII) 286; and the
need to be free, (XI) 105; the new, (VII) 42, 209-
10; and the new culture, (VIII) 317; and organized
religion, (V) 36-37; and participation in organized
power systems, (IV) 193; as pathless, (IV) 108-9;
(X) 20, 202; versus perfection, (VII) 269; and the
perfect state, (VII) 255; and prayer, (V) 209, 211;
and the present, (V) 123-24; and the priest, (X)
202; and the process of thought, (VIII) 290-92;
proof of, (VI) 243-44; and the purpose of life, (V)
20, 278; and the quiet mind, (VII) 254; and
recognition, (VI) 276; (VII) 26; and relief from
sorrow, (XIV) 82; and religions, (l) 182-83; and the
religious revolutionary, (X) 12; through
revolutionary change, (X) 135-36; search for, (V)
156; (VII) 31-32; (VIII) 241-42, 329; and search
for God, (VII) 2; (XIV ) 115; and the search for
security, (IX) 222; and security, (IV) 32; (X) 72;
and the self, (III) 178; versus self-centered activity,
(X) 248-49; through self-discovery, (III) 214; and
self-knowledge, (V) 271; (XI) 160; through silence
and wisdom, (IV) 24; and the silent mind, (XV)
308; and society, (VIII) 315; and the still mind,
(IV) 181-82; (VI) 18-19; (VII) 184; and symbol,
(IV) 191; and technique, (V) 310; and technology,
(XIII) 4; and thought, (XI) 129-31; and the thought
process, (VI) 225-27; and time, sorrow, and death,
(XV) 75; versus the tortured mind, (XIV ) 142; and
total understanding, (XII) 273; and the tranquil
mind, (V) 4; and transformation, (XI) 169; true
search for, (III) 35; and uncertainty, (VII) 150; and
the unconditioned mind, (IX) 137-38;
understanding, (III) 236; (IV) 2, 182; (VI) 141;
(X) 190; and understanding relationship, (V) 185-
86; (VI) 240; and understanding of self, (V) 33;
and the unknown, (V) 355; (VI) 110; (VIII) 181;
and virtue, (X) 248-49; and volitional activities,
(III) 58; and world order, (VII) 253-54. See also
Awareness; Creation; Evil; Fact; God; Happiness;
Immeasurable; Intelligence; Love; Mutation; New;
Quiet mind; Real; Religion; Religious mind; Self-
awareness; Slowed down mind; Tranquillity; True;
Truth; Understanding; Unknown
Realization: problem of, (XV) 102-4
Reason: and action, (XI) 36; versus being convinced,
(XI) 45; defining, (XIV ) 154; and the intellect,
(XI) 217-18; limitations of, (VII) 318; as limited,
(XII) 227; and listening, (XIII) 193; and love of
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life, (III) 121; need for, (XII) 64; and peace, (VII)
127; and reality, (IV) 122. See also Negation
Reasoning: and the scientific mind, (XII) 322
Rebirth: achieving, (III) 136; daily, (V) 319; discovery
of, (XVI) 249; and the religious revolution, (VIII)
190. See also Moment to moment; New;
Reincarnation; Renewal
Recognition: and concentration, (XI) 199-200;
defining, (XI) 39; (XII) 82; desire for, (XI) 323;
and the desire for power, (XI) 274-75; dynamics
of, (VI) 250-51; and experience, (VI) 297-98; (XI)
381-83; (XVI) 139, 181; (XVII) 33, 35; and fear,
(XII) 48; of fear, (XVII) 276; field of, (XI) 95-96,
98; and God, (XII) 85; and humility, (XI) 370; and
the individual, (IX) 274-75; and knowledge, (XI)
184; (XII) 37; and the known, (IX) 261; meaning
of, (XIV) 51-52; and the mechanistic mind, (XI)
340; and meditation, (XI) 246-47; and memory,
(XIV) 59-60; need for, (VIII) 316; and the new,
(XIV) 196-97; versus the new, (VII) 317; and
observation, (XIII) 302-3; and pleasure, (XVI)
286, 288; process of, (VII) 14; (IX) 217; and the
religious, (XIII) 208; and search, (IX) 180; and the
search for experience, (XVII) 155; and silence,
(XIV) 219; state of, (VII) 209-10; and thought,
(VI) 263-64; and virtue, (XI) 370-71. See also
Experience; Identification; Memory; Naming;
Time; Words
Recording thoughts: and consciousness, (IV) 186-87
Refinement: defining, (VII) 98-99; versus the dull
mind, (VIII) 118-20; and the quality of love, (XI) 6
Reflection: periods of, (IX) 22
Reform(s), (l) 32; (II) 7-8, 61, 83; (III) 226; (V) 95;
(VI) 202; (X) 175-76; and acquisitiveness, (X) 45;
and action, (XV) 42; and change, (X) 210; and
desire to, (VI) 241; as destructive, (VIII) 302; and
determination, (XII) 23; and disintegration, (XIII)
336; as endless process, (IX) 12-13; (X) 63; and
escape, (XVI) 100-101; futility of, (VIII) 2, 323-
24; (XIII) 73; (XV) 196; as hindrance, (VIII) 315;
as hindrance to change, (X) 83; as hindrance to
social change, (XV) 56; and individual action, (II)
132; as ineffective, (IX) 36; through leaders or
mass, (V) 154-55; and legislation, (VIII) 356; and
possessiveness, (II) 8-9, 60-61; and the process of
the mind, (VIII) 252; and religion, (II) 8; versus
religious freedom, (IX) 51; as retrogression, (V)
195-97; (VI) 67; and revolution, (X) 108; versus
revolution, (VII) 240; (XII) 276; and search for
truth, (IV) 138; and society, (IX) 202; (XIII) 11;
and the structure of government, (IX) 127; and
time, (XI) 51; and values, (II) 90-91. See also
Change; Division; Mutation; Progress;
Reformation; Revolution; Society; Transformation
Reformation, (X) 184; as continuation of the past,
(VIII) 343; economic and social, (VII) 128; as
endless cycle, (XVII) 127; as futile, (VIII) 292; as
hindrance, (VIII) 315-17; as hindrance to religion,
(X) 186-87; and learning, (XI) 1, 2-3; versus the
new society, (X) 166; problems of, (XI) 48; versus
radical transformation, (XVI) 49-50; as the
reforming of society, (XIII) 67, 73; versus
revolution, (VII) 203. See also Change; Reform;
Reformer(s); Revolt; Revolution; Transformation
Reformer(s): and change, (XI) 125; (XV) 334; and the
conditioned mind, (VIII) 3; and conflict, (XII)
130; and confusion, (VIII) 200-201; and the
creation of mischief, (IX) 206; and the field of
recognition, (XI) 96; and the immediate, (XVII)
102; and the inability to achieve revolution, (XVI)
242; versus the religious man, (IX) 113; and self-
transformation, (IV) 33; and social environment,
(XI) 58. See also Radical revolution; Reform;
Reformation
Refuge: search for, (III) 110-12
Regeneration: achieving, (VIII) 167; and reeducation,
(VIII) 191-92; through understanding, (IV) 197
Regimentation: and desire for psychological security,
(V) 109; of life, (V) 56; and loss of individual, (IV)
89; sexual outlet, (V) 98. See also Conformity;
Fear; Society
Reincarnation, (l) 14, 67-68, 102, 151-52, 179, 187-88;
(II) 32, 34-36, 132-33, 355; (III) 62, 110-11; (IV)
120-21, 188-90; (V) 24-28, 30; (VI) 67-70; (VII)
50; (X) 9-10; and belief, (III) 22-23; (VII) 55-56;
(X) 97; and continuance, (X) 154-55; and
continuity, (V) 354-55; (IX) 52; (XII) 259; (XV)
282; and death, (IX) 115-16; (XI) 136-37; (XIII)
202, 259; (XV) 32-33, 230; (XVII) 27-28; and the
desire for continuity, (VIII) 377; and the ego, (III)
46; and escape, (XII) 91; as escape from death, (X)
14; (XVI) 30; and escaping the fact of death,
(XVII) 112, 114; examining, (VI) 120-22;
explanation of, (II) 34-35; and fear of death, (V)
124-25, 127; (VIII) 150-51, 257; (X) 60, 208; (XI)
367; (XII) 160; (XIII) 186; (XV) 317, 318-19;
(XVI) 62, 155; (XVII) 73, 149; and fear of the
unknown, (VII) 331; as hindrance to
understanding, (IV) 127-28; and the Hindu
resistance to life , (XVI) 100; and hope for a better
life, (XVII) 251; and immortality, (l) 100; (II) 227;
(IX) and inquiry, (IX) 182; irrelevancy of, (II) 35;
and lack of belief, (XVI) 256; meaning of, (II) 227;
and the nature of death, (XIV) 153, 255, 256; (XV)
153; need for, (l) 169-70; and nonviolence, (XV)
334; and the present, (XV) 79; and sorrow, (VII)
262; as theory, (XVII) 104; and Theosophy, (V)
204; and triviality, (XIII) 319; understanding, (III)
171-73. See also Afterlife; Continuity; Death;
Escape; Exploitation; Fear; God; Gratification;
Immortality; Known; Rebirth; Religion; Renewal;
Security
Rejection: and the absence of fear, (XVII) 198; and
aloneness, (XV) 328-29; and the creation of
energy, (XV) 92; without despair, (XV) 97;
motiveless, (XV) 263-64, 286; and the negative,
(XV) 263-64; of pleasure, (XV) 291; and the
sensitive mind, (XV) 277. See also Denial
Rejuvenation: and endings, (XVII) 145, 147. See also
Renewal

Relationship(s), (III) 155-57, 169, 188, 189, 190; (IV)
37-38; 104-5, 149-50, 153, 157, 160-61; (V) 58-62;
(VI) 79-82, 333; (VIII) 336-38; (XVI) 33-35, 39,
43-47; and the absence of the observer, (XVII) 44;
achieving true, (XVII) 105; and action, (IV) 196;
(V) 80, 153-56, 206-7, 294-95, 296-97; (VI) 16,
84; (XI) 342-43; (XV) 141; (XVI) 74; as action,
(XIV) 68; and activity, (V) 230-31; and aloneness,
(VII) 81; (XII) 136; and ambition, (V) 293; and
authority, (V) 64; (VI) 117; without authority, (X)
165; and awareness, (V) 193-94; (VI) 207-8;
(VIII) 10; (XI) 18; (XIII) 212; as basis of
existence, (V) 363; and change, (V) 11, 14; (VIII)
162; (XI) 89; (XII) 105; (XV) 333-34, 336-38;
(XVI) 205; changing, (XIV) 244; and comfort, (V)
357; and communication, (XVI) 1, 42; and
communion, (XIV) 204; (XVI) 140; between the
compassionate and the collectivist, (X) 193; and
consciousness, (XI) 263; without condemnation,
(X) 71, 119; and conditioning, (VIII) 218; (X) 18;
and conduct, (XVII) 201; and conflict, (V) 161-63;
(VI) 50-51, 73, 164; (XV) 306-7; (XVII) 205; and
conflict between function and status, (XVII) 128;
and confusion, (V) 192; (XVI) 280; and continuity,
(XII) 222; and cooperation, (XIV ) 95; and
criticism, (V) 296-97; dangers of, (XV) 146;
defining, (III) 18, 104, 114-16; (V) 16-17, 59;
(VII) 136; (X) 53; (XVII) 187; and dependence,
(VI) 155; (VII) 137; (XVI) 119-20; and desire,
(VII) 166; and the desire for permanency, (XII)
134; desire to achieve, (V) 160-61; and
detachment, (V) 227-29; deterioration of, (XVII)
31; and discovery of truth, (VII) 246; and
disintegration, (XIV) 67; and disturbance, (VII)
156; without dogma, (X) 43; of doing and the idea,
(XVI) 24; and domination, (V) 302-3; dying to,
(XIV) 257; dynamics of, (IV) 123-24; and
economic security, (VII) 143-44; and education,
(VII) 64; (VIII) 279-80; and effort, (XV) 216, 218;
and ending conflict, (XVI) 4; and escape from,
(III) 82-83, 156; (VII) 151-52; without evaluation,
(X) 34; as everyday life, (XVI) 33-34; examining,
(XV) 333-34, 336-39; and existence, (VI) 18-20;
and experts, (V) 152; and exploitation, (V) 241;
and fact, (XV) 338-39; and fear, (VI) 192-93; (VII)
290; (VIII) 166, 336-38; (XII) 244; (XIII) 101;
(XIV) 248; (XV) 28, 160; (XVI) 60, 106; (XVII)
25; fragmenting, (XVI) 237; and freedom, (XV)
55-56, 205; (XVI) 3; and freedom from belief, (IX)
247; and friction, (XVII) 145; without frustration,
(IX) 21; fulfillment in, (l) 61; as fundamental
problem, (VI) 53; and gratification, (III) 224-25;
and habit, (XI) 299; harmonious and destructive,
(III) 73; and the hindrance of drugs and belief,
(XVII) 7; of human beings to society, (XV) 282;
and ideology, (XVII) 140; and image, (XVI) 100,
102, 122, 129, 155, 170, 172; (XVII) 25, 35, 82,
90, 112-13, 141, 168-69, 253, 275, 280-81; and
independence, (VII) 81; between individuals, (III)
159-61; and the individual and the collective, (XII)
121
253; of individual to collective, (V) 314; of the
individual to society, (X) 172-73; and individuals
and society, (III) 145-46; of individual state, (V)
341-44; and integrated action, (V) 86-87; and
intentions, (IV) 59; and isolation, (IV) 141; (VI)
74-75, 155; and labeling, (V) 311-12; and learning,
(XV) 69; (XVI) 52; and life, (V) 212-14; as life
process, (VI) 105; and limitation, (III) 36; and the
little world, (X) 253; living with, (XV) 97, 228;
and loneliness, (XII) 156; (XIII) 187; looking at
the facts of, (XV) 230; and love, (IV) 172; (V) 147;
and marriage, (V) 175; to material and spiritual,
(V) 188; meaning of, (VIII) 280; (XIII) 281;
(XVII) 7; and the mind, (VI) 144; (XI) 279; as
movement, (XV) 69; and the movement of life,
(XV) 191, 195; between nations, (VII) 143; and
nearness of truth, (V) 123; and the need for order,
(XV) 56-57; and the need for security, (XVI) 120;
need to understand, (XV) 163; and new society,
(V) 168; and nonsentimental love, (III) 136-37;
and observation, (IX) 216; (XVII) 5; and
observation without condemnation, (IX) 4; and the
observation of the mind, (VIII) 148; and the
observer and the observed, (XVI) 249; of the old
brain and the new brain, (XVI) 206; with the one
and with the whole, (V) 231-232; and pain, (V)
230; parental, (V) 171-72; between parents and
children, (VII) 81-82; (VIII) 280-83; and passive
alertness, (V) 331; and personal transformation,
(VI) 239; and pleasure, (XV) 164; (XVI) 62;
(XVII) 11, 65; and pleasure as the basis of, (XVI)
91; and possession(s), (III) 147; (V) 87; and
power, (V) 60; and problems, (V) 334-35, 338;
between problems, (X) 85-86; (XVII) 264; of
problems, (XIV) 181; process of, (IV) 5; and the
process of life, (VII) 207-8; and the process of the
mind, (IX) 218; as the process of recognition, (XI)
246; as process of self-revelation, (IV) 99; and
propaganda, (V) 227; and the psychological world,
(X) 98-99; and the quiet mind, (XVI) 148; and
reaction, (VI) 125; and reality, (V) 211, 248;
between reformer and revolutionary, (V) 195-96;
and revolution, (V) 185-86; (VI) 67; (XI) 296; and
richness of life, (III) 68; and the search for
permanence, (X) 42; and security, (V) 343-44; and
seeing the whole, (XVI) 237; and self-awareness,
(X) 102; and self-discovery, (V) 273; (IX) 138-39;
(XI) 159; and self-forgetfulness, (V) 102; and self-
knowing, (XV) 280; and self-knowledge, (IV) 142;
(V) 224-25, 366, 367; (VI) 49, 91, 178-79, 354;
(VIII) 299, 307-8, 344; (IX) 137, 227, 273; (X)
124; and social morality, (XIII) 205; and social
problems, (III) 164; and society, (X) 192; (XIII)
128; (XV) 49, 52; as society, (IV) 89; (VII) 80; to
society, (VIII) 315; and space, (XVI) 256; and the
structure of society, (XIII) 114, 115-16; and
struggle, (VII) 28; between student and teacher,
(VII) 136-37; and suffering, (V) 316; among
teacher, student and parent, (XI) 4-5, 9; between
thinker and thought, (IV) 196-97; and thinking,
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(XVI) 134; time, death, and sorrow as interrelated,
(XIV) 208-14; and the totality of self, (VII) 170;
and total revolution, (VIII) 30; and transformation,
(V) 363-64; and truth, (VI) 134; (VIII) 293; and
the unconditioned mind, (IX) 145; understanding,
(X) 181; (XVI) 43-44; and understanding, (IV)
116-17; (V) 96, 141, 359; (VI) 52, 136-37; and
understanding the purpose of life, (V) 21, 24; and
understanding time, (V) 140; and violence, (XVII)
256; and war, (IV) 192; of wife and husband, (V)
16-18; and the world, (XV) 42-43; to world, (V)
353-56; between world and the individual, (V) 30;
and world problems, (VI) 46-47. See also Conflict;
Contact; Dependency; Desire; Family; Greed;
Husband and wife; Ignorance; Immortality;
Isolation; Possessiveness; Religion; Self; Self-
fulfillment; Society; Truth
Religion, (l) 16, 109, 175-76; (II) 3-6, 38, 174-76, 181;
(IV) 132-33; (VI) 50-52; (VIII) 134-36, 181-83;
(X) 223-26; (XI) 144-48, 357-63, 383, 386-87;
(XIV) 263-69; (XV) 40-41; absence of, (XIV ) 124;
as absolute, (l) 150; and the acceptance of conflict,
(XVI) 160; and action, (l) 83-84; and age, (XII)
171-72; and authority, (VIII) 43-44, 241-42; (X)
48, 99; authority of, (XV) 322; basis of, (II) 3-4,
54; and beauty, (XVI) 64-65; and belief, (XIV)
220; capturing the mind through, (XI) 103; as
cause of conflict, (VII) 145; and ceremony, (II) 22;
and change, (VIII) 27-29; and class distinction, (l)
182-84; as comfort, (l) 105; as commercial, (X)
202; and competition of sects, (III) 178, 197; and
compulsion, (VII) 13; and the conditioned mind,
(VII) 257-58; (X) 163-64; and conditioned
thinking, (VII) 269; and conditioning, (VII) 286-
87; (VIII) 13, 215; (IX) 125-26; (XIV) 221; (XVI)
156; and the conditioning of children, (XIII) 272;
and confusion, (V) 24; (XVI) 275-76; and
contradiction, (X) 233, 239-40; (XV) 178; as a
corporation, (XVI) 242; creation of, (l ) 191-92; and
the cultivation of belief, (XVII) 101; decline in,
(XVI) 42-43; and death, (XVII) 73; defining, (V)
264-65; (VI) 31-32, 125; (VII) 1-2; (VIII) 168; (X)
125, 216; (XIII) 288; (XIV) 6, 124; (XV) 7; and
the denial of beauty, (XV) 314; and the denial of
desire, (XVI) 86-87; and the denial of pleasure,
(XVII) 181, 184, 185; without dependence, (X)
210; and depth of life, (XVI) 232; and desire,
(XIV) 96, 97; (XV) 15, 17; and desire for
sensation, (V) 263-64; and the discipline of desire,
(VIII) 304; and discontent, (IX) 207; and
discovery of the beyond, (XVII) 152; discovering
through negation, (VII) 106-7; and disorder, (XV)
326-328; and division(s), (l) 182-84; (XII) 134;
(XIV) 229; (XVII) 162; without divisions, (IX)
121; and divisiveness, (l) 148-49; (II) 5, 8, 12, 148-
49, 160, 166, 232; as dogma, (X) 43, 124, 177,
179-80; and education, (l) 154-55; (V) 111-12; and
effort, (XIV) 289; enslavement to, (II) 223; and
escape, (XI) 14-15; (XIV) 115; (XVI) 100-101,
182; (XVII) 159; as escape, (IX) 159; (XIII) 168;
as escape from suffering, (II) 135; examining the
meaning of, (IX) 9-10; and the existence of
authority, (XII) 297; and exploitation, (III) 32-33;
and the exploitation of seekers, (XII) 203; as
exploiter, (II) 10-11, 208; (III) 92; failure of,
(XIV) 3, 127; (XVII) 94, 190; and faith, (l) 172;
and fear, (II) 208; (VIII) 61; (XV) 316-17; (XVI)
103-4; and freedom, (XI) 376; (XVII) 16-17;
versus freedom, (XV) 14; and freedom of the mind,
(XIV) 297; free from tradition, (X) 107; and the
free mind, (IX) 78-79; function of, (II) 83; (IX)
230; (XIV) 81-82; as fundamental necessity, (X)
107-8; versus fundamental revolution, (VII) 165;
gratification in, (XVII) 86; highest form of, (VIII)
250; and hindrance of belief, (VII) 130-31; (XII)
269-70; and hindrance to the discovery of the true,
(XIII) 62; as hindrance to freedom, (XVI) 162; and
historical tyranny, (IX) 230; as a hobby, (XIII)
288-89; and hope, (XI) 13; as human creation, (II)
223; and hypocrisy, (l) 174; (II) 150; and the
imposition of formulas, (XIV) 141-42; as
individual discovery, (X) 216-18; and intellectual
sensitivity, (XIII) 42; invention of, (XVII) 70; and
the invention of hope, (XVII) 113; and inward
freedom, (VIII) 249; and life, (VIII) 58; as life
encompassing, (XIII) 288; loss of meaning of,
(XV) 330-31; loss of the significance of, (XIV) 40;
as man-made, (VII) 8; versus materialism, (X) 49;
versus material view, (IV) 139-40; without the
‘me’, (X) 7; meaning of, (V) 36-37, 156-57; (VIII)
316, 334-35; (X) 43, 62, 200; (XI) 203-4; (XVII)
99; meaning of true, (VII) 184; (IX) 34; and
method, (XI) 116-17; mis use of the word, (XVII)
166; as more than dogma, (X) 70-71; national
acceptance of, (XIII) 333; and nationalism, (l) 156;
need for, (l) 59-60; negative approach to, (XIV) 44;
as negative influence, (II) 154-55; and obedience,
(VII) 132; only, (XIV) 6; as oppressor, (III) 207;
and order and disorder, (XVII) 246; organized, (l)
143-52; (II) 48, 111, 160-61, 181, 204; (X) 15-16;
as organized belief, (VI) 49-50; origin of, (l) 6;
(VIII) 134; (XV) 40-41; and the path to God, (X)
149; as personal experience, (II) 160-61; and
pleasure, (XVII) 12; and politics, (XI) 49; and
power, (XII) 27-28; and prejudice, (II) 34; and the
promise of heaven, (VII) 279; and promise of
reward, (IX) 91; quality of true, (X) 203; and
reality, (VIII) 229-30; reason for, (XV) 5; and
reform, (II) 8-9; and reincarnation, (l ) 6; and
relationship(s), (VI) 141; (XVI) 45; and the
religious mind, (XI) 289-94; versus the religious
mind, (XV) 41; versus religious society, (X) 34;
reviving, (X) 216; and revolutionary man, (VI) 32;
and revolution as synonymous, (XII) 223; and
reward, (l) 171; and reward and punishment, (XV)
330; as ritual, (VIII) 229, 254; (IX) 156-57; role
of, (XIII) 288; versus romanticism, (X) 63; and
sacredness, (XV) 242-43; and sacred writing, (V)
37; search for, (XI) 94-95; and sects, (II) 48, 78;
and security, (II) 196; and self-expansion, (IV) 56,

201; and self-fulfillment, (VII) 152; as self-
glorification, (II) 83; and self-improvement, (IX)
83; and self-liberation, (XII) 246-47; and the
senses, (X) 236; separate from life, (VI) 203-4; as
separation, (VII) 161; and sexual taboos, (V) 107;
(XVII) 203; and sin, (V) 276-77; as social
convenience, (X) 240; and superiority, (l) 159; and
suppression, (X) 244; (XV) 17; and symbolism,
(XIV) 52-53; and teachers, (II) 232; and time,
(XV) 117; and traditions, (XV) 241; and
transformation, (XIV) 126; and transiency and
permanency, (XI) 117; and true revolution, (VIII)
167-70; and truth, (V) 48-49; (VI) 17-20;
understanding, (X) 186; and vested interests, (II)
216-17; (XVII) 54; and virtue, (VII) 252; and
war(s), (IX) 116-17; (XV) 299; (XVI) 6, 12, 17,
81; (XVII) 3; and the whole existence, (XIV) 264;
and the word as barrier, (IX) 55; and the worship of
success, (VIII) 108. See also Authority;
Awareness; Belief; Ceremonies; Change; Conflict;
Creation; Dogma; Divisions; Empty mind;
Exploitation; God; Immortality; Leader; Love;
Masters; Mutation; New mind; Organized religion;
Parenting; Reality; Reincarnation; Religious mind;
Revolution; Right thinking; Theosophy; Timeless;
Tolerance; True re ligion; Truth
Religionists: and simplicity, (V) 246. See also Religion
Religion, the individual, and mutation: as interrelated,
(XIV) 161-67. See also Individual; Mutation;
Religion
Religio-social reformers: and the pattern of life, (XI)
315. See also Reformers
Religious: defining, (XII) 173
Religious action: and the resolution of problems, (XV)
7. See also Action; Religion; Religious mind
Religious approach: and problems, (XII) 169
Religious being: man as, (III) 37-38
Religious conditioning: versus meditation, (XIII) 153.
See also Conditioning; Religion
Religious control: and education, (IV) 107
Religious differences: need to eliminate, (IX) 247. See
also Divisions
Religious dogma: rejection of, (XV) 95. See also
Religious action
Religious experience: and conditioning, (IX) 160; and
passive awareness, (IV) 69
“Religious” experience: as nonexistent, (XIII) 324.
See also Religion
Religious freedom, (IX) 51; and absence of authority,
(IX) 51-52; defining, (IX) 39; as the only freedom,
(IX) 33
Religious institutions: and illusions, (X) 32
Religious intolerance: and belief in God, (V) 93. See
also Experiencing; Religion
Religious leaders: and austerity, (XVII) 237-38; and
confusion, (XI) 358-61. See also Authority;
Religion
Religious life, (X) 62-64, 206-8; (XIV) 263-69; as the
absence of friction, (XV) 9; defining, (XI) 325; and
discipline, (XIII) 81; response to, (XIV ) 78; and
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thought, (XI) 128. See also Religion; Religious
action
Religious man: and the absence of theories, (XIII)
320; and the cessation of ‘becoming’, (X) 268; and
change, (IX) 55; as conditioned, (XIII) 320; versus
conflict, (XIV) 29; creation of, (IX) 108; defining,
(VIII) 170, 299, 301, 324; (IX) 4; (X) 234; (XI)
49, 51; (XIII) 4, 171; and the denial of life, (XI)
315; and dying to the known, (XV) 79-80; and the
evil of authority, (XIII) 124; and fragmentation,
(XIV) 3; and freedom from dogma, (X) 39-40; and
freedom from fear, (XIV ) 195; as the free man,
(XV) 5; and fundamental revolution, (IX) 202;
meaning of, (IX) 242-43; nature of, (XV) 90-91;
and the new mind, (XIV) 16; as nonmystic, (XIV)
268; and observation, (XV) 50; and relationships,
(XI) 48-49; without religion or nation, (IX) 224; as
revolutionary, (VIII) 330; versus rituals, (VIII)
315-16; and the secondhand, (XIV) 117; and self-
awareness, (XI) 204-5; and self-knowledge, (XI)
61; and social reform, (IX) 242-43; versus social
reform, (VIII) 302; and social rejection, (X) 263;
and society, (IX) 147; and transformation, (XV)
50; as the true revolutionary, (X) 34, 48. See also
Religion; Religious mind
Religious mind, (XII) 168-74, 223-27, 269-73, 319-20,
322-26; (XIII) 85-92, 156-60, 162-63; (XIV) 112-
19, 263-69; (XV) 40-48; and the absence of
conflict, (VIII) 196; (XIII) 286; and the absence of
fear, (XV) 317; and the absence of friction, (XV) 9;
and the absence of ideals, (XV) 25; achieving,
(XIII) 52-53; (XVI) 39; and being serious, (XIII)
275; as collective or individual, (XIII) 59; as the
committed mind, (XIII) 52; and creation, (XV)
322; and the creative life, (XV) 94; defining, (VIII)
233; (IX) 36; (X) 72; (XI) 227; (XII) 81-82, 87,
89; (XIII) 86, 156-57, 275; (XIV) 9, 309; (XV) 47,
140, 243; (XVII) 90, 246; describing, (XIII) 208;
as directionless, (XII) 107, 113-14; and dying
daily, (XVI) 156; and effort, (XV) 92, 94; and the
ending of sorrow, (XIII) 172; and facts, (XIII)
107; and freedom from authority, (XIV ) 20; and
freedom from envy, (X) 48; and the free mind,
(XIII) 240-41; function of, (XII) 174-75;
importance of, (XIII) 281-82; and love, (XV) 74;
and meditation, (XIII) 210; nature of, (XV) 93-94;
and negative thinking, (XII) 78-81, 84-85, 89-90;
as non-comparative, (VII) 114; and order, (XVII)
246, 250; and the psychological structure of
society, (XIII) 261; and reality, (XVII) 99; versus
religion, (IX) 10; (XIII) 64; and the resolution of,
(XV) 77; as revolutionary, (IX) 195; as the
revolutionary mind, (XIV) 45-46; and seeing the
whole, (XV) 11; state of, (XV) 244; as total, (XIII)
92; and truth, (XVII) 250; as the unconditioned
mind, (IX) 137; understanding, (XIII) 262; (XIV)
42-46; and understanding conflict, (XV) 19; and
world problems, (XIV) 82. See also Empty mind;
Innocent mind; Meditation; Mind; Mutation; New
mind; Quiet mind; Religion; Truth
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Religious mind and the scientific mind: as the only real
states of mind, (XII) 169, 172. See also Dull mind;
Mind; New mind
Religious organizations, (III) 30; as conditioners, (X)
179-80; and control, (X) 164; divisions among, (X)
201-2; and the enslavement of the mind, (XII) 83;
as escape, (XIV) 115; and exploitation, (III) 24-25,
26; failure of, (XII) 49-50; and freedom, (XI) 114,
116; futility of, (XII) 114; as hindrance to reality,
(V) 100; as hindrance to truth, (XII) 79-80; and
search for the real, (IV) 124-125. See also Religion
Religious people: and conflict, (XIII) 284-85; and
cultivating energy, (XIII) 161; and desire, (XV)
165; and divisions, (XIII) 89-90; and escape from
daily life, (XV) 27; and established methods, (XV)
82; and understanding the inner and the outer,
(XIV) 2. See also Religion; Religious action;
Religious mind
Religious person: defining, (IV) 68; (IX) 159; and
freedom from dependence, (X) 92; and freedom
from society, (IX) 278; identifying, (XI) 19;
problem of, (XI) 386; and revolution, (IX) 13-14;
and the state of silence, (XIII) 196; as yes -sayer,
(XI) 291. See also Religious man; Religious mind
Religious practices, (l) 137-38
Religious problem: and the complex society, (X) 69
Religious revolution, (VIII) 167-70, 181-84; and the
absence of ‘becoming’, (X) 267-69; achieving,
(IX) 10; (X) 3, 128; (XI) 40-41; defining, (XIII)
116; (XIV) 274; and the empty mind, (XV) 24; and
freedom from dogma, (IX) 216; (X) 199;
importance of, (VIII) 194-95; and intelligence,
(XIV) 45; meaning of, (X) 125-26; and mutation,
(XIII) 118; need for, (IX) 51; (X) 95; and the new
world, (VIII) 190; as the only true revolution,
(XVI) 80; as outside of society, (X) 83; as
psychological revolution, (IX) 210; and
questioning, (XIII) 114-15; as salvation, (X) 79.
See also Change; Mutation; New; Radical
revolution; Religion; Religious action; Religious
mind; Revolution; Total revolution;
Transformation; True religion; True revolution
Religious revolutionary: as apart from society, (IX) 85.
See also Religious man
Religious sects: and change, (VIII) 162-64, 176-77;
and conditioning, (VIII) 142-43, 154, 170, 222,
267-68; and divisions, (VIII) 41, 51, 58, 248; and
divisions and war, (VIII) 261; and dogma, (VIII)
168; and education, (VIII) 79, 81, 92, 102;
individual, (VIII) 178-79; influence on children,
(VIII) 288; meditation, (VIII) 239; and the new
mind, (VIII) 167; and peace, (VIII) 150; and
tolerance, (VIII) 294; and tradition, (VIII) 148
Religious spirit: defining, (XI) 293; describing, (XII)
170-71; loss of, (XIV) 78-79; as the only, (XIV)
42-43; and the scientific spirit, (XII) 77, 80; versus
tradition, (XII) 78. See also Religion; Religious
mind; Scientific mind
Religious state: and the hindrance of conflict, (XIII)
282; as timeless, (VIII) 188-89. See also Religious
mind
Religious structure: and religious belief, (XII) 323
Religious teachers: dependence on, (l) 109, 148-49.
See also Guru; Leader; Master; Religion
Religious thinking: and world problems, (XIV) 3. See
also Religion
Religious tyranny: increase of, (XII) 49-50
Relinquishment: of tools of exploitation, (IV) 95-96
Renewal, (IV) 170; (XVI) 242-45; of consciousness,
(VII) 281-83; and continuity, (V) 266-67, 319-20;
daily, (IV) 50; (VIII) 138-39; defining, (IV) 36;
and deterioration, (VI) 292-93; and ending, (VII)
187; (X) 155, 209; in ending, (IV) 198; (V) 298,
355; and ending of thought, (VI) 147-48; versus
fear of death, (V) 68-69; of the mind, (XVII) 96;
from moment to moment, (V) 300; movement of,
(XVI) 300-301; and old and new, (VI) 154; and the
quiet mind, (XVII) 113; as spontaneous, (III) 138-
39; and taking the first step, (XVI) 300-301;
through understanding, (VI) 290. See also
Creativity; Death; New; Quiet mind;
Reincarnation; Rejuvenation; Revolution;
Transformation
Renunciation: and acquisition, (IV) 12; and ambition,
(VII) 242; and conflict, (IV) 146; defining, (XI)
147; versus escape, (XVII) 130; as false, (VII)
184; futility of, (VIII) 106-7; as revolution, (XI)
277; and systems, (III) 54-55. See also Becoming;
Humility; Negation
Repetition: and action, (XVI) 228; and authority,
(XVII) 34; and behavior , (XVII) 201-2; and
boredom, (XIV) 206; and conduct, (XVII) 202;
and continuity, (X) 154; and desire, (XVI) 216-17;
and deterioration, (XIV) 29; versus direct
experience, (XI) 149; and the dull mind, (V) 90-91;
(XVII) 116; and experience, (VII) 246-47; as
hindrance to the new mind, (XVI) 243; versus
learning, (XVI) 265, 290; versus learning while
doing, (XVI) 218; and meditation, (IX) 213; (XIV)
156, 299; (XV) 37, 84; versus meditation, (X) 228;
(XI) 141, 356; and patterns, (XVII) 178; and
pleasure, (XVII) 44, 45-46, 204; and prayer, (V)
164; (VI) 230; and the process of thinking, (XVII)
123; and the still mind, (V) 209; and the superficial
mind, (IX) 235; and systems of thought, (XVII)
240; and truth, (V) 320; (VI) 134; and
understanding, (V) 327. See also Conditioning;
Conformity; Discipline; Experiencing;
Suppression; Will
Repetitive action: as necessary, (XVII) 206. See also
Action; Repetition
Repetitive mind: and problems, (XV) 73. See also Dull
mind; Mind
Republican: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning;
Divisions; Nationalism; Revolution; Society
Resistance, (V) 257-58; (XIII) 106-12; and the action
of the will, (XV) 58, 60; and ambition, (VII) 16;
and approach to problems, (VIII) 178; and

attention, (VIII) 313; (X) 255-56; and ‘becoming’,
(X) 267; cessation of, (XIII) 305; and change,
(XV) 306; to change, (XI) 311; and concentration,
(XIII) 154; (XIV ) 217; (XVII) 179; as
conditioning, (III) 106; and conditioning of the
mind, (XIV) 221; and conflict, (XIV) 11-12; (XVI)
8, 95-97, 99, 211; and conflict in relationship, (V)
59; and the continuity of desire, (XV) 60; and
contradiction, (XV) 310; as a defense mechanism,
(XV) 157; defining, (XVI) 162; and desire, (XIV )
224; and discipline, (VII) 69-70; (VIII) 295; and
disorder, (XV) 199; and distraction, (IX) 11; and
the dull mind, (V) 53-54; effects of, (XIII) 47; and
effort, (XIV) 233-34; and energy, (XIII) 47, 56,
160-61, 231, 338; (XIV) 208; (XV) 42, 47; and
fear, (VII) 191-93; (XVI) 103-4; and freedom,
(VIII) 238; versus free questioning, (XIII) 106-7;
and fulfillment, (VII) 235; as hindrance, (VIII)
243; as hindrance to communion, (XIV ) 281; as
hindrance to energy, (XIV) 294; as hindrance to
learning, (XIV) 92, 234-35; as hindrance to order,
(XV) 199; and illusion, (VII) 194; and listening,
(XIII) 304; living without, (l) 189; (XII) 136, 138-
39, 210; and the ‘me’, (X) 257; and meditation, (V)
208; to the new, (X) 216; and physical pain, (XVI)
235; and the process of life, (XIII) 316; to
revolution, (XI) 309; and suppression, (XIII) 80;
and thought, (V) 7; (XVI) 146; understanding, (IV)
67; (VIII) 166-67; (XIII) 106-7; versus
understanding, (V) 276; and the wasting of energy,
(XV) 200. See also Action of will; Compulsion;
Conflict; Conformity; Contradiction; Discipline;
Effort; Listening
Resolution: as escape from problems, (XIV) 178; of
problems, (XIV) 181, 252
Respect, (VIII) 69; and authority, (XIV) 247; between
children and adults, (XI) 4-5; versus contempt,
(VII) 125; and disrespect, (XI) 370; as
exploitation, (III) 100; as fear, (VII) 125-26;
versus fear, (VIII) 126; feeling of, (VII) 231; and
gurus, (V) 194; versus humility, (XIV ) 89; and
love, (XVII) 235; versus love, (VIII) 71; and
problem of equality, (VII) 313-14. See also
Authority
Respectability: and ambition, (X) 5; attachment to,
(XII) 212; and conflict, (XIII) 285; and
conformity, (VII) 221; (XV) 69; and consistency,
(VII) 207; versus creative happiness, (VII) 188-89;
defining, (VII) 163; and denial, (XIII) 87-88;
desire for, (XI) 227; and discontent, (V) 293; as
false, (VII) 184; and fear, (VII) 191; versus love,
(VIII) 312; and the mediocre mind, (VIII) 124;
and mediocrity, (XI) 356; and moral codes, (XI)
228; versus morality, (XIV) 202; and pleasure,
(XV) 71; and public opinion, (V) 277; and security,
(XII) 135; and social morality, (X) 246-47; (XV)
71; and society, (VIII) 317; and tradition, (XVII)
153; and virtue, (XI) 269-70; (XII) 142; (XIII)
225. See also Conditioning; Conformity;
Discipline; Habits; Security; Society
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Respectable: versus good, (VII) 163. See also
Respectability
Respectable man: as dead, (XI) 113. See also
Respectability
Respectable mind: and the adjustment to society, (XI)
323; as insensitive, (XIII) 176; as limited, (XI)
194; and tradition, (XI) 35-36. See also Dull mind;
Mind; Respectability
Response: and action, (XIV) 21; and background, (X)
219-20; to challenge, (IX) 190, 192; and
conditioning, (VIII) 290-91; (XIV) 136-37; (XV)
304-5; (XVI) 89, 174, 220; and conduct, (XVII)
201; and conflict, (X) 25; and creating of problems,
(XV) 213-14; and desire, (XV) 21; and experience,
(XV) 39; and fear, (XIII) 134; as fragmentary,
(XV) 23; and memory, (XIV ) 22-23, 243; without
motive, (XVI) 208; and positive activity, (XVI) 18;
and problems, (XVI) 208-9; to problems, (XIV)
99; as the product of memory, (XII) 304; and
reaction, (XI) 33; and seeing the totality of life,
(XVI) 5; and suppression of desire, (XV) 17; and
thinking, (XI) 389-90; (XV) 22-23; and thought,
(XIV) 292; (XV) 224. See also Cause and effect;
Challenge; Challenge and response; Reaction
Response and challenge: as limited, (XII) 68-81. See
also Reaction
Responsibility: and communication, (XVI) 41-42; for
confusion, (V) 192; escape from, (IX) 204; and the
family man, (IV) 96; for Gandhi’s death, (IV) 168;
for government, (V) 66-67; as hindrance to
understanding, (V) 324; of the individual, (V) 155-
56, 182; (VI) 137; (XI) 172; (XV) 52; for
individual conduct, (XIV) 229-30; of the individual
and society, (VI) 152-53; and listening, (XVI) 2,
14; and maturity, (V) 77; and order, (XV) 57; of
parents, (V) 173-74; (VIII) 278-83; for peace,
(XV) 323; and psychological revolution, (XV) 57;
and questioning, (XVI) 253-54; in relationship,
(III) 156; and revolution, (V) 10-13; and
simplicity, (V) 245, 370; understanding, (XIII)
223-24; for war, (IV) 23; (V) 15-16, 75; for world
chaos, (III) 152; and world problems, (XVII) 19,
279-80. See also Individual; Possessions;
Resistance
Restless mind, (XI) 234-35; as hindrance to truth,
(VIII) 326-29. See also Empty mind; Occupied
mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind
Restlessness: and conflict, (XIII) 22-23
Result: and action, (IV) 195-96; and effort, (IX) 256
Results: search for, (l ) 50-52
Resurrection: and death, (XIV) 255; (XV) 230; (XVII)
114; and escape from death, (XVI) 30; and the fear
of death, (XII) 160; (XVI) 62, 155; (XVII) 73. See
also Continuity; God; Reincarnation
Retirement: and awareness, (III) 211, 213, 216; and
deterioration, (VII) 308-9
Retreat: value of, (VI) 252
Reverence: and enslavement, (VII) 230-31
Revival: and pleasure, (XVI) 284; of religions, (X) 216
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Revolt: and aloneness, (VII) 221-22; and conflict,
(VII) 304; and conformity, (XV) 19; and the
creation of new patterns, (XVII) 165; and
creativeness, (VII) 278; and disorder, (XV) 56; and
the envious society, (IX) 86; and freedom, (XVII)
15, 51-52; versus freedom, (XIII) 288; and image,
(XV) 197; as meaningless, (XV) 205; and the
mediocre mind, (VII) 219-21; and new ideological
patterns, (XVII) 175; as passion, (XI) 145; as
reaction, (XII) 278-79; (XV) 5, 71, 151, 158;
(XVI) 161; (XVII) 134, 168; and religion, (XI)
293-94; versus revolution, (XIV) 34-35; types of,
(XIV) 135; as uncreative, (X) 83; without
understanding, (XVII) 261-62; uselessness of,
(XVII) 70; and violence, (XVII) 257; of young
people, (XVII) 189. See also Change; Discontent;
Revolution; Transformation
Revolution, (l ) 156-57; (II) 46-47, 65, 90, 137; (VII)
276-77; (XI) 358, 360-61, 383-87; as abandonment
of society, (VIII) 330; and the absence of the
center, (XVII) 38; and the absence of peace, (VIII)
141; absence of stages in, (XII) 56; and the
absence of thought, (XVI) 164; achieving, (VII) 8-
9; (VIII) 4; (IX) 210-12; (XIII) 78; (XIV ) 126-27;
(XVI) 234; and action, (XI) 358; (XIV) 44; and
action of the will, (VIII) 36-37; without act of will,
(VII) 256; and the analytic process, (XII) 141;
avoidance of, (XV) 157; and awareness, (XIII)
206; versus being something, (IX) 170; and
betrayal, (XIV) 163-64; and the brain, (XIV ) 272,
274-75; and the breakdown of conditioning, (XIV)
9; and change, (VIII) 22; without change, (XI)
157; and the clear mind, (XI) 202-3; and the
collective, (VI) 38; and the collective and
individual minds, (XIII) 61-62; and the
conditioned thought, (VII) 196-97; and
conditioning, (VIII) 154-55; (XI) 70; versus the
conscious mind, (VIII) 38; through consciousness,
(XI) 277; conscious and unconscious, (VIII) 2, 4;
and contact with the fact, (XV) 339; cycles of, (II)
230-31; (V) 195-97; defining, (XII) 223-24; and
the denial of the psychological structure of society,
(XIV) 34-35; without dependence, (X) 210; and
desire, (VIII) 306; and the desire for a sane world,
(IX) 210; and desire to help, (VI) 241; and
discovery of the sacred, (XV) 245; as disturbance,
(XIII) 14; and education, (V) 200; without effort,
(VII) 182-83; and emptiness, (XII) 256-57; and the
empty mind, (XVI) 221; and the ending of ‘me’,
(VII) 305, 307-8; exa mining inward and outward,
(V) 185; through experiencing, (VII) 253; as
failure, (XI) 96; failure of, (XVII) 167, 190, 245;
false, (VIII) 16-17; and freedom from authority,
(XII) 235; as freedom from fear, (VII) 290-91; and
freedom from ideas, (VI) 2-3, 67; and the free
mind, (VII) 306-8; (VIII) 254-55, 343; (XI) 65; as
the free mind, (IX) 36; of the few, (V) 358-59; and
the function of knowledge, (VIII) 154-56; and
God, (XII) 173; and the “high” and “middle”,
(XVII) 138; as the hindrance of analysis, (XIII)
284; and the hindrance of continuity, (VII) 198-99;
and the hindrance of the known, (XVI) 174;
historical versus psychological, (IX) 97; and hope
for transformation, (IV) 49; and how to think,
(VII) 197-99; and the human being, (XVII) 46; and
ideas, (V) 42-43, 44, 206; and ideology, (VI) 146-
47, 205-6; and illusion, (VIII) 33; importance of,
(IX) 96-99; (XVI) 298; individual, (X) 116; and
the individual, (VI) 37-38; (XIV) 140; as
individual, (IX) 209; and the individual and the
mass, (XI) 36; and individual and mass role, (VI)
34; and individual renewal, (IV) 160-61; and
individual responsibility, (V) 10-13; inner, (XV)
301; as instantaneous, (XII) 159; and the integrated
view, (VII) 320; and the intellect, (VII) 252-53;
inward, (VI) 251; (VII) 144, 150; (VIII) 248-50,
251-52; inward and outward, (II) 65; (III) 66-67;
(IV) 162; (V) 15-16, 79-81, 96, 185; (VI) 89-90;
(VIII) 29; (XVII) 192; and inward and outward
effects, (XV) 58; as inward transformation, (X) 44;
and isolation, (V) 61; of the known (VIII) 181,
183-84; and the limits of the known, (XIV) 188;
meaningful, (XIII) 67; meaning of, (V) 196-97;
(XV) 4; and the mind, (VIII) 13; of the mind, (IX)
219; (XI) 15-16, 18, 83, 193; as a mutation in
consciousness, (XIII) 334; as necessary, (VII) 200;
(VIII) 2; (XI) 309; need for, (XII) 49; (XIII) 113;
(XV) 3-4; need for an inward, (XII) 118, 119;
(XIV) 126; need for psychological, (XV) 302; need
for religious, (X) 124; need for true, (V) 220-222;
as never gradual, (XVI) 233; and the new, (XII)
185; and the new mind, (XII) 276; objection to,
(VII) 237; and observation, (XVI) 130; through
observation, (XV) 67; and organization, (II) 205;
as outside of society, (VIII) 302; outward, (XV)
132; and outward alteration, (XV) 52-53; and the
petty mind, (VII) 203-4; political, (VIII) 176; in
the present, (V) 52; and the problem of hunger,
(VII) 177-78; and the problem of living, (XIV) 5;
and the process of thought, (VII) 175; of the
psyche, (XVII) 166-67; psychological, (VIII) 230;
and questioning authority, (X) 131; as radical
transformation, (XI) 1, 177; as reaction, (XIII)
289; and realization of truth, (IX) 77-79; versus
reformation, (VIII) 343; and relationship, (XI)
335; and religion, (X) 225; and religion as
synonymous, (XII) 223; religious, (X) 3, 108-110;
(XIV) 43; and the religious man, (IX) 4; as the
religious man, (XI) 51; and the religious mind,
(XIII) 52; through the religious person, (IX) 159;
and the religious spirit, (XII) 170; as response,
(VIII) 298-99; versus revolt, (XII) 278-79; (XVII)
189; and the role of education, (VIII) 32; and the
search for reality, (VIII) 289; and seeing the fact,
(XIII) 157; and seeing the totality of life, (XVI) 5;
and self-awareness, (V) 11-13; and self-discovery,
(XVI) 226; and self-knowledge, (VI) 9; and self-
understanding, (XI) 18; and social change, (VI) 10-
11; and social inequality, (VIII) 316; as solution to
world conflict, (III) 150; and the state of inquiry,

(XIII) 332; and the still mind, (VIII) 215-16; and
struggle, (VII) 29-30; and the struggle for power,
(XVII) 122; and substitution of ideas, (VI) 76; and
superficial reform, (X) 108; and systems, (VIII) 7;
and systems of left and right, (V) 10, 13; and
technique, (V) 184-85; in thinking, (VII) 143-44;
(VIII) 211-12; (X) 63; in thought, (II) 204; thought
and feeling, (IV) 93; and time, (XI) 152; (XIV)
126; total, (VIII) 16; within the total
consciousness, (XVI) 126; as transcendental,
(VIII) 38; as transformation, (VIII) 5-6; as a
transformation in thinking, (XIII) 282; as
transformation of the mind, (XI) 47; as the true
religious mind, (X) 107-9; types of, (XI) 71; (XIII)
116; and the unconditioned mind, (VII) 260; as
unconscious, (VIII) 35; and the unconsciousness of
‘I’, (VII) 256; and understanding, (VII) 156; of
understanding, (V) 183; through understanding, (X)
118; and understanding pleasure, (XVI) 129; of the
unknown, (VIII) 181, 183-84; and utopia, (XVI)
256; within and without, (XI) 295-96; and wrong
livelihood, (V) 63. See also Awareness; Change;
Mutation; New; Reform; Reformation; Total
revolution; Transformation
Revolutionary: defining, (VII) 15; (VIII) 268, 299;
defining the process of, (IX) 14-15; and radical
transformation, (IX) 226; versus reformer, (V) 195-
96, 197-98; as the religious man, (IX) 243; (X) 34;
and the search for reality, (VIII) 316. See also
Individual; Responsibility; Revolution
Revolutionary change: need for, (XIV) 188. See also
Revolution
Revolutionary mind: defining, (XI) 328; as the new
mind, (XIII) 53; as the religious mind, (XII) 82,
324-25; (XIII) 160. See also Free mind; Mind
Revolution in consciousness: achieving, (XVI) 160.
See also Consciousness; Revolution
Revolution of the center: defining, (VII) 294, 296,
297; and of outside, (VII) 294-96
Revolution of the mind: and living in the present,
(XIII) 328-29. See also Revolutionary mind
Reward, (l) 122-23
Reward and punishment, (III) 15-16, 172. See also
Action
Rich: and happiness, (VII) 101. See also Becoming;
Poor
Rich life: defining, (XIV ) 30
Rich man: and society, (XIII) 121, 124
Right action, (III) 53, 195, 197, 200; (X) 173-74; (XV)
64; and the challenged mind, (XII) 76-77; defining,
(XVII) 18; and the good mind, (IX) 262; and
living, (XII) 23; and search, (IX) 256; through self-
knowledge, (IV) 135; and self-understanding, (XI)
48; and understanding, (III) 76; and understanding
relationship, (V) 96. See also Action; Awareness;
Real; Reality; Right thinking
Right and left: similarity between, (XVII) 139. See
also Ideology
Right and wrong: judging, (VII) 291-92; versus truth,
(XVII) 126
127
Right comprehension: and hindrances, (III) 89. See
also Happiness
Right conditions: inner and outer, (III) 127-28
Right discipline: as order, (XVII) 176. See also
Discipline
Right education: and creation of intelligence, (V) 108-
9; and radical transformation, (XI) 1. See also
Education
Right effort: defining, (III) 66, 81; understanding, (IV)
24. See also Effort
Righteous action: defining, (X) 232
Righteous mind: defining, (X) 184
Righteousness, (III) 158; defining, (IV) 190; (X) 184,
223-26; and humility, (X) 242; motiveless, (XVI)
25; and reincarnation, (XV) 319; versus the
traditional, (X) 189. See also Humility;
Understanding; Virtue
Right individual: creating, (XI) 59-61
Right livelihood, (VII) 160; achieving, (V) 144. See
also Conflict; Livelihood
Right meditation: defining, (V) 361; versus meditation,
(V) 267-70; and process of the self, (V) 291; for
right understanding, (IV) 53-54; and self-
knowledge, (IV) 148; (V) 360-62. See also
Meditation
Right problems: and right questions, (XII) 232-33. See
also Problems
Right questions: asking, (XVII) 107, 108; defining,
(XVII) 199; difficulty of asking, (XVII) 99, 269;
and sensitivity, (XVII) 137. See also Questions
Right relationship: defining, (XVII) 193; and
examining problems, (VIII) 1-2; without
exploitation, (V) 364; versus guru and disciple, (X)
122; and inner revolution, (XVII) 191; and love,
(X) 195; and love of truth, (V) 179; meaning of,
(XVI) 83; and social problems, (IV) 138-39. See
also Authority; Relationship
Right society: achieving, (IV) 207. See also Society
Right thinking, (III) 208-9, 222; approach to, (IV)
135-36; through comprehension, (III) 98-99; and
confusion, (VIII) 333-35; defining, (III) 208-9;
(VI) 53-54; and the desire to influence, (X) 104; as
endless, (IV) 180; hindrances to, (III) 93-94; and
illusory experience, (IV) 15; and a new society,
(IV) 110; and right actions, (VI) 52-53; versus
right thought, (V) 74; and self-awareness, (IV) 15;
and self-knowledge, (III) 203-4, 209-11, 224; (IV)
1, 34, 79, 151; (V) 155-56, 336; and sensitivity,
(IV) 4; and true religion, (III) 207; understanding,
(III) 195-97, 198-99; (X) 219-21; and wisdom,
(III) 228-29; and world crisis, (V) 72, 74. See also
Creative thinking; Right action; Thought
Right thought: defining, (III) 208-9; as limited, (IV)
180; versus right thinking, (IV) 180; (V) 141. See
also Right thinking; Thought
Rites: and spirituality, (III) 71
Ritual: as escape, (V) 82; as hindrance to religion,
(VII) 106; as immature, (IX) 156-57; as
mechanical process, (V) 90-91; and the mind,
(XVII) 155; and religion, (X) 210; versus the
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religious mind, (XII) 323. See also Belief;
Ceremonies; Habit; Religion; Tradition
Ritualistic mind: versus the religious mind, (XII) 84
Roman Catholic Church: spread of, (XI) 225, 226. See
also Catholicism
Routine: and disorder, (XVII) 173; escape from,
(XIV) 261; versus order, (XVII) 175-76; and time,
(XIV) 102, 104. See also Habit
Rulers: versus self-ruling, (XVII) 125. See also
Authority
Russia, (VII) 239-40; and economic revolution, (XVI)
12; as increasingly bourgeois, (XVII) 198; and
religion, (XIII) 288. See also Authority;
Background; Belief; Commitment; Conditioning;
Divisions; Environment; Government;
Identification; Influences; Nationalism; Russian
Revolution; Society; War; Words; World problems
Russian revolution: and the bourgeois mentality,
(XVII) 134; and change, (XV) 53; and the denial
of freedom, (XVII) 138; failure of, (XVII) 167;
and ideology, (XVII) 160, 190-91
Russians: See Conditioning; Divisions; Ideology;
Nationalism; Society; War
Ruthlessness: and competition, (XIV) 247; and
function, (XIII) 126. See also Ambition;
Comparison
Sacred: defining, (XV) 242-43; and the mind, (IX)
110, 112; versus sentimental, (X) 187. See also
God; Reality; Truth
Sacredness: as the essence of religion, (XV) 244
Sadhana, (IX) 264; as method, (X) 131-32
Sadness: and loss through death, (VIII) 114-15. See
also Sorrow
Safety: and conformity, (l) 107; and search, (IX) 182;
and technology, (X) 192; and violence and
nonviolence, (XV) 334. See also Security
Saint(s): and austerity, (XIV) 45; (XVII) 237-38; and
change, (XV) 334; and conflict, (XIII) 284; and
confusion, (XIV ) 12; and desire, (XIV ) 98; (XV)
21; and the desire for asylum, (XIII) 54; desire to
become, (XIII) 248-49; and discipline, (V) 256-57,
259; as distorted, (XVII) 174; and fear, (XII) 59;
and humility, (XVII) 156; and love, (XIII) 15;
need for, (VIII) 244; and the politician, (XI) 289;
recognition of, (XII) 82; and simplicity, (XIV)
207; (XVII) 98-99; and status, (XVII) 122; and
time, (XIII) 27; and the timeless, (XII) 100. See
also Authority; Leaders; Monks; Religion;
Religious mind
Saints and sinners: and conflict, (XII) 128
Salvation: versus collective action, (VII) 230; and the
hereafter, (VII) 270; through Masters, (III) 24-25;
through self-awareness, (III) 24; through service,
(l) 122-23. See also Belief; Religion
Samadhi, (XIV ) 118. See also Meditation
Sane society: See Society
Sane world: versus dogma, (XIII) 88. See also World
problems
Sanity, (XV) 171-72; and communication, (XV) 190;
defining, (XV) 171; and inquiry into fear, (XII)
223; and the insane world, (XII) 62. See also Order
Sannyasi(s), (VIII) 106-7; and aloneness, (XI) 216;
and celibacy, (XV) 71-72; and the family, (XIII)
126; and the formula of belief, (XIV) 141; and the
mischievous mind, (XII) 90; and occupation, (IX)
205; and power, (VIII) 113; versus simplicity, (XI)
205; as a symbol, (XIV) 138. See also Authority;
Religion; Saints
Sanskrit: and communication, (XVII) 194, 199. See
also Language; Translation; Words
Satisfaction, (IX) 43-47; without comparison, (VIII)
134; and conformity, (XIV ) 267-68; and
dependence, (IX) 65; and discontent, (IX) 207-8;
(XV) 42; versus discontent, (XIV) 264; and
dissatisfaction, (XI) 8; and mediocrity, (VIII) 252;
and positive thinking, (XI) 91; as a reaction, (XV)
156; and religion, (X) 217; and search for, (III)
138-39, 141-42; (IX) 68, 90, 179, 181, 184; (XIV)
206; (XVII) 86; and suffering, (VII) 215-16; and
the superficial, (X) 61; as temporary, (VII) 311-12;
understanding, (XI) 243-44; and will, (XI) 286. See
also Ambition; Conflict; Confusion; Contentment;
Discontent; Fulfillment; Gratification; Self-
fulfillment
Savior: search for (II) 55; and security, (IX) 148. See
also Authority; Exploiter; Leader; Religion;
Teacher
Science: as accumulated knowledge, (XIII) 10;
application of, (XV) 195-96; as benefactor or
destroyer, (VIII) 92; and change, (X) 12; (XIV)
187; changes in, (XV) 197; changes in the field of,
(XVI) 54; and the creative, (XI) 35; and
destruction, (XVII) 279; and deterioration, (XV)
234; and efficiency, (XI) 260; failure of, (XVII)
94; versus faith, (III) 78; and following, (IX) 238;
and inquiry, (XI) 215-16; and investigation without
ideas, (XVII) 191; and knowledge, (XII) 308;
(XVI) 261; and medical progress, (VII) 129; as
necessary, (XIV ) 214; and need for intelligent
application, (VII) 111; as positive, (VII) 114-15;
and the quiet mind, (XVII) 172; and the religious
mind, (XIII) 89; role of, (II) 150; and the role of
power, (VIII) 35; and the search for solutions,
(XIV) 40; and solutions, (IX) 278; and the solution
to problems, (XI) 16; and world change, (XVI) 54;
and world problems, (XIII) 48; (XV) 124; (XVI)
116. See also Computers; Machines; Mathematics;
Scientists; Specialists; Technology
Science and knowledge, (XII) 308; and the mind,
(XII) 51. See also Knowledge; Scientific mind
Scientific approach: benefits of, (XII) 169; and
problems, (XII) 169
Scientific inventions: and destruction, (VII) 144. See
also Technology
Scientific knowledge: and economic need, (VIII) 154;
effects of, (XIII) 216; as essential, (VII) 227; and
inquiry, (XIII) 39. See also Science; Technology

Scientific mind, (XII) 168-74, 319, 322; and
comparison, (XII) 95; defining, (XII) 81, 83; as
directive, (XII) 107; and inquiry, (XIV) 279; and
observable facts, (XIII) 107; as partial, (XIII) 92;
and the religious mind, (XII) 80, 81, 85, 89-90,
270; (XIII) 52. See also Mind; Science
Scientific mind and the religious mind: as the only real
states of mind, (XII) 169, 172
Scientific progress, (VII) 252. See also Technology
Scientific spirit: describing, (XII) 169-70; and the
religious spirit, (XII) 77, 80. See also Religious
mind; Scientific mind
Scientist(s): approach of, (XII) 89, 112; and the
approach to investigation, (XIII) 21-24; and belief,
(V) 346-47; and the collapse of space and time,
(XV) 116; and defining space, (XIV) 297; and
dualism, (XII) 81; and energy, (XIV) 55; (XV) 46;
and habit, (XI) 298-99; and inquiry, (XV) 4-5; and
knowledge, (XIV) 138; and the need for total
freedom, (XVI) 198; and the need to discover,
(XIV) 48; and objective investigation, (XVII) 218;
and problems, (XIV) 303; and revolution, (XI) 96;
and the search for the new, (XIV) 228; and the
spirit of inquiry, (XII) 90; and the spirit of
knowledge, (XII) 77, 80; and world problems, (XI)
178, 295. See also Science; Specialists
Scripture, (l) 154
Search, (VIII) 240-43; (IX) 87, 178-85; approach to,
(IX) 90-91; awareness of, (X) 32; cessation of,
(VIII) 346; and conditioning, (IX) 138; (X) 31-32;
and the confused mind, (IX) 246; consciousness of,
(IX) 209; for contentment, (VII) 259-60; as
contradiction, (X) 33; and the creation of
confusion, (IX) 87; and dependence, (IX) 67; and
discontent, (VI) 27-28; end of, (IX) 20; (XI) 152;
and experience, (IX) 284; futility of, (VI) 224; (IX)
77-78; for God, (XI) 290; (XVI) 250; for
happiness, (X) 31; as hindrance, (VIII) 326-29;
importance of, (X) 217-18; and the known, (IX)
111, 113; from the known to the unknown, (XI)
283; for the meaning to life, (XVI) 144;
motiveless, (X) 182-83; motives for, (X) 161; the
multileveled, (VII) 263; need for cessation, (IX)
257; for permanency, (V) 336-37; (VII) 328-29;
reasons for, (V) 242-43, 328-30; (VIII) 327-28;
(IX) 67-68; and religion, (IX) 214-15; for renewal,
(XVI) 244; for result, (IX) 256-57; for right action,
(IX) 136, 262; for security, (IX) 19; and self-
knowledge, (V) 224-25; (IX) 91, 135-38, 215-16;
as superficial, (IX) 48; and systems, (IX) 231-32;
and thought, (XI) 130; and truth, (IX) 256-57;
types of, (IX) 90, 209; and understanding, (V) 329-
30; (IX) 18-20; (XI) 129-30; versus want, (III) 16.
See also Continuity; God; Gurus; Happiness;
Inquiry; Questioning; Reality; Security; Seeking
Search for: See Achievement; Belief; Certainty; Doubt;
Enlightenment; Experience; God; Incomplete life;
Liberation; Opposites; Power; Results; Security;
Suffering; Truth
Searching: destructive, (l) 176-77
129
Secondary issues: and ‘becoming’, (X) 267-68
Secondhand: versus original, (XV) 215-16, 219
Secondhand human beings: and authority, (XIV ) 235;
and experience, (XV) 103. See also New
Secondhand people: and compulsions, (XV) 73. See
also Secondhand human beings
Sect(s): as divisive, (VI) 48-49; as hindrance to
education, (VII) 320; propagation of views, (l) 50-
51; and religion, (V) 77; and world problems, (VI)
52. See also Divisions; Religion
Security, (l) 97, 148-49, 161-62; (VI) 254; (XII) 133-
37; (XIII) 121-24; (XIV) 129-34; and
accumulation, (VIII) 106; and acquisitiveness, (IV)
96; areas of, (VI) 280; and attitudes to war, (XII)
169; and authority, (VIII) 241; (IX) 147; (XII)
296; (XIII) 227; through authority, (X) 36; and
basic needs, (IV) 32; and being taught, (X) 231;
and belief, (V) 307; (VI) 340-41; (XII) 323; (XIII)
186; and the center, (XIII) 44; and change, (VIII)
22; and collective action (VII) 230; and
commitment, (XI) 324-25; and communion, (XIV)
186; concern with, (XIII) 289; and the conditioned
mind, (VIII) 182, 288; and conditioning, (IX) 36;
and conflict, (VI) 28, 338; and conformity, (XIV)
267-68; and consciousness, (XII) 195;
contradiction of, (IX) 212; craving for, (IV) 38;
and craving as hindrance, (IV) 66-67; versus
creation, (XV) 138; and the creation of authority,
(IX) 8; (X) 77-78; and the creation of habit, (XI)
317; defining, (XI) 4; and the demand for
permanence, (X) 42; denial of, (XVII) 27; and
dependence, (XVI) 119-20; and dependency, (IX)
61-62; desire for, (V) 73; (VIII) 82-83, 222-24,
273-74, 305; (IX) 79, 197, 215; (XI) 295; (XII) 38;
(XIV) 184; (XV) 31; (XVI) 209; desire for inner
and outer, (XV) 300; and the desire for the
permanent, (XI) 105; as destructive, (XII) 38; and
discipline, (X) 96; and discomfort, (V) 65; and
disturbance, (XI) 306; (XII) 237; and the dull
mind, (XII) 18; and dullness, (XIV) 28; and
education, (VIII) 227; and effort, (l) 85; (IX) 186;
as escape, (l) 6; and exploitation, (VI) 352; and the
family, (XIII) 121-22; and fear, (VI) 36; (VII) 77-
79, 186, 191, 308, 315; (VIII) 237-38; (XII) 251;
(XIV) 196; (XV) 28, 31; and fear in relationship,
(VII) 290; fear of losing, (XVI) 149; and
following, (IX) 239; (XII) 235; and the formation
of ideas, (XV) 89; forms of, (XIV) 186; and
freedom, (XI) 66; (XIII) 288; freedom from, (VI)
152; and the free mind, (VIII) 264; versus the free
mind, (IX) 127-28; futility of achievement, (l) 7-8;
as God, (V) 123; and habit(s), (VI) 306; (IX) 107;
(XIII) 239; and harmony, (l) 91; as heaven, (VII)
279; and hierarchy, (VIII) 47; as hindrance, (XI)
382; hindrances to, (II) 203-5; as hindrance to
freedom, (VII) 161, 162; as hindrance to reality,
(VII) 304; as hindrance to self-knowledge, (IV) 77;
and hope, (XII) 162; and ideals, (VIII) 221; and
identification, (XI) 371-72; and illusion of hope,
(VII) 269-70; and image, (XV) 193-94;
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immortality, (l) 7; (II) 54; and inequality, (VIII)
319; inward, (VI) 148-50; inward and outward,
(VI) 181, 188; (VII) 78-79; (IX) 222; (XIV) 81,
129; (XVII) 243; and isolation, (XI) 343; and
knowledge, (X) 87; (XI) 250, 381; and laziness,
(XIII) 139; and learning, (XI) 80-81; versus
learning, (X) 233; and leisure, (VII) 221; and love,
(V) 17; as loveless, (XI) 45; as mental, (l) 19-20;
and the mind, (VIII) 273; versus the movement of
life, (XI) 173; and nationalism, (VIII) 224; as
necessity for children, (XI) 4-5; need for, (IX) 142;
and need for authority, (VII) 52, 300, 302; (XI)
380; and need for belief, (V) 48-49; and the need
for a leader, (X) 127; and the need for masks,
(XVI) 230; and need for pattern, (V) 321; versus
the need for skepticism, (XIII) 332-33; and the
need for tradition, (VIII) 28-29; as nonexistent,
(XIV) 130; (XVII) 20, 225; and obedience, (VII)
132; (XI) 145; (XIII) 11; and the old mind, (XIV)
15; and order, (XII) 190; and organizations, (X)
15; and organized religion, (XI) 302; and pain,
(VIII) 303; as path to misery, (IV) 64-65; and
peace, (VIII) 226; physical, (l) 19-20; (VI) 148-50;
physical and psychological, (V) 343-44; (VI) 187-
89, 223-24; (VII) 264-65; physiological and
psychological, (XIII) 12; and politics, (X) 164; and
the positive approach, (XV) 261; and the positive
mind, (XV) 255; and possessions, (l) 95-96; and
problems, (XIV) 184-85; and the psychological
acceptance of authority, (XIV) 33; and
psychological dependence, (X) 92-93; pursuit of,
(II) 128-29; (XI) 168-69; (XIV) 129; and
relationship, (VIII) 337; and religion, (XII) 297;
versus the religious spirit, (XII) 170; in repetitive
action, (XVI) 228; and resistance to change, (XI)
314; (XII) 292; and role of individual, (VI) 1-3;
and sacred books, (XIII) 13; search for, (l ) 5-6, 16-
17, 19-20, 41, 146, 161-62, 164-65; (II) 3-4, 56,
207-8; (III) 45, 95-96, 234; (V) 62-63; (VI) 65-67;
(IX) 19; (X) 2-3, 206; (XII) 223; (XV) 27, 197;
(XVII) 245; and search for God, (VI) 220; and
search for guru, (VI) 103; search for inner, (XV)
197; search for, inward and outward, (III) 65; (X)
7; and the search for truth, (VIII) 230; and search
for the unknown, (V) 243-44; and self-deception,
(VI) 314; and sensate value, (IV) 99; and slavery,
(XI) 257; and the sluggish mind, (XI) 320; and
social structure, (l) 93-94; and sorrow, (XIII) 121;
spiritual, (l) 5-6; and technique, (V) 310; and
thinking, (XIII) 306; and thought, (XVI) 167; and
the tradition of belief, (XII) 96; and truth, (V) 186;
types of, (VIII) 72; and the unconscious, (XII)
166-67; understanding, (IV) 32; understanding
motives for, (X) 6-7; and values, (II) 92; violence
and the desire for, (XVII) 256; and words, (XII)
303; world search for, (XII) 230-31. See also
Authority; Certainty; Conditioning; Conformity;
Continuity; Death; Escape; Fear; Identification;
Known; Limitations; Mind; Permanency; Search;
Society
See: inquiry into the word, (XVII) 207-8;
understanding the word, (XVII) 168-69. See also
Seeing
Seeing: and the absence of fear, (XII) 251; and acting,
(XV) 11, 130, 331; and action, (XVI) 2; (XVII)
134-35, 141, 142, 147; without an answer, (XVI)
168; and attention, (XIII) 70, 73; as attention,
(XIII) 72-73; and the awareness of conflict, (XIII)
22; and breaking down the past, (XIII) 72-73;
conditions for, (XV) 284-85; and the creation of
light, (XVI) 31; defining, (XV) 130; difficulty of,
(XVI) 55-56; and divisions. (XII) 195; and dying
to the past, (XIII) 28; the emptiness of conflict,
(XIII) 17-18; and the end of conflict, (XIII) 298;
and the free mind, (XII) 184; and the hindrance of
image, (XVI) 129; and the hindrance of words,
(XIII) 278; without the image, (XVII) 279; as
immediate, (XIV) 306; intellectually and
nonintellectually, (XVI) 235; and interpretation,
(XII) 5; and learning, (XII) 199; meaning of, (XII)
191, 235-36; (XIII) 5; (XVI) 235-36; and memory,
(XIV) 58-59; with the mind, (XVI) 197-98; and
mutation, (XII) 285; and the new mind, (XII) 57-
58, 280; without the observer, (XV) 190-91;
process of, (XII) 119-20; and sensitivity, (XII)
290; significance of, (XII) 57, 62; without
thinking, (XVI) 273; without thought, (XII) 61-62;
and time, (XII) 159; and total attention, (XIII)
214-15; totally, (XVI) 132; and transformation,
(XIII) 277-78; and transformation of the mind,
(XIII) 74-75, 79; two ways of, (XIII) 118;
violence, (XVII) 170; versus the word, (XII) 228;
without the word, (XIII) 22. See also Learning;
Listening; Looking; Observation; Perception
Seeing and listening: as one, (XIV) 85. See also
Listening; Seeing
Seeing, learning, and listening: as one, (XV) 130. See
also Seeing
Seeing the fact: and action, (XII) 283. See also Fact;
Seeing
Seeing totally: and ending confusion, (XVI) 280;
importance of, (XII) 193; and mutation, (XIII) 24-
25; and time, (XIII) 24-25. See also Seeing
Seeker: See Center; Observer
Seeker and the sought: as one, (XI) 189. See also
Observer and the observed; Thinker and the
thought
Seeking, (XVI) 180-83; (XVII) 86-90, 151-56; and
communication, (XV) 86; and conflict, (XVI) 187;
and confusion, (XVI) 247; defining, (XIII) 261-62;
(XVII) 87; and discontent, (XVII) 86-87, 136; and
disorder, (XVII) 174; and dissatisfaction, (XVII)
85; as escape, (XVII) 41-42; escape from
problems, (XVII) 159; exploitation, (XII) 203; and
fear, (XII) 252; forms of, (XV) 96-97; futility of,
(XVI) 147; and God, (XII) 256; as hindrance to
understanding, (XVII) 182; implications of, (XIII)
161; importance of not, (XVI) 247; meaning of,
(XIV) 197-98; meaning to life, (XVI) 202; (XVII)
40-42, 43; and meditation, (XIII) 97; motive for,

(XVI) 82; and the need for commitment, (XII) 33-
34; need to end, (XVI) 69; (XVII) 170; peace,
(XVII) 273; pleasure, (XVI) 117-18; (XVII) 181;
and the positive mind, (XV) 255-56; reasons for,
(XI) 234-38; (XV) 258-59; (XVI) 115; for
significance, (XVI) 195-96; as static, (XVII) 87;
and the superficial life, (XVI) 233; and the
superficial mind, (XII) 164; understanding, (XVII)
43. See also Discovery; Examination; Exploration;
Inquiry; Investigation; Observation; Questioning;
Search
Seeking and finding, (XV) 241-42, 244; and distance,
(XV) 261; and the positive, (XV) 261; and the
positive mind, (XV) 256. See also Seeking
Self, (V) 4-6; absence of, (V) 332, 351; (X) 75; and
achieving the free mind, (IX) 87; achieving
understanding of, (X) 33; as active entity, (IV) 8;
as authority, (XIV) 172; awareness of, (IX) 57-58;
(XII) 109, 112, 114; as cause of evils, (VI) 279; as
the cause of fear, (VII) 191; cessation of, (X) 254;
and communion, (XIV) 285; and conditioning,
(IX) 3; and conflict, (IV) 29; (VI) 337-38; and
conformity, (IV) 40; contact with, (XIV) 284-85;
and contradiction, (XI) 29; and corruption of belief,
(VII) 130-31; and craving, (III) 209-10; and
creation, (IV) 18; versus creativity, (X) 17;
defining, (VII) 34-35; (XI) 29, 59, 185, 299; (XIV)
16; dissolution of, (VI) 274-75; duty to, (VII) 237;
and effort to be free, (VII) 298-99; ending of, (X)
76; and envy, (X) 28; and experience, (X) 16; as
experience, (XI) 297-98; as fear, (XVI) 175; and
fragmentation, (XIII) 156; freedom from, (XI) 34;
and fundamental change, (VII) 35-38; as
impediment to truth, (IV) 81; as impermanent, (IV)
57; (IX) 217; importance of understanding, (V) 13-
14; knowing, (XI) 85-87; and lack of tranquility,
(IV) 73; learning about, (XIV) 240-42, 262; and
loneliness, (XI) 351; as master and pupil, (V) 218-
19; and mediocrity, (X) 189; and meditation, (IX)
74; as memories, (XIII) 246; and memory, (III)
237; as memory, (V) 125-27, 136-37; and memory
as one, (V) 326-27; as the mind, (IX) 130; and
motive, (IX) 229; and movement, (XI) 249-50; as
multiple entity, (IV) 45-46; and the negative
approach, (XI) 188; as nothing, (VII) 33;
perpetuation and ending, (VI) 306-8, 310; power
over, (VIII) 35; and the process of discontent, (IX)
68; and the purpose of life, (VII) 86-87; qualities
of, (IV) 80; and relationship, (III) 160; (V) 217;
(IX) 138-39; as root of fear, (III) 225-26; as savior,
(V) 179; as separate parts, (IV) 69; as society, (X)
44-45; and society as one, (XVI) 273; as spiritual
entity, (III) 244; as state of division, (IV) 75; and
suffering, (VII) 56; (IX) 202; and system, (IX)
199; as teacher, (XIV) 178; and thought process,
(V) 236; and time, (IX) 200; (XI) 125-26;
understanding, (VI) 272-76; (XV) 240;
understanding the process of, (V) 50; as the world,
(XIV) 201. See also Censor; Center;
Consciousness; Entity; Escape; Freedom; ‘I’; ‘I’
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process; Individual; Knowing; Knowledge;
Known; ‘Me’; Mind; Object; Observer; Reality;
Self-centered activity; Self-knowing; Thinker;
Thinker and the thought; Thinking
Self-abandonment: and the absence of space, (XVII)
187; and achieving order, (XVII) 180;
experiencing, (XI) 251-52; and humility, (XI) 98-
99; and innocence, (XVII) 173; and passion, (XIII)
252; and simplicity, (XI) 152; and total attention,
(XVII) 241. See also Discipline
Self-absorption: and meditation, (XV) 37. See also
Self-centered activity
Self-adjustment: See Self-fulfillment; Self-
improvement
Self-aggrandizement, (V) 176-77; and relationship,
(VI) 89
Self-analysis, (l) 52, 57-58, 93, 125, 136-37; (III) 190;
and egotism, (l) 76; and fear, (XI) 348; as
hindrance, (l) 136; and inaction, (l) 11-12; and the
observer and the observed, (XIII) 243-44. See also
Self-discipline; Wisdom. See also Analysis
Self-assertion: and the positive state, (XV) 256
Self-awareness, (III) 210-11; (VI) 354; achieving,
(III) 212; and ambition, (IV) 14; available to all,
(X) 190; and ‘becoming’, (X) 267-68; and change,
(XV) 53-54; characterizing, (X) 211; and
conditioning, (VIII) 268-69; of conditioning, (X)
101-2; and confusion, (X) 262; of dependence,
(XVI) 120; and dependency, (IX) 62, 63-64; as
essential, (IX) 78-79; and false values, (IV) 17; and
freedom, (XI) 254-55; and freedom from belief,
(V) 31; and freedom from conditioning, (VIII)
299; and greed, (VI) 282-84; as human service,
(III) 218; importance of, (VI) 362; (XI) 48; lack
of, (IX) 95; and listening, (XI) 332; and loneliness,
(XI) 209-10; and the mind, (VII) 14; and neuroses,
(XIII) 330; and observation, (XIV) 6; and personal
experience, (V) 79; and pleasure, (XVI) 146; and
pliable discipline, (IV) 54; and the process of the
mind, (VIII) 287; and search for Master, (III) 235;
and self-centeredness, (VII) 38-39; and self-
contradiction, (III) 202-3; and self-fulfillment, (IX)
69; and stimulation, (XIV) 208; and technique,
(IX) 122; and total action, (X) 234; and
transformation, (VII) 9; and what is, (XIV ) 91;
(XVI) 166. See also Awareness; God; Ignorance;
Love; Meditation; Mind; Reality; Self; Self-
knowing; Self-knowledge; Truth; Understanding
Self-centered: activity as, (IX) 172; and attention
versus concentration, (XVI) 161; and
concentration, (XIV) 218; and conflict, (XIV) 205-
6; versus the creation of activity, (VIII) 108; and
fear, (XIII) 302; and isolation, (XIV) 220, 222; and
knowledge, (IX) 244; and loneliness, (XII) 315;
and the quiet mind, (X) 84; and the search for
experience, (XIV ) 215-16; and violence, (X) 81-82.
See also Acquisitiveness; Center; ‘Me’; Self-
centered activity
Self-centered activity, (VI) 320-23; and the absence of
love, (XVI) 76; and the absence of relationships,
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(XV) 228; and accumulation, (X) 168-69; and
ambition, (VII) 15-16; as the central problem, (X)
54; and change, (X) 100-101; and continuity,
(XVI) 243, 244; and contradiction, (XV) 181; and
cultivation, (X) 223, 226; and destructiveness, (VI)
322, 326; and deterioration, (XV) 236-39; and
discipline, (X) 247-49; and effort, (VI) 355, 357;
freedom from, (X) 241; going beyond, (XVI) 218;
and guilt, (X) 243-44; as hindrance to seeing life
totally, (XVI) 5; and loneliness, (XVI) 119; and
love, (XII) 14; and the mind, (VI) 363; and
neurosis, (XVI) 184; and the positive, (XV) 261;
and positive thinking, (XI) 90; and pretense, (XVI)
229-30; and problem solving, (VI) 332-33; versus
self-knowledge, (XI) 158; and total response, (XII)
325; and understanding, (VII) 38-39; and war,
(XVI) 11. See also Action; Center; Consciousness;
‘Me’; Self; Tradition
Self-centered thought: process of, (XIII) 141. See also
Thought
Self-communion: and listening, (XIV) 183-86. See
also Communion
Self-comprehension: and the ‘I’, (III) 43-44. See also
Self-awareness; Self-knowledge
Self-concern: and the absence of passion, (XVII) 216;
and conditioning, (XVII) 267-68; and laziness,
(XIII) 141; and sorrow, (X) 56. See also Self-
fulfillment
Self-confidence, (VI) 243; (VIII) 131-32; versus
confidence, (IX) 131; defining, (VIII) 343; and
dependence, (VII) 205-6; loss of, (V) 22-25;
through self-knowledge, (V) 28-29
Self-conscious: and struggle, (X) 63
Self-consciousness, (II) 36; and conflict, (IV) 11; (V)
161-62; and contradiction, (VIII) 263; defining,
(III) 7-8; (VI) 165-66; and the dull mind, (V) 131;
eliminating, (II) 78-80; and fulfillment, (III) 2; and
self-knowledge, (V) 317-18; and shyness, (VIII)
98; and truth, (II) 55; and world problems, (II) 14.
See also Intelligence
Self-contradiction, (VIII) 266-68; (XI) 261-65; and
action, (XI) 110, 316; and activity, (XII) 31; and
choice, (XI) 1; and conflict, (XI) 354; (XII) 16;
and confusion, (X) 204; and the creation of
conflict, (XII) 123; and effort, (XI) 261-63, 387;
freedom from, (IX) 5-6; (XI) 29-30; as hindrance,
(VIII) 268; as hindrance to understanding, (XI) 22-
23, 25-26; and imitation, (XI) 180-82; and inner
conflict, (VIII) 253; and knowledge, (XI) 336-37;
and motive, (XI) 279; and slavery, (XI) 218; state
of, (XI) 238-39, 242; understanding, (III) 202-3;
and understanding desire, (XIV) 183; as a way of
life, (XII) 68. See also Contradiction
Self-criticism: and introspection, (V) 296-97
Self-deception, (VI) 314-16; and consciousness, (VI)
323-24; and discipline, (VIII) 295. See also
Illusion
Self-denial: and energy, (XII) 65. See also Denial
Self-determination: and self-limiting action, (III) 85
Self-discipline, (l) 10-12, 35-37, 97, 119; (II) 14, 62-
64, 73-74; and achievement, (l) 13; defining, (II)
103; and dehumanization, (l) 11; futility of, (l) 10-
11, 63-64; and harmony, (l) 91-92; and memory, (l)
180-181; prevalence of, (l) 35; versus social
discipline, (X) 96. See also Self-analysis; Will
Self-discovery: versus analysis, (XVI) 226; and
change, (IX) 57; and conditioning, (IX) 281, 283;
importance of, (XVII) 216; and the individual,
(XIII) 160; as a journey, (XI) 243; and listening,
(XV) 340; (XVII) 59; and mutation, (XVII) 13;
and the new, (IX) 273; and observation, (XVI)
250; and self-knowledge, (V) 80; and sensitivity,
(XVI) 153; significance of, (XVI) 219; as
significant, (XV) 61; of the true, (XIV) 143-44;
and truth, (IV) 56; (XI) 207; and understanding
what is, (VII) 179. See also Awareness; Discovery;
Observation; Self; Self-knowing; Self-knowledge
Self-examining: and listening, (XIII) 3. See also
Awareness; Observation
Self-expansion, (IV) 55, 56, 59, 60; (VIII) 132; and
awareness, (IV) 78; and intelligence, (IV) 65; need
to transcend, (IV) 62; through organization, (V)
100; as structure of thought, (IV) 62. See also
Ambition; Craving; Fulfillment; Greed; ‘I’; Self-
fulfillment
Self-expression, (II) 24; as barrier to relationship, (III)
168; and creative arts, (II) 24; and creativeness,
(III) 162-63; and desire, (XV) 166; and fear, (XIII)
302; questioning, (XIV) 47-48; search for, (XIII)
291. See also Achievement; Ambition; Arts;
Creativity; Fulfillment
Self-forgetfulness: and change, (VII) 34; and
commitment, (XII) 110; and love, (V) 326; and
problem of sex, (V) 216, 218; versus self-
consciousness, (V) 267
Self-fulfillment, (VII) 152-53; and action, (VII) 166-
68; and conflict, (V) 158; (XIII) 78; and the
conflict of opposites, (XII) 195; and continuity,
(IV) 198; defining, (VIII) 26; demand for, (XIV)
247-48; and desire, (VII) 150; and desire for
permanence, (VII) 328; and effort, (XIV) 289; as
endless process, (X) 6-7; and escape, (XI) 209-10;
and fear, (V) 125; of followers and leaders, (IV)
193; freedom from, (XV) 283; and frustration, (IX)
121-22; futility of search for, (X) 182; and
gratification, (V) 323; and guilt, (X) 243-44; help
as, (V) 323; and less activity, (VII) 185; and the
‘me’, (V) 345-46; and pleasure, (XV) 164; and
problems, (XIII) 329; and the search for God, (IX)
19; and social reform, (IX) 243; versus truth,
(VIII) 26. See also Acquisitiveness; Ambition;
Becoming; Comparison; Competition; Desire;
Divisions; Duality; Fulfillment; Greed; ‘Me’; Self-
expression
Self-hypnosis: and meditation, (IV) 100; (XIII) 323;
(XIV) 35, 110, 298, 300; (XV) 36-37; (XVI) 29-
30; (XVII) 124, 193; versus meditation, (IX) 279-
80; (XI) 196-97, 246; and the quiet mind, (V) 209.
See also Concentration

Self-image(s): of young and old, (XVII) 79. See also
Image; Relationship; Self
Self-importance: absence of, (X) 169; and observing
what is, (XII) 246
Self-improvement: and conditioning, (IX) 88;
defining, (IX) 40-42; drive for, (IX) 83-85; as
hindrance to change, (IX) 54; as hindrance to
transformation, (IX) 111; and ideals, (IX) 154; and
the mediocre mind, (XI) 229; and progress, (IX)
96. See also Ambition; Fulfillment
Self-inquiry: and meditation, (XIII) 151. See also
Inquiry; Self-knowing
Self-interest: and daily needs, (IV) 57
Self-knowing, (XII) 9; (XIV) 167; and the absence of
authority, (XVII) 227; achieving, (XV) 182-83;
and attention, (XVII) 116; and the beginning of
meditation, (XII) 206; and the beginning or end,
(XII) 217; and clarity, (XV) 243-44; as conflict,
(XIII) 329; and the conscious and unconscious,
(XII) 320; and the creative state, (XII) 145;
defining, (XII) 84; difficulty of, (XIV ) 136; effect
of, (XIV) 172; and the ending of misery, (XVII)
91; and ending sorrow, (XVII) 214; and energy,
(XVI) 67; and freedom, (XIII) 270-71; (XIV) 116;
and freedom from authority, (XVII) 175; and
freedom from fear, (XII) 260; and freedom from
the known, (XV) 233; and the freedom to look,
(XVII) 211; and freeing the mind, (XIII) 36; and
the healthy mind, (XIV) 57; importance of, (XIII)
181; (XIV) 201; and inquiry, (XIII) 6; as
instantaneous, (XVII) 176; and learning, (XIII)
248-49; (XIV) 240-41; and listening, (XIV ) 127;
and love, (XV) 244; and meditation, (XII) 263,
265-66; (XIII) 40, 97, 265; (XIV) 107-8, 155-56;
(XV) 84, 86-87; from moment to moment, (XII)
279-80; (XIII) 106-7; as the most difficult task,
(XIV) 138; need for, (XVII) 75; and the new mind,
(XIII) 59; as one process, (XII) 231; and order,
(XV) 173-74, 176; and positive action, (XVII) 21;
process of, (XII) 166-67; and the process of
thought, (XII) 250; and reality, (XII) 247; and
relationship, (XV) 280; as a religious act, (XV)
242-43; and the religious life, (XIV ) 78; and the
religious mind, (XII) 107-8, 175; versus self-
knowledge, (XI) 251; and the silent mind, (XII)
216-17; and simplicity, (XV) 175; and suffering,
(XV) 176; as superior to self-knowledge, (XI) 299;
and the total human being, (XIV) 139; and
understanding thought, (XVII) 250; and wisdom,
(XIV) 76; (XV) 279. See also Awareness;
Knowing; Observation; Self; Self-discovery; Self-
knowledge; Self-observation
Self-knowledge, (l) 1-3; (IV) 66, 139; 160; (V) 270-
71, 317-19; (VI) 156-57, 206; (VII) 51, 325; (XI)
183-89; and acceptance and rejection, (XI) 18;
without accumulated knowledge, (IV) 200; and
accumulation, (XI) 249-50; achieving, (IV) 68, 74;
(V) 30-31, 238, 240; (VIII) 307-8; (X) 110, 199;
achieving through transformation, (IX) 28-29;
acquiring, (VI) 177-80, 184-85; and action, (V) 49-
133
50, 154-56; (VI) 124-25; (IX) 258; (XI) 123; and
action and reason, (XI) 36-37; and the alert mind,
(VII) 309; and attention, (XI) 249-50; versus
authority, (IX) 67; (XI) 225-26; without authority,
(X) 69-70; and awareness, (III) 234; (V) 95-96;
(X) 53-54, 221; and awareness of the mind, (IX)
278; as basic, (V) 232; and ‘becoming’, (X) 268-
69; and becoming and being, (XI) 297; beginning
of, (IX) 2-3; and the beginning of meditation, (X)
105; and boredom, (V) 252; and centerless action,
(XI) 226-27; and change, (VII) 15; (IX) 227; (XI)
126; as choiceless awareness, (IV) 92-93; and
clarity, (X) 205-6; (XI) 183; without comparison,
(VIII) 179-80; and compassion, (X) 262; and
competition, (VII) 303-4; and conclusions, (X) 25;
versus condemnation, (X) 179; and conditioning,
(X) 215; and confidence, (V) 23-25, 29; (VII) 293;
and conflict, (V) 158; and confusion, (IX) 29;
versus confusion, (X) 36, 66; and consciousness,
(IV) 166; and continuity, (VIII) 20; and
contradiction, (VI) 192; (XI) 159; and creativity,
(IX) 245; and daily life, (VIII) 143; defining, (V)
32; (IX) 57; (XI) 362-63; (XIV) 136; and despair,
(V) 252-53; and a diary, (VI) 346; difficulty of
achieving, (X) 78-79; and discipline, (III) 247; (X)
249; and the discovery of God, (VIII) 255; and
discovery of the truth, (IX) 146-47; and distraction,
(VI) 177-78; and domination, (V) 304; and
earnestness, (VI) 170-71; and education, (VIII)
283; and the ego, (VI) 90-92; and the ending of
sorrow, (XIV) 26; and the end of thought, (X) 214;
and energy, (IX) 106; (X) 251; and enlightenment,
(IV) 16; and escape, (V) 346; as essential, (V) 332;
(VIII) 285-86; (XI) 72; and feeling, (XI) 72-73;
and finding reality, (V) 224-25; versus following,
(VIII) 45; and freedom, (VI) 217; (VII) 229-30;
(XI) 65, 104-5, 132, 334; and freedom from
conditioning, (X) 125-26, 199; (XI) 59-62;
freedom from fear, (X) 213; and freeing the mind,
(XI) 377-79; and the free mind, (X) 228-29, 272;
(XII) 16; and guru, (VI) 54; and happiness, (IV)
105; and harmonious society, (V) 238; and helping
others, (VI) 241; and ignorance, (XIII) 221;
without illusion, (X) 76; importance of, (VIII) 234-
36, 260, 289-90, 292-93; (XI) 89; importance of
total, (X) 71-72; and the individual, (XI) 145; and
influences, (XI) 272; and inner transformation, (V)
363-65; integrated, (III) 196-97; and integrated
action, (V) 86-87, 294; and the interval between
thoughts, (VII) 222-23; without leaders, (IV) 188;
(V) 368-69; and learning, (XI) 338; (XVII) 21-22;
and looking without the observer, (XVI) 204; and
love, (V) 326; (VIII) 271; (X) 176; meaning of,
(XII) 233; and meditation, (IV) 34-35; (V) 136,
165, 210, 270-71, 361-62; (VI) 78, 175, 176, 211-
13; (VII) 58, 218; (VIII) 55-56, 192, 209, 240;
(IX) 214; (X) 161-62; (XI) 392-93; (XII) 48;
(XIII) 151-52, 192-93; and meditation without
authority, (IV) 182; and the mind, (VII) 135; of the
mind, (IX) 20; as moment to moment, (VII) 253;
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(VIII) 216; (IX) 101; (X) 127-28; from moment to
moment, (XIII) 216; motiveless, (IX) 229; as
necessary, (IX) 57-58; (XI) 158, 160; necessity for,
(III) 204-5; need for, (IV) 120; (VI) 144; (XIV)
78; versus the need for authority, (X) 181; and the
new, (X) 50-51, 252-53; and the new mind, (XIII)
91, 92; as non-cumulative, (IX) 111; and
observation, (VI) 346; (XII) 109-114; and pain,
(VIII) 303; and passive awareness, (VII) 327; and
possessiveness, (VI) 239; without prejudice, (V)
13-14; and the present, (XII) 7-9; and the problem,
(X) 124; and problems, (V) 334-38; (VIII) 344; as
process, (VI) 233-34; and the process of discovery,
(III) 241-42; and the process of thinking, (IX) 79,
112, 114; and the process of thought, (XI) 85-86,
89; and psychology, (III) 208; and the quiet mind,
(VIII) 299-300; (IX) 61; and reality, (X) 9; and
relationship, (V) 61, 187-88; (VI) 4-5, 53-54, 82,
96; (VIII) 37, 293, 337-38; (IX) 239; (X) 144; (XI)
166; and religion, (X) 187; and the religious mind,
(XII) 324; (XIII) 89-90, 92; and revolution, (V)
12-14; (VI) 136; (VIII) 215-16, 297-99; (IX) 14,
110-11, 195; (X) 210; and right action, (IV) 141-
42; and right relationship, (V) 231; and right
thinking, (IV) 8; (V) 74; (VI) 2; and search, (V)
243; (IX) 91, 135-38, 215-16; and self-
abandonment, (XI) 99; versus self-centered
activity, (X) 88-89; versus self-concern, (X) 55;
and self-fulfillment, (VII) 185; versus the shallow
life, (X) 87; and simplicity, (V) 246-47; and
slowing down the mind, (III) 205-6; and social
change, (VI) 3-4; and social regeneration, (V) 79;
and society, (IX) 273; as solution, (IV) 182; as
solution to confusion, (V) 48; and sorrow, (X) 56-
57; and specialization, (V) 128-29, 253-56; and
state of being, (VI) 368; and the still mind, (VIII)
224; and suffering, (V) 169; (X) 103-4; and
superficiality, (VII) 10-11; and the timeless, (X)
203; and total action, (X) 211; (XII) 40; and
transformation, (VIII) 86, 222; (X) 129-30; (XI)
151, 153; and true meditation, (IV) 46-47; and
truth, (V) 179; (VIII) 40-44; (X) 34; (XI) 17-18;
and truth of security, (IV) 99; and the unconscious,
(X) 51; understanding, (III) 195-97, 198-99; (XI)
19; and understanding, (V) 365-66; (VII) 119; (IX)
137-38; (X) 2-3; and understanding of desire, (IV)
179-80; and understanding life, (V) 353-54; and the
understanding of ‘me’, (IX) 3; and understanding
the mind, (X) 32-33; and the unknown, (V) 244-45;
and the well-ordered mind, (X) 226; and what is,
(XI) 202; and wisdom, (VI) 20, 30, 216, 228; (IX)
152; (X) 16, 33; and world problems, (X) 118-19.
See also Awareness, Center; Happiness;
Intelligence; Peace; Reality; Right thinking; Self-
discovery; Self-knowing; Self-understanding; Truth
Self-observation: and change, (XIV ) 58, 59; and
choiceless awareness, (XIV) 262; without
condemnation, (XVI) 206; and fear, (XIV) 89; and
freedom, (XIII) 107; and freedom from the center,
(XVI) 248; and the freedom to examine, (XVI)
152; importance of, (XVII) 10; and listening,
(XIV) 136; and meditation, (XVII) 178; need for,
(XIV) 132; (XV) 54; and the problem of fear,
(XVII) 129; and the process of relationship, (X)
181. See also Learning; Observation; Self-
knowing; Self-knowledge
Self-occupation: and dreams, (X) 55
Self-perpetuation, (IV) 67-68
Self-pity: versus awareness, (XVII) 127; and laziness,
(XIII) 138, 139; and sorrow, (XIII) 83, 85, 172-73,
311; (XIV) 25-26, 104, 211, 306-7; (XV) 78, 119;
(XVI) 143; (XVII) 186, 242; and suffering, (XIII)
32; understanding, (XIII) 139-42, 143
Self-probing: for self-knowledge, (IV) 74
Self-projection: and creation of national heroes, (V)
103; and dreams, (V) 141. See also Authority
Self-protection: and awareness, (III) 109; and belief,
(XVI) 276; and fear, (XII) 304; (XIII) 134; (XVII)
162; as hindrance, (VII) 322-24; and prejudice, (V)
340-41; and the thought process, (V) 236-37; and
violence, (XVI) 270. See also Security
Self-realization, (VIII) 19-20; and the need for a guru,
(VIII) 95
Self-reliance, (III) 51, 162-64; versus comparison,
(VII) 125; without leaders, (III) 178. See also
Authority; Masters
Self-responsibility: and aloneness, (XVII) 229; for life,
(IV) 17
Self-revelation, (III) 161; and relationship, (III) 156
Self-transformation: for outer transformation, (IV) 188
Self-understanding: achieving, (XVI) 5; and authority,
(XIII) 235-36; and awareness, (XIII) 200-202; and
breaking old patterns, (XVII) 180; and the
cessation of confusion, (IX) 89; defining, (X) 3-4;
and the free life, (XVII) 166; versus followers,
(VIII) 294; and looking, (XVII) 229; and love,
(XIV) 18; and meditation, (XII) 311; (XVI) 157;
and the new mind, (XII) 293-95; and the resolution
of problems, (XVI) 196; versus self-centered,
(XVI) 5; and simplicity, (XIII) 158-59. See also
Center; Freedom; Self-discovery; Self-knowing;
Self-knowledge; Self-observation
Semantics, (VIII) 64. See also Words
Senility: as repetition of the past, (XVI) 239
Sensate values, (V) 98; as basis of social structure, (V)
62-63; and chaos, (IV) 97; and confusion, (IV)
160; and creativity, (IV) 177; as hindrance to
happiness, (IV) 92; as individual enterprise and
collective action, (IV) 92; and self-expansion, (IV)
94; and truth, (IV) 139-40. See also Craving; Love;
Sensation; Sex; Stimulation; Values
Sensation, (l) 134; (V) 286-87; versus beauty, (VI) 96-
97; and the beginning of desire, (XIV) 180; and
belief, (V) 306; and boredom, (V) 263-65; and
contact, (XVII) 147; and desire, (VII) 40-41; (XV)
16, 105, 166, 313; (XVI) 36, 61; (XVII) 184, 213;
and the desire to possess, (X) 245; and domination,
(V) 302; and drugs, (X) 89; as escape, (V) 252,
263-64; as experience, (X) 16-17; versus the
experience, (V) 327-28; versus experiencing, (V)

279-80; and gossip, (V) 288; and habit, (IX) 156;
and idea, (VII) 77-78; versus joy, (VIII) 118;
meaning of, (III) 148; and need for discipline,
(VII) 146-48; and pleasure, (XV) 223; (XVI) 182;
(XVII) 66; and relationship, (V) 294; traditional
control of, (XVII) 152; understanding the process
of, (V) 347. See also Distraction; Drugs; Escape;
Experience; Ideas; Propaganda; Sensuality;
Worldliness
Senses, (X) 235-36; and continuity, (XIV) 224; and
learning, (XIV) 240
Sensitive brain: and animalistic behavior, (XVI) 300.
See also Brain; Mind; Sensitive mind
Sensitive mind: and the absence of time, (XVII) 269;
achieving, (XII) 17; and adjustment to fact, (XII)
105; and awareness, (XIII) 8; and beauty and
ugliness, (IX) 272-73; and challenge and response,
(XIII) 55; defining, (XII) 108; and desire, (XII)
153; and experience, (XIII) 58; (XVII) 35; and
freedom from conflict, (XVI) 19; and the hindrance
of fear, (XIV) 131; and intelligence, (XVI) 234;
and learning, (XII) 106; (XVII) 60; and
meditation, (XIII) 40, 96, 323, 324; (XIV) 35; and
the quality of beauty, (XVI) 48; and silence,
(XVII) 166; and sorrow, (XII) 298; and tension,
(XVI) 148; as the vulnerable mind, (XI) 243. See
also Empty mind; Free mind; Innocent mind;
Mind; New; New mind; Quiet mind; Religious
mind; Sensitivity; Silent mind
Sensitivity: and the absence of answers, (XI) 190; and
the absence of conditioning, (XI) 42-43; and the
absence of conflict, (XII) 176; and the absence of
habit, (XIII) 147; achieving, (IV) 4; and aloneness,
(XVII) 77; and the artist, (V) 286; and attention,
(XIII) 84-85; and the aware mind, (X) 151-52; and
awareness, (XI) 74; and the beautiful and the ugly,
(XIII) 235; to the beautiful and the ugly, (VII) 110,
271-72; and beauty, (XI) 205; (XIV) 45, 269; (XV)
93; and the beauty of life, (VIII) 98; to beauty and
squalor, (XV) 93; and the brain, (XIII) 294; and
caring, (XIV) 123; and clarity, (XI) 278-79; and
communication, (XV) 80; and conflict, (XII) 194;
cultivation of, (VIII) 85; defining, (VII) 70-71;
(XIV) 143; and desire, (XII) 151; (XIV) 180; and
discipline, (V) 260, 284; (XIV) 146; and drugs,
(XVI) 181; and the dull mind, (XII) 315; and the
education of children, (XI) 5-6, 8; and energy,
(XIII) 182; versus escape, (XIV) 99; and the fertile
mind, (XII) 108; and freedom, (XI) 66; and
freedom from influences, (XIII) 300; and freedom
from sorrow, (XIII) 309; and guilt, (XI) 347; and
habit, (X) 134-35; and the hindrance of
suppression, (XIV) 290; and the hindrance of time,
(XVII) 268-69; and the individual, (X) 190; and
intelligence, (XV) 7, 15, 21; (XVI) 139; (XVII)
238, 267; lack of, (XI) 348; and listening, (XIV)
127; and looking, (XIII) 229; loss of, (XI) 369,
373-74; (XIV) 10-11; (XVII) 129; and love, (XIII)
15; (XIV) 76; as love, (X) 176; meaning of, (XII)
290; (XV) 277-78; and meditation, (XIII) 153;
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(XV) 81; and the mind, (XV) 273; as necessary to
living, (XIV) 105; need for, (X) 236; (XII) 37-38;
(XIV) 143; (XV) 65; and the need for order, (XV)
198; need for total, (XVII) 29; and negative
thinking, (XI) 92; and observation, (XIV) 71; and
passion, (XI) 251-52; (XII) 194; (XIV) 95; and the
perception of beauty, (XI) 373-74; and pleasure,
(XV) 125; and problems, (XI) 133-34, 329; and the
quiet brain, (XII) 326; and seeing, (XV) 130; and
seeing danger, (XVI) 98-99; and seeing the
structure of fear, (XVI) 281; and self-observation,
(XVI) 206; and simplicity, (V) 245-46, 293; and
space, (XIII) 156; and suffering, (VIII) 104-5; and
true education, (VIII) 119; and truth, (XI) 45; and
ugliness, (VII) 206-7; and the unburdened mind,
(XII) 298; and understanding conflict, (XIII) 232;
and understanding desire, (XIV) 100. See also
New; New mind; Sensitive brain; Sensitive mind
Sensory values: See Sensate values
Sensuality: and awareness, (III) 228; and craving, (III)
214; gratification of, (III) 241; suppression of,
(XVII) 266. See also Religion; Sensation; Sex;
Worldliness
Sentiment: versus feelings, (XV) 7; versus love, (XIV)
307
Sentimentality: versus emotion, (X) 4; and love,
(XVII) 203
Separateness: and collectivism, (V) 298
Separation(s): and conflict, (V) 162; (XVII) 44, 278;
versus cooperation, (VIII) 256; as corrupter, (IV)
89; and fear, (VIII) 237; and federation, (V) 1; as
hindrance, (VIII) 233; as hindrance to religion,
(VII) 107; of ‘I’ from memory, (V) 327;
impossibility of, (XVII) 271; between the observer
and the observed, (XVII) 209-10, 211, 212; and
religion, (X) 125; and responsibility, (V) 2; and
search for power, (V) 60. See also Communalism;
Conflict; Contradiction; Divisions
Serious: and danger, (X) 64; defining, (XIII) 23, 213;
(XIV) 41; (XV) 3-4; meaning of, (XIII) 275-76;
(XVI) 53; state of being, (X) 243; (XV) 96. See
also Serious mind
Serious man: and commitment, (XVII) 217; defining,
(XV) 301. See also Seriousness
Serious mind: and awareness of the known, (XIII)
292; versus belief, (XVI) 233-34; and conflict,
(XIV) 82; defining, (XII) 202; (XV) 4; (XVI) 207;
and the discovery of the true and false, (XII) 223;
and going beyond the superficial, (XVI) 231; and
inquiry, (XIII) 113; and the problem of sorrow,
(XVI) 141; and understanding pleasure, (XVI) 217;
and world problems, (XIV) 80. See also Empty
mind; Mind; Religious mind; Serious; Seriousness
Seriousness, (VII) 188-89; (XVI) 131-34; and the
alive mind, (XIV) 124; and the awareness of
choice, (VIII) 206; and awareness of problems,
(XVI) 160; and the beyond mind, (IX) 183, 185;
and communication, (XV) 186; versus conclusions,
(IX) 181-82, 185; dealing with, (VIII) 259-66;
defining, (XII) 193, 285; and the denial of
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authority, (XVI) 92-93; implications of, (XVI) 14;
and inquiry, (XVI) 53; and listening, (XIV) 84-85;
meaning of, (IX) 21; (XI) 16-17; (XIV) 78; (XVI)
79-80; and search, (IX) 179, 181, 182-84; and the
search for truth, (XIV) 121-22; versus the
superficial, (XIV) 172-73; understanding, (XII)
183-85; and understanding the world, (XIV) 81.
See also Creativity; Earnest man; Earnestness;
New; New mind; Serious mind
Service, (II) 24-25; as exploiter, (II) 48; as self-
fulfillment, (IX) 208; and social contradictions, (II)
9-10
Sex, (l) 61-62, 72-73, 95, 131; (V) 174-77, 215-18;
approach to the problem of, (XVII) 128-30; as a
compulsion, (XV) 73; control of, (II) 97; and
creativity, (V) 98; and the curiosity of the young,
(VIII) 131-32; and desire, (XIV) 96; (XVII) 185;
and desires, (II) 200-201; as an escape, (V) 217-18;
(XIV) 114-15; and frustration, (II) 190; and
ignorance, (VIII) 125; importance of, (XI) 97;
(XII) 244; and institution of marriage, (V) 97-99,
175; and love, (II) 132, 165, 209; (V) 177; (XIII)
15; (XV) 26; (XVII) 28; and lovelessness, (VI) 86;
and momentary cessation of conflict, (V) 176; and
organized religion, (XVII) 153; and pleasure, (XV)
313; (XVII) 11, 19; as a problem, (III) 83-84, 227-
28; (V) 176; (VI) 128-31; (XV) 12, 71-72;
problems of, (XIV) 165-66; as psychological and
physical fact, (XII) 247; reasons for problems of,
(IV) 188-90; and self-forgetfulness, (VI) 194; and
sensation, (XIII) 58; and sensation versus creation,
(VI) 194-95; and sensitivity, (VIII) 132-33; and
the shallow life, (V) 55-57; and sin, (l) 166-67; and
social morality (II) 226; and social stimulation,
(IV) 176-77; solving the problem of, (XV) 72-73;
and suppression of energy, (XVI) 67; and thought,
(XIV) 213; understanding, (VI) 56-57; and the
wasting of energy, (XIV) 289-90. See also
Celibacy; Chastity; Discipline; Family; Love;
Marriage; Passion; Sensate values; Sensation;
Sexual morality; Sexual urge
Sexual desire, (VI) 194-95
Sexuality: and continuity, (XIV) 224; and the
education of children, (XI) 6. See also Sex
Sexual memory: and thought, (XVII) 148. See also
Memory; Sex
Sexual morality: as social morality, (XIII) 52; and
society, (XIII) 14
Sexual urge: naming, (IV) 187. See also Sex
Shallow life: and the desire for death, (XIV) 31-32
Shallow mind: and attention, (XVII) 122; freedom
from, (IX) 140-42; versus the good mind, (IX) 264;
and increased activity, (XII) 163-64; and inquiry,
(IX) 270; and knowledge, (X) 3; nature of, (XII)
164; and sorrow, (XIII) 83-84; transformation of,
(XIII) 329. See also Dull mind; Mind; New mind;
Occupied mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind
Shallowness: and the sense of power, (X) 95; and
social formulas, (X) 12
Shankara(charya): and the problem of authority,
(XVII) 118; and sacrilege, (XVII) 129. See also
Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Conformity;
Divisions; God; Religion; Society; Words; World
problems
Sharing: and communication, (XVI) 42; and
communion, (XV) 8, 208; defining, (XVII) 98;
implications of, (XV) 227; and learning, (XV) 9;
and listening, (XV) 1; meaning of, (XV) 62;
significance of, (XV) 1-2
‘Should be’: and ‘becoming’, (X) 267. See also
Ambition; What is
Shyness: of boys and girls toward each other, (VIII)
125; cause of, (VII) 79; and sensitivity, (VIII) 98
Significance: meaning of, (IX) 93-94
Sikh: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions;
God; Religion; Society; World problems
Silence: and the ability to listen, (VII) 98; and the
absence of time, (XVI) 144; achieving, (III) 223;
(IV) 41-42; (XIV) 218-19; (XV) 253-54; and
achieving understanding, (XIV ) 66; and action,
(XVI) 38-39, 71; and the approach to problems,
(XII) 90; attempt to experience, (XIII) 211-12; and
attention, (XIV ) 159-60; (XVII) 83; and beauty,
(XVI) 237, 240; and being, (VIII) 174; and
change, (XI) 126-28; (XV) 135; and communion,
(XIV) 180-86, 285; and confusion, (XVI) 277;
beyond consciousness, (XVI) 38-39; and creation,
(XIII) 196; (XVI) 122; and creativeness, (IV) 174;
and creative revolution, (VII) 50; and the creative
state, (V) 362; and creativity, (X) 251-52; defining,
(XV) 130-31; without discipline, (XIII) 210-11;
and dying to the past, (XVI) 31-32; and the ending
of deterioration, (XV) 238-39; and the ending of
sorrow, (XVI) 58; of exclusion and attention,
(XIII) 264-65; and experience, (XIII) 175-76; and
experiencing, (XII) 20; and the free mind, (XII)
266-67; as ideal, (VIII) 170; and inaction, (XVI)
123; and the inner and outer, (XV) 47; and inquiry,
(XII) 216; inquiry into, (XVI) 236; knowing,
(XVII) 150-51; and learning, (XVI) 51, 53, 274;
and listening, (XV) 68; and listening totally, (XVI)
191; and looking, (XVII) 36; looking out of, (XV)
143; and love, (XV) 40; and meditation, (XIII)
265; (XIV) 160; (XV) 36, 37, 39-40; (XVII) 124-
25; and the mind, (XV) 308; nature of, (XV) 254;
and the new, (XVI) 185; and observation, (XV) 46-
47, 50-51; (XVII) 118-19; and perception of truth,
(IV) 199; and the quiet brain, (XVII) 179; and
reality, (V) 225; (VI) 212; and space, (XV) 47, 87;
state of, (XV) 136; as a state of being, (VIII) 178;
as a state of mind, (XI) 127-28; and total in action,
(XVI) 29; and truth, (VIII) 340; types of, (XIV)
217-18; unasked, (XIV) 218; understanding the
mind, (XI) 280; and verbalization, (XIII) 280; and
wisdom, (VI) 127. See also Active stillness; Empty
mind; Meditation; Quiet; Quiet mind; Quietness;
Silent awareness; Silent mind; Slowed down mind;
Still mind; Stillness; Tranquility; Wisdom

Silent awareness, ( IV) 8, 14, 51; and thought-feeling,
(IV) 25; and understanding, (IV) 23. See also
Choiceless awareness; Silence
Silent mind, (VII) 261; and the absence of ambition,
(X) 135; and the absence of continuity, (VII) 330;
achieving, (X) 251; (XI) 177; and attention, (XVII)
90; and beauty, (XV) 46; and the cessation of
thought, (X) 250-51; and the complexity of life,
(VIII) 121; versus contradiction, (XV) 253; and
energy, (X) 249; (XV) 87-88; and exploitation, (X)
169; and happiness, (X) 127; and individual action,
(X) 180; as intense, (X) 85; and learning, (XV) 11,
248, 251-53; and looking, (XVI) 122; and
meditation, (XI) 283, 357; and the movement of
knowing, (XI) 300; and naming, (XIII) 280; and
the new, (V) 305; versus the occupied mind, (VIII)
287; and perception, (XI) 257-58; and problems,
(VIII) 283; prolongation of, (XIII) 198; and the
rejection of time, (XV) 137; and renewal, (VII)
282-84; (XV) 238, 239; and revolution, (VIII) 169-
71; as timeless, (XVI) 239; and total negation, (XI)
232; and total revolution, (XVII) 36; and truth,
(VIII) 274; and understanding, (XVII) 58; and
understanding seeking, (XVII) 43; and what is,
(XVI) 157. See also Creation; Empty mind;
Meditation; Mind; Occupied mind; Petty mind;
Quiet mind; Silence; Still mind
Silent moment: and joy, (IV) 166. See also Reality;
Silence; Truth
Silent observation: and awakening intelligence, (III)
69
Similes: danger of, (XIII) 271; as misleading, (XI) 314
Simple: meaning of, (XII) 207-8
Simple life, (III) 230-31, 236, 241-42; (VII) 322-23;
and the absence of conflict, (XVI) 38; meaning of,
(XIV) 268; and saints, (XIV ) 207. See also Life;
Simplicity
Simple mind: and achieving the true, (XI) 205-6; as
the austere mind, (XV) 225; and beauty, (XV) 26;
and choiceless awareness, (XV) 38; defining, (XI)
151-52; as essential, (IX) 7; and freedom from
words, (XII) 207; and the real, (IV) 192; and the
unknown, (IX) 160. See also Dull mind; Free
mind; Innocent mind; Mind; New mind; Simplicity
Simplicity, (l) 24; (II) 122; (VI) 88; (XI) 151-52; and
abandonment, (VIII) 311-12; achievement of, (l)
24; (II) 65; (III) 31-32; (V) 245-48; and ambition,
(VII) 242; of approach, (IX) 152; as approach to
life, (IV) 88; (X) 259; and beauty, (XI) 10; (XII)
165; and cessation of effort, (V) 293; and cessation
of self, (IV) 75; and the clear mind, (XIV) 147; and
complexity, (III) 89-90; versus complexity, (VII)
323-24; in dealing with human problems, (VII)
324-25; defining, (V) 369-70; (VI) 73-74, 276-77;
(VII) 325; (XIII) 262; (XVI) 245; and ending
sorrow, (XV) 221, 225-26; and energy, (XV) 291,
293; explanation of, (II) 94-95; and exploitation,
(IV) 203; and freedom from accumulation, (VIII)
106; and freedom of the mind, (VII) 118;
hindrances to, (V) 245-46; and humanity, (XV)
137
175; and innocence, (XV) 293; and intelligence,
(XV) 220; inward and outward, (V) 245-46; (VIII)
94; of life, (l) 74; meaning of, (V) 145; (XIV ) 29;
(XVII) 98-99; and modern life, (VI) 73-74; need
for, (XVI) 186; and needs, (II) 84; and order, (XV)
136; and passion, (XI) 374; (XV) 225; and the
quiet mind, (VII) 325; and the religious mind,
(XIII) 157-59; (XIV) 117, 268-69; versus
respectability, (XV) 38; and self-abandonment,
(XI) 98-99; versus sincerity, (V) 317-18; and
sorrow, (XII) 208; as a state of being, (XI) 278-79;
and the time interval, (XIV) 295; understanding,
(XV) 221-22, 226; and understanding, (VII) 118-
19; (VIII) 93-94; and understanding the totality of
life, (XIII) 158-59; to the whole, (XI) 341-42. See
also Complexity; Freedom; Hindrance; Humility;
Innocence; Innocency; Intelligence; Virtue
Sin, (II) 89; (V) 276-77; and guilt, (X) 243-44; and
love, (XII) 20; meaning of, (VII) 186; and virtue,
(II) 17
Sincere man: and confusion, (VIII) 201
Sincerity, (l) 34, 186-87; and desire, (V) 317-18; and
frankness, (l) 34-35; and ideals, (VIII) 220-21
Sinner: and the righteous man, (IV) 113; and truth,
(XI) 99. See also Evil
Sita: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions;
God; Religion
Skepticism: and asking the right question, (XVII) 15;
need for, (VI) 104; (XIII) 332, 336; (XVI) 137,
249; and the need to question, (XVI) 229, 281. See
also Examination; Inquiry; Questioning
Slave: See Enslavement
Slavery, (XI) 330-35; to false values, (l) 136; and
freedom, (XI) 215-18; understanding, (XI) 331-32.
See also Enslavement
Sleep: and the conscious and unconscious, (V) 92-93;
and consciousness, (IV) 165-66; and dreams, (IX)
59-61, 123-24; (XIV) 111; and energy, (XIII) 337;
as essential, physically and psychologically, (VII)
260-61; layers of consciousness, (V) 140; and
meditation, (XII) 46; (XIII) 265-66; as problem
solver, (VII) 260-61; and the sensitive mind, (X)
152; and the unconscious mind, (V) 120;
understanding, (XII) 41-42, 46. See also Dreams;
Mind; Unconscious
Slowed down mind, (IV) 127. See also Diary; Silence;
Thought
Slowing: response, (III) 228; thought, (III) 206, 215-
16
Sluggish mind: awakening, (XI) 320. See also Mind;
Petty mind
Small mind: and comparison, (XV) 168. See also Dull
mind; Mind; Petty mind
Smoking: and conflict, (XIV) 144; and the conflict of
contradiction, (XIV) 125; and habit(s), (XIII) 203-
4, 239; (XV) 135-36; and immediate action, (XVII)
140-41; and mutation, (XVI) 63-64. See also
Behavior; Habits
Social action: and the individual, (XI) 224
Social being: man as, (III) 37-38
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Social change: hindrance to, (VI) 54-55. See also
Revolution
Social class: understanding, (III) 181
Social complexity: and social justice, (X) 188
Social condition: and the petty mind, (XI) 28
Social conflict: left and right, (VI) 84. See also Society
Social confusion: and the individual, (XI) 172. See
also World problems
Social contact: and knowledge, (VII) 102-3
Social disintegration: and the search for power, (V)
101; and worship of authority, (IV) 163. See also
Society; War
Social divisions: and problems, (XII) 10. See also
Divisions; Society
Social influences: and conditioning, (XIII) 224-25;
freedom from, (XIII) 128. See also Influences
Socialism: See Authority; Background; Belief;
Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; Government;
Identification; Ideology; Influences; Nationalism;
Propaganda; Revolution; Society; War; Words;
World problems
Social justice: and friendship, (X) 187-88
Social laws: and individual effort, (VI) 293
Social misery: and psychological dependence, (III)
151
Social morality: defining, (XIII) 225, 226-27; and
disorder, (XVII) 223; as enemy of the religious
mind, (XIII) 52; freedom from, (XIII) 97; as
immoral, (XIII) 110; (XV) 71, 171-72; (XVII) 34;
and influences, (XIII) 187; and religion, (X) 224-
25, 246, 249; and sexual morality, (XIII) 97;
versus virtue, (XIV) 218. See also Conformity;
Morality; Order; Respectability; Social structure;
Society
Social order: achieving, (III) 182-84; and animals,
(XIV) 249-50; basis of, (XV) 201; and human
relationships, (III) 151; as necessary, (XV) 129.
See also Society
Social organization: and reform, (III) 153; and self-
reliance, (III) 163-64
Social patterns: and action, (l) 83-84; renunciation of,
(X) 201
Social problem(s): and approaches to solutions, (IV)
138-39; and the individual problem as one, (X)
107-10; and inward revolution, (VI) 369; and
solving of, (II) 163. See also Individual
Social recognition: and security, (XI) 325
Social reform, (IX) 242-43; and despair, (XI) 306-7;
disappearance of, (XVI) 122; and escape from the
fact, (XV) 65; as necessary, (IX) 243; and outer
change, (IV) 17; and sentimentality, (XVI) 231; as
temporary, (IX) 226. See also Change; Reform;
Reformation; Society
Social reformation: through individual awareness, (IV)
92; and inner revolution, (VIII) 258
Social reorganization: as social solution, (III) 42-43
Social responsibility: and the individual, (V) 30. See
also World problems
Social revolution(s): and change, (XI) 124-25, 273;
and conformity, (XVII) 16; as a part of life, (XI)
352; as a reaction, (XVII) 10. See also Revolt;
Revolution; Society
Social revolutionary: as reactionary, (XI) 106
Social scientists, (III) 62
Social structure, (l) 93-94; (XIII) 119-24; and
ambition, (XII) 310; and anxiety, (VIII) 76; basis
of, (XIII) 128; and challenge and response, (XIII)
220-21; characterizing, (XVII) 165; defining,
(XIII) 117; and disorder, (XVII) 167; and imitative
divisions, (III) 188; and individuality, (l) 93; and
leaders and followers, (VII) 109; and maturity,
(XIII) 145; need for new, (IV) 162; psychological
changes in, (XVI) 219; and psychological conflict,
(X) 63; and self-expansion, (IV) 56; sociological
and psychological influences of, (XIII) 224-25;
types of, (XVII) 136; understanding, (VI) 146. See
also Ambition; Change; New; Psychological
structure of society; Revolution; Society
Social transformation: and personal revolution, (VI)
205-6; and self-knowledge, (VI) 146
Social work: and energy, (XIII) 181; futility of,
(XVII) 127; and intellectual sensitivity, (XIII) 42.
See also Social worker
Social worker: and the immediate, (XVII) 102. See
also Reaction; Revolt; Society
Societal competition: as challenge, (XIII) 220-21. See
also Social structure
Society, (III) 141, 188, 189; (IV) 160; (VII) 128-29;
(XV) 281-83; achieving freedom from, (X) 45;
achieving a loving, (VII) 89; achieving the new,
(IX) 247; and acquisition, (VII) 208; (XII) 310-11;
as acquisitive, (XI) 250; (XII) 36; the acquisitive,
(IV) 207; and acquisitiveness, (VIII) 244; (IX) 39-
40; and action, (XII) 22-24; (XIII) 110; adjustment
to, (VIII) 216; and age, (XIII) 145; and aggressive
behavior, (XVII) 256; and aloneness, (XII) 40; and
ambition, (VII) 235; (XIII) 78; and ambition and
envy, (XI) 193; and approach to problems, (XI) 65;
and authority, (VIII) 23; (X) 99-101; and
awareness of danger, (XVI) 91; based on authority,
(IX) 8; basis of, (IX) 143; as a battlefield, (XVI)
214; being outside of, (IX) 3; and the brain, (XIII)
155; as brutal, (XVII) 63; and career pressures, (X)
263; and change, (XVI) 122; and character, (X)
196; characterizing, (VIII) 226; (X) 171-72; child’s
adjustment to, (IX) 155; and the collective, (VII)
285; and commitment, (XII) 66; and comparison,
(VIII) 67-69; (XIV ) 193; and competition, (XII)
15, 19; as competitive, (X) 119; and the
conditioned mind, (IX) 80; as conditioner, (X) 37-
38, 174; as conditioner of the individual, (X) 129-
30; and conditioning, (IX) 84-85, 98, 282-83; (X)
31-32, 34; (XIV) 56, 79; (XV) 97; (XVI) 112; and
conditioning in belief, (XIV ) 278; and the
conditioning of children, (XIII) 272-73; and the
conditioning of obedience, (XVII) 261; and
conditioning the mind, (XVII) 33; and conflict,
(XIV) 72-73; (XV) 15-16; and the conflict of
freedom, (XII) 127-28; in conflict with, (IX) 129;
and conformity, (XIII) 160; (XIV) 90, 145; (XV)

14-15; (XVI) 82; and the conformity of change,
(IX) 26-27; and conformity to patterns, (XIV) 239-
40; and confusion, (XVI) 274-75; and the
confusion of challenge and response, (XII) 70, 72-
74; and consciousness, (II) 8-9; and contamination
of the ‘I’, (XIII) 183; and contradiction, (XII) 25;
and cooperation, (XV) 35; as corrupt, (X) 65; and
corruption, (V) 144-45; and corruption in, (XIV )
162; creating the good, (IX) 230; creation of, (VII)
80; as creator of habit, (III) 116; as creator of
violence, (IX) 117-18, 120; as danger to the
individual, (XI) 36; defining, (II) 5; (III) 141; (V)
11, 30, 144-45, 154; (VII) 71, 80; (VIII) 162; (X)
45; (XIII) 116, 128; (XV) 49, 55, 281; defining the
role of, (XV) 14-15; and the demand for image,
(XV) 194; and the demand for order, (XII) 172;
(XVII) 138; demands of, (XIII) 126; denial of,
(XIII) 130; and desire, (XV) 21; and the desire for
power, (VIII) 113; (XII) 27-28; desire for sane,
(IX) 210; as destroyer of freedom, (XIII) 4;
deterioration of, (XVII) 23; disassociation from,
(XIII) 97; and discipline, (XIII) 321; disintegration
of, (IV) 162-63; in disorder, (XV) 116-17, 330;
disorder in, (XVI) 51; divisions in, (VIII) 226-27;
duty to, (VII) 237; and education, (l) 19; (X) 146-
47; (XII) 37; and effects of compulsion, (V) 145;
and effort, (XIV) 289; and the ending of violence,
(XVI) 292; and enslavement, (l) 53, 150; and envy,
(XII) 110; as evil, (II) 48-49; evolving of, (XIV)
245; and exploitation, (VII) 72-73; as exploiter, (l )
160; and the family, (XV) 43; (XVII) 281; and fear
of freedom, (XV) 157-58; and fragmentation, (XI)
178-79; (XVI) 293; fragmentation of, (XV) 186-
87; and freedom, (IX) 143-44; (XI) 214; (XV) 117,
203; freedom from, (IX) 48, 230; (X) 12, 172;
(XIV) 74, 206; and freedom from fear, (XIII) 99;
and friendship, (X) 187-88; and function and status,
(XIII) 126; and groups, (l) 150; and growing
complexity, (IV) 41; growing complexity of,
(XVII) 2; growing contradictions in, (XIII) 106; as
hindrance to change, (IX) 55-57; as hindrance to
freedom, (X) 40; as hindrance to truth, (VIII) 192,
301-2; as a history of suffering, (XIV ) 302-5; and
the human being, (XVII) 26, 64; as the human
being, (XV) 57, 307; (XVI) 3; and the human
mind, (XVI) 150; and identification, (VIII) 135; as
immoral, (XVI) 183; and the immorality of
disorder, (XVII) 223; and the imposition of
formulas, (XIV) 142; and the individual, (XI) 224,
296; as individual, (II) 47; (III) 145-46, 152; (IV)
17; (VI) 201-2; (IX) 135-36, 274-75; and the
individual and the collective, (XIV) 41; and
individual change, (X) 192; and individual
responsibility, (VIII) 314-15; individual as a result
of, (XIV) 277; (XIII); and the individual and
violence, (XVI) 289; inquiry into the nature of,
(XIII) 114, 115-16; as instrument of individual,
(VI) 159-60; and jealousy, (VIII) 110; and juvenile
delinquency, (X) 4-5; and learning, (XVII) 60; and
the lessening of freedom, (XIV) 82-83; as limited,
139
(XI) 63, 65; and livelihood, (V) 143-45; living in,
and being out of, (XV) 97; and living in perpetual
conflict, (XIII) 283, 286; loveless, and
dependence, (VII) 89; and the mind, (XII) 97; and
the ‘more’, (IX) 251-52; and the need for change,
(XV) 50, 52; need for change in, (XVI) 56; and the
need for immortality, (IX) 157-58; and the need for
order, (XV) 325; (XVI) 47-48; need to understand,
(XV) 49, 52; and order, (XVI) 47-48, 83-84; and
organized religion, (XIV) 117; and outward
security, (X) 7; as the past, (XIII) 67; and the
pattern of war, (X) 84; and the petty mind, (XI) 95-
96; planning of, (IX) 229-30; as poisonous, (XIII)
145; and possessions, (II) 5-6; and
predetermination, (X) 90; and problems, (XV) 8; as
a process of recognition, (VIII) 314; as a product
of desire, (VIII) 304-6; psychological freedom
from, (XIII) 110; psychological structure of, (XIII)
186; and the pursuit of pleasure, (XV) 71; and the
questioning of goals, (XVII) 56-57; and reform,
(XIII) 11; (IX) 36; and reformation, (VIII) 316-17;
(XI) 48-49, 58; rejection of, (X) 126; and
relationship(s), (III) 155; (V) 183; (X) 180; (XIV)
162-63, 252; and relationship between the inner
and outer mind, (XI) 89; as relationship between
people, (X) 70; and relationship of greed or need,
(V) 144; and the relationship of the individual, (XI)
171-72; and relationship of the individual to, (XIII)
281; relationship to, (XVII) 154; and the
relationship to man, (XIV) 245; and relationship to
others, (V) 144; as religiously based, (VII) 128;
and the religious man, (IX) 243; and the religious
mind, (XII) 173, 175; and the religious person,
(XII) 173-74; and religious revolution, (IX) 219;
(X) 95; and respectability, (VIII) 312, 330; (XII)
212-13; responsibility for, (XV) 88, 90;
responsibility to, (IX) 194; revolt against, (XVII)
189-90; and revolution, (VI) 158; versus the
revolutionary, (XI) 106; and right action, (XI) 342;
and the role of education, (VIII) 278-82; and role
of individual, (VI) 218-19; search for, (VIII) 284;
and the secondhand mind, (XIV) 37; as the self,
(XIII) 246; as self-destructive, (IX) 86; and self-
improvement, (IX) 83-85; and the self as one,
(XVI) 273; standards, (l) 38-39; structure of, (XIII)
115-18; as the structure of human relationship,
(VIII) 316; and success, (VIII) 97; and suffering,
(IX) 201; and superficial activity, (XV) 282; and
the superficial life, (XVII) 167; and suppression,
(XIII) 80; as suppressor, (XI) 96; and tension,
(XII) 26; and time, (XIV ) 210; and transformation,
(XV) 52-53; transformation of, (XVI) 47; and
truth, (IX) 84-85; two types of, (XV) 53;
understanding, (X) 12; understanding relationship,
(V) 152; understanding the structure of, (XV) 196;
and violence, (VI) 80; (X) 59-60, 80; (XVI) 289-
90; and virtue as sexual morality, (XIII) 14; as war
machine, (IV) 20; and world change, (XVI) 54;
and world conflict, (X) 43-44. See also Authority;
Collective; Conformity; Culture; Environment;
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Government; Individual; Inequality; Nationalism;
Peace; Psychological structure of society;
Responsibility; Social structure; State; Truth; War;
World problems
Society and the individual: as one, (XII) 269. See also
Collective; Individual
Sociological process: and conflict, (XIII) 285. See also
Society
Sociologists: and the religious mind, (XIII) 89. See
also Social work; Society
Soldier(s): as machines, (XII) 40; and the mechanical
mind, (XIV) 144-45; versus right profession, (X)
263. See also Conditioning
Solitude, (II) 125; and learning, (XI) 5-6; and
psychological state of, (IV) 37. See also Aloneness;
Emptiness; Intelligence; Loneliness; Meditation
Solutions: and the conditioned mind, (VII) 150; and
desire, (X) 157; and local conflicts, (V) 76-77; and
problems, (V) 333-34; and questions, (XII) 71-72;
search for, (XI) 156-57; and the search for answers,
(XII) 8-10; and struggle, (VII) 29. See also
Problems
Sorrow, (l ) 102, 165; (III) 13, 14; (IV) 104-5; (VI) 41,
285, 287-89, 312-13; (VII) 261-62; (VIII) 95-96;
(IX) 283-84; (X) 56-58; (XI) 283-88; (XII) 91-95,
207-12, 269-71, 273; (XIII) 82-85, 140-41, 143,
172-75, 307-14; (XV) 341-43; (XVI) 139-44;
(XVII) 180-81, 185-86, 188; and the absence of
love, (XVII) 180; and ambition, (XIII) 169; and
authority, (IX) 169-70; (XII) 298; awakening of,
(II) 149; and becoming, (VIII) 34; and belief, (IX)
98; (XVI) 254; cause of, (III) 96; causes of, (IV)
61-62; cessation of, (VIII) 335; collective and the
individual, (XIV) 6; and comparison, (XVII) 214;
through conflict, (IX) 2; and continuity, (VIII)
208-9; and contradiction, (XV) 311-12, 314;
creating, (X) 57; and creative awareness, (III) 94;
and death, (XIII) 202; defining, (VIII) 334; and
depression, (III) 206-7; and desire for continuity,
(XV) 237; and the desire for reincarnation, (XVII)
251-52; and the desire to become, (X) 266-68;
desire to overcome, (III) 111-12; desire to
transcend, (IV) 61; and discovery, (XII) 200-202;
and division, (VI) 358-59; dying to, (XV) 181; and
effort, (XVII) 232; elimination of, (XIII) 195;
ending, (XVI) 38-39, 257; ending of, (XV) 219-20,
246; escape from, (II) 229; (IV) 204; (XII) 91, 93;
(XIII) 51; and evolution, (XVI) 192; and the
evolution of time, (XV) 118; facing, (VII) 262; and
fact, (VIII) 334-35; (XIII) 31; and fear, (XII) 92-
93, 95; (XIII) 144; and the fear of death, (XV) 29;
and fear of life and death, (XVI) 127; freedom
from, (IX) 97-99; (X) 194; (XI) 46; (XV) 14, 320;
and the free mind, (IX) 80; and fulfillment, (XI)
275-76; greatest, (XIV) 305-6, 308; as hindrance to
love, (XIV) 61; and hope, (VII) 244-45; and ‘I’
process, (III) 14; as immediate, (XI) 77-78;
inevitability of, (IX) 18; and insecurity, (XV) 31-
32; and the knowledge of the mind, (IX) 20; life
without, (XV) 287; and listening with attention,
(XVII) 120; and living totally, (X) 244; and
loneliness, (XV) 32; as loss, (XIV) 306-7; through
loss, (II) 96-97; meaning of, (II) 213-14; and the
mediocre mind, (XIII) 93; and meditation, (XIII)
263, 266-67; mind free from, (XIII) 121; and
modern man, (XII) 283-84; nature of, (XV) 78;
need to understand, (XV) 221-22, 225-26; as the
only problem, (XVII) 180-81; physical and
psychological, (XII) 92-93, 95; and pleasure, (XV)
123, 293; (XVI) 37; and prayer, (IX) 18; problem
of, (XVI) 55-58; as problem of life, (X) 124; and
progress, (IX) 96; and pursuit of completeness,
(VII) 5; and reaction, (XIII) 142; reason for, (VII)
89-90; resolution of, (XIV) 305-7, 309; and search
for comfort, (III) 70-71; and search for purpose of
life, (IV) 129-30; and seeking, (XVII) 89; and
seeking and finding, (XV) 241; and self-
knowledge, (XVII) 21; and self-pity, (XV) 176;
and sensitivity, (XV) 7; and the significance of life,
(IX) 93-94; and thought, (XVI) 147-48, 222; and
time, (XIII) 25; (XIV) 305-9; (XV) 120-22; (XVI)
23-24, 26; types of, (XI) 285; (XIII) 252, 308;
(XIV) 25, 26, 148; (XV) 78; (XVI) 141;
understanding, (III) 94-95; (XI) 218-23; (XII) 294-
95, 298-99; (XIII) 254-55; (XIV) 21-22; (XV)
221-22, 225-26; and understanding, (II) 145; (VI)
258-59; and understanding the quiet mind, (XVII)
242; and understanding what is, (XVII) 88; as the
unsolved human problem, (XIV) 227; and war,
(XVII) 29; and the young, (VIII) 63-64. See also
Conflict; Confusion; Death; Despair; Effort;
Escape; Happiness; Joy; Loneliness; Pain; Self-
pity; Suffering; Thought
Sorrow, action, and effort: as interrelated, (XV) 341-
42. See also Sorrow
Sorrow, death, and love: relationship between, (XIII)
256, 310. See also Death; Love; Sorrow
Sorrow, death, and time, (XIV ) 100-106; as
interrelated, (XIV) 147-54, 208-14. See also
Sorrow
Sorrow, fear, and love: relationship between, (XIII)
250-53. See also Fear; Love; Sorrow
Sorrow, fear, will: as one, (XI) 283, 285
Sorrow, thought, and time: as interrelated, (XIV ) 20-
27. See also Sorrow
Soul, (l) 114; (II) 152; (III) 59; (V) 67, 279-80; belief
in, (X) 10; and conditioning, (XIII) 205; and death,
(XV) 33; defining, (V) 198; and energy, (XII) 65-
66; existence of, (XVI) 63; and the fear of
impermanence, (XV) 319; and the field of thought,
(XIV) 105; and illusion, (III) 172-73; as illusion,
(II) 165; and immortality, (II) 185-86; as the
invention of thought, (XVII) 149; and mind, (XI)
326; and the permanent, (IX) 197; questioning the
existence of, (XVII) 108; reality or illusion, (III)
62; and the search for permanence, (VIII) 87;
(XVII) 113-14. See also Atma; Continuity; Death;
Entity; Faith; God; Known; Reincarnation;
Religion; Spiritual entity; Thinker
Sound: importance of, (XV) 68. See also Listening

Space, (XIV ) 296-302; (XV) 126-27; and the absence
of the observer, (XVII) 241; and action, (XIV )
205; and the center, (XV) 126-27, 262; (XVII) 74,
75, 186-87; and communion, (XV) 114; and
conflict, (XVI) 249; (XVII) 44; creation of, (XV)
24; defining, (XIV ) 140; (XVI) 70, 249; defining
inward, (XVI) 192; disappearance of, (XVII) 219;
and duality, (XV) 38; and emptiness, (XV) 278;
(XVI) 70; existence in, (XII) 160; existence of,
(XIV) 165; and experience, (XV) 39; and fear,
(XV) 127; and freedom, (XV) 204-7; (XVI) 123,
250; as freedom, (XIII) 324; as hindrance to beauty
and love, (XVII) 187, 188; human need for, (XVII)
199-200; as an interval, (XV) 270; as the interval
between thoughts, (XV) 35; inward and outward,
(XVII) 241; lack of human, (XVII) 207; and
listening, (XV) 68; and looking clearly, (XVI) 248;
and love, (XV) 40; meaning of, (XV) 35-36; and
meditation, (XVII) 241; and the mind, (XIV) 207-
8; (XV) 205-6; in the mind and heart, (XIV) 309;
and mutation, (XIV) 164; (XV) 24; as necessary to
existence, (XIV) 296-98; need for, (XVII) 89; and
the need for aloneness, (XV) 209; and the object,
(XVII) 38, 41, 88, 89; with and without the object,
(XV) 24; without the object, (XV) 314; and
observation, (XIII) 321, 322, 336; (XV) 142;
without the observer, (XVI) 191; and the observer
and the observed, (XIV) 167; (XVI) 248-49, 250-
51, 268-69; between the observer and the observed,
(XVII) 112, 178-79; and peace, (XV) 223; physical
and psychological, (XVI) 189-90; and problems of
relationships, (XVI) 256; and the quiet brain,
(XIV) 112; and the quiet mind, (XIII) 155-56;
(XV) 87; (XVII) 271; and the relation to the center,
(XVI) 114; and the religious mind, (XIV) 269;
search for, (XIV) 296-97; and self-knowing of the
conscious and unconscious, (XIII) 155-56; and
silence, (XV) 36-37, 39, 47, 176; and the silent
mind, (XV) 238, 239; and the thinker, (XVI) 190;
and time, (XIII) 26-27; (XV) 126-27, 129, 134;
(XVI) 25; understanding, (XV) 126-27, 204-7; and
understanding living, (XVI) 188; and violence,
(XVII) 256; and the virtuous mind, (XIII) 58; and
wasted energy, (XV) 291; and the watcher, (XV)
38; between what is and the observer, (XV) 272.
See also Emptiness; Freedom; Mind; Time
Space, freedom, and order: as interrelated, (XV) 206.
See also Space
Space travel: and communication through reference,
(XV) 226; versus the inner journey, (XII) 277. See
also Space; Technology
Specialist(s): as authority, (X) 77; and creation, (XII)
35; dependence on, (V) 253, 255; domination by,
(V) 64; and education, (XII) 37; and experiencing
life, (V) 200-201; and the failure of religion and
science, (XIV) 40; versus the individual, (XI) 61;
and knowledge, (XII) 306; and leisure, (XIII) 46;
and limited challenge, (XII) 75; and meditation,
(XI) 196; and the part versus the whole, (VII) 169-
70; and problems, (XII) 9; and problem solving,
141
(III) 2; and questioning, (XII) 285-86; and vested
interests, (III) 245-46. See also Authority; Exp erts;
Gurus; Leaders; Livelihood; Masters; Occupations;
Professions; Science; Teachers; Technology
Specialization, (IV) 66; (VIII) 153-55; and divisions,
(XII) 270; as hindrance to awareness, (V) 253-55;
as hindrance to understanding, (IV) 87-88; and the
lazy brain, (XIV) 135; and self-destruction, (V)
128-29; and teaching, (XI) 79-80. See also
Mechanical
Specialized mind: and the inability to see the whole,
(XVI) 237. See also Fragmentation; Mind
Speculation: futility of, (VIII) 6-7; (XVI) 107; versus
understanding, (VI) 265
Spiritual: achieving, (X) 49; and authority, (VIII) 43-
44; (XI) 180; conditions for, (XIII) 116-17; and
divisions, (X) 123; entity and death, (IX) 17;
meaning of, (VIII) 232; (IX) 218; and satisfaction,
(XI) 244; and self-contradiction, (XI) 182; and
worldly as one, (IX) 168. See also Religion
Spiritual authority: defining, (X) 127; and disorder,
(XVII) 247. See also Authority
Spiritual entity, (IV) 170; (V) 119-20; belief in,
(XVII) 236; defining, (VII) 49; and the ‘I’, (V)
331; and reincarnation, (III) 172-73; (VI) 120-21.
See also Atma; Continuity; Death; Eternal;
Reincarnation; Religion; Self; Soul
Spiritual essence: as a product of thought, (XIV) 105
Spiritualism, (II) 145, 167, 217-18; and authority, (II)
134, 229-30; and consolation, (II) 229-30; as
escape, (VIII) 135
Spirituality, (II) 37; and ambition, (III) 188; definition
of, (II) 20; and fear, (II) 83-84; and harmony, (II)
37; and knowing love, (XVII) 217; and Masters,
(II) 26, 31; and materialism, (XI) 140; and
security, (II) 107; versus spiritual leadership, (IV)
85. See also Authority; Belief; Gurus; Masters;
Religion
Spiritual life: versus the material life, (V) 186-87; and
relationship, (V) 270
Spontaneity, (III) 125-27; as action, (l) 38; and
awareness, (X) 54; and change, (XIV) 57-58; and
the conditioned mind, (IV) 106; and conditioning,
(VI) 208; defining, (III) 31-32; and discovery, (XI)
129; and the hindrance of effort, (XV) 61; as an
invention, (XVI) 267; and love, (XVII) 205-6; and
moment to moment, (V) 318; and perception,
(XIV) 122; and self-discovery, (VI) 212; and
sensitivity, (V) 284; and transformation, (XI) 149;
and understanding, (V) 296; and understanding the
positive, (XV) 264. See also Joy; Truth
Spontaneous action: as motiveless, (XIII) 332. See
also Action
Stalin: and the repetitive mind, (XV) 73
Standard of living: and starvation, (IX) 127. See also
Acquisitiveness; Society
Standards: external and internal, (l ) 38; inner and
outer, (III) 135
Starvation, (IX) 127; approach to, (XI) 202; and
caring, (IV) 89; dealing with the problem of,
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(XVII) 104; desire to eradicate, (XIV) 74-75; and
economics, (VII) 177-78; and exploitation, (l) 156-
57; and the fragmentation of problems, (XVII)
265; and the hindrance of governments, (XVI) 116;
and the hindrance of ideas, (XIV) 236; and
ideology, (XVII) 142-43; and modern science,
(XIII) 48; and national divisions, (XI) 27; and
nationalism, (l ) 158; (VI) 223-24; and the search
for God, (VIII) 242; and world problems, (XIV)
41; and world view, (l ) 156. See also
Acquisitiveness; Divisions; Food, clothing, shelter;
Needs; Philanthropy; Poor; Poverty; Religion;
Society; Technology; War; World problems
State: attitude toward the individual, (V) 314; and
authority, (VII) 64-67; as brutal, (VII) 68-69; fear
of, (XVI) 104; as the individual, (III) 198-99; (IV)
92; and mass education, (VIII) 12; obligation to
aged, (VII) 81; and organized force, (IV) 16; and
organized religion, (IV) 16; as power of the few,
(IV) 164; and problems of existence, (III) 181; as
reflection of self, (III) 207; and self-knowledge,
(V) 342; static versus the creative, (V) 196-97; and
violence, (XV) 333, 337; worship of, (XIV) 213.
See also Education; Exploitation; Government;
Nation; Nationalism; Society; War; World
problems
State brutality: and sensate values, (IV) 23-24
State control: and education, (IV) 107-8
Statesman: role of, (II) 101. See also Politics
State worship: versus true collective, (III) 162
Static center, (III) 104-5
Status: and class, (XII) 271; and function, (XI) 3;
(XII) 34-37, 310; (XIII) 126; (XIV ) 247; and
inequality, (VIII) 180; as psychological power,
(VIII) 37; search for, (XVII) 122. See also
Ambition; Fulfillment; Power; Society
Steadiness: and the mind, (IX) 103-6
Steady mind: need for, (IX) 129
Stealing, (VIII) 86-87
Step: need for the first, (XVI) 300-301
Still mind, (III) 199, 201, 246-47; (V) 208-11, 214;
(VI) 112, 147-48, 160-62, 275-76, 297-98; (VII)
21-22; (VIII) 110; (X) 4; and the absence of
experience, (XIV ) 112; and the absence of inertia,
(XVI) 30; achieving, (III) 247-48; (VI) 328, 336-
37, 352-53; (VIII) 293; (IX) 11, 65-66, 140; (X)
111-12, 199; (XVI) 29; and achieving love, (V)
148-49; as active, (VIII) 39; as alive, (XI) 132;
awareness, (X) 221; awareness of, (XIII) 260; and
challenge, (VI) 85; and change, (VIII) 178;
through change, (X) 138; and comparison, (VIII)
231; versus the conditioned mind, (VIII) 149;
without contradiction, (X) 221; versus the
contradiction of sorrow, (XV) 341; and creation,
(XI) 388; as creative, (XI) 211; and creativeness,
(V) 170; (VI) 170; defining, (VIII) 53-54; and
desire, (VI) 316; and discipline, (VIII) 55-56; and
energy, (XV) 182; and the eternal, (VII) 332; and
the experience of death, (VII) 262; and freedom,
(X) 30; and freedom from belief, (X) 114; and
freedom from envy, (X) 48; and freedom from the
known, (XIII) 98; as the free mind, (IX) 36, 80;
and God, (VIII) 116, 136; versus illusion, (VII)
271; and the immeasurable, (XIII) 92; and
learning, (XIV) 88; and listening, (VIII) 213; and
love, (VI) 133; (VIII) 27; versus the mediocre,
(VIII) 52; and meditation, (VI) 367; (IX) 18, 214;
and the nameless, (XII) 200; and the need for
energy, (IX) 133; and negation, (XVI) 115; and
perception of the whole, (V) 89; and permanence,
(VII) 329-30; and problems, (VIII) 11; and
problem solving, (VI) 334; and radical revolution,
(VIII) 156; and reality, (IV) 175, 210-11; and
resolution of fear, (VII) 325-26; versus self-
hypnosis, (VI) 100-101; and self-knowledge,
(VIII) 215-16; versus the sleeping mind, (V) 137-
38; and space, (XVI) 70-71; and stimulation, (VI)
234; and timelessness, (X) 17; and the true religion,
(VII) 318-19; and understanding, (VIII) 225; and
understanding conditioning, (IX) 165; and
understanding fear, death, and love, (XV) 322; and
the unknown, (IX) 248-49; and watchfulness, (VI)
61-62. See also Clear mind; Creation; Free mind;
Happiness; Innocent mind; Meditation; Mind;
New mind; Occupied mind; Petty mind; Quiet
mind; Quietness; Religious mind; Revolution; Self-
knowledge; Serious mind; Silence; Silent mind;
Tranquillity; Tranquil mind; Truth; Understanding
Stillness, (IV) 143-44; and the absence of
consciousness, (XVI) 70-71; and the absence of
continuity, (XII) 252-53; achieving, (VII) 27, 57-
58; (IX) 170; achieving through craving or search,
(IV) 125-26; and awareness, (IV) 74; (XIV) 159-
61; and the brain, (XIII) 97-98, 155; (XVI) 147-
48; and cessation of conflict, (VII) 281; and
consciousness, (VIII) 210; and creativity, (VIII)
15; and discovery of the true, (XIV) 39; and
energy, (XV) 278-79; existence of, (IX) 66;
experiencing, (IV) 125-26; and the free mind,
(VIII) 206; and the innocent mind, (XIII) 191-92;
and love, (VIII) 317; and meditation, (VII) 233-34,
249; (VIII) 326; and the presence of love and
beauty, (XVII) 242; and progress, (VII) 253; and
reality, (VIII) 29-30; and respect, (VII) 231; and
self-knowledge, (IV) 204; (IX) 216; state of, (XIV)
302; and time, (IX) 66; and timeless, (IV) 12-13;
and truth, (IV) 172; and the whole, (III) 212. See
also Distraction; Meditation; Mutation; Quiet
mind; Self-knowledge; Silence; Still mind; Truth
Stimulants: and the dull mind, (XV) 275, 277
Stimulation, (VI) 234-35; to achieve the meditative
state, (XVII) 81; dependence on, (XVII) 121; and
the dull mind, (IX) 253; (XVII) 41; and fear of
dependence, (IV) 21; and feelings, (XI) 379-81;
and the need for authority, (IX) 109; and
psychological dependence, (XIV) 208; and
relationship, (V) 229; search for, (XI) 382; and sex,
(VI) 130. See also Experience; Inspiration;
Meditation; Occupied mind; Sensate values;
Sensation

Stimulus: and beauty, (XV) 285-86
Strength: and cause, (XI) 393; defining, (XII) 226-27
Striving: and envy, (X) 29-30
Structure of society, (XVII) 174; understanding,
(XIII) 160; and understanding disorder, (XVII)
174. See also Psychological structure of society;
Social structure; Society
Struggle, (VII) 28-31; (XIII) 124-27; acceptance of,
(XIII) 125; and creativity, (V) 116-17; daily, (VII)
131; and the deterioration of the mind, (VII) 242;
futility of, (VIII) 190-91; and the growth of self,
(X) 75; as inevitable, (V) 160-61; and life, (XI)
190; meaning of, (XVI) 81; as necessity, (VII) 28-
29; as part of life, (VIII) 224; and the search for
fulfillment, (XI) 235; between thesis and antithesis,
(VII) 281-82; between what is and ‘what should
be’, (VIII) 195-96, 197-98. See also Conflict;
Confusion; Effort
Student(s): and compulsion, (VIII) 76-77; and the
conflict between freedom and discipline, (VIII) 89-
91; and education, (VIII) 11-12, 124-25; education
of, (XI) 2-3, 8-9; in a free atmosphere, (VIII) 123-
24; and freedom, (X) 193; the ideal, (VIII) 72; and
the need for discussion, (VIII) 131; and the need to
be nurtured, (VIII) 72-74; role of, (VII) 67-68;
(VIII) 59-60; and the role of discipline, (VIII) 31.
See also Children; Disciples; Education; Educator;
Teachers
Stupidities: creating, (II) 109, 111-12, 113-14. See
also Intelligence
Stupidity: and intelligence, (VIII) 139; and the ‘more’,
(IX) 148
Stupid man: and transformation, (IX) 148. See also
Religious man
Stupid mind: as the callous mind, (XVII) 267. See also
Dull mind; Mind; Petty mind
Subconscious, (V) 120-21. See also Unconscious
Subjugation: as the price for order, (XII) 187-88. See
also Tyranny
Sublimation: See Suppression
Subliminal advertising: and influence, (XII) 15
Submission, (V) 302-4; and power, (V) 302. See also
Domination; Suppression
Substitution: and choice, (l) 193; and desire for
gratification, (V) 329
Success: and ambition, (IV) 14-15; and authority,
(XII) 234; and anxiety, (VIII) 76; and comparison,
(XIV) 193; and competition, (VII) 303-4; and
conflict, (X) 5-7; (XIII) 237, 284; and conformity,
(VII) 292; and creation of fear, (VII) 303; and
dependence of the individual, (IX) 275; desire for,
(VI) 224; desire for, and inequality of, (VII) 73; as
emptiness, (VIII) 126; and fear, (VIII) 71; as gain,
(l) 147-48; and the greedy society, (VIII) 96-97;
and the known, (VIII) 23; and the path of tradition,
(VIII) 152; versus reality, (VIII) 26; results of
search for, (X) 64; and the role of education, (VIII)
38; search for, (XIII) 227-28; and self-awareness,
(VI) 163; and sense of pride, (VII) 99-100; and
social recognition, (XII) 212-13; struggle for,
143
(XIII) 125, 126; and suffering, (VIII) 116; and
technique, (IX) 58; worship of, (III) 181-82; (VI)
163; (X) 116; (XIII) 74, 78; (XVII) 30. See also
Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Becoming;
Competition; Craving; Envy; Power; Society;
Status
Suffering, (l ) 2, 98, 120, 139-40; (II) 31-33, 64-65,
150-51; (IV) 175-76; (V) 157-58, 315-16; (VIII)
104-5; (XII) 175-77; acceptance of, (III) 112; (IV)
130-31; acceptance and nonacceptance, (XII) 93;
and action, (II) 10; and affection, (XIII) 31-32; for
another, (XIII) 312; and authority, (VII) 12; and
awakening, (II) 58-59, 208; and awareness, (l) 129-
30; (IV) 134-35; (XVI) 230; and awareness of ‘I’,
(III) 86-88; and belief, (VII) 130; causes of, (III)
2, 53; and comfort, (II) 160-61; and the
conditioned mind, (VII) 148-49; and
consciousness, (II) 58-59; (III) 63, 64-65;
contentment, (II) 7; defining, (II) 96-97; (X) 8; and
desire, (VIII) 305; and the desire for self-
perpetuation, (IX) 143; and the desire to escape,
(VII) 69, 107-8; and the desire to escape what is,
(VII) 214-15; and detachment, (III) 109; dying to,
(XII) 161; ending of, (XIV) 61; escape from, (l) 4-
5; (II) 58-59, 140-41, 224, 231-232; (III) 71-72,
113, 114; (V) 169; (VIII) 184; (X) 35; (XV) 260,
320; and escape through God, (IV) 210-11; and
experience, (II) 163; and fear, (XII) 92, 95; forms
of, (III) 111-12; and freedom, (II) 141; and God,
(II) 225; and healing, (II) 25; and hindrances, (II)
10; and the ‘I’ process, (III) 86; and the ideal, (II)
18, 224; indifference to, (V) 46; individual, (V)
168-69; of the individual and of mankind, (XV)
226; and individuality, (II) 196; and innocence,
(XIII) 207; and intelligence, (II) 33; and invention
of Gods, (IV) 175; and knowledge, (VII) 227; and
learning, (XIV) 276; and loss, (l) 169-70; (III) 110;
and the ‘me’, (VII) 30; methods of escape from,
(III) 110; and the mind, (XII) 175-76; as noble,
(IV) 190; and perfection, (l) 113; physical and
psychological, (IX) 201; and prayer, (VII) 217-18;
problems of, (X) 235; as problem of existence, (V)
73; and purification, (IX) 201; purpose of, (III) 14-
15; and purpose of life, (III) 30; and questioning,
(II) 32-34; as a reaction from the center, (XII) 87;
reason for, (VIII) 116; and rebellion, (II) 184; and
rebirth, (X) 103; and relationship, (IV) 153; and
remedy, (II) 32; and search for comfort, (l) 105;
and search for saviors, (II) 224-25; and search for
solution, (VI) 248; and self-imposed limitations,
(III) 116-17; and self-knowledge, (XV) 176;
solution to, (III) 182; two million years of, (XV)
341; types of, (VII) 56; (XII) 91; (XIII) 308-9;
understanding, (II) 163-64; (III) 21-22; (IV) 130-
31; (V) 46; (VII) 56, 215-16; (XII) 90-95; and
understanding, (l) 125, 163, 188; as a universal,
(II) 203; (V) 84; and world problems, (II) 195. See
also Certainty; Choice; Compassion; Conflict;
Confusion; Continuity; Escape; Loneliness;
Opposites; Pain; Sorrow; Truth
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Suicide, (VII) 200-201; and identification, (VII) 200
Superficial: versus clarity, (IX) 49; defining, (XIII)
160; (XVII) 23; and despair, (XIII) 218; and the
loss of joy, (VIII) 118-19; and the search for
satisfaction, (X) 211. See also Dull mind; Petty
mind; Shallowness
Superficial action: and conflict, (XIV ) 203. See also
Action
Superficial change, (XII) 253-54. See also Change
Superficiality: and knowledge, (VII) 310-13. See also
Dependence; Dull mind; Equality
Superficial life: and followers, (XVI) 232; and
loneliness, (XII) 246. See also Life
Superficial living: as escape, (XI) 376
Superficial mind: and the avoidance of death, (XV)
318; and consciousness, (XI) 230; (XIV) 62; and
daily occupation, (IX) 60; and dreams, (IX) 123-
24; and escape from sorrow, (XIII) 309-10, 311;
going beyond, (XIV) 214, 216; and the hidden
mind, (XI) 11-12; and meditation, (XI) 196-97; and
the process of thought, (XII) 124; and the purpose
of life, (XIV) 214-15. See also Conscious; Dull
mind; Mechanical mind; Mind; Occupied mind;
Petty mind; Quiet mind; Superficial
Superficial occupation: ending of, (IX) 59
Superficial search: for God, (IX) 19-20
Superior: desire to be, (IV) 62-63
Superiority: and the artist, (V) 286; freedom from,
(VII) 33; and inferiority, (VII) 313-14; and inward
insufficiency, (IV) 63; and prejudice, (V) 340. See
also Ambition; Divisions; Superiors
Superiors: and feeling inferior, (VII) 128. See also
Authority
Superstition, (VII) 269; and belief in God, (XVII) 217;
and the effect on the young, (VIII) 120-21. See
also Religion
Suppression: and concentration, (XI) 245-47; and
conditioning, (XVII) 43-44; and conflict, (V) 171;
and conformity, (X) 246; and contradiction, (XV)
314; and the creation of chaos, (VIII) 91; and
desire, (XIII) 126; (XIV) 97-98; (XV) 17, 20, 22,
59-60, 312-13; of desire, (XVI) 36, 86-87; and
discipline, (XV) 68-69; as discipline, (XIII) 79-80;
and dishonesty, (XVII) 266; and domination, (VII)
110-11; and the dull heart, (XV) 17; and effort,
(XV) 90; and energy, (XIII) 161; of energy, (XVI)
67; versus freedom, (XVI) 61; futility of, (XII)
148-49; and the insensitive mind, (X) 244; of
pleasure, (XV) 71; (XVI) 35; process of, (XIII) 80;
and the senses, (X) 236; and society, (XI) 96; and
violence, (XVI) 288; (XVII) 257. See also
Authority; Compulsion; Conflict; Conformity;
Discipline; Imitation; Method; Power; Religion;
Repetition; Resistance; Saints; Tyranny; Will
Supreme self: as escape, (XIII) 151; futility of search
for, (XIII) 89; as self-knowing, (XIII) 106. See
also Atma
Surrender: as hindrance, (VIII) 174
Survival: and the creative, (XI) 69
Suspension: of thought, (XI) 130-32
Swamis: See Authority
Symbol(s): as barrier, (IX) 163; defining, (VII) 122; as
destructive, (VII) 122; as distraction, (IV) 191; and
fact, (XI) 297, 378; (XIV ) 52, 99, 195; freedom
from, (VII) 269; (XIII) 198; as hindrance to the
fact, (XVI) 59; importance of, (XIII) 296; as
influence, (XII) 319-20, 322; living by, (XI) 385;
and the mind, (XI) 279-80; (XIII) 7-8; and the
movement of the mind, (XI) 332; as never real,
(XVI) 241; as not the word, (XV) 240; and
propaganda, (XIII) 7; versus the reality, (XVI)
103; (XVII) 71; and reasoning, (XI) 83; and
religion, (XIII) 87; as sensation, (VII) 50; and
sorrow, (XI) 284, 286; and words, (XI) 144; (XIV )
222-23; and worship, (IX) 110; worship of, (XI)
203. See also Communication; Communion;
Image; Naming; Nationalism; Propaganda; State;
Verbalization; Words
Symptoms: versus dealing with the cause, (XVI) 7-8;
and problems, (XVI) 8
System(s), (II) 2; (IV) 178; (V) 84, 85; versus
achieving the quiet mind, (IX) 21; versus action,
(III) 52; as barrier to the free mind, (IX) 198-99;
and belief in God, (XIV) 278; and change, (VIII)
177; (XI) 277; versus comprehension of totality,
(XI) 162; and confusion, (IV) 140; and
contradiction, (XIII) 307; creating, (II) 12; versus
creativity, (VII) 202; defining, (VI) 223-24; and
deprivation of physical necessities, (IV) 163-64;
economic, (VII) 203; and education, (IV) 106-8;
(V) 105; and effort, (XVII) 122; and the empty
mind, (XIV) 216; enslavement to, (XI) 317; as
escape, (II) 64; as exploiters, (II) 196; external and
internal, (II) 147-49; failure of, (XVII) 195, 215;
false, (II) 3; freedom from, (IX) 279-80; futility of,
(II) 114, 173; futility of book knowledge, (IV) 94;
as hindrance(s), (II) 3; (XI) 260; as hindrance to
change, (XIII) 27; as hindrance to clarity, (XI)
201-3, 205; as hindrance to democracy, (VIII) 30;
as hindrance to the free mind, (XI) 53; as hindrance
to meditation, (IX) 18, 24; (XI) 198; (XV) 276; and
hindrance to world problems, (IV) 88; as human
creation, (III) 20; versus human needs, (IV) 84-85;
and ideology, (IV) 154-55; and illusion, (III) 1-2;
and the imprisoned mind, (IX) 279; and inequality,
(IV) 128; left and right, (VI) 180; and liberation,
(VIII) 7; and the limited mind, (XIII) 69; and
meditation, (VI) 211-12, 327-28; and problems,
(VIII) 7; as problem solver, (III) 13; and problem
of starvation, (VII) 177; putting aside, (XIV) 261;
search for, (XI) 140-41; seeking, (XVII) 196; and
self-discovery, (III) 1-2; (VI) 344; slave to, (XI)
377; and specialists, (III) 2; and the stupid mind,
(XI) 221; and tradition, (XI) 260; true, (II) 3; and
the world divided, (VIII) 41-42; and world
problems, (VI) 72; (VIII) 49; (XI) 345. See also
Authority; Belief; Compulsion; Conformity;
Discipline; Habits; “How”; Idea; Ideal; Ideology;
Images; Ism; Method; Patterns; Technique;
Tradition; War; World problems

Talent: as dangerous, (V) 286; and right
understanding, (III) 236; and self-knowledge, (IV)
26. See also Artists
Talking: and thinking, (XVI) 223
Tapas, (IX) 264
Taste: and the role of education, (VIII) 119
Teacher(s), (II) 79; (III) 167-68, 192-93; and the
ability to think, (VIII) 58-59; as authority, (VII)
105; and change, (X) 193; and comparison, (VIII)
67-69; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 74, 75;
contradictory role of, (II) 4-5; as destructive to the
follower, (XVII) 19; and disciples, (VII) 180; and
discipline, (VIII) 90-91; in education, (V) 105;
(VII) 60-61, 62, 64; and follower(s), (III) 84; (VII)
20-21; (X) 18; and a free atmosphere, (VIII) 123-
24; function of, (VIII) 39; (XIV) 73, 276; as
hindrance to discovery, (VII) 20-21; and laziness,
(VIII) 71; and learning, (XI) 109; (XIV) 53-54;
need for, (V) 192; need for educated, (VIII) 124-
25; as nurturers, (VIII) 72-74; and observation,
(XIV) 70-71; and possibility for change, (III) 212;
and the relationships to the child, (IX) 155-56;
relationship to students, (VII) 136; responsibility
of, (VIII) 131; role of, (IV) 200; (V) 200-201;
(VII) 65, 67-68, 85, 158-59, 246; (VIII) 86-87,
130; search for, (V) 242-43; and search for truth,
(III) 9; and standard, (V) 261-63; as stupid, (X)
198; and technique, (V) 309; and truth, (II) 145-46;
(VI) 96; and understanding ambition, (VIII) 97;
and the use of fear, (VIII) 61-62. See also
Authority; Books; Children; Conformity;
Education; Educators; Exploitation; Guru;
Intelligence; Leader; Learning; Master; Priest;
Savior; Society
Teacher and disciple: absence of, (XI) 166; division
between, (X) 231
Teachers and pupils: and learning, (XI) 206
Teaching: absence of, (IX) 238; defining, (XI) 5; and
discipline, (X) 180-81; importance of, (XI) 10; and
learning, (IX) 171-73; (XI) 79-80; versus learning,
(XIV) 271; versus organized teaching, (V) 202;
versus the teacher, (XI) 47. See also Authority;
Teachers
Technical capacity: and the educator, (XI) 3
Technical knowledge, (V) 232-23; (X) 9; and belief,
(XIII) 6; and the creative mind, (XIII) 67; and
education, (VII) 162-63; (IX) 225; and learning,
(IX) 238; and livelihood, (XI) 381; as necessary,
(XIII) 122, 123; need for, (XIII) 246; versus self-
knowing, (XIII) 158. See also Experts;
Professions; Science; Specialists; Technology
Technical mind, (V) 23-24, 157; versus the creative
mind, (VII) 283
Technical problems: and time, (XI) 270
Technical progress: and evolution, (IX) 29
Technical training: and education, (VII) 160
Technicians: versus the creative, (XI) 70; and human
problems, (XI) 137-38; as slaves in society, (XI)
104. See also Technical knowledge
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Technique, (V) 308-10; and the artist, (IX) 58; and
conformity, (VII) 17; and the creative, (IX) 122;
versus creativity, (V) 145-46, 282-83; and
education, (V) 199-201; versus experiencing, (V)
369; futility of, (VII) 180-81; and habits, (XIII)
242-43; as hindrance to meditation, (X) 104-5; and
imitation, (VII) 219-20; and from the known to the
known, (XI) 117; and learning, (VIII) 321; (IX)
171-72; meaning of, (V) 185; and means to an end,
(XI) 260; and mechanical memory, (XI) 365; and
memory, (IX) 110-111; without rebellion, (VII)
320. See also Discipline; “How”; Method; System;
Patterns
Technological change: and the need for inward change,
(XVII) 144. See also Change; Technology
Technological conditioning: and simplicity, (VII) 242
Technological knowledge: as accumulation, (XIV) 80;
and awareness, (XVII) 47; and human
understanding, (XIV ) 54. See also Knowledge;
Science; Technology
Technological progress: and moral regression, (V)
127-28, 134-35, 183; versus psychological
progress, (VII) 49. See also Evolution
Technological specialization: and the bourgeois mind,
(XIV) 215. See also Technological knowledge
Technology, (V) 156-57; (XIII) 1-2, 4; advance of,
(X) 191-92; (XIII) 167-68; advances in, (XIV)
124; (XVI) 49; and the alleviation of poverty, (VII)
227; and authority, (XVI) 233; and change, (XIV)
2; (XV) 330; (XVII) 2; changes in, (XVI) 231; and
comparison as progress, (XIV) 193; as cultivation
of memory, (IX) 110-111; effects of, (X) 192;
expansion of, (XIII) 219; and freedom, (XI) 378;
and knowledge, (IX) 22; (XVI) 73; and leaders,
(XIV) 3-4; and learning, (XVI) 52; limitations of,
(XIV) 214; versus the mechanical, (XI) 123;
misuse of, (V) 153; and the ‘more’, (IX) 251; and
the need for authorities, (XIV) 171; and order,
(XV) 56; and perfection, (VII) 306; and problems,
(XVII) 31; and progress, (XVII) 19; progress in,
(XVI) 42; and repetition, (XVII) 206; and thought,
(XVI) 145, 164; and world change, (XV) 157. See
also Automation; Computers; Industrialism;
Knowledge; Professions; Science; Scientific
knowledge; Society; Specialists; Technical
knowledge; Technological progress
Teddy boys: as reaction, (XV) 71
Temperament: and dealing with problems, (XVII) 95-
96, 97
Ten Commandments, (II) 142
Tension, (XII) 26-27, 31, 36; and action, (XI) 110; and
the arts, (XV) 342; and conflict, (XVI) 162; and
contradiction, (XI) 25; (XII) 31, 65, 66; (XIII)
237; (XV) 180; (XVI) 94; and energy, (XII) 63;
expression of, (XVI) 162; and fear, (XVI) 175; and
illness, (IV) 36-37, 47-48; and neuroses, (XVI)
153; and relaxation, (IV) 48; and resistance, (XVI)
148; understanding, (IV) 37. See also Self-
contradiction; Intensity
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Theologians: and the invention of philosophies,
(XVII) 40. See also Authority; Philosophy;
Religion
Theology: as immature, (XIV) 198. See also Religion
Theory (-ies): and conformity, (XI) 132-33; and the
empty heart, (XV) 338; and fact, (XII) 104;
invention of, (XVII) 32; as reaction, (XII) 27. See
also Habits; Ideal(s); Ideology; Illusions; Methods;
Systems
Theosophical Society, (l) 143; (II) 225-26; (III) 25;
and ceremony, (III) 58-59; purpose of, (II) 26-27;
and role of organizations, (IV) 124-25; and self-
expression, (II) 24-26; versus theosophy, (V) 202
Theosophy, (l) 162-63; (II) 21, 26-27, 178-79; (V)
202-5; (VI) 284-85; and belief, (II) 31; and
ceremony, (II) 22-23; and defensiveness, (II) 20-
21; and evolution, (II) 27-28; and Madame
Blavatsky, (II) 27-28; versus scientific view of
growth, (III) 67; and world salvation, (II) 10. See
also Conditioning; Conformity; Identification;
Religious organizations; Words
Things: See Possessions
Thinker: aspects of, (IV) 45; and attention, (XII) 269;
and authority, (XII) 205; and change, (IX) 57; and
concentration, (XII) 269; and conditioning, (VI)
145; and conflict, (XIV) 92-93; created by thought,
(XIV) 242-43; (XV) 217, 219; and the creation of
the image, (XVI) 46; as the creator of the center,
(XI) 134, 137; defining, (XI) 142; (XIII) 263;
(XV) 217-18, 224; as the electronic brain, (XVI)
272-73; and fear, (XV) 180-81; as an idea, (XV)
217-18; and meditation, (XIII) 264; need to
understand, (IX) 66; as problem, (IV) 171; (XI)
332-33; and sorrow, (VI) 287; and space, (XVI)
190; and the still mind, (VI) 101-2. See also
Center; Entity; ‘Me’; Mind; Observer; Observer
and the observed; Self; Thinker and the thought;
Thinking; Thought
Thinker and the thought, (IV) 24-25; 27, 147-48, 171,
183; (V) 43-44; (VI) 70-71, 91-92, 131, 181-83,
245, 294, 305-6, 335, 345; (VII) 153-54; (X) 142;
and awareness, (IX) 31; as central problem, (VII)
47-49; and change, (IX) 56; and concentration,
(VII) 27; and conditioning, (VIII) 148-49; (IX)
145, 215-16; and conflict, (XI) 355-56; (XII) 194-
95, 240-41; (XIV) 36, 242-44; and the conflict of
duality, (X) 41; (XIII) 176; and conformity, (XV)
215; and consciousness, (XVI) 58; and
contradiction, (XIII) 43-44, 131; (XV) 11-12, 64,
179-81, 313-14; and control of, (V) 218-19;
defining, (XIII) 135; and desire for permanence,
(VII) 329; and division, (XII) 177-78; (XV) 66-67,
249; (XVII) 249-50; division between, (VII) 21-
22, 50; (IX) 232-33; (XI) 170-71; (XIII) 90-91,
263, 331; (XIV) 157-58; and duality, (XVI) 68-69;
and the duality of time, (XII) 101-2; and the end of
struggle, (XIII) 304; and fear, (VII) 193; (XIV)
92-93; (XV) 217-19; as hindrance to contact,
(XVI) 111; and ideals, (V) 291-92; integration of,
(VIII) 155-56; and labeling, (V) 313; and listening,
(XVI) 161; and the ‘me’, (VIII) 209-10; and
meditation, (IV) 127; (VII) 57; (VIII) 54-56, 192-
93; (X) 105; and naming, (XII) 44, 48; as one, (IV)
42-43, 80; (V) 5-7, 263; (VIII) 291-93; (X) 14-15,
67, 82-83, 114-15; (XI) 198; (XVI) 205, 273-74;
and the quiet mind, (X) 85; and search, (V) 330-31;
separation of, (IV) 14, 193-94; (XIII) 194; and
time, (XVI) 24; and truth, (VIII) 344-45;
understanding the unity of, (VII) 280; and
violence, (X) 82-83. See also Experiencer and the
experience; Mind; Observer and the observed; Self;
Thinker; Thinking; Thought
Thinking, (XI) 128-32; (XII) 1-2; (XV) 22-24; (XVI)
88-91; and the absence of the word, (XII) 126; and
accumulation, (VI) 126-27; and awareness of the
process, (X) 39; cessation of, (XVI) 134-35; as
challenged response, (XI) 115-16; changing, (VII)
197; clearly, (IX) 219; and the collective, (IX) 126;
collective and individual, (XII) 162-63; versus
communion, (XV) 310; and conclusions, (X) 23-
24; versus conclusions, (XI) 64; without
condemnation, (X) 228-29; conditioned, (IX) 100-
101, 260; as conditioned, (VII) 148-50; (VIII) 274-
76; and conditioning, (X) 40; (XI) 15-16; without
conditioning, (VIII) 145; as conflict of opposites,
(XI) 90; and conformity, (XII) 29; and
consciousness, (XVII) 169; consciousness of, (X)
54; and contradiction, (XVI) 279-80; and the
creation of the thinker, (XV) 217-18; defining,
(VIII) 235-36; desire to control, (IX) 132; and
dialogue, (XVI) 258; and the division into the
thinker and the thought, (XIII) 306; and education,
(VIII) 60; ending, (X) 179-80; ending of, (XI) 60;
ending the process of, (X) 213-14; experiencing the
process of, (X) 112-14; and fear, (XIV) 292-93;
(XVII) 171; fragmentarily, (XIII) 298; versus
freedom, (IX) 35; and the free mind, (IX) 141-42;
as hindrance to freedom, (XV) 304, 306;
impermanence of, (IX) 216; and influences of
conditioning, (X) 198; and inquiry, (X) 139;
inquiry into, (XVI) 217; and the interval between
challenge and response, (XV) 23; and the known,
(XI) 53; as the known, (IX) 261; as limited, (X)
113; (XI) 203, 340; (XII) 124; mechanical, (XIII)
77; as mechanical, (XII) 214; (XVII) 217; as a
mechanical process, (XII) 126; (XIV) 243; and
memory, (XI) 115-16; as memory response, (X)
219; nature of, (XII) 31; need for new, (XIII) 73-
74, 78; negative and positive, (X) 19; (XI) 89-94;
and the observing mind, (XI) 352; and the occupied
mind, (IX) 37; origin of, (XVI) 133-36; and
pleasure, (XV) 141; (XVI) 36-37, 286-88; (XVII)
66-67; process of, (VII) 154, 231-33; (IX) 68, 111-
12, 189-92; (X) 19, 50, 143, 214, 220, 238, 249-50,
260; (XI) 87, 89, 184, 187, 366-67, 389-91; (XII)
2-3, 121-22, 123-24, 250, 303-5; (XIII) 102-4;
(XIV) 22-23, 35; (XV) 22-23; (XVI) 189, 288; as
process of verbalization, (IX) 154; as product of
tradition, (X) 50; as a reaction between challenge
and response, (XII) 250; and response, (XII) 283;

as the response of memory, (XIV) 292; as a
response to a challenge, (XII) 303; and self-
knowledge, (VII) 229; structure of, (XIV) 292-93;
(XVI) 163-64; suppositional, (X) 22; as symbolic,
(XIII) 7; and talking, (XVI) 223; without the
thinker, (XII) 241; (XV) 219; and the thought,
(XVI) 223; and time, (XII) 99; (XIV) 150; (XV)
131; and the time interval, (XV) 266; two kinds of,
(XIII) 172; understanding, (X) 112-14; (XI) 32-33;
understanding the machinery of, (XVI) 88-91; and
understanding the mind, (VIII) 151-52;
understanding the nature of, (XVI) 144-47; and
understanding the positive, (XVI) 77;
understanding the process of, (IX) 265; (X) 59;
(XV) 224, 314-15; (XVI) 51; understanding the
structure of, (XV) 304-5; and verbalization, (XII)
85-86, 301; and the word, (XI) 84-85, 87-88; (XII)
79, 301; without the word, (XVII) 237. See also
Mind; Thinker; Thinker and the thought; Thought
Thinking and feeling: as one, (XII) 151
Thought, (l) 143-44, 152-53; (III) 189, 191-92, 193;
(VII) 222; (XI) 128-32; ability to end, (XV) 263;
and the absence of answers, (XVII) 136; achieving
truth, (l) 153-54; and action, (V) 43-44, 74, 207;
(VI) 313; (XII) 21; (XIII) 315, 328; analyzing,
(VI) 226-27; and the atma, (XIV) 158; (XV) 66-67;
attempt to control, (XIV ) 36; attempt to escape
from, (XVI) 201-2; awakening, (II) 103-4; and
awareness, (IV) 94; (IX) 31, 60-61, 114; awareness
of, (III) 239-40; and awareness of the process,
(VIII) 255; and background, (XVI) 204; basis of,
(III) 165; as breeder of fear, (XII) 220-21; as
breeder of sorrow, (XIV ) 103; and the breeding of
fear, (XVI) 107-8; as cause of fear, (XII) 259; and
the center, (XIII) 43-44; cessation of, (IV) 153-54;
(IX) 265; (XIII) 48; and change, (VII) 15; (XI)
310-11; coming to an end, (X) 84-85; and
comparison, (IV) 2; without condemnation, (XIII)
298, 300; as conditioned, (VII) 317; (IX) 216-18;
(XI) 42-43, 59-60, 338; as conditioned by habit,
(IX) 106-7; and conditioning, (VIII) 111-12, 147-
49; (IX) 11; (X) 104; (XIV) 107, 110; (XVII) 139;
and conflict, (XVI) 75-76, 93-94, 133; as
conformity, (VI) 299-302; and confusion, (XVI)
279; conscious and unconscious, (III) 170; and
consciousness, (IV) 166; (VII) 196; (XIII) 285;
(XVI) 10, 58; and continual experience, (II) 103-4;
and continuity, (IV) 162; (V) 68-69; (VII) 331-32;
(X) 10; (XIII) 146-47, 318-19; (XIV) 102, 105,
184, 190, 222; (XVII) 171-72; as continuity, (XI)
366-67; and the continuity of desire, (XV) 18, 22,
223-24; control of, (V) 218-220, 261-63; (VIII) 80;
(XIV) 110, 157-58; and the creation of the center,
(XII) 241; (XV) 314-15; and the creation of
conflict, (XVI) 217; and the creation of confusion,
(XVI) 163; and the creation of divisions, (XVI)
163; and the creation of fear, (XV) 160; (XVII)
112, 114, 143; and the creation of permanency,
(XVII) 114; as creation of tomorrow, (XV) 24-25;
as creator of fear, (XV) 30; as creator of the ideal,
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(VII) 280; as the creator of pleasure, (XVII) 122;
as creator of problems, (IV) 207; as creator of the
thinker, (XVI) 46; as the creator of time, (XII) 221;
defining, (III) 105; (V) 8, 233; (VI) 60-61; (XI)
128; (XVI) 55; and the demand for security, (XIII)
306; and desire, (XIV) 180, 183, 224; (XV) 60,
105-6, 108, 174, 313, 315; (XVI) 36, 37, 61-62,
88-89, 91, 146-47, 216-17; (XVII) 147-48, 184-85,
213, 239; and deterioration, (XV) 237-38; and
discernment, (III) 6, 179-80; and discipline, (III)
247; and disorder, (XVII) 173; divisions of, (III)
165; as divisive, (VI) 313; and duality, (IV) 6;
dying to, (XVI) 155-56; and effort, (l) 84-86;
ending, (XIII) 103, 105, 172; (XVI) 58-59, 222;
(XVII) 163-64; and ending of, (VII) 2-3; (VIII)
190; (IX) 24; (XII) 138; (XIV) 26; as endless, (X)
84; and energy, (XII) 64; as the entity, (XVI) 272;
and experience, (XI) 268; and experience of ‘me’,
(V) 124; and facing the fact, (XIV ) 26; and fact,
(XIV) 195; and false and right, (II) 144; and fear,
(VII) 314-15; (XII) 47-48, 60, 62, 303-4; (XIII)
103, 105; (XIV) 292-93; (XV) 30, 217-19; (XVI)
175, 281; (XVII) 72, 162-64, 226, 276; fear of, (II)
207-8; and fear of death, (XVII) 282; and feelings,
(XVI) 279; field of, (X) 142; and the field of the
known, (XII) 260; and fragmentation, (XVI) 280,
287-88, 294-95; and the fragmentation of time,
(XVI) 238; versus freedom, (XI) 170; freedom
from, (IX) 71-73; function of, (V) 236-37; (XIII)
286-88; (XVII) 111-12, 114, 164, 179; and
function of in daily life, (XVII) 234-35; and the
hereafter, (XVI) 106; as hindrance to contact,
(XVI) 183; as hindrance to freedom, (XIII) 237-
38; as hindrance to inquiry, (XIII) 69; as hindrance
to looking, (XVII) 259; as hindrance to love, (VI)
197-98; as hindrance to mutation, (XIV) 189, 191;
as hindrance to observation, (XVII) 219; as
hindrance to perception, (XIII) 25; as hindrance to
revolution, (XVI) 220; (XVII) 111; as hindrance to
seeing, (XVI) 191; and the ‘I’ as separate, (VII)
255-56; and the idea of the soul, (XVII) 149; and
immortality, (XVII) 172; inherited, (III) 173;
inquiry into, (XII) 311-12; and the insensitive
mind, (XVII) 269; interference of, (XV) 106;
intervals between, (VI) 60-62, 110; and intervals of
time, (XI) 115; and isolation, (VI) 281; and the
known, (IV) 79; as the known, (XIII) 289, 291;
limitations, of, (XII) 305, 311-12; as limited, (XI)
46, 375; (XII) 227; (XIII) 237; and limited action,
(III) 172, 173; and limited energy, (XII) 66-67; as
limiting, (XVII) 172; living without, (XIII) 233-
34; looking without, (XIII) 108-9; (XV) 143;
(XVI) 110-11; and love, (IV) 209; (XVI) 75-76,
189; machinery of, (XVI) 46; as matter, (XVII)
135, 136, 144; as mechanical, (XI) 170; (XII) 63;
as a mechanical process, (XVI) 37; as a mechanism
of thinking, (XII) 2-3; and meditation, (IV) 127;
(V) 166, 209; and memory, (XIII) 43-44, 90-91;
(XVII) 106; as memory, (VII) 155; and memory as
hindrance, (VII) 203; as movement, (II) 43; and
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mutation, (XIII) 297, 300; necessary and
unnecessary, (XVI) 275; need for, (XVI) 223; need
to understand, (XII) 64; and negative observation,
(XIV) 205; as never free, (XII) 180; (XIII) 233;
versus the new, (XVII) 136; and observation,
(XVII) 4; without the observer, (XVII) 165; as the
old, (XVI) 185; as the origin of fear, (XIII) 134;
(XIV) 63-64; origin of understanding the structure
of, (XVII) 176-79; as partial, (XI) 337; and the
past, (XIII) 143; (XIV) 151; as the past, (VIII) 39;
(XVII) 133; and past and future, (VI) 191; and the
permanent entity, (XI) 356; and pleasure, (XVI)
145-47, 287-88; (XVII) 12, 66, 163, 185, 204, 233-
34; without pressure, (VIII) 317; and problems,
(XIII) 184-85; and problem solving, (VI) 331-34;
process of, (XII) 303-5; (XIII) 43-45, 134-37, 171-
72, 196-97; (XIV) 191-92; (XVI) 15-16, 220-23;
(XVII) 148; as the process of fear, (VII) 290; as
process of greed, (III) 151-52; as a process of
memory, (XII) 58; and the quiet mind, (XVII) 8,
266; as reaction, (XIV) 164; as a reaction to
memory, (XIV) 243; and repetition, (XVI) 216-17;
as the response of time, (XIII) 102-3; response to,
(VI) 61-62; as the response to memory, (XIV) 22-
23; as result of time, (V) 191; and right education,
(XI) 1-2; and the search for life’s meaning, (XVI)
144; significance of, (VIII) 55; slowing down, (IV)
195; and society, (VIII) 315; (XVI) 166-67; and
the solution of problems, (XIV) 161; and sorrow,
(XIV) 22, 149, 211; (XVI) 142, 182; and the soul,
(XVII) 108; structure of, (XV) 60; (XVII) 227; as
the structure of words, (XIII) 41; suspension of,
(XI) 130-32; and thinker, (VI) 17-18, 150-51, 206;
(XVI) 24; thinking through, (V) 130-32; and time,
(VIII) 50-51, 163; (XI) 86; (XIV) 93, 210, 253-55;
(XV) 24, 76, 124, 129, 131, 237, 265, 303-5;
(XVII) 26, 169, 269; as time, (XII) 47, 249-50;
(XIII) 25, 171, 184-85, 242, 305; (XVI) 62-63,
142; and the time interval, (XVI) 107; (XVII) 142,
144; and the totality of action, (XI) 164; as
transient, (VIII) 345; understanding, (VI) 245-46,
362; (XVI) 142-43, 166-73; understanding the
machinery of, (XIV) 112; understanding the nature
of, (XVI) 62; understanding the process of, (VIII)
289-93; (XVII) 150; understanding the structure of,
(XVI) 288; (XIII) 286-88; as undivided, (IX) 12-
13; as universal, (II) 127-29, 189, 207; versus the
unknown, (XII) 260; as unoriginal, (XIV ) 150;
(XVI) 15-16; and violence, (XVI) 290, 293; and
the word, (XII) 62, 181; (XIII) 131; (XV) 161. See
also Brain; Certainty; Consciousness; ‘I’; ‘Me’;
Mind; Self; Thinking; Thought-feeling; Truth
Thought and the thinker: See Thinker and the thought
Thought control: government, (X) 163-64; versus
meditation, (XVII) 179. See also Conditioning
Thought, desire, and feeling as one, (X) 264-66
Thought-feeling, (III) 205-6, 216, 223-24; (IV) 7; and
awareness, (III) 210-11; (IV) 14; and conflict of
identity, (III) 220; and craving, (III) 209-11; as
destructive force, (III) 224; and escape, (IV) 29;
hindrance(s) to, (III) 208; (IV) 7-8; and negative
comprehension, (IV) 32; and past, present, and
future, (IV) 41; perversion of, (IV) 26; and reality,
(IV) 39-40; and self-discovery, (III) 230-31; and
time, (IV) 13, 22. See also Mind; Mind-heart
Thoughtful mind: and habit, (VIII) 78-80
Thoughtlessness: and conflict, (IV) 10; and the lazy
mind, (XI) 182
Thought, time, and memory: understanding, (XVII)
122. See also Memory; Thought; Time
Thought, time, and pleasure: and understanding fear,
(XVII) 67. See also Pleasure; Thought; Time
Thought, time, and sorrow: as interrelated, (XIV) 20-
27. See also Sorrow; Thinker; Thought; Time
Thought, time, desire, and conformity: as interrelated,
(XV) 18-19. See also Thought
Time, (l) 24-26, 134-35; (II) 70-71; (V) 136-40; (XI)
189, 191-95, 265, 269-70, 363-68, 388-93; (XII)
95-103, 157-62, 217, 220-22, 314, 316-17; (XIII)
24-29; (XV) 24-26, 117-25, 125-32; (XVI) 20-26,
141-44, 188-93, 238-41; and the absence of
creative disorder, (XII) 173; and achievement, (IX)
176-77; and achieving perfection, (VIII) 331-32;
and achieving understanding, (XI) 131; and action,
(XI) 110, 112; (XIII) 45; (XV) 115; (XVII) 140;
and action and idea, (XIII) 45; (XV) 142; and
aloneness, (XII) 272; and ambition, (IX) 275-76;
and ambition and envy, (XII) 205; and
amusements, (XIII) 147-48; and analysis, (XVII)
141; and attention, (XVII) 22; and authority, (XII)
237; (XIV) 19; and becoming, (VII) 198-99; and
the beginning and the end, (XII) 206; and behavior,
(XVII) 202-4; beyond, (IX) 69; versus beyond
time, (IX) 157; and the brain, (XII) 226; breaking
through instantly, (XVI) 58; and brotherhood,
(VII) 102; as cause of fear, (XII) 259; and the
center, (XV) 219; as the center, (VII) 296-97;
cessation of, (XI) 382; (XIII) 270; and the
challenge of life, (XI) 28; and change, (VII) 8-9;
(VIII) 163; (X) 193-94, 232; (XI) 125-26, 128,
313-14; (XII) 199, 287, 290-91; (XIII) 24; (XIV)
13, 230; (XV) 158, 303-7; (XVI) 56-58; (XVII)
143-44; chronological and psychological, (V) 139-
40; (XIII) 145-46, 315; (VIII) 203-4; (XIV) 24,
93, 101; (XVII) 26; collapse of, (XV) 114-16; and
the comparative mind, (VII) 208; and conditioning,
(IX) 165; and consciousness, (VI) 266-67, 269;
(VII) 283; (XIII) 291; (XVI) 54, 55, 58; (XVII)
116; and contact, (XIV) 279-80; contact with, (XV)
75; as continual, (III) 171; and continuity, (V) 221;
(VI) 22; (VIII) 151; and contradiction, (XI) 239;
and creation, (XII) 226, 313; and the creation of
fear, (XII) 47; and death, (XII) 316; (XIV ) 254;
(XV) 33; defining, (XI) 87; (XIII) 316; (XV) 24;
(XVII) 26; and degeneration, (XIV) 200; and
desire, (XVI) 87; and despair and hope, (XI) 140;
and destruction of the social structure, (XIII) 170;
and deterioration, (XV) 236; and the development
of the brain, (XIII) 279; and disorder, (XV) 170,
182, 201, 338-39; (XVII) 176; and dissatisfaction,

(IX) 46; and the dissipation of energy, (XV) 272;
and distance, (XV) 261-62; divided as the
immediate and the ultimate, (XVII) 101-2; division
of, (XVI) 168; and dying to the past, (XV) 232;
ending, (XVII) 103-4; ending of, (IX) 67; (XV)
116; (XVI) 176; and the ending of conflict, (XIV )
49; and ending the center, (XVII) 89; and energy,
(XII) 66; (XIII) 79, 338; enslavement to, (IX) 24;
(XII) 75; as an escape, (XV) 182; essence of, (XV)
269-71, 273; versus the eternal, (IX) 34, 35; as
evasion, (XIII) 108; and experience, (X) 51; as
experience, (VIII) 39; (XIII) 222; explaining,
(VIII) 331-32; fallacy of, (XVII) 268-69; falseness
of, (XIV) 273; and fear, (XI) 52, 174-76, 348-49;
(XII) 135, 140-41, 249-50, 314; (XIII) 137, 185;
(XIV) 63-64; (XV) 117, 141; (XVI) 108; (XVII)
67, 71; and fear of death, (II) 13; (VIII) 245-46;
(XIII) 34; (XVI) 107; and fear of ending, (XV)
108; and freedom, (VIII) 342; (IX) 143; (XVI) 63,
114, 192; freedom from, (XIV) 306, 309; and
freedom from conditioning, (XVI) 112; and
freedom from fear, (XII) 62; (XIV) 291; and
freedom from habit, (XIII) 239-40; and freedom
from past, (V) 189-91; versus the free mind, (X)
127; function of, (XIII) 316-17; and goodness,
(XIII) 151; and gradual change, (X) 117-18; and
gradualism, (VIII) 339-40; and habit, (XI) 82, 172;
(XIII) 141, 249; (XV) 135; (XVI) 97; as hindrance
to action, (XIV) 255; as hindrance to the eternal,
(XIV) 221-22; as hindrance to freedom, (XIII)
240; as hindrance to mutation, (XIV) 35, 188-89;
as hindrance to seeing, (XII) 57-58; as hindrance to
understanding, (IX) 17; and “how”, (IX) 174-75;
(XV) 134; as the idea, (XV) 24-25; and the ideal,
(IX) 25; and the ideal of nonviolence, (XVI) 179;
and identification, (XV) 169-70; and immortality,
(l) 99-100; versus the individual mind, (XI) 145;
and inertia, (XVI) 27-28; and influence, (XII) 96-
97; and the innocent mind, (XIV) 202; inquiry into,
(XVI) 141-42; and interval, (XV) 212, 214; (XVI)
268; as an invention of the mind, (XIV) 305; kinds
of, (VIII) 331; and knowledge, (XI) 269-70, 362;
and liberation, (l) 41-42; as limitation, (VII) 225;
and love, (XIV) 308-9; and maturity, (XIII) 145,
245, 248; (XVI) 73; and the ‘me’, (XIII) 303-5;
and the mechanical process, (XV) 109; and
meditation, (VIII) 325-26; and memory, (II) 13;
(V) 119, 136; (XVII) 163; and the mind, (V) 347;
(VI) 165, 220, 286-89, 347-49, 359-60; (VII) 19,
126, 135, 276-77, 318-19; (VIII) 50, 189-90, 250,
269; (IX) 141-42, 190, 195, 222, 231; (X) 113,
142, 237, 258; (XI) 43, 115-16, 168-70, 200, 280,
304, 332; (XIII) 91-92; (XIV) 309; (XV) 255;
(XVII) 36; and the movement of the mind, (XV)
134-35; and mutation, (XIII) 109; (XIV) 59; as
necessary to truth, (IX) 168-69; as necessity, (XV)
305; need to understand, (XII) 62; and the new
mind, (XIII) 53; (XIV) 5; and the now, (XV) 267;
and observation, (XV) 46, 67; and the observer,
(XVII) 211; and order, (XV) 175, 262; and order
149
and disorder, (XV) 207; (XVI) 184; and the past,
(XVI) 200; past, present, future, (IV) 94; (VI) 40-
42; and perception, (IX) 170, 172-73; and the petty
mind, (XI) 95; physical and psychological, (XV)
117; and pleasure, (XVII) 67; and postponement of
the ideal, (IX) 199-200; and present stillness, (IV)
12; prisoner of, (IV) 22; and problems, (XIV ) 304-
5, 308; (XV) 114-15, 211-12; process of, (XVI)
205-6; and the process of change, (VIII) 23-24;
and the process of the mind, (VII) 238-39; and the
process of thinking, (XIV) 292-93; and the process
of thought, (XIV) 22-23; (XV) 18; and process of
understanding, (V) 359-61; and progress, (IV) 42;
(IX) 98; (XII) 51; as a psychological continuity,
(XIV) 222; and psychological fear, (XIV) 93; and
psychological mutation, (XV) 133; and reality, (V)
94; rejection of, (XV) 137; and the religious man,
(XI) 49-51; and the religious mind, (XII) 226, 272,
324; and renewal, (XVI) 242; and the resolution of
problems, (XIV) 23, 253; and revolution, (XII) 56;
(XIV) 126; revolution of, (X) 170; and the role of
religion, (X) 118; and search, (VIII) 241-42; and
seeing, (XIV) 306; and seeing the fact, (XIII) 177-
78; and seeing the whole, (XVI) 238, 240; and
seeking experience, (XIV ) 110; and the self, (VI)
321-23; and self-deception, (VI) 323; and self-
knowing, (XV) 183; and self-understanding, (XIV )
155; and solution to questions, (XVI) 233-34; and
sorrow, (XI) 221-22; (XII) 209; (XIII) 308; (XIV)
305-9; (XVI) 141-42; and the soul, (XV) 319; and
space, (XVII) 75; versus space, (XIII) 158; and
spiritual entity, (VI) 209-11; (VII) 21; and the still
mind, (VIII) 343; and the structure of the
conscious and unconscious, (XIV) 62; and the
structure of thought, (XVII) 269; and the struggle
to become, (X) 87-88; and thinking, (X) 250-51;
and thought, (V) 237; (XI) 86; (XIII) 102-3, 134,
137, 171, 185; (XVI) 55, 62, 63, 142; (XVII) 163,
169; as thought, (XII) 38, 62, 303-4; and the
timeless, (VIII) 241-42; versus the timeless, (VII)
9; and timelessness, (l) 80-82; and the totality of
the mind, (XIII) 241; and transformation, (IV) 207;
(V) 50-51, 52; (XI) 152; versus transformation, (X)
102; and truth, (IX) 165; types of, (VII) 238; (XII)
98-99; (XIV) 149; and the unconscious, (XIV) 63;
understanding, (XI) 49-51, 75-78, 248-49; (XIII)
102-3; and understanding, (XII) 272; and
understanding conflict and security, (XIV ) 134;
and understanding fear, (XV) 158; and
understanding living, (XVI) 188-89; understanding
the process of, (XVII) 67; and verbalization, (XII)
86; and violence, (XII) 201; and virtue, (V) 31-32;
(XI) 265; (XIV) 89; and will, (XVII) 103-5; as
yesterday, today, and tomorrow, (IX) 126; (XI)
110; (XIII) 25. See also Continuity; Death; Future;
Interval; Known; Meditation; Memory; Mind; Past;
Present; Space; Thought; Timeless; Tomorrow;
Unity; Yesterday; Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Time and space: as life boundaries, (XII) 232
 150
Time, death, and fear: relationship between, (XII) 217-
23
Time, death, and love, (XVII) 23-31; as interrelated,
(XIV) 254, 257-58. See also Death; Love; Time
Time, death, and sorrow: as interrelated, (XIV) 100-
106, 147-54, 208-14. See also Death; Sorrow; Time
Time, desire, conformity, and thought: as interrelated,
(XV) 18-19. See also Conformity; Desire; Time
Time interval, (XVII) 141-44; and change, (XVII)
268; and fear, (XIV) 253; and freedom from fear,
(XV) 31; and the observation of the past, (XIV)
295; and the observer and the observed, (XVII)
141, 142, 144; and the process of thought, (XII) 3,
250; between seeing and action, (XIV) 294; and
violence, (XVII) 142; and the wasting of energy,
(XIV) 293-95. See also Interval; Time
Time lag: See Interval
Timeless: versus accumulation, (VIII) 333; and
affection and integrity, (XIII) 25-26; as basic, (X)
232-34; and change, (VIII) 163-64; and creation,
(XI) 382; (XV) 47; and the creative, (X) 10;
discovery of, (XI) 105; and effortless awareness,
(VII) 325; and ending, (XI) 50; and the ending of
thought, (XII) 305; and freedom from fear, (X)
209-10; historic search for, (XVI) 250; and
knowing, (XI) 269-70; and life, (XI) 317; versus
memory, (VII) 49; mind, (XII) 84; and the mind,
(VII) 210, 238-40, 276-78, 302; (IX) 126-27;
movement of, (XIII) 98-99; and the new, (XVI)
123; and the past, (XII) 137; and perception, (XI)
222; and problems, (IX) 35; and the quiet mind,
(VIII) 329; and reincarnation, (IV) 189; and the
religious spirit, (XIV) 46; and right thinking, (III)
208-9; search for, (XI) 76, 169; versus self-
fulfillment, (IX) 85; and self-knowledge, (VIII) 56,
344; and the sensitive mind, (XIII) 55; and silence,
(XII) 267; and the silent mind, (VIII) 170; and the
slavish mind, (XI) 258; and the spiritual, (IX) 218;
and the state of creation, (XIII) 105; and the state
of understanding, (XIV) 84; versus time, (IX) 50;
and transformation, (VIII) 178; and truth, (VII)
115; and the unoccupied mind, (VII) 249. See also
Eternal; God; Immeasurable; Life; Meditation;
Mutation; New; Peace; Quiet mind; Reality; Time;
Timelessness; Truth; Unknown
Timelessness, (XII) 95-103; and the absence of
beginning and end, (XII) 97; and the absence of
resistance, (XVI) 26; defining, (XII) 58; and
freedom from accumulation, (IX) 288; and the
industrial society, (IX) 277-78; and love, (V) 148;
and meditation, (V) 165; quality of, (XIII) 26; and
revolution, (XII) 159; and space and time, (XII)
162. See also God; Reality; Timeless; Truth;
Unknown
Time, sorrow, and death: as interrelated, (XV) 74-80.
See also Death; Sorrow; Time
Time -space interval: and looking, (XVII) 141, 142,
144. See also Interval; Space; Time
Time, thought, and sorrow: as interrelated, (XIV) 20-
27. See also Sorrow; Thought; Time
Today: See Present; Time
Tolerance, (II) 21; (III) 92-94; (V) 339; and conflict,
(III) 66; as divisive, (II) 18-19; as limitation, (l)
71-72; and prejudice, (V) 340; and religion, (l)
148-49; and sects, (II) 18-19. See also
Brotherhood; Divisions
Tomorrow: absence of psychological, (XIV) 273;
(XVI) 12; and the creation of fear, (XVII) 143;
freedom from, (XVI) 22; as the ideal, (XI) 192; as
invention, (XV) 24-25; living without, (XV) 109;
as nonexistent, (XIV) 305; and psychological time,
(XV) 108-10; and time, (XIV) 151; (XVI) 21-22.
See also Future; New; Past; Time
Torture: and the search for God, (XIV) 141-43
Tortured mind: and seeking, (XVII) 153. See also Dull
mind; Mind
Total: harmonious perception of, (XVII) 137; looking
at, (XVII) 267; versus the particular, (XV) 186-90.
See also Division; Fragmentation; Totality; Whole
Total action, (XI) 160-65, 223-28; (XIV) 280;
achieving, (XI) 239-40, 372; (XVII) 104; as action
without reaction, (XII) 128; and complete
mutation, (XII) 288; and the field of existence,
(XI) 161; versus fragmentation, (XVII) 119; and
the free mind, (X) 210-11; and giving the heart,
(XV) 6; and listening, (XV) 235; meaning of, (XV)
63; as meditation, (XII) 204; and observation,
(XIII) 299; (XIV ) 2; and partial action, (XI) 318-
19; and problems, (XIV) 304; and revolution,
(XIII) 336; as total life, (XV) 345-46;
understanding, (X) 174-76; (XII) 33, 40; and
understanding, (XIV ) 81; and the whole of life,
(XII) 204. See also Action; Total; Whole
Total answer: versus the particular answer, (XIV) 264.
See also Problems
Total attention, (XVII) 45; and the cessation of ‘me’,
259; and continuity, (XIII) 183; defining, (XVI)
10; and discipline, (X) 257; and the ending of
memory, (XVII) 148, 150; and the ending of
problems, (XIII) 174; and ending sorrow, (XI)
288; and the ending of thought, (XIII) 172; and
freedom, (XIII) 238; and freedom from fear, (XIII)
248; and listening, (XIII) 214; and pleasure, (XIII)
174; and reality, (X) 272; and seriousness, (XVI)
132. See also Attention; Awareness;
Fragmentation; Meditation; Total; Total awareness
Total awareness: and the absence of fear, (XII) 259;
and freedom from conditioning, (XIII) 321, 322;
and freedom from the past, (XIII) 241; importance
of, (XIII) 260; and meditation, (XI) 393; and the
serious mind, (XIII) 276; state of, (XII) 302. See
also Awareness; Total attention
Total change: See Change; Mutation; Religion;
Revolution; Total revolution; Transformation; True
religion
Total commitment: and the unbalanced mind, (XII)
177. See also Commitment
Total death: versus organic death, (XII) 221. See also
Death
Total demand: and search for reality, (XI) 290-91

Total denial: and the new mind, (XIII) 53. See also
Denial; Negation
Total entity: and the human being, (XVII) 223; and the
human problem, (XI) 15. See also Change;
Individual; Radical transformation; Revolution
Total freedom: and the need for energy, (XVII) 161.
See also Freedom; Total
Total human being: defining, (XI) 7; and the resolution
of the psyche, (XIV) 5. See also Human beings
Total integration: and the search for happiness, (IX)
179-80
Totalitarianism: and change, (XI) 310. See also
Authority; Tyranny; World problems
Totality, (IX) 214-15, 217-18; and action, (IX) 262-63;
as approach, (XI) 178; of approach to problems,
(X) 4; as approach to seeing conflict, (XII) 195;
awareness of, (X) 253; and the conscious mind,
(XV) 188-89; and consciousness, (XVII) 145, 149-
51; as consciousness, (XI) 384; defining, (X) 129;
versus the detail of thought, (X) 64; difficulty of,
(XI) 160; experiencing, (XI) 33-34; versus the
fragmentary, (X) 148-49; versus fragmentation,
(XV) 163; (XVII) 1-2; and listening with clarity,
(XVII) 64; and the mind, (XI) 279, 338, 383; of the
mind, (XII) 120; of mind and body, (XI) 326; the
need to understand, (X) 85-88; of observation, (XI)
287; and the particular, (XI) 106-7; perception of,
(XV) 284; and pleasure, (XVI) 287; of problems,
(X) 139-41; and the religious mind, (XII) 270;
(XIII) 86, 89, 156; seeking pleasure in, (XVII) 65-
66; viewing, (XI) 63, 65; viewing problems, (XI)
132. See also Fragmentation; Total; Whole
Totality of being: and awareness, (XII) 306
Totality of choice: and action, (XI) 221
Totality of consciousness: and fear, (XII) 251;
understanding, (XII) 221
Totality of life: concern with, (XIII) 106; and the
conscious mind, (XV) 188-89; versus
fragmentation, (XIV ) 212; versus the fragmentary,
(X) 148-49; and the hindrance of division, (IX)
253-54; and individual problems, (XV) 191; versus
the limited mind, (XII) 309; need to understand,
(XIV) 12; and the quiet brain, (XIII) 117; and
resolving of problems, (XIV) 303-4; seeing, (XV)
189-90; (XVI) 240; and sensitivity, (IX) 273; and
the totality of death, (XI) 391; understanding, (IX)
281-83; (XI) 152, 160; (XII) 109; (XIII) 158-59;
(XVI) 2, 4-5; and understanding death, sorrow, and
time, (XIV) 209. See also Divisions; Life; Total;
Total awareness; Totality
Totality of mind: conscious and unconscious, (X) 141,
143-44; (XI) 253; and fear, (XII) 60-62; and
meditation, (XII) 203, 205
Totality of time: and the free mind, (XIII) 160. See
also Time
Total life: versus fragmentation, (XV) 107; versus
tribal life, (XV) 67. See also Total
Total mind: conscious and the unconscious, (IX) 22;
versus the fragmented mind, (IX) 1; and the
hindrance of ideas, (X) 111; and human beings,
151
(XV) 219; and time, (XIII) 241. See also
Divisions; Mind; Quiet mind; Time; Total
Total mutation: and the absence of time, (XVII) 268-
69. See also Mutation; Total
Total negation, (XVII) 20; and the end of seeking,
(XVI) 115. See also Life; Negation; Total; Totality
of life
Total perception: and denial, (XIII) 26. See also
Perception; Seeing
Total response: and sensitivity, (XII) 325
Total revolution, (VIII) 161-65, 187-89; achieving,
(XVII) 36; approach to, (XIII) 207; versus
authority, (X) 205-6; and the awareness of the self,
(XVII) 198-99; versus belief, (VIII) 255; (XIV)
77; and the cessation of the observer, (XVI) 203;
without division, (IX) 71; as essential, (VIII) 48-
52; and the free mind, (X) 130; and the futility of
social reform, (VIII) 319; and the immeasurable,
(XIII) 216; and the immediate, (XVII) 104; and
living without war, (XV) 296; meaning of, (XVI)
48; necessity for, (VIII) 48-49; (IX) 12-13; need
for, (XVII) 99-102; and the need for energy,
(XVII) 119-20; and the new, (VIII) 270; and a new
society, (XVII) 196; and order, (XVII) 173; and
the perception of truth, (XI) 294; possibility for
achieving, (XVII) 110; and the process of self-
understanding, (VIII) 142-44; as psychological,
(VIII) 49; without reaction, (XIII) 233; and the
religious mind, (XII) 175; and self-knowledge,
(VIII) 297-99; as solution, (VIII) 145; and the
unity of man, (XVI) 225. See also Change;
Mutation; New; Radical revolution; Radical
transformation; Reality; Reform; Religion;
Religious revolution; Revolution; Total;
Transformation; True revolution; Truth
Total seeing: and the brain, (XII) 192; versus
fragmentation, (XVII) 265, 267-68; and the quiet
mind, (XVII) 277. See also Seeing; Total
Total transformation: achieving, (XII) 256. See also
Change; Revolution
Total understanding: state of, (XII) 273
Total world: versus the fragmented world, (XII) 191
Tradition, (l) 187; (II) 9-10; acceptance of, (XVII)
129, 165; and ambition, (VII) 16; and authority,
(VII) 66-67; (XVII) 280; and the bound mind,
(VIII) 148; and change, (XV) 302; versus change,
(VII) 2; (X) 69; and choice, (VIII) 109; and
communication, (XIV) 283; and communication
through language, (XVII) 222; and the conditioned
mind, (VII) 73-75; and conformity, (II) 91-92; and
contradiction, (X) 234; as copying, (VIII) 70-71; as
dead, (XVII) 118; defining, (XV) 82; denial of,
(XVII) 153; as destructive, (XI) 209; and the dull
mind, (VIII) 79; and education, (VIII) 74; versus
fact, (XII) 104; and the fear of death, (IX) 52;
freedom from, (VIII) 28; (X) 109, 178; (XII) 170-
71; and the Gita, (XII) 293; and hierarchy, (VIII)
44; as hindrance to the free mind, (XV) 5-6; as
hindrance to God, (X) 71; as hindrance to listening,
(XI) 35; as hindrance to morality, (XVII) 217; as
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hindrance to the new, (IX) 211; as hindrance to the
new mind, (XII) 276; and Hinduism, (VIII) 203;
historical, (l) 94-95; and imitation, (VIII) 101-3; in
India, (VII) 63-64; and the individual, (IX) 274;
(XI) 296, 366-67; and inquiry, (XIII) 334; and
inward poverty, (VII) 63, 64; as limitation, (XII)
28; and the limited mind, (III) 90; and loss of
dignity, (VII) 61; and mediocrity, (IX) 212-13; (X)
11-12, 26, 59; and meditation, (XV) 82; (XVI) 30;
and memory, (X) 51; and the mind, (XII) 17; need
to break with, (XII) 230; versus new relationships,
(X) 192; and occupation, (IV) 9; origin of, (IX)
277; and the past, (XII) 96; as propaganda, (XII)
15, 281; and public opinion, (II) 5; rejection of,
(XVII) 197-98; and religion, (XI) 94; versus the
religious man, (XII) 78; and response to the word,
(XVI) 105; as secondhand light, (XVI) 9; and self-
contradiction, (XI) 219-20, 222; and self-
knowledge, (XI) 186; shaping the mind through,
(XI) 167; and simplicity, (VIII) 94; and slavery,
(XI) 255, 304, 332; and the sleeping mind, (XI)
159; and social discipline, (VIII) 295; stupidity of
acceptance, (IX) 177; and time, (X) 127; versus
true religion, (X) 186; types of, (XIII) 67-68; as the
unconscious, (XVI) 199; understanding, (V) 82,
171; and words, (XVI) 13; and world problems,
(IX) 193-94; worship of, (XVI) 6. See also
Accumulation; Belief; Conditioning; Conflict;
Conformity; Copying; Discipline; Experience;
Habit; Idea(s); Ideology; Images; Imitation;
Knowledge; Known; Livelihood; Memory;
Method; Past; Patterns; Systems
Traditional mind: as hindrance to the new, (XVII) 134.
See also Mind; Tradition
Traditional religion: abandoning of, (XIV ) 161. See
also Religion; Tradition
Training: versus the free mind, (X) 18; futility of,
(XIII) 190; as hindrance, (X) 19-20. See also
Discipline; Method
Tranquility, (V) 4; and absence of fear, (V) 69;
achieving, (IV) 13; (VI) 148; and awareness, (IV)
114-15, 182; and discontent, (VIII) 18; and
disturbance, (VIII) 128-30; versus the dull mind,
(VIII) 51-52; effortless, (VII) 4; and the essence of
beauty, (V) 35; versus ideas, (V) 347; and the
measureless, (V) 299; and observation, (XIII) 14-
15; and self-awareness, (IV) 52; and thought, (VI)
191; and understanding, (VI) 162-63; (VIII) 38;
and wisdom, (IV) 22; (VI) 72. See also Conflict;
Quiet mind; Silence; Silent mind; Still mind;
Stillness; Tranquil mind
Tranquil mind: and freedom, (V) 83; and
understanding, (V) 226-27. See also Quiet mind;
Still mind
Transcendental: and daily life, (XV) 54
Transformation, (V) 49-52, 220-22; (VI) 39-40; (VII)
6-10; (VIII) 5-6; and the ability to listen, (VII) 98;
versus accumulation, (X) 157; achieving, (VIII)
37, 156; (X) 102; (XIII) 213; and achieving
happiness, (IX) 15; achieving inner, (V) 362-65;
attempts at, (XVII) 100; and attention, (V) 290;
and cessation of seeking, (XI) 238; versus change,
(IV) 206-7; and choice, (VII) 165; through
comprehension, (XIV) 122-23; and comprehension
of the whole, (XI) 147-52; conditions for, (XIII)
248; and conflict, (X) 117-18; versus continuity,
(VIII) 245-46; and daily dying, (V) 319-20; desire
for, (VII) 276; and direct contact, (XVII) 219; and
discontent, (VII) 211-12; and education, (V) 173-
74; effortless, (XIII) 214; and experience of the
eternal, (VII) 14; and the experiencer and the
experience as one, (X) 83; and facing the thought,
(V) 131-32; and fact, (VIII) 304; and the failure of
authority, (XVII) 61-62; and family, (V) 18; and
freedom, (XV) 203; honesty and miracle of, (V)
134-35; without ideology, (VI) 186; and the
individual, (IV) 205-6; (V) 11-12, 49, 154-56, 342;
of the individual, (IX) 226-27; and individual
responsibility, (V) 157; inner and outer, (V) 9-13,
33; and listening, (IX) 237; and listening with
attention, (IX) 200-201; and meditation, (V) 270;
and the mind, (VII) 6; (XIV) 191; versus
modification, (VII) 203; and naming, (V) 274-75;
necessity for, (IV) 23; need for immediate, (XII)
51; need for multilevel, (V) 40; and passive
awareness, (V) 266; as personal action, (X) 253;
possibility of, (XVII) 196; and the religious man,
(XV) 50, 90; and revolution, (XIV) 126; and right
livelihood, (IV) 141; versus routine interests,
(XIII) 276; and the self, (X) 241; through self-
knowledge, (IX) 28-29; and sensory values, (IV)
149, 151, 156, 157; and seriousness, (XIII) 276;
and society, (XVI) 47; of society, through the
individual, (X) 129-30; and the state of aloneness,
(VII) 220; and stillness, (IV) 179; and suffering,
(V) 316; and true revolution, (V) 197; (VII) 213; of
the unconscious, (VII) 281; and understanding,
(VIII) 216; through understanding, (V) 19, 143,
330-32; and understanding the mind, (VII) 275-77;
and understanding patterns, (VII) 278; and what is,
(VIII) 24; (XV) 305-6; of world, through
individual intention, (V) 30-31. See also Change;
God; Mutation; New; Quiet mind; Reality; Reform;
Reformation; Religion; Revolution; Self-
knowledge; Total revolution; True religion; Truth
Transiency: to permanency, (XI) 117
Translating: and conditioned thinking, (XVII) 221;
versus listening, (XVII) 101. See also Language;
Words
Translation: as hindrance to understanding, (XIV) 274.
See also Communication
Tribal instincts: and divisions, (XVII) 104; and
memory, (XVII) 106. See also Society
Tribal life: as hindrance to the total, (XV) 67
Trivial: as root of understanding, (III) 233-34
Triviality: defining, (VIII) 124; and the mind, (VII)
32-33
True: attempting to find, (IX) 165-66; and the
cessation of influence, (X) 104; and the cessation
of thought, (X) 113; versus the conflicted mind,

(XII) 196; versus control of the mind, (IX) 146;
and the denial of authority, (XVII) 160; versus
dependence, (IX) 67; desire to discover, (XV) 165;
discovering through listening, (XI) 159; discovery
of, (IX) 216; (XIII) 64, 206; (XIV) 42; and energy,
(XIV) 6; and facing the fact, (XV) 65; and the
false, (VIII) 233; finding, (IX) 138; and freedom
from authority, (XIII) 71, 72; and freedom from
fear, (X) 133; and freedom from influences, (XIV )
221; and freedom from motive, (XII) 141; and the
free mind, (X) 164-67; futility of seeking, (XVII)
175; and the hindrance of belief, (X) 107-9; and the
hindrance of concepts, (XVII) 84; and the mind,
(IX) 68; and observation, (XII) 231; and order,
(XVII) 223; and questioning, (XIII) 11; and the
quiet brain, (XII) 263, 267; and the state of
negation, (XII) 255-56; and understanding the
mind, (X) 142-43. See also False; False and true;
God; Immeasurable; Reality; True and false; Truth
True action, (III) 29-30; defining, (VII) 189. See also
Action
True and false: and belief, (XIV) 267; and conformity,
(XI) 230; desire to discover, (XV) 63; and
discontent, (XIV ) 265; and the empty mind, (XIV)
300; and experience, (XV) 3; and freedom , (XIV)
169; inquiry into, (XIII) 181; and listening, (XII)
143-44; and the need to listen, (XVII) 248; and
negative thinking, (XIII) 257. See also True; Truth
True freedom: meaning of, (VII) 160-62. See also
Freedom
True fulfillment: See Fulfillment
True intelligence, (II) 44; achieving, (IV) 65. See also
Intelligence
True meditation: See Concentration; Meditation
True religion, (V) 197, 263-65; (VII) 316-19; (VIII)
135-36; and the absence f fear, (XVII) 164; and
change, (VII) 322; versus the collective, (IX) 13;
defining, (VII) 255; meaning of, (X) 79; need for,
(X) 63; versus society, (X) 224-25. See also
Change; Religion; Religious man; Religious
revolution; Revolution; True
True revolution, (V) 197; (XI) 70-71; defining, (VIII)
167-70; and religion without security, (X) 79; and
the role of education, (VIII) 58-59; and self-
knowledge, (XI) 89; and the universities, (VIII)
154. See also Change; Radical revolution; Radical
transformation; Religious revolution; Revolution;
Total revolution
True search: and false divisions, (III) 3
True seeker: and capacity, (IX) 49
Trust: as nonexistent, (XIII) 120
Truth, (l) 1-3; (II) 4-5, 11-12, 156, 197; (III) 24; (IV)
159; (V) 281-83, 320-22; (VI) 38, 133-35, 264;
(VII) 156; (XV) 240-41; and the absence of
authority, (XIV) 12, 81; (XV) 173; and the absence
of conflict, (VII) 292; (XIV) 57; and the absence
of fear, (VII) 147; as absolute, (VIII) 185; and
acceptance, (II) 51-52; without accumulation,
(VII) 265; achieving, (II) 4-5, 215; (III) 23; (IV)
33, 59; (V) 351-52; (VI) 47, 70; (VII) 141-42;
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(VIII) 164, 216, 274; (IX) 85; (X) 165-67; (XI) 20-
21, 99, 189; (XV) 55; and action, (l) 45; as alive,
(XIII) 15; and aloneness, (V) 324; (XVII) 227; and
ambition, (VI) 339; and anonymity, (XI) 373; as
anonymous, (VIII) 126; approach to, (X) 170-73;
attempt to achieve, (X) 240-43; and attention, (XI)
249; versus authority, (IX) 146-47; (X) 205-6; and
the authority of experience, (VII) 301, 303; and the
avoidance of knowing oneself, (VII) 136; as
awareness, (II) 33-34; and the beginning of
wisdom, (XI) 159; versus being right, (XVII) 126;
versus belief, (II) 206; capitulation to, (V) 172; and
choice, (VIII) 204; and Christianity, (II) 3; and the
clergy, (II) 38; versus the collective, (X) 79; and
complexity, (III) 112-13; and the conceptual and
factual, (XI) 9; and the conditioned mind, (VII)
169, 175-76; (VIII) 219; and conditioning, (VI)
160; versus conditioning, (X) 2, 8; and conflict,
(VIII) 207; (XII) 14; and conformity, (l) 23; and
confusion, (VIII) 211-12; without conscious effort,
(VII) 175; as constant movement, (V) 122-24; as
constant renewal, (X) 131; and continuity, (V) 69;
versus continuity, (VIII) 209, 309; (XIII) 325;
contradictions of search, (l) 56-57; as creation,
(XV) 94; and creativity, (l) 12; in daily activity,
(XVII) 172; defining, (XIV) 21; and denial, (XIII)
129; and desire for security, (V) 24-30; desire to
know, (XI) 222-23; desire to teach, (IV) 144-45;
and destruction, (XIII) 113; and direct perception,
(XI) 218; discerning, (III) 9, 230; and discipline,
(XIII) 321; and discontent, (X) 32; discovering,
(II) 14, 33-34; (VI) 85-86; (VIII) 254-56; (X) 233-
34; discovery of, (XII) 261-62; (XIII) 120; (XIV)
81-82, 83, 84; (XV) 3, 6; and discovery of,
moment to moment, (XIV) 28; and the division
between life and death, (XIII) 315; and divisions,
(V) 84; and doctrine, (II) 189; as a dynamic, (VI)
5; as effortless, (VII) 176; through effortless
comprehension, (VIII) 298; and effortless
listening, (XIV) 165; and the elimination of
contradiction, (XI) 22, 25; and the empty mind,
(VIII) 243; and the ending of sorrow, (XI) 222;
and energy, (VIII) 306; (X) 245; and experience,
(V) 18-19, 206-8; and fact, (X) 30; (XIV) 25; as
the fact, (XVII) 101; and the false, (V) 48; false
teachings about, (III) 96-97; without fear, (VIII)
63; and the field of time, (XVI) 47; finding, (VIII)
249; versus fragmentation, (XI) 106-7; and
freedom, (X) 27; (XIV) 145; through freedom, (VI)
91-92; and freedom from authority, (V) 218-19;
and freedom from belief, (VI) 111; (VIII) 264,
294, 320; and freedom from ideals, (XI) 25; and
freedom from the known, (X) 212; and freedom
from limitations, (VIII) 299-300; and freedom
from more, (VII) 209; and freedom from the past,
(V) 94; and freedom from patterns, (VIII) 319; and
freedom from society, (VIII) 302; and the free
mind, (X) 12, 54, 123; (XI) 29; (XIII) 238; and
fulfillment, (II) 225; (VII) 167; futility of search
for, (IV) 188-89; (VI) 298-99; (VIII) 25-26; (X)
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162; (XIII) 161-62, 206; (XVI) 82; futility of
seeking, (XVII) 251; and guides, (II) 29-30; and
guru, (VI) 47-48; versus the habit of ideals, (XI)
24-25; and the healthy mind, (XIV) 142-43; and
the hindrance of intellectualizing, (XVI) 68; and
the hindrance of opinions, (XVII) 228; and
hopelessness, (II) 113; and humility, (VIII) 335-
36; (X) 264; and idea, (VI) 354-57; and illusion, (l )
2, 72; (II) 186; and illusion of search, (IV) 62; and
imitation, (VI) 93; as immediate, (XIV) 21; and
immediate perception, (XIV) 2, 200, 215; as
immediate perception, (XI) 181; as impermanent.,
(VIII) 333; as independent of belief, (VII) 184;
and the individual, (VIII) 301-2; (X) 70; and
individual discovery, (VII) 311-13; as indivisible,
(XV) 227; through insecurity, (IV) 32; and
intellect, (XI) 45; and inquiry, (XIV) 23; and
inward revolution, (XI) 17-18; versus knowledge,
(VIII) 141, 215; (XIV) 86; and leaders, (II) 11-12,
29; and leaders and followers, (XVII) 98; as
liberating factor, (XI) 233; and liberation, (X) 40,
211; as liberation, (IV) 84; as liberator, (IV) 96,
160; as life, (III) 122; and the limited self, (VIII)
312; and the limitless mind, (X) 20; as living,
(VIII) 341; as living reality, (l) 44-45; as a living
thing, (XIV) 18; (XV) 341; of material versus
spiritual, (V) 186-87; meaning of, (l) 177; (V) 35-
36; and the mediocre mind, (VIII) 18; and
meditation, (V) 210-11; (VI) 327; (XIII) 95, 324;
and the mind, (VI) 318; (XI) 81; through mind and
heart, (II) 115; and the mind that is alone, (IX) 3;
and miracles, (IV) 206; mo ments of, (IV) 18-19; as
moment to moment, (XI) 20, 76-77; from moment
to moment, (VII) 210, 283; (VIII) 144, 185; (XII)
277; as movement, (l) 71; (XI) 185, 227; nearness
of, (V) 193; the necessity to experience, (VII) 179-
80; and the need for freedom, (XV) 328; and the
need for love and beauty, (XVII) 187; and the need
for order, (XV) 171, 173; as new, (VII) 317, 319;
and a new culture, (VIII) 292; as non-continuity,
(VI) 307; as nonutilitarian, (XV) 332; and the
occupied mind, (VII) 248-49; and open mind, (IV)
132-33; and organizations, (l) 185; versus
organized religion, (X) 200-201; and passive
awareness, (V) 9; and the past, (XI) 281; as
pathless, (IV) 108-9, 151, 157; (V) 123-24; (VIII)
344; (IX) 142-43, 153, 197, 233-34; (X) 201; (XI)
167; perceived in a flash, (XIII) 158, 162;
perception of, (X) 64; through personal experience,
(l) 12; and personal gain, (IV) 72; as personal
search, (VI) 114-15; versus the petty mind, (XIV)
259; and prayer, (XIV) 260; and prejudice, (II) 21;
and the principle of pleasure, (XVII) 181; process
of finding, (V) 25-26, 27-28, 30; through
questioning, (II) 5; and the quiet mind, (VII) 196;
and reality, (l) 4; realization of, (l) 7, 184; (IX)
230-31; and recognition, (VI) 362; and
reincarnation, (V) 25-28, 29; and relationship, (V)
14; through relationship, (VII) 184-85, 245-46; and
religion, (V) 37, 112; (VI) 31-32; (VII) 131; (X)
217-18; and religious illusions, (II) 161; and the
religious mind, (XVII) 250; and repetition, (IV)
144; (V) 92; (VI) 24; versus repetition, (VIII) 47;
and the righteous man, (IV) 190; search for, (l) 1-2,
3, 4, 56-57, 146-47; (II) 14-15, 53, 233-34; (III) 5;
(IV) 49; (V) 203-5; (VI) 9-10, 17; (VIII) 328-29;
(XIV) 7, 9; (XVI) 57; and the search for authority,
(VIII) 241-42; and search for God, (IX) 180; and
search for leaders, (V) 47-48, 192-93; and the
searching mind, (VIII) 273; seeing, (XVII) 277;
seeing instantly, (XIV) 279; and self-awareness,
(VIII) 144; self-deceit, (l) 2; and self-discovery,
(VIII) 214; self-discovery of, (XIV) 121-22, 124,
127, 143-44, 171-72; (XVII) 247; and self-
knowledge, (l) 2; (IV) 58, 66; (V) 32; (XIV ) 78;
and sentimentality, (X) 236; and the serious mind,
(XV) 4; and silence, (VII) 155; (XV) 40; and
society, (II) 187; versus society, (IX) 84-85; as
solutions to problems , (IV) 69; and sorrow, (VIII)
334; through spontaneity, (III) 126; as state of
being, (IV) 79; as a state of experiencing, (IV) 197;
as a state of mind, (XI) 119-20; and state of
uncertainty, (VI) 245; and the still mind, (VI) 77-
78, 176, 224, 328, 361; (VIII) 14-15, 52, 157, 266,
342; (XVII) 242; and substitution, (l) 191-92;
subtlety of, (V) 214; and suffering, (l) 2, 106; and
teachers and followers, (XVI) 52; and theosophy,
(V) 203-5; and time, (l ) 4; (VIII) 250, 332-33;
(XIV) 200; as timeless, (IV) 198; (XII) 86; (XIV)
118-19; and transformation, (V) 155, 221-22; (VI)
229; through unconditioned freedom, (III) 124; and
the unconditioned mind, (XIII) 322; and the
unconscious, (VII) 183; understanding, (III) 175;
(IX) 238; and understanding, (l) 127; (VI) 16, 297-
98; (VII) 114-15; (XIV ) 82; and understanding the
inner and outer, (XIV) 2; and understanding the
movement of life, (XVI) 6; and understanding
needs, (II) 49; and understanding observation,
(XV) 38-39; and understanding relationships, (IV)
172; understanding the self, (XI) 300; as a unity, (l)
109; and the unity of time, (l) 104; as unknowable,
(l) 71; as the unknown, (IX) 31; and value, (l) 106;
and what is (V) 57; (XI) 289. See also Authority;
Awareness; Creation; Eternal; Fact; God; Greed;
Hindrance; Intelligence; Love; New; Prejudice;
Quiet mind; Reality; Religion; Thought; Timeless;
True; Unknown
Truth, beauty, and goodness: as one, (X) 269
Turmoil: See Conflict; Confusion
Tyranny: acceptance of inward, (XVII) 174; and
action, (XII) 22; and authority, (IX) 225-26; and
control, (X) 172; and despair, (XI) 334; and
disorder, (XVII) 167; and example, (IX) 202;
existence of, (IX) 186; and freedom, (XI) 116; and
the ideal of the perfect state, (VII) 268-69; and the
imitative mind, (XI) 104; and obedience to
authority, (XIII) 9; and order and disorder, (XVII)
223-24, 246; and society, (IX) 194, 229-30; versus
the spiritual life, (X) 205; spread of, (IX) 249;
(XII) 22; versus truth, (VIII) 212; as the

unknowable, (X) 89-90, 197-98; and yoga, (X) 41-
42. See also Authority; Domination; God;
Governments; Reality; Society; World problems
Ugliness, (VII) 271-72; and the cultivation of beauty,
(VII) 271; and energy, (XII) 290; escape from,
(VII) 206-8; and living, (XII) 16-17; living with,
(XII) 12, 136; and the sensitive mind, (XII) 105,
165; sensitivity to, (VI) 299. See also Beauty
Ugly: and the beautiful, (IX) 272-73; (X) 269-70; and
beauty, (XI) 10; and conditioning, (XI) 32, 205
Ultimate and the immediate: and dealing with
problems, (XVII) 102. See also Gradual;
Immediate; Time
Unawareness, (VII) 120; and sexual desire, (XVII)
130. See also Awareness
Uncertain mind: as young, (XII) 237. See also
Innocent mind
Uncertainty: and the accumulation of knowledge,
(XIV) 170-71; and the creation of reality, (X) 55-
56; and creativity, (V) 160; and discovery, (VIII)
209; and fear, (VIII) 190; (XV) 27-28; fear of, (VI)
34-45; and freedom from conflict, (XII) 292; as the
human state, (XIV) 132-34; living with, (XIII)
204; and mental illness, (XII) 239; and the mind,
(VI) 357; as necessity, (VI) 188; (VIII) 303; need
for, (XIII) 119, 227; and the non-static mind, (VII)
150; and violence, (XV) 300. See also Certainty;
Conflict; Confusion; Discontent; Fear; Negation;
Permanency; Security
Unconditioned: defining, (III) 124
Unconditioned mind: achieving, (VIII) 146; (IX) 144-
45; and awareness, (IX) 137; and change, (X) 195;
as fundamental issue, (IX) 2; as an idea, (XVII)
128, 129; and the past, (IX) 4; purpose of, (IX)
145; and the significance of life, (IX) 94;
understanding, (XVII) 106-7. See also
Conditioning; Individual; Mind; Quiet mind;
Revolution
Unconscious, (VI) 266-67, 269; (VII) 195-97, 281-83;
and analysis, (VI) 364-66; and authority, (XIV ) 19-
20, 131; and awareness, (X) 253; (XIII) 322;
awareness of, (XVII) 62-63; as below the surface,
(XI) 339; and challenge, (X) 220; and change,
(VII) 294, 295-97; (IX) 55-57; (XI) 162, 360;
(XII) 254; (XIII) 215; and conditioning, (IX) 100-
101, 108; (X) 38-39; and conflict, (XIII) 16; (XIV )
10, 11; and the conscious, (IX) 22; consciousness
of, (XIII) 292-94; and contradiction, (XI) 33; and
culture, (VIII) 14; (IX) 52; defining, (VII) 296;
(IX) 56; (XIII) 7, 225-26; (XIV) 111, 140; (XV)
153; (XVI) 10; describing, (XII) 166-67;
describing the function of, (X) 211-12; and the
desire for security, (VIII) 82; and desire to
dominate, (V) 302-4; and desire to understand,
(XVI) 199; and discovering God, (VII) 253; and
the divisions of consciousness, (XVII) 145-46; and
dreams, (V) 141; (VIII) 330; (IX) 60-61, 123-24;
(X) 120, 151-52; (XIII) 266; (XV) 121; and
education, (XI) 10-12; and the empty mind, (XIII)
155
293; and escape, (XIV) 114; exploration of, (XVI)
198-200; fallacy of, (XVII) 165; as fashionable,
(XVI) 226; and fear, (XIII) 137, 302; (XIV) 249;
(XV) 318; (XVI) 210; and freedom from the past,
(XIV) 190; and the free mind, (X) 3; function of,
(X) 237; (XII) 41, 70, 96; (XIII) 37; (XV) 11; and
habits, (XIII) 239-40, 243; as the human past,
(VII) 171-72; and immediate understanding, (XIII)
292; and influence, (XI) 167-68; and influences on
the mind, (XIV) 221; inquiry into, (XII) 218-20;
and introspection, (VIII) 344-45; as the mass, (III)
125; and the ‘me’, (XI) 86; and the mind, (X) 55;
and motives, (X) 39; need to know, (XIV) 62; and
the negative approach, (XIII) 185; as the negative
mind, (XI) 204; nonexistence of, (XVII) 3, 24, 59,
83-84, 85; and occupation, (IX) 58-59; and the
past, (VIII) 215; (XIII) 68, 290; (XV) 218, 306,
336; (XVI) 188; and the positive approach, (XIII)
169; as a positive process, (XII) 126; and the
power of thinking, (X) 141-43; and prayer, (IX)
235; and problem solving, (V) 81; process of,
(VIII) 324; and the process of thinking, (XII) 124-
25; and propaganda, (V) 276; and renewal, (VII)
281, 283; response to, (XV) 153; and revolution,
(VII) 183; (VIII) 155; (XIII) 206-7; role of, (XIII)
193-95; and self-knowledge, (VIII) 143; (X) 51;
and self-understanding, (IX) 87; and the
significance of words, (XI) 85; and silence, (XIV)
218; and the simple mind, (VIII) 122; and social
conditioning, (XIII) 225-26; and sorrow, (XV)
221; and the still mind, (VIII) 225; as stored up
memory, (XVI) 105; strength of, (XVI) 56; and
suppression, (X) 146; and time, (XVI) 143; as the
total of mankind, (VII) 276; and tradition, (XIII)
317; understanding, (VIII) 210; (XII) 111-13;
(XIII) 167-69; (XIV) 63, 65; and the unknown, (X)
61; and work, (V) 53-54. See also Analysis; Belief;
Brain; Conscious; Conscious mind; Consciousness;
Mind; Psychology; Sleep; Unconsciousness
Unconscious and the conscious: as one, (XIII) 7, 37
Unconscious mind, (VIII) 147-48; and conditioning,
(XIV) 38; and consciousness, (XI) 230, 232-33;
defining, (VIII) 13-14, 265; function of, (XI) 231-
33, 327-28; and inquiry, (VII) 261; as
nonindividual, (XV) 188-89. See also Mind;
Unconscious
Unconscious problems, (XIII) 132; and dreams, (XIII)
132. See also Conscious; Problems
Uncreated: and freedom from acquisition, (III) 246
Uncreative: and conflict, (XIII) 18. See also Creation
Uncreative life: effects of, (IV) 119
Understand: defining, (XIII) 284; (XIV) 1-2, 9-10, 71-
72, 80-81, 101, 231, 239; (XV) 165, 303-4; (XVII)
58; meaning of, (XVII) 11. See also Understanding
Understanding, (l) 139; (II) 21; (VI) 95; and
acceptance, (VI) 290-91; achieving, (III) 158-59;
(VI) 38; (VII) 121, 195; (XI) 218-19; (XIV) 66;
action, (IX) 203-7; (XI) 109-13, 160-65, 201-3,
205-6, 223-28, 262-65, 314-19, 341-46, 358; (XII)
20-29, 31, 33-36, 40; (XIII) 326-30; (XIV) 68, 70,
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203-8, 231-37, 280-85; (XV) 170; (XVI) 4, 72-77,
170-71, 173-75, 267-72; (XVII) 18-22; through
action, (II) 15-16; action and idea, (XVII) 248-53;
action and reaction, (VI) 144; and action of
relationship, (VI) 116-17; and the act of listening,
(XIV) 8; ambition, (VIII) 98; (IX) 274-76; (XIII)
124-27, 130; attachment, (IX) 37-38; (X) 116; (XI)
121-23; attention, (XI) 119; (XIII) 172-77;
authority, (XI) 379-83; (XII) 234-38, 295-99;
(XIII) 120-24; (XIV) 244-47; (XVII) 173-79;
without authority, (VII) 6-7; awareness, (IX) 30-
31, 69, 139-40, 285-87; and awareness, (XIII) 188;
and awareness of illusion, (IV) 67; becoming,
(VIII) 170; (X) 266-69; and the capability of the
many, (X) 62; center, (XI) 134-35; and the
cessation of escape, (XIV) 115; challenge and
response, (XII) 68-81; (XVI) 208-10; change, (IX)
45, 225-27; (XI) 123-28, 228-30, 271-78, 309-14;
(XII) 253-57, 284-87; (XV) 132-38, 156-63, 197-
202, 302-8, 333-39; (XVI) 47-50; (XVII) 9-11, 13-
14; and change, (II) 222-23; (VIII) 161-65; clarity,
(XI) 201-6; (XVI) 7-13; and the clear mind, (XIII)
101; collective, (IX) 125-28; commitment, (XI)
323-25, 328; communication, (XIV) 280-85;
communion, (XIV) 280-85; without comparison,
(VII) 208; (VIII) 159-60; (X) 34; and
completeness, (VII) 5; concentration, (X) 160-61,
227-28; (XI) 119-20; without condemnation, (VI)
2-3; (X) 13; (XI) 254; (XVII) 225; condition for,
(IV) 159-61; conditioning, (IX) 88; (X) 215;
conditioning of the mind, (IX) 8; conduct, (XVII)
200-204; conflict, (IX) 66, 101; (X) 41; (XII) 129-
33, 153-57, 175-79, 193-98, 238-43; (XIII) 230-34,
282-86; (XIV) 7-13, 78-82, 124-26, 129-34; (XV)
341-46; and conflict, (II) 33, 49; (VI) 72-74; (XVI)
6-13, 80-82, 84-85, 91-92; conformity, (XV) 220;
confusion, (VIII) 121; (XI) 51-52, 178-82; (XVI)
274-81; conscious mind, (X) 211-12;
consciousness, (IX) 97-99; (X) 18; (XI) 229-31,
258-59, 263-64, 383-88; (XVI) 58-59; and the
contented mind, (VIII) 53; and contentment, (VI)
186-87; (VII) 114; continuity, (XIII) 317-20;
contradiction, (XI) 22-27, 336-40; (XV) 178-83,
249-53, 310-15; creativity, (VIII) 159; custom,
(XI) 322-23, 325; death, (VIII) 138-39, 277-78;
(IX) 16-17, 158; (XI) 135-38, 240-43, 363-68, 388-
89, 391-93; (XII) 157-58, 160-63, 217-19, 221-22,
258-63, 315-19; (XIII) 99-100, 102-5, 144, 146-49,
256-59, 315-20; (XIV) 31-33; (XV) 228-31; (XVI)
30-32; (XVII) 73-75, 112-14; death fear, (VI) 209-
11; death, love, and time, (XVII) 23-31; death,
sorrow, and time, (XIV) 100-106, 147-54, 208-14;
defining, (XII) 41; (XIII) 68, 244; (XIV) 152;
(XV) 19-20, 335-36; denial, (XIII) 85-88, 90-92;
dependence, (VIII) 114-15; (X) 92-93; (XVI) 118-
21; desire, (II) 28; (VI) 248-51; (VIII) 149-50,
303-5; (IX) 81-83; (X) 58, 221, 244-45; (XII) 148-
53; 243-47; (XIII) 124-26; (XIV ) 96-100; (XV)
15-19, 19-22, 165-66; (XVI) 35-39, 85-89; despair,
(XIII) 218-22; detachment, (IX) 37-38;
deterioration, (XV) 240; (XVII) 77-80; discipline,
(X) 146-47, 246-49; (XIII) 79-82; (XIV) 144-46;
without discipline, (VII) 147; discontent, (IX) 207-
9; (X) 183; disorder, (XVII) 173-79;
dissatisfaction, (IX) 43-47; division between the
thinker and the thought, (XIII) 305-6; and
divisions, (II) 192; and doubt, (l) 164-65; dreams,
(IX) 123-24; dying, (XVII) 235-37; earnestness,
(XI) 73-74; education, (IX) 12; and education, (VI)
21-22; effect of the word, (XIV) 53; effort, (XI)
258-59, 261-63; (XVII) 230-34; emotion, (VIII)
136-37; emotionally and intellectually, (XIV) 73;
emptiness, (VIII) 112-13; (IX) 23; (XV) 167-69;
and the end of knowledge, (XII) 114; and the end
of thought, (VI) 102; energy, (XI) 272-73, 276-78;
(XII) 63-67; (XIII) 230-34; (XIV) 288-96; (XVII)
130, 230-32; enslaved mind, (XI) 253-58; the
environment, (II) 56, 103; envy, (IX) 250-53; (X)
27-30, 264-65; escape, (X) 52-53; (XI) 285-88;
(XVI) 262-66; escape from, (VI) 200; examination,
(XVI) 32-38; experience, (XI) 265, 268-71; (XIII)
152-54, 219-22; (XVI) 180-83; and experience, (l)
116, 137; through experience, (II) 219; (IV) 115-
16; fact, (XII) 284-87; (XIII) 32-34, 36, 37-40;
fear, (VII) 191, 193; (VIII) 107-8, 159; (IX) 9; (X)
37, 93-94, 132; (XI) 52, 116-18, 173-77, 240-42,
285-87, 346-51; (XII) 40-41, 43, 45-48, 58-62,
134-39, 139-42, 217-23, 248-52, 303-5; (XIII) 33-
36, 99-105; 131-32, 170-73, 302-5; (XIV) 88-94,
192-97, 248-51, 290-93; (XV) 27-33, 117-19, 122-
24, 158-63, 316-23; (XVI) 59-65, 103-12, 175-80,
210-13; (XVII) 73-75, 161-66, 225-27, 274-77,
281-82; feeling, (XI) 120-21; following, (VIII)
172-73; (IX) 148-52; formulas, (XIV) 141-47;
fragmentation, (XVI) 237-41, 288-97; freedom,
(IX) 143-44; (XI) 46-47, 214-18, 253-58, 376-79,
379-83; (XIII) 105-12, 237-40, 288-92; (XIV) 82-
88, 134-40, 296-302; (XV) 116-20, 123-24, 208;
(XVI) 125-28; (XVII) 16-21, 223-27; and freedom,
(II) 81, 96; (VIII) 127-28, 129; freedom from
authority, (XII) 234-38; and freedom from conflict,
(XII) 239; and freedom from fear, (VIII) 62;
fulfillment, (IX) 46-47; futility of cultivating, (VII)
120-121; goodness, (XI) 322-23, 325; gradual and
immediate, (XIII) 178; (XV) 169-70; habit(s), (IX)
106-7; (X) 133-35; (XIII) 239-40, 242-43; with the
heart, (XV) 5-6; hidden mind, (XI) 11-12; and
hindrance of comparison, (VII) 304; and the
hindrance of conflict, (XII) 123; hindrances to,
(IV) 74-75; as hindrance to disintegration, (XIV)
67; humility, (XI) 265-67, 270; and the ‘I’, (II) 30;
ideals, (XI) 23-25; ideas, (XIV) 231-37; ideology,
(XVII) 138-44; images, (XVII) 77, 79-82;
imitation, (XVI) 13-19; as immediate, (XI) 248-49;
(XIII) 144; (XIV ) 13, 273; and immediate
perception, (XIV) 2, 215; importance of, (VII)
117; individual and the collective, (II) 209;
individuality, (X) 176-77; individual, religion, and
mutation, (XIV) 161-67; inertia, (XVI) 27-30;
influence(s), (X) 116; (XI) 271-74; (XII) 236-37;

inquiry, (IX) 268-71; (XI) 265-66, 269-70; as
instantaneous, (XI) 256; intellect, (XV) 165;
intelligence, (XII) 7-10; and intelligent living, (II)
57-59; and intuition, (II) 23; (VI) 219; karma, (X)
221-23; knowledge, (X) 259-62; (XI) 265, 268-71,
335-40, 379-83; (XIII) 79, 80-82, 85; and
knowledge, (VIII) 225; versus knowledge, (VI) 11;
language, (XIV) 238-44; laziness, (XIII) 138-41,
143; learning, (X) 231, 233; (XI) 1-12, 79-82; life,
(l) 32-33, 111-12; (VIII) 340-41; (XI) 189-95, 314-
19; (XIII) 131-35, 137, 245-46, 248-49; (XVI)
213-19; life and death, (VI) 210-111; and life
movement, (l ) 34; (II) 160; listening, (VIII) 175-
76; and listening, (X) 112; through listening, (XI)
20; living, (IX) 268-71; (XIV) 256; (XVI) 187-91;
loneliness, (VI) 237; (VII) 272-73; (VIII) 198;
(IX) 62-63; (XVII) 113; love, (X) 270-71; (XV)
228-31; (XVII) 202-5, 233-34; and love, (VI) 198;
love, time, and death, (XVII) 23-31; masks, (XVI)
225-30; maturity, (XIII) 245-48; ‘me’, (VI) 240;
(VIII) 227; (IX) 40-41; meaning of, (VI) 285-89;
(VII) 194-95; (XI) 336; (XIII) 66, 291; (XIV) 189;
(XVI) 33; (XVII) 122-23, 167-68, 244, 265-66;
meditation, (VIII) 192-94; (IX) 18, 73-75, 131-33,
213-14, 279-80; (X) 160-62, 227-29; (XI) 138-44,
195, 201, 244-47, 279-83, 388-89, 392-93; (XII)
41-46, 48; (XIII) 99, 149-56, 261-65, 265-67, 320-
25; (XIV) 33-39, 106-12, 154-61, 258-63, 298-302;
(XV) 34-40, 81-88, 134-38, 174-76; (XVI) 29-32,
65-71, 144-48; (XVII) 78, 80-83; and meditation,
(IV) 181-82; (VI) 60-62; (VIII) and memory, (l)
181; the mind, (VIII) 143-44, 146-49, 163-64, 249-
50; (X) 141-44, 237; (XI) 61, 63-68, 114-18, 165-
71, 279-83, 335-41; (XII) 107-15, 203-6, 263-69;
and the mind, (IX) 211-12, 221-23; of mind and
heart, (IV) 173; motive, (XI) 273-78; mutation,
(XII) 284-87; mutation, religion, and the
individual, (XIV) 161-67; need for, (IV) 143; need
for authority, (IX) 8; need to seek, (X) 6-7; and
negation, (XIII) 226; negative approach, (XV)
253-60, 260-66; negative thinking, (XI) 89-93;
through the new, (IV) 50; the new mind, (XVI) 14-
19; and the new mind, (XIV) 17; as not permanent,
(XIII) 259-60; now, (XV) 266-69, 273;
observation, (XII) 43-46, 48; (XIV) 1-7; through
observation, (VIII) 151-52; the observer and the
observed, (XVI) 202-5, 268-74; the old and new,
(VI) 46; oneness of living and dying, (X) 154-55;
order, (XII) 189-92; (XV) 171-75; order and
disorder, (XV) 116-20, 124-25, 295-301; (XVII)
223-24, 227-28, 245-51; pain, (II) 28; passion,
(XIII) 250-52, 253-56; (XIV) 95-100; past, (X)
237; (XI) 50; patterns, (X) 11-12; peace, (IX) 15-
16; (XV) 220-26, 295-96; (XVI) 125-30, 130-35;
as perception, (II) 15; and perfection, (l) 112-13;
petty mind, (XI) 94-99; pleasure, (XV) 70-74, 140-
44, 164-69; (XVI) 35-39, 214-18, 282-88; (XVII)
10-13, 14-15, 64-70, 181-85, 188; positive
approach, (XV) 253-60, 260-66; positive thinking,
(XI) 89-94; power, (IX) 274-77; (XI) 274-77;
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prayer, (IX) 18; without preconception, (IX) 161;
without prejudice, (VI) 312; and the present, (XI)
53; and pride, (XI) 30; privilege, (II) 29-30;
problem(s), (VIII) 317; (IX) 36-37; (X) 110, 121,
124-25, 150, 173; (XI) 265-67, 270; (XII) 7-12;
(XIII) 132-33; (XIV) 174-80, 180-87; (XV) 191-
97; (XVI) 207-10; (XVII) 31-38, 56, 93-99;
process of, (X) 139; process of authority, (IX) 3;
process of the mind, (IX) 136-38; (X) 220-21;
process of problems, (IX) 9; process of self, (IX) 4;
process of sorrow, (IX) 18; process of thought,
(XIII) 134-37; psychological structure of society,
(XIII) 165-70; quality of, (XVII) 4; and
questioning, (XVI) 33, 65-71; and the quiet mind,
(VI) 179; (VII) 293; and radical change, (XI) 322;
reaction, (XII) 21-22, 24-29, 31, 36; and
regeneration, (VI) 296; relationship(s), (III) 160-
61; (VIII) 336-38; (XVI) 33-35, 39, 43-47;
relationship of sorrow, thought, and time, (XIV)
20-27; religion, (X) 186; (XI) 144-48, 289-94, 357-
63; (XIV) 263-69; religion, mutation, and the
individual, (XIV) 161-67; religious freedom, (IX)
34; religious inquiry, (X) 223-24; religious life, (X)
207-8; (XIV) 263-69; religious mind, (XII) 223-
27, 319-20, 322-26; (XIII) 92, 156-60, 162-63;
(XIV) 42-46, 112-19, 263-69; (XV) 40-48; versus
remembering, (VII) 108-9, 117-18; renewal, (XVI)
242-45; and renewal, (II) 202; resistance, (XIII)
106-12; and the resolution of problems, (XIII) 133;
response and challenge, (XII) 68-81; and result,
(VI) 233-34; revolution, (XI) 358, 360-61, 383-87;
righteousness, (X) 223-25; right thinking, (X) 220-
21; sanity, (XV) 171-72; search, (IX) 18-20, 178-
85; the search for, (II) 56-57; security, (XII) 133-
37; (XIII) 121-24; (XIV) 129-34; and seeing
totally, (XVI) 5; seeking, (XI) 234-38; (XVI) 180-
83; (XVII) 86-90, 151-56; the self, (IV) 1-2; (VI)
92-93; (VII) 293-94; (VIII) 10; (IX) 17; (X) 33;
(XI) 85-86; (XII) 109-10, 114; (XIV) 201; through
self, (III) 9-10, 149; and self-contradiction, (XI)
261-65; and self-expansion, (IV) 59-60; self-
improvement, (IX) 40-42; self-knowledge, (III)
195-97, 198-200; (IX) 137-38; (XI) 19, 183-89;
through self-knowledge, (IV) 142; (VI) 24, 46-47;
self-pity, (XIII) 139-42, 143; seriousness, (XII)
183-85; (XVI) 131-34; and the silent mind, (VI)
157, 271; (VII) 142; (XVII) 58; and simplicity,
(VI) 73-74; (VIII) 106; slavery, (XI) 330-35;
social structure, (XIII) 119-24; sorrow, (IX) 96;
(XI) 218-23, 283-88; (XII) 91-95, 207-12; (XIII)
82-85, 140-41, 143, 172-75, 307-14; (XV) 341-46;
(XVI) 139-44; (XVII) 180-81, 185-86, 188,. 237-
42; sorrow, death, and time, (XIV) 100-106, 147-
54, 208-14; source of, (IV) 7-8; state of, (XII) 218;
(XIII) 217-18; and the still mind, (VI) 160-61,
231; (VIII) 3-4; stillness, ( IX) 66; through
stillness, (IV) 76; struggle, (XIII) 124-27; and
struggle, (VII) 29, 31; suffering, (XII) 90-95, 175-
77; superficial mind, (XI) 11-12; thinking, (X) 238,
249-51; (XI) 32-34, 128-32; (XVI) 88-91, 133-36;
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thought, (XI) 128-32; (XVI) 166-73, 220-23; and
thought, (VI) 221-22; thought process, (VIII) 289-
93; (X) 112-14; time, (XI) 49-50, 75-78, 131, 189,
191-95, 265, 269-70, 363-68, 388-93; (XII) 95-
103, 157-62, 217, 220-22; (XV) 24-26, 117-25,
125-32; (XVI) 20-26, 141-44, 188-93, 238-41;
versus time, (XII) 272; time, death, and love,
(XVII) 23-31; time interval,, (XVII) 141-44;
timelessness, (XII) 95-103; time, sorrow, and
death, (XV) 74-80; and tolerance, (l) 71-72; total
action, (X) 175-76; (XI) 160-65, 223-28; and total
attention, (XVI) 128; totality, (IX) 214-15, 217-18;
(X) 129; totality of life, (X) 86-88; tradition, (IX)
212-13; unconscious, (X) 211-12; (XIII) 193-95;
understanding, (XI) 330-31; violence, (IX) 116-21,
241-42; (X) 81; (XIV) 293-94; (XV) 295-96, 299-
301, 333-39; (XVI) 288-97; virtue, (X) 246-48;
(XIII) 224-25, 227-28; and virtue, (VI) 102-3;
voluntary, (II) 203; war, (XV) 295-96, 299; and
war, (XVI) 228; ‘what I am’, (VIII) 108; what is,
(VII) 292; 107-8; (XI) 26, 286-89; (XVII) 86-90;
what is and ‘what should be’, (VIII) 158; the
whole, (III) 211-12; (VIII) 5, 8-10; (XI) 149-52;
will, (XI) 44, 47, 285-88; words, (XI) 83-89; (XII)
301-3; working to achieve, (XVII) 245; and world
peace, (III) 74-75; world problems, (XIV) 161-63.
See also Action; Awareness; Conflict; Craving;
Desire; Freedom; God; Greed; Hindrance;
Ignorance; ‘I’ process; Reality; Truth
Unemployment, (II) 19
Unhappiness, (VI) 40; escape from, (VIII) 206; and
frustration, (VIII) 195; knowing, (XII) 17. See also
Happiness; Sorrow; Suffering
Uniqueness: and circular movement, (III) 14; and
creative power, (III) 2; and the individual, (II)
186-87; and individual energy, (III) 50
Unity: of action, (l) 82; of feeling and knowledge, (IV)
1; and group identification, (VII) 4; of time, (l) 4;
and understanding disunity, (XV) 299. See also
Divisions; Truth
Unity of man: versus commitment, (XVI) 233; and
gradualism, (XVI) 227; and the need for outward
change, (XVI) 242; as the only political question,
(XVI) 231. See also Unity of mankind
Unity of mankind, (XVII) 30; as the only political
problem, (XVII) 30, 53, 143. See also Divisions;
Peace; Unity of man; World problems
Universal: as false, (X) 80; and the particular, (XII) 10
Universal religions: and belief, (X) 217; as
contradiction, (X) 245
Unknowable: achieving, (XII) 313; and belief, (IX)
113; effortless approach to, (XIII) 169. See also
Known; Reality; Unknown
Unknown: achieving, (XII) 273; and action, (VIII) 45;
and awareness of the known, (IX) 160; and change,
(X) 137; versus the conditioned, (X) 272; and
conflict, (XV) 98-99; and creation, (XIV) 196-97;
creation of, (XI) 200-201; and creation of fear,
(VII) 315, 331; as creative, (VIII) 159; and death,
(IX) 16, 158; (XI) 288-89, 365; (XII) 107, 260;
(XIII) 105, 319; (XIV) 31-33; (XV) 128, 231;
(XVII) 171, 172, 277; and death, love, and time,
(XIV) 258; discovering, (IX) 245, 255; and drugs,
(XI) 82; and effort, (IX) 248-249; and the empty
mind, (VIII) 24-25; entering into, (IX) 53; and
fear, (VI) 154, 164-65; (XVII) 235-36; fear of, (X)
97-98; (XI) 118, 193; (XII) 318-19; (XIII) 34-35,
104; (XIV) 152; (XV) 320; (XVI) 105, 155; fear of
death, (VII) 240-41; (VIII) 308-9; (IX) 288; (XI)
241-42; freedom from, (XVI) 82; and freedom
from the known, (XIII) 209-10; and freedom of the
mind, (IX) 217-18, 232; futility of search for, (XI)
235; and God, (IX) 114, 228; as indescribable,
(XII) 107; inquiry into, (IX) 190; (XI) 40; and
knowledge, (XI) 192; and known, (XII) 160-61,
163; and the known, (XIII) 291; (XV) 129, 130;
versus the known, (VIII) 181-84, 322; (X) 160;
lacking the fear of, (XVI) 243; and learning, (XIV)
241; and love, (XV) 231; as love, (XIII) 149; and
meditation, (XI) 283; and memory, (IX) 110-11,
113; and the mind, (VII) 309, 318-19; (XI) 281-82;
and moment to moment, (IX) 238; movement of,
(XIII) 98; mystery of, (VIII) 206; as pathless,
(VII) 286-87; as reality, (VII) 279-80; of reality
and death, (IV) 114; recognition of, (IX) 261; (XI)
246; as renewal of the mind, (VII) 282; and
revolution, (XI) 71-72; search for, (VIII) 346-47;
and self-knowledge, (X) 212; and the silent mind,
(XIV) 112; and space, (XIII) 155-56; and space
and time, (XII) 160-61; and the timeless, (XII)
324; as timeless, (XI) 368; and truth, (VIII) 215;
understanding, (VIII) 257. See also Creation;
Death; God; Immeasurable; Immortality; Known;
New; Quiet mind; Reality; Religion; True religion;
Truth; Unknown
Unoccupied mind, (VII) 312-13; achieving, (IX) 28.
See also Quiet mind
Upanishads: See Authority; Background; Belief;
Books; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; God;
Knowledge; Propaganda; Religion; Religious
mind; Visions; Words
Urbanization: and the loss of nature, (XVII) 207. See
also Cities; Space
Urgency: and attention, (XVII) 52, 54; meaning of,
(XVII) 54
Urges: social and antisocial, (IX) 101-2
Usefulness: and the free person, (XII) 211-12
Utopia, (II) 46; and concept, (XV) 315; and
conformity, (X) 137-38; creation of, (XI) 178;
desire for, (VIII) 135; destructiveness of, (XV)
228; failure of, (XIV) 117-18; and leaders, (VIII)
46-47; and revolution, (XVI) 256; and the total
man, (VII) 255; and ‘what should be’, (VIII) 33.
See also Idea(s); Ideal(s); Illusions; Perfection;
State
Values, (l) 19; (II) 90-94, 121; basis of, (XV) 210; and
contradiction, (IX) 5; examining, (II) 174; false
psychological, (IV) 205; freedom from, (II) 120;
hierarchy of, (IV) 98-99; and identification, (VIII)

222-23; influences shaping, (XIII) 225; and
intelligence, (II) 68-69; need for revolution of, (IV)
152; and a new society, (VI) 117; and observation,
(XIV) 19; and pleasure, (XVI) 35, 55; and power,
(II) 2-3; and psychological poverty, (III) 157;
search for, (IX) 68; and search for truth, (II) 158;
and self-understanding, (IV) 146; as sensate, (IV)
152, 156; of social and spiritual world, (III) 154;
and suffering, (II) 166-67; and true revolution,
(VII) 30; and uncertainty, (IV) 17; understanding,
(III) 12. See also Acquisition; Acquisitiveness;
Craving; Environment; Greed; Philanthropy;
Security; Society; Truth
Vanity: and humility, (XV) 200
Veda: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions;
Religion; Words
Vegetarianism, (l) 141; (VI) 59-60; and freedom, (X)
22
“Verb”: and “acting”, (XI) 16; as the active present,
(XIII) 296; and time, (XI) 364, 366; as total state,
(XI) 296-97; and “the word”, (XI) 18
Verbal: beyond, (XI) 155; and communication, (XI)
101; and conformity, (XII) 28-29; versus direct
experience, (XI) 184; versus seeing, (XV) 160;
world as, (X) 141. See also Communication;
Communion; Fact; Ideas; Symbols; Verbalization;
Words
Verbalization: and communication, (XIV) 284; as
condemnation, (IX) 154; and emptiness, (VI) 311-
12; and envy, (IX) 94-95; escape through, (XV)
272; and fear, (XI) 174-75; and feelings, (XIII) 68;
and God, (XIII) 208; as hindrance, (XI) 350-51;
(XII) 44; and the importance of the word, (XIII)
295, 296; and listening, (XIII) 278; looking
without, (XIV ) 241-42; and memory, (VII) 246;
and the mind, (IX) 120; versus the new, (IX) 141-
42; and observation, (XV) 51; and perception,
(VIII) 39; as process of condemnation, (X) 94; as a
process of thinking, (XIII) 197-98; versus seeing,
(XVII) 169; and silence, (XIII) 280; and thinking,
(XII) 3-4; and thought, (XIII) 103. See also
Communication; Communion; Conditioning;
Loneliness; Naming; Word(s); Verbal
Vested interest: and belief, (XI) 203-4; as hindrance to
God, (VIII) 27-28; and ideals, (VIII) 33
Vice: and exploitation, (II) 214; freedom from, (II)
217
Victim: becomes victimizer, (IV) 3-4
Vietnam: and the absence of certainty, (XVII) 20; and
despair, (XVI) 266; and relationship, (XVI) 44;
and war, (XV) 236, 296; (XVII) 29. See also
Violence; War; World problems
Vindictiveness, (VIII) 82
Violence, (III) 140; (IX) 116-21, 241-42; (X) 80-83;
(XIV) 293-94; (XV) 295-96, 299-301, 333-39;
(XVI) 288-97; (XVII) 255-64; acceptance of, (XI)
26; attempt to escape from, (XIV) 47-48; attitude
to, (III) 166-67; awareness of, (XI) 175, 176-77;
(XIII) 19, 211; (XVII) 199; as begetter of
violence, (III) 217-19; and belief, (XVI) 258;
159
causes of, 155-57; (IX) 117-18; (XVII) 199-200;
cessation of, (XVI) 65; and change, (IX) 43, 154;
(X) 137; (XI) 273-74; (XII) 199; (XV) 337; (XVI)
128-29; characterizing, (XVII) 2; and commitment,
(XVI) 224-25; and competition, (IX) 71; and the
conflict of opposites, (XII) 199; contact with,
(XVII) 30; and contradiction, (XVI) 133; and the
contradiction of nonviolence, (XVII) 231-32; as
contrary to love, (XVII) 209; and crowded cities,
(XVII) 129-30; and the cruel society, (IX) 86;
defining, (IX) 117; and the dull mind, (XVII) 233;
ending of, (IX) 120-21; (XVI) 25, 224-25; and
escape into nonviolence, (XVI) 233-34; (XVII)
100-103; facing, (XVII) 247; fact of, (IX) 247;
(XVII) 12-13, 220; and facts, (XIV) 69, 251; forms
of, (XIII) 295; freedom from, (VIII) 338; (X) 224-
25; (XI) 305-6; (XII) 25; (XIV) 75-76; (XVI) 203-
4; and the free mind, (IX) 127-28; and gradual
understanding, (XV) 339; and the hindrance to
words, (XV) 338; idea of, (XV) 10-11; and ideals,
(XI) 23-24; (XIV) 139; and the ideal of
nonviolence, (XIV) 90-91; (XVI) 128, 179, 255;
and ideology, (XVI) 192-93; (XVII) 249; and the
ideology of nonviolence, (XVII) 191; and image,
(XVI) 129; immediate resolution of, (XVI) 135;
implications of, (XVI) 130; increase of, (XVII)
255; in the individual and the state, (XV) 333, 337;
as inheritance from animals, (XVII) 142; inner,
(XVII) 255; and looking without the image,
(XVII) 170-71; man, and, (XVII) 102-3; of man
and animals, (XVII) 170; and the ‘me’, (VII) 238;
multiplying of, (XVI) 116; nature of, (XV) 337;
and nonviolence, (IV) 153-54, 155, 156; (VIII) 23-
24; (XVI) 4; (XVII) 55-56; and nonviolence and
safety, (XV) 334; and peace, (XII) 190; and
personal action, (III) 168; physical and
psychological, (XVII) 107-8; and pleasure, (XVII)
11; and positive thinking, (XI) 188; prevalence of,
(XIV) 291, 293; (XVI) 116-17; as reality, (XII) 61;
and self-awareness, (IV) 3; and self-preservation,
(III) 158; structure of, (XV) 127-28; and talk of
nonviolence, (XVII) 217; and time, (XII) 201;
(XVII) 176; types of, (XI) 370; understanding, (X)
80; (XVII) 255-64, 266; understanding the nature
of, (XVI) 179. See also Conflict; Contradiction;
Feelings; Killing; Murder; Nationalism;
Nonviolence; Opposites; Peace; Problems; Society;
War; World problems
Violence and nonviolence: and contradiction, (XIV)
11, 13, 281, 286; (XV) 250; and ideals, (XV) 25.
See also Violence
Virtue, (II) 16-17; (III) 161-62, 236, 241; (IV) 79-80;
(VI) 102-3, 240; (VII) 215; (XIII) 224-25, 227-28;
and the absence of authority, (XVII) 34; and the
absence of conflict, (XIII) 278; achieving, (III)
224; and attention, (XIII) 84, 176; (XIV ) 7; as
attention, (XII) 144; and awareness, (X) 9; and
chemicals, (XIII) 116; and the clever mind, (X)
225; consciousness of, (XI) 40; and continuity,
(XI) 135-36; and craving, (III) 214-15; cultivation
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of, (VII) 252, 254; (IX) 90-92; (X) 246-48; (XI)
244, 302; defining, (III) 220; (XV) 200-201; and
denial of social morality, (XII) 206; and desire,
(VI) 168; (IX) 166; and the desire for security,
(XII) 134; and the dull mind, (XI) 372; and effort,
(IV) 118; (IX) 154; and egotism, (II) 188-89;
emergence of, (XIII) 334; and environment, (II)
16-17; examining, (III) 204; and free conduct,
(XVII) 204; and freedom, (IV) 111; (VI) 25, 52,
353; (VII) 264; (XIII) 238; freedom from, (XI)
177; and happiness, (VI) 94, 103; and humility,
(XII) 266, 310, 325; (XIV) 89; inability to
cultivate, (XIV ) 155; and inward order, (XV) 172-
73, as learning, (XIII) 205; loss of meaning of,
(XIII) 77; and love, (XIV) 100, 308; meaning of,
(XII) 142, 144; and mechanical behavior, (XVII)
202; and mediocrity, (VIII) 330; and meditation,
(XIV) 106-9; (XV) 184; misuse of, (III) 161; as
motiveless, (IX) 213; nature of, (XI) 369-70, 371,
372; and order, (XIII) 131; (XV) 172-73, 199;
(XVI) 24-25, 115, 170, 183, 184; as order, (XVII)
224, 239-40; and the orderly mind, (IX) 10; (X)
268; and possessions, (II) 16-17; and the presence
of love and beauty, (XVII) 208; quality of, (XIII)
157-59, 162; and reality, (VIII) 339; and
respectability, (VII) 286-87; (XV) 73; as
respectability, (X) 63; and reward, (II) 232; and
sanity, (XV) 172; seeking of, (l ) 20; and self-
centered activity, (VI) 327-28; and self-interest,
(IV) 55; and self-knowing, (XIV) 108-9; as
spontaneous, (XIII) 334; spontaneous versus
cultivated, (X) 62; and the state of attention, (XI)
249; and the state of negation, (XII) 255; and strife,
(IV) 190; and time, (XI) 265; (XVII) 202; as
timeless, (XII) 316; (XIV) 27, 46; as total
attention, (XIII) 170; and truth, (VI) 276;
understanding, (XIV ) 218; versus being virtuous,
(IV) 79; and wisdom, (XIV) 116. See also
Awareness; Conformity; Goodness; Humility
Virtuous life: going beyond, (X) 62
Virtuous man: and conditioning, (XII) 147
Vision(s): as conditioned, (X) 161; and conditioning,
(IX) 160; (XII) 167; (XIII) 192, 266, 322; (XVI)
157; (XVII) 241-42; versus creation, (XII) 216;
and meditation, (XIII) 263; pursuit of, (XVII) 9.
See also God; Ideal(s); Religion
Vocation: versus ambition, (VII) 84-85; of discovering
reality, (VII) 245-46; and education, (VIII) 156;
and the new society, (VII) 85; and social conflict,
(VII) 245-46. See also Becoming; Job; Livelihood;
Work
Voices: inner, (XIII) 209
Volitional activities: as social solution, (III) 42-43
Vulnerability: and self-knowledge, (V) 29. See also
Innocency
Vulnerable: meaning of, (XV) 277
Waiting: fear of, (XII) 68-70, 74
Want, (l) 17; (III) 16-18, 63-64, 106; and conflict,
(III) 28; and emptiness, (I) 14, 34-35; and fear,
(III) 65; futility of, (l) 14-15; inward and outward,
(VII) 116-17; and organizational exploitation, (III)
59; understanding, (VII) 263. See also Acquisition;
Becoming; Consciousness; Craving; Desire; Effort;
Greed; Happiness; Ignorance
Wanting: and the sense of insufficiency, (XV) 64, 67
War, (l) 157, 178-79; (II) 30-31, 131-32, 185, 208;
(III) 145; (IV) 94; (V) 14-16, 338-39; (VI) 195-97,
261; (VII) 144-46; (XV) 295-96; and the absence
of change, (XVI) 48; acceptance of, (XV) 343;
(XVI) 3-4, 92, 132-33; versus the alleviation of
human need, (VIII) 154-55; analyzing the nature
of, (VIII) 260-62; attempts to solve the problem of,
(XVI) 71; basis of, (II) 51, 175; causes of, (II) 39;
(III) 175-76; (IV) 155, 157, 188; (V) 15, 66, 75-76,
343; (VI) 98; (X) 73-74; (XVI) 17, 68, 116, 266; as
a chain, (VI) 128; and change, (XVII) 136; and
children, (VIII) 38-39; and continuing brutality,
(XVI) 159-60; and contradiction, (XVI) 275;
through contradiction, (VIII) 153; creating, (X)
116; and daily life, (IX) 230; denial of, (XVI) 93;
and destruction in daily life, (XVII) 280; and
disorder, (XV) 326-28; and divisions, (VII) 161;
(VIII) 19; (XVII) 263; and education, (VI) 21;
(VIII) 141; as an escape, (III) 120; as exploitation,
(III) 29; as expression of the individual, (V) 75,
315; external and internal, (III) 148; and the failure
of education, (VII) 319-20; freedom from inner
and outer, (XVII) 2; and the freeing of the mind,
(VIII) 28; future of, (XVII) 261; and government
preparation for, (V) 110-11; and hatred, (IX) 247;
historical acceptance of, (XVI) 130, 172; as a
historical process, (XVI) 224-25; and the human
being, (XVII) 132; and human history, (XVI) 152;
(XVII) 20-21; and identification, (VII) 152;
ideology of nonviolence, (XVII) 170; and image,
(XVI) 44; imminence of, (II) 101; and inaction,
(VI) 127-28; and India and Pakistan, (VI) 127-28;
and the individual, (VI) 352; and individual
comprehension, (III) 88-89; and the influence of
propaganda, (XVI) 172; and inner conflict, (XVI)
11-12; inner and outer, (III) 148; insanity of, (V)
66-67; and intelligence, (II) 112; and international
responsibility, (IV) 3; inward, (XVI) 8; and the
lack of harmony, (XVI) 278; and lack of love, (IX)
267; and the law, (XVII) 36-37; and loss of
children, (III) 231-32; and love of children, (IX)
65, 271-72; versus love of children, (X) 59; as
meaningless, (XVI) 214; and nationalism, (II) 6;
(V) 152-53; (VI) 138; (XVI) 172; (XVII) 263; and
the need for total change, (XIII) 233; need to
abolish, (XVI) 7-9; and organized religion, (X)
103; origin of, (VIII) 68; outward and inward,
(XVII) 52-53; as pattern, (VII) 83; and peace, (IX)
15-16, 224; (XVI) 44-45; perpetuation of, (XVII)
281; and personal responsibility, (IV) 23-24;
possibility of another world, (XVII) 264; and the
possibility of integration, (VIII) 157-58; and power
politics, (VI) 98; prevalence of, (XV) 302, 327;
(XVI) 6; (XVII) 262; prevention of, (l) 178-79;

(III) 231-32; (XVII) 280; questioning, (IV) 191-
92; reaction to, (IV) 191-92; and relationships,
(XV) 333; and religion(s), (II) 129; (IX) 116-17;
(XV) 317, 326-28; (XVII) 190; religious, (XVI)
81; response to, (VIII) 302; and responsibility,
(VI) 326; responsibility for, (III) 242-43; (IV) 3;
root causes of, (IV) 20; and search for power, (IV)
141; (V) 59-61; seeing the totality of, (XVII) 37-
38; and self-sacrifice, (IV) 68; separation as cause
of, (X) 115; and the shattered individual, (IX) 129;
and the social structure, (X) 45; and society, (IX)
86; and sorrow, (XIV) 26; and struggle, (VII) 29;
and the system, (III) 20; and taking sides, (XVI)
223-25; and talk of peace, (XV) 223; teaching
children about, (II) 169; as timeless, (XIV) 27, 46;
and truth, (VII) 123; as the ultimate escape, (XIV)
125; as a unifier, (XV) 327; and world crisis, (V)
77-78 . See also Authority; Belief; Divisions;
Exploitation; Government; Ideology; Individual;
Inequality; Nationalism; Peace; Poor; Poverty;
Society; State; Violence; World problems
Watcher and the watched: as one, (X) 14-15. See also
Analyzer and the analyzed; Observer and the
observed; Thinker and the thought
Watching: as choiceless, (IX) 114; as the greatest
action, (XIV) 66; and listening, (XV) 242; and self-
understanding, (XVI) 5. See also Listening;
Looking; Observation; Seeing
Wealth: and accumulation, (IV) 198; and beauty, (V)
35-36; and conditioning, (VIII) 217; and love,
(VII) 89; and poverty, (IX) 193, 196; as societal
motivator, (X) 45. See also Ambition; Becoming;
Food, clothing, shelter; Necessities; Needs;
Philanthropy; Possessions; Poverty
Welfare society: as security, (XII) 38. See also
Society; Welfare state; World problems
Welfare state, (VII) 251-52; (X) 174; and freedom,
(IX) 33; and the lack of incentive, (XII) 19; and the
loss of freedom, (XIV) 82; and need for physical
security, (X) 42; and physical salvation, (VII) 254-
55. See also Government; Poverty; Security;
Society; State
West: and acquisitiveness, (XVII) 86; and the desire
for security, (XII) 118; and East, (X) 1; and
influence on the East, (X) 234, 239; and
knowledge, (XII) 114; and meditation, (XIII) 320;
and resurrection, (XV) 319; and revolt of the
young, (XVII) 159; and world problems, (X) 44.
See also Authority; Conditioning; Divisions;
Nationalism; Reincarnation; Society; Technology;
War; World problems
West and East: and division, (XIII) 195; false division
between, (XIII) 189-90. See also East and West;
World problems
Western: influence on India, (XI) 69
Western culture: and the conscious, (XI) 339; and its
imposition on Eastern culture, (XI) 259
‘What actually is’, and ‘what should be’: and
contradiction, (XIII) 76. See also What is
What has been: and change, (IX) 26
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‘What I am’: as the past, (XIII) 35; versus ‘What I
should be’, (VII) 165-66. See also Center; ‘Me’
What is, (IV) 159; (XI) 286-89; (XVII) 87-90; and the
absence of fear, (XII) 259; and accumulation,
(VIII) 235; and activity, (XI) 26; and attention,
(XI) 270; and authority, (VIII) 214; and awareness,
(IV) 201-2; (XI) 281; awareness of, (XV) 230;
versus belief, (XVI) 255; and the center, (XII) 155;
and the cessation of experience, (IX) 114; and
change, (VIII) 21, 163; (IX) 154; (XVII) 82; and
choiceless observation, (XVII) 83; and
comparison, (XVII) 30; and condemnation, (VIII)
196, 197-98; (IX) 4, 79-80; without condemnation,
(XIII) 13; and conflict, (XIII) 14; and conflict of
opposites, (IV) 176; (VIII) 248; and confusion,
(XVI) 297; contact with, (XVI) 249; and the
contradiction of ideals, (XIII) 283; and death, (XI)
193; defining, (V) 50; (XVII) 14; and denial,
(XIII) 90; and dependence, (IX) 22-23; and
discontent, (VII) 211-12; (XI) 8; and discovering
truth, (VIII) 212; disgust with, (XII) 291; and
distance, (XV) 279-80; distraction from, (IX) 65;
versus divisions, (XII) 195; and ending violence,
(XVI) 224; and an end to seeking, (XII) 164, 165;
and energy, (XII) 12, 202; (XIV) 113; (XV) 46;
(XVII) 185; versus escape, (XII) 209-10; escape
from, (X) 4, 8, 52; (XIV ) 156; (XV) 305; (XVI)
262, 265; (XVII) 232; as eternal, (XI) 286;
examining, (XI) 26; versus experience, (XVII) 33;
facing, (XIV) 116, 142; as fact, (XVII) 258; and
fact versus ideas, (XIV) 91; and fear, (VII) 192;
versus fiction of ideals, (XIV) 47; and freedom
from conditioning, (IX) 137; (XII) 263-64; and
freedom from the known, (XI) 53; and the free
mind, (IX) 273; (XV) 25; going beyond, (XVII)
266-67; and the hindrance of belief, (XVI) 267;
and the hindrance of comparison, (XVII) 182-84,
185; and the hindrance of ideals, (XI) 176; and the
hindrance of ideas, (XVII) 12-13; and the
hindrance of memory, (V) 118-19; and the
hindrance of the observer, (XVI) 183-84; and the
hindrance of opinions, (XV) 296; (XVI) 53; versus
the idea, (XV) 218; and ideals, (IV) 185-86; versus
ideals, (IX) 42-43; (X) 117; and illusion, (VIII) 65;
versus illusion, (XV) 140-41; importance of, (XI)
331-32; importance of observing, (XIV) 139; and
innocence, (XVII) 171; and intelligence, (XV)
291-92; and knowledge, (X) 259-60; versus
knowledge, (IX) 279; and living without
destructive discipline, (XIV) 146; and love, (XV)
228-29; (XVII) 187; without masks, (XVI) 225;
and maturity, (XIV ) 276-77; and the
meaninglessness of ‘what should be’, (XVII) 160;
and the mechanical process, (XII) 199; and
meditation, (IX) 73; as most important factor, (VII)
179; and movement, (XI) 182-83; movement away
from, (XVI) 264; need to understand, (XII) 25; and
the negative approach, (XII) 27; and the new
society, (XVII) 191; and observation, (XIV) 1-2,
87; (XVII) 4; observation of, (XIII) 321; and the
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observer, (XVI) 212; observing, (XV) 181, 272;
and observing the self, (XIII) 246; and observing
the social structure, (XV) 50, 52; as opposite of
ideal, (IX) 153-54; and peace, (VIII) 129-30, 232;
perceiving, (XIV) 123; perception of, (XI) 188,
254, 340-41; (XVII) 77; and problems, (IX) 9; as
problem and solution, (IV) 161; as the product of
yesterday, (XVII) 72; and psychological needs,
(XII) 243-44; refusal to escape from, (XVI) 136;
and relationship, (V) 364; (VIII) 336; seeing,
(XVII) 170; and seeking, (XVII) 87; self-discovery
of, (XVI) 226; and self-knowledge, (XVII) 21-22;
and self-observation, (XIV) 136; and the
shallowness of daily life, (XVII) 41; and the silent
mind, (XVI) 157; and simplicity, (VII) 325; and
sorrow, (XI) 284-85; versus the spiritual entity,
(IX) 157; and thought, (XVI) 169; and time, (VIII)
203; (IX) 168-69; (XII) 317; (XV) 261-62; and
transformation, (VIII) 244; (IX) 148; and truth,
(IV) 164; 166; (X) 132; understanding, (IV) 159;
(V) 213; (IX) 47; (XVI) 114; and understanding
disorder, (XVII) 168; understanding the
significance of, (XIV ) 40; and violence, (XIV)
251; and ‘what shall be’, (XII) 98; versus ‘what
should be’, (VII) 165-66, 270, 280; (VIII) 10, 32-
33, 194-95, 197, 221, 253, 272, 286, 310, 331-32;
(X) 11, 137; (XI) 23-24; and ‘what should be’ and
change, (XI) 125; and will, (X) 13-14; and wisdom,
(VIII) 139; and words, (XIV) 296. See also Belief;
Creativity; Fact; Truth; ‘What should be’
What is and ‘what should be’, (IX) 199-200, 259;
(XIII) 232; and action, (XV) 64-65; and change,
(XVI) 265; and comparison, (XVII) 231-33; and
conflict, (XII) 155; (XIII) 76; (XIV ) 11, 129, 139;
(XVI) 74; (XVII) 70; conflict between, (XV) 161-
62; and contradiction, (XII) 289; contradiction
between, (XIII) 80; (XVII) 249, 267; division
between, (IX) 170; and duality, (XII) 102-3; and
effort, (IX) 263; and freedom, (XI) 47; (XVI) 114;
gap between, (IX) 165-66; (XII) 159; and the
hindrance of the past, (XVII) 102; and the illusion
of movement, (XVII) 110-11; and love, (XV) 228-
29; and meaning, (XVII) 2; and meditation, (XIV )
35; and the petty mind, (XI) 28; and self-
contradiction, (XI) 180; and time, (IX) 172; (XII)
140; (XIII) 185; (XV) 24, 158-59, 182; (XVI) 21;
and the will of discipline, (XI) 256. See also Fact;
Idea(s); Ideal(s); What is; ‘What should be’;
‘What should be’: versus actual living, (VIII) 341; and
conditioning, (XVII) 101-3; desire for, (VIII) 248;
freedom from, (XI) 30, 31; and the ideal, (IX) 153-
54; as the ideal, (XIV) 91; ideal of, (XI) 281;
(XVII) 87; and idealism, (X) 96; and the mind,
(XI) 16; as nonexistence, (XVI) 297; as romantic,
(XVII) 258; and the shallow mind, (XII) 164; and
social revolutions, (XVII) 160; and what actually
is, (XII) 29; versus what is, (XV) 183. See also
Ideas; Illusions; What is; What is and ‘what should
be’
“What to do”: and background, (IX) 259; as hindrance
to action, (XII) 123, 128; and social demands, (IX)
203
Which is: as the timeless, (IX) 50; and understanding,
(IX) 39
Whole: ability to view, (VIII) 9; and the absence of
contradiction, (XI) 164; and the approach to the
unconscious, (XII) 220; as beauty and ugliness,
(VII) 207-8; of body and mind, (XVII) 63; and the
brain and the mind, (XII) 270-71; and the cessation
of the positive movement, (XIV) 202;
comprehension of, (III) 241; (XI) 149-52; (XII)
176; defining, (XI) 106; discovery of, (VII) 153;
and ending, (XII) 212; experiencing, (XII) 120;
and feeling for life, (XI) 120-21; versus
fragmentation, (XVI) 160, 240, 294; versus the
fragmented life, (XIII) 244; and living and dying,
(X) 154-55; looking at, (XV) 104; (XVI) 279,
280; (XVII) 61; and looking at fear, (XVII) 25;
‘me’ as part of, (XIV) 77-78; meaning of, (VII)
169-70; meeting life as, (XV) 101-2; versus the
part, (XI) 24-25; versus the parts, (IX) 281-83; and
the particular, (VII) 275; (XVI) 48; versus the
particular, (X) 128-29; and the past, (VII) 148,
151; and problems, (V) 333-34, 338; (XIV) 14; and
problem solving, (XIV) 252-53; and the revolution
of the psyche, (VII) 178; seeing, (XII) 146-47;
(XV) 11; seeing problems as, (XVII) 94; and self-
deception, (IV) 62; and the serious mind, (XVI)
132; as true, (XI) 362; understanding, (XI) 352;
(XII) 172; (XVI) 237-38, 240; and understanding
influence, (XII) 97; viewing life from, (XV) 187-
90. See also Divisions; Fragmentation; Total; Total
action; Totality; Totality of life; Totality of parts
Whole mind: achieving, (XII) 44, 48
Wholeness: awareness of, (XII) 54-57; of existence,
(IV) 179; of life, (XI) 315; perception of, (XI) 341;
and total action, (XI) 238. See also Completeness;
Conflict of opposites; Totality
Wife: duties of, (V) 87-88; ending fear of, (XVI) 107;
and image, (XVII) 187. See also Domination;
Family; Husband and wife; Marriage;
Relationships; Wife and husband
Wife and husband: and relationship, (XVII) 212. See
also Wife
Will: (l) 58-59, 188-89; (III) 74, 170, 174-75; (XI)
285-88; and action, (XI) 110-11, 112; and the
attempt at transformation, (XV) 58, 60; and
awareness, (IV) 77; and becoming, (VIII) 215; and
change, (IX) 25-26; (XIV) 126; (XV) 133, 306;
(XVI) 49-50; and choice, (XII) 158; (XVI) 9;
conditioning of, (VIII) 222; and conflict, (IV) 205;
(XVI) 95-97, 99; and contradiction, (XII) 289;
(XV) 61, 178-79; and the creation of conflict, (X)
46; and culture, (IX) 94; defining, (VI) 299; (X)
13-14; (XI) 256, 285; (XIV) 188; (XV) 58, 60;
defining through action, (IV) 195; and desire,
(VIII) 35; (XIV) 98; (XV) 107; as desire, (VII)
318; (XIII) 271; as desire of discernment, (III) 28;
destruction of, (III) 121; and disorder, (XV) 298;

and dual action, (VI) 293-94; and the ending of
sorrow, (XIV) 104; examining, (X) 26-27; and
fear, (III) 138-39; (XII) 140; and fragmentation,
(XV) 104; and freedom, (XI) 44, 46; (XVI) 114;
freedom from, (VIII) 222; and freedom from
conditioning, (VIII) 218; and the free mind, (X)
26-27; as hindrance, (III) 127; as hindrance to
ending positive action, (XVII) 20; as hindrance to
order, (XV) 199; as hindrance to revolution, (XVI)
130; and the known, (IX) 53; living without, (XVI)
97; as the ‘me’, (VIII) 222-23, 225; nature of,
(XV) 104-5; as outcome of desire, (IX) 179; to
overcome greed, (III) 151-52; and pleasure, (XV)
199-200; process of, (VII) 12-13; (XI) 11; as a
quality of fear, (III) 101; as self-expansive
intelligence, (IV) 81; structure of, (XIV) 189-90;
and the thinker, (XIV) 36; and thought, (VIII) 224-
25; (XVI) 220; and time, (XV) 303; (XVII) 103-5;
types of, (III) 57-58; understanding, (III) 133; (XI)
44, 47; and violence, (XVI) 289, 291. See also
Conflict; Desire; Discipline; Effort; Known;
Resistance; Self; Self-discipline
Will, fear, sorrow: as one, (XI) 283, 285
Will in action: and choice, (XV) 198-200. See also
Will
Will power: meaning of, (II) 146-47
Wisdom, (l) 23, 51-52, 134, 163, 174; (II) 45; (III)
196; (V) 30; (VI) 126-27; and the absence of
continuity, (XIII) 174; and accumulation, (l) 128;
achieving, (II) 45; (III) 88, 206; (IV) 204; (VII)
51; (VIII) 329; and action, (II) 25-26; and
aloneness, (XV) 173; and awareness, (X) 20; and
awareness of understanding, (IV) 35; beginning of,
(IX) 152; (X) 119; (XIII) 89; and belief, (II) 31;
defining, (VI) 22-23, 31-33, 208-9; and devotion,
(V) 85; discovering, (VII) 275-76; and the ending
of sorrow, (XIV) 152; (XVII) 181; essence of,
(XIII) 122; and evaluation, (VIII) 333; and
freedom from experience, (VIII) 34; and the free
mind, (VIII) 249-50; versus knowledge, (l ) 107;
(VI) 95; and meditation, (V) 166; and organized
religion, (II) 137; through passive awareness, (IV)
69; within the self, (IV) 164; and self-analysis, (l)
125; and self-knowing, (XIV) 76, 116; (XVII) 176;
and self-knowledge, (IV) 106, 142; (V) 169-70,
211, 265; (VI) 96, 171-72; (VII) 218; (X) 124,
167; through self-knowledge, (VIII) 209; and self-
observation, (XVI) 152; and silence, (XV) 39; and
sorrow, (XIII) 307; state of, (XI) 208; and
theosophy, (V) 203; and total action, (XI) 228; and
the tranquil mind, (VI) 72; and understanding
discontent, (X) 183. See also Awareness; Creation;
Humility; Intelligence; Meditation; Right thinking;
Self-knowledge; Simplicity; Truth; Virtue
Within: going, (XV) 44, 47. See also Inner and outer
Women: role of, in India, (VIII) 125
“Word”: and the “verb”, (XI) 18. See also Naming;
Propaganda
Word(s), (V) 36-39; (XI) 83-89; (XII) 301-3; (XVII)
237-38; and achieving mutation, (XIII) 296-97;
163
apart from action, (XIV ) 39-40; beyond, 14, 67,
114; burden of, (XIII) 320; caught in, (XVI) 13; as
cause of fear, (XV) 161; as the center, (V) 312;
cessation of, (XIII) 296; and communication, (V)
320-21; (IX) 249, 252; (XI) 90, 113-14, 144; (XII)
229; (XIII) 61, 156; (XIV ) 225, 186, 282-83; (XV)
163, 308-10; (XVI) 23, 139-40; (XVII) 120-21,
221; as communication, (X) 144-46; and
communion, (XIV) 285; (XV) 2, 62; as
conditioned, (X) 47-48, 112, 114; and contact with
problems, (XV) 151-52; and creating divisions,
(XII) 180-81; and the creation of fear, (XIV ) 93;
(XVI) 104, 107; as creator of fear, (XVII) 114;
defining, (XIII) 295; dependence on, (XVII) 180;
and despair, (V) 248-49; as different from the
thing, (XII) 108-9; difficulty of, (XIV) 296; and
the difficulty of communication, (VII) 198; (XIII)
281; as distraction, (XIV ) 50; as distraction to
observation, (XIV) 65; dying to, (XI) 138;
dynamics of, (XIV) 7-8; and energy, (XII) 62;
enslavement to, (XII) 18, 20, 44, 187, 207; (XIII)
35-36, 103-4, 173, 280, 295, 296; (XIV) 134;
(XVI) 105; examination of, (XVI) 26; examining
beyond, (XVI) 32; and experience, (VI) 350-51;
and fact, (XI) 63, 167; versus fact, (XIII) 65, 66;
versus the fact of sorrow, (XIII) 310; and fear, (VI)
335; (XII) 45; (XIII) 250; (XIV) 250, 293; (XV)
30-31; (XVI) 175; and feeling, (V) 312; (IX) 72;
(XII) 241; (XIII) 197-98; freedom from, (X) 185;
(XI) 378; (XII) 292-93; (XIII) 151; (XV) 300;
(XVI) 127; (XVII) 35-36; and freedom from
comparison, (XII) 20; going beyond, (XIII) 114; as
hindrance, (VI) 312; (XIII) 79, 315; as hindrance
to communication, (XI) 226; as hindrance to
contact, (XV) 30; as hindrance to understanding,
(XIII) 247-48; importance of, (XII) 4-5; (XIV )
287-88; (XV) 338-39; (XVII) 71; and influence,
(XII) 139-40, 320; influence of, (VIII) 54-55; (XI)
271-72; (XIII) 300; interpretation of, (XIV) 225;
as knowledge, (X) 266; and listening, (XIV) 90;
(XVI) 1; and loneliness, (XII) 314-15; (XIV) 117;
looking without, (XIII) 22, 48; (XV) 143; and love,
(XVI) 245; (XVII) 203; and meaning, (VI) 305;
meaning of, (XV) 34, 55, 106-7, 150;
meaninglessness of, (XVI) 8; and meditation, (XII)
166; (XIV) 106; and memory, (V) 327; as memory,
(X) 144-46; mesmerizing effect of, (XVII) 156;
and the mind, (XII) 86; mind as slave to, (XII)
120, 122; and negative thinking, (XII) 79; as not
the fact, (XVI) 8, 10, 59; (XVII) 23, 25, 40; as not
the reality, (XIII) 83; (XVI) 249; as not the state,
(XVII) 30; as not the thing, (XI) 346-47; (XII)
228, 301-2; (XIII) 35-36, 114, 165, 261; (XIV ) 52,
97; (XV) 219; (XVI) 9, 125, 145, 229; (XVII) 156;
and observing the feeling, (XII) 88; and pleasure,
(XVI) 286; and positive thinking, (XI) 92-93;
(XIII) 51; power of, (XVI) 241; and problems, (X)
123; and the process of thought, (XII) 126; and
propaganda, (V) 365; psychological impact of,
(VII) 12; and purpose, (XII) 24; questioning the
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meaning of, (VII) 89; reaction to, (XVI) 13; and
reality, (V) 94; response to, (XIII) 278; satisfaction
of, (XII) 109; and seeing, (XVI) 235-36; and
seeing totally, (XII) 191; sensitivity to, (XVI) 186;
separate from the thing, (XI) 297; (XIII) 41;
significance of, (VI) 123; (VII) 122; (XII) 263,
275; (XIII) 19-20; (XIV) 7-8; (XV) 151; (XVII)
194, 195; slaves to, (XIV) 88-89; and sorrow,
(XIII) 173; as the static past, (XIII) 296; and
symbol, (XIV) 222-23; as symbol(s), (VII) 316;
(VIII) 216; (XI) 286, 330; (XII) 258; (XIII) 96;
(XVII) 271; versus the thing, (X) 229; and thought,
(V) 219-20, 312-13; (XII) 62; (XIII) 215; thought
without, (XII) 210; as time, (XII) 85-86;
translating, (XIV) 283; and truth, (V) 214-15; and
understanding, (XV) 20; understanding of, (XIII)
130-31; understanding the significance of, (XV) 7-
8; and understanding sorrow, (XIII) 251;
unimportance of, (XIV ) 189; use of, (XIII) 191;
(XVII) 237; and violence, (XIV) 294. See also
Communication; Communion; Identification;
Listening; Naming; Semantics; Symbols;
Verbalization
Work, (l ) 187; and awareness, (XIII) 212; defining,
(XV) 52; dissatisfaction with, (X) 95; and the dull
mind, (V) 52-54; and education, (VIII) 97; as
effort, (XI) 23; and fear, (XII) 136, 137; as humane
function, (III) 164; and incentive, (V) 159-60;
inquiry as, (X) 253, 255; love of, (l) 166-67; 270-
71; (XIII) 126; and the occupied mind, (VIII) 287.
See also Job; Livelihood; Old age; Professions;
Retirement; Vocation
Workers: and discipline, (XIII) 81
Working together: types of, (XI) 308
Work routine: versus inward response, (XII) 74
World: attempt to transform, (XI) 178; as brutal, (VII)
82-83; and change, (XIV) 9; changes in, (XVI) 54;
as chaotic, (XII) 15-16; and conditioning, (IX)
259-60; conflicts in, (X) 107; confusion in, (XI)
303; in decline, (XVII) 145; defining, (XIV) 131-
32; and denial of individuality, (XIII) 119; desire
to achieve a sane, (IX) 210; divided, (VIII) 41-43;
(XI) 361; and externalized events, (XII) 121;
fragmentation, (XI) 92; fragmented, (IV) 48-49;
growing complexity of, (XIII) 158; growing
superficiality of, (XVI) 232; as the individual, (V)
29-30, 154-55; (XI) 171-72; (XIV ) 14, 17; as
individuals, (VII) 240; and the individual as one,
(XIV) 49-50, 108; individual response to, (VIII) 1;
and industrialization, (XII) 279; and need for
change, (X) 203; need for clarity in, (XII) 223; and
the need for one government, (XVII) 258, 263; and
the need for a single language, (XVII) 258, 263;
need to understand, (XIV ) 17, 126-27; one, (VIII)
41-42, 45-46; and outward conflict, (XIV) 124-25;
as personal relationships, (X) 252; physical and
psychological problems of, (X) 10; prospering of,
(XV) 165; relationship to, (XV) 42-43; retreat
from, (XIV) 79; saving, (VIII) 114; as self, (III)
173; as self-extension, (III) 154-55; as self-
projection, (V) 339; and sorrow, (XIII) 253; as
superficial, (XIII) 166; and technological progress,
(XV) 157; viewed as a totality, (XII) 183. See also
Change; Collective; Divisions; Individual; Society;
World divisions; World problems
World change: and contradiction, (X) 239-40; and
electronic brains, (XII) 117; and personal
transformation, (VI) 228-29. See also Machines;
World problems
World chaos, (III) 145; and false values, (III) 226-27;
and the individual, (IV) 88; and religious
perception, (XIII) 86; and understanding disorder,
(XVII) 176. See also World; World problems
World complexity: and superficial lives, (XI) 376
World conflict, (III) 174; origins of, (III) 65; and
relationship, (VI) 79-80; and words, (XIII) 295.
See also Conflict; World; World problems
World confusion: and looking to the past, (XV) 52. See
also World problems
World crisis: and consciousness, (XI) 384; (XIII) 296;
and creative action, (VIII) 258; and disintegration,
(XIII) 277; and ideology, (VI) 80; and the
individual, (VI) 215-16; (VIII) 298-99; and the
need for self-awareness, (XI) 361; and specialists,
(VI) 216; vastness of, (IV) 83. See also World;
World problems
World destruction: causes of, (VIII) 250
World divisions, (XV) 4, 117; and exploitation, (III)
218; of high, middle, and low, (XVII) 122; and the
need for order, (XV) 299; and war, (III) 176;
(XVI) 4, 8. See also Divisions; Nationalism;
World; World problems
World government: and peace, (IX) 223
World influences: and individual freedom, (XI) 41-43
Worldliness, (III) 210, 223; and craving, (III) 164,
214; defining, (XI) 243; and enslavement, (XI)
378; freedom from, (III) 183; and Masters, (III)
214; and sensation, (III) 224
Worldly: and divisions, (X) 123
Worldly life and inner life: as related, (XV) 192, 195.
See also Inner and outer
World planning: and the absence of nationalism,
(XVII) 192; and outward security, (XVII) 243. See
also Peace; Unity of mankind
World problems, (III) 124; (VIII) 226-27; (IX) 193-
94; and acceptance of death, (XV) 230; approach
to, (IX) 83, 210; (XVI) 116; and authority, (VIII)
254; (XI) 65-66; awareness of, (XI) 259; and
challenge, (XIII) 331-32; and challenge and
response, (XV) 213; and the challenge of life, (XI)
28; and change, (X) 260; and commitment, (XI)
324; and concern for the human being, (XVII) 264;
and conditioning, (IX) 145; and contradiction,
(XV) 311; and the desire for action, (XI) 48-49;
and the desire for order, (XII) 189-90; and desire
for solutions, (IX) 263; and the destination of the
individual, (XI) 103; and deterioration, (X) 183;
(XVI) 42-43; and the difficulty of knowing how to
think, (XVII) 180; and discontent, (XVII) 86, 131,
189-90; and the division between the inner and

outer, (XVII) 132; and divisions, (IX) 226; and
dogma, (XI) 367-68; East and West, (X) 44; in the
East and West, (XVII) 93-94; as fact, (XIII) 30-31;
and the failure of revolutions, (XVII) 245; and the
free and mechanistic minds, (XIII) 1-4; and
freedom, (XI) 114, 116, 214; and the fresh mind,
(XIII) 329; and government, (XV) 10; hindrances
to solving, (XIII) 48-49; and human despair, (XVI)
71-73; as human problems, (XVI) 232; and human
relationship, (X) 43-44; and human understanding,
(VIII) 162; and ‘I’ process, (III) 74-75; as
immediate, (XII) 230; immensity of, (XVII) 160;
increase of, (XII) 49-50; and the individual, (V) 74,
183; (IV) 188; and individual change, (X) 118-19;
as individual problem(s), (IV) 149, 151, 152, 156;
(X) 239-41, 242; (XI) 243; and individual
relationships, (V) 10-14; and influences on people,
(XI) 57-58; and inquiry, (XIII) 62-63; and inward
and outward change, (XIII)169-70; and joining
organizations, (XI) 303; and laziness, (XVI) 71-72,
73; and local entities, (XVI) 151; looking totally at,
(XVII) 57; and the loss of feeling, (XI) 43; and the
loss of freedom, (XIII) 63; and moral, ethical, and
physical decline, (XVII) 216; and nationalism,
(XI) 295; and the need for action, (XVI) 8-9; and
need for change, (VII) 39, 294, 321; (XV) 307;
(XVII) 196; and the need for mutation, (XVII)
109; and the need for a new mind, (XII) 174; and
the need for radical revolution, (XVII) 63; and the
need for seriousness, (XVII) 159; and the need for
world solutions, (XVI) 242; and the need to revolt,
(XIII) 113-14; and the new mind, (IX) 199; not
learning from, (XV) 315-16; origin of, (III) 201-2;
as outward conflict, (XIII) 284; and outward and
inward movements, (XII) 184-85; and peace, (IX)
70-71; and political leaders, (VIII) 248-49; and
politicians, (XI) 62-63; and the religious and
scientific spirits, (XII) 81; responsibility for, (XV)
195-96; and the scientific spirit, (XII) 169; and the
search for truth, (X) 36; and self, (VI) 163-64; and
self-discovery, (XIII) 3; and self-knowledge, (IX)
136; (X) 70, 124; and self-transformation, (IV) 33;
and social change, (VI) 136; solutions to, (IX) 194;
and sorrow, (XII) 211; as specialists’ realm, (V)
151-52; and systems, (III) 92; (XI) 345; and time,
(XV) 170; and transformation, (V) 221; and the
uncluttered mind, (XIII) 330-31; understanding,
(XI) 334; unsolved, (XV) 302; and war, (XVI) 4.
See also Authority; Belief; Divis ions; Food,
clothing, shelter; Nationalism; Necessities; New;
Problems; Poverty; Society; Violence; War
World reform: and revolution, (III) 226
World revolution: need for, (XI) 277
World unity, (l) 158
World violence: and loss of faith, (XVII) 94. See also
World problems
Worry: as necessity, (VI) 235; versus the still mind,
(VI) 233
Worship: of authority, (XIV) 246; of conflict, (XIII)
284-85; and the decaying mind, (XII) 217; demand
165
for, (IX) 109-10; for gratification, (V) 19; of
images, (V) 82-83; and the intellect as problem,
(V) 153-54; without love, (XIV) 213; versus
loving, (II) 178; of Masters, (III) 213-14; of the
past, (XV) 41; religious and state, (IX) 212; and the
search for permanence, (XVII) 151, 152; and
separatism, (V) 37; of sorrow, (XIII) 308; (XIV )
103, 210; (XV) 78, 121, 343; of suffering, (XV)
260; and war, (IV) 7. See also Leaders;
Nationalism; Prayer; Religion
Worship of intellect, (VII) 9. See also Intelligence;
Knowledge
Writer(s): and confusion, (XV) 172; and the desire for
fame, (XVI) 180; and the meaninglessness of life,
(XV) 178; and self-fulfillment, (VII) 185. See also
Arts
Yes-sayers: and religion, (XI) 289-290, 291
Yesterday: dying to, (XI) 368; (XII) 161; as hindrance
to today, (XII) 38; and knowledge, (XI) 185;
perceiving instantly, (XVI) 91. See also Memory;
Past; Time; Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Yesterday and tomorrow: and fear, (XII) 249. See also
Yesterday
Yesterday, today and tomorrow: and consciousness,
(XVI) 188-89; and the division of time, (XVI) 238,
240; (XVII) 102; and time, (VIII) 203-4; as time,
(XI) 364-67. See also Past; Time; Yesterday
Yoga: as discipline of the known, (VII) 286-87; and
meditation, (IX) 73; as a physical and spiritual
help, (VIII) 232; and the search for God, (X) 41-
42; and the value of exercise, (X) 88-89
Yogi(s): and conditioning, (XVI) 84; and desire,
(XIV) 98. See also Authority; Conditioning;
Identification; Religious mind; Words
‘You’, (II) 106-108; (VI) 63-64; and the cessation of
knowledge, (X) 262; defining, (X) 258; (XI) 33; as
the idea, (XVI) 203. See also Center; Entity; ‘Me’;
Observer; Self
Young: and the ability to enjoy, (VIII) 117-18; and
curiosity, (VIII) 128-29; and discontent, (XI) 145;
and disturbance, (XIII) 15; and the need for
security, (VIII) 72-74; problems of, (VIII) 88; as
sacrifice by the old, (VII) 123; and the search for
meaning in America, (XVII) 96; and the sense of
revolt, (XV) 235. See also Authority; Children; Old
age; Revolt; Seeking; Younger generation
Younger generation: and revolt, (XVII) 261-62
Young mind, (XI) 74-78; and the absence of problems,
(XIII) 133; achieving, (XIV) 244; and daily
rebirth, (XV) 79-80; defining, (XV) 68; and dying
to thought, (XII) 222; and energy, (XIV) 295; and
freedom, (XI) 66; and freedom from fear and
sorrow, (XIII) 173; and “I don’t know”, (XV) 24;
and learning, (XII) 271; (XIV) 287; and
meditation, (XIV) 167; as necessary, (XI) 74-75;
need for, (XVI) 298-99; as revolutionary, (XI) 328;
(XII) 38; and seeing truth, (XVII) 227. See also
Clear mind; Dull mind; Empty mind; Free mind;
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Fresh mind; Innocent mind; Mind; New mind;

Quiet mind; Religious mind; Serious mind
Young people: and the rejection of ideology, (XVII)
175; and revolt, (XVII) 189; and the search for
security, (XIII) 291. See also Aging; Young
Youth: and discontent, (XI) 43-44, 46; enthusiasm of,
(IX) 185; and fear, (VIII) 61-63, 65-69; and
passion, (XIV) 97; revolution, (VIII) 120. See also
Children
Youth culture: and love, (XVII) 203. See also Young

Zen: and systems of meditation, (XVII) 80. See also

Authority; Conditioning; Divisions; Religion
Society; World problems
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NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 1st Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 31
NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 2nd Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 34
NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 3rd Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 38
NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 4th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 44
NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 5th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 50
NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 6th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 56
NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 7th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 62
NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 8th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 69
NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 9th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 76
NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 10th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 82
NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 11th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 88
NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 12th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 95
NOT ON CD-ROM 1933 Camp Fire Address at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume I page 103
VB330905 1933 Talk in University Hall, Oslo Norway Volume I Page 105
VB330906 1933 1st Public Talk, Frognerseteren Norway Volume I Page 111
VB330908 1933 2nd Public Talk, Frognerseteren Norway Volume I Page 117
VB330909 1933 3rd Public Talk, Frognerseteren Norway Volume I Page 123
VB330910 1933 Talk in the Colosseum, Oslo Norway Volume I Page 127
VB330912 1933 4th Public Talk, Frognerseteren Norway Volume I Page 134
VB331229 1933 1st Public Talk, Adyar Volume I Page 143
VB331230 1933 4th Public Talk, Adyar Volume I Page 168
VB340102 1933 5th Public Talk, Adyar Volume I Page 176
VB340103 1933 6th Public Talk, Adyar Volume I Page 184

VB340328 1934 1st Public Talk Town Hall, Auckland New Zealand Volume II Page 1
VB340330 1934 1st Talk in Vasanta School Gardens, Auckland New Zealand Volume II Page 7
VB340331-A 1934 2nd Talk in Vasanta School Gardens, Auckland New Zealand Volume II Page 14
VB340331-B 1934 Talk to Theosophists in New Zealand Volume II Page 20
VB340401 1934 2nd Talk in Town Hall, Auckland New Zealand Volume II Page 31
VB340402 1934 3rd Talk in Vasanta School Gardens, Auckland New Zealand Volume II Page 39
VB340406 1934 Talk to Business Men in Auckland New Zealand Volume II Page 46
VB340616 1934 1st Public Talk the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 53
VB340617 1934 2nd Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 57
VB340618 1934 3rd Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 62
VB340619 1934 4th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 67
VB340622 1934 5th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 71
VB340623 1934 6th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 75
VB340624 1934 7th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 80
VB340625 1934 8th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 85
VB340628 1934 9th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 90
VB340629 1934 10th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 94
VB340630 1934 11th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 99
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VB340701 1934 12th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 104
VB350311 1935 1st Public Talk in the Town Hall, New York City Volume II Page 109
VB350313 1935 2nd Public Talk in the Town Hall, New York City Volume II Page 114
VB350315 1935 3rd Public Talk in the Town Hall, New York City Volume II Page 119
VB350413 1935 1st Public Talk in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Volume II Page 127
VB350417 1935 2nd Public Talk in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Volume II Page 130
VB350424 1935 2nd Public Talk in Sao Paulo, Brazil Volume II Page 133
VB350504 1935 3rd Public Talk in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Volume II Page 136
VB350510 1935 4th Public Talk in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Volume II Page 139
VB350518 1935 5th Public Talk in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Volume II Page 143
VB350528 1935 Public Talk at Nichteroy, Brazil Volume II Page 147
VB350621 1935 1st Public Talk in Montevideo, Uruguay Volume II Page 153
VB350626 1935 2nd Public Talk in Montevideo, Uruguay Volume II Page 157
VB350628 1935 3rd Public Talk in Montevideo, Uruguay Volume II Page 163
VB350706 1935 Public Talk at the University, Montevideo, Uruguay Volume II Page 168
VB350712 1935 1st Public Talk in Buenos Aires, Argentina Volume II Page 173
VB350715 1935 2nd Public Talk in Buenos Aires, Argentina Volume II Page 176
VB350719 1935 3rd Public Talk in Buenos Aires, Argentina Volume II Page 181
VB350722 1935 4th Public Talk in Buenos Aires, Argentina Volume II Page 186
VB350802 1935 Public Talk at the National College, La Plata, Argentina Volume II Page 191
VB350825 1935 Public Talks in Rosario and Mendoza, Argentina Volume II Page 195
VB350901 1935 1st Public Talk in Santiago, Chile Volume II Page 203
VB350904 1935 Public Talk in Valparaiso, Chile Volume II Page 207
VB350907 1935 2nd Public Talk in Santiago, Chile Volume II Page 211
VB350908 1935 3rd Public Talk in Santiago, Chile Volume II Page 215
VB351020 1935 1st Public Talk in Mexico City Volume II Page 221
VB351027 1935 2nd Public Talk in Mexico City Volume II Page 224
VB351030 1935 3rd Public Talk in Mexico City Volume II Page 228
VB351103 1935 4th Public Talk in Mexico City Volume II Page 230

VB360405 1936 1st Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 1
VB360412 1936 2nd Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 4
VB360419 1936 3rd Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 8
VB360426 1936 4th Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 12
VB360503 1936 5th Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 16
VB360510 1936 6th Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 21
VB360517 1936 7th Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 26
VB360524 1936 8th Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 31
VB360601 1936 1st Public Talk in New York City Volume III Page 37
VB360604 1936 2nd Public Talk in New York City Vo lume III Page 42
VB360612 1936 1st Public Talk in Eddington, Pennsylvania Volume III Page 49
VB360614 1936 2nd Public Talk in Eddington, Pennsylvania Volume III Page 53
VB360616 1936 3rd Public Talk in Eddington, Pennsylvania Volume III Page 55
VB360725 1936 1st Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 61
VB360727 1936 2nd Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 64
VB360728 1936 3rd Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 68
VB360729 1936 4th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 71
VB360801 1936 5th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 75
VB360802 1936 6th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 77
VB360803 1936 7th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 81
VB360804 1936 8th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 85
VB361206 1936 1st Public Talk in Madras Volume III Page 89
VB361213 1936 2nd Public Talk in Madras Volume III Page 92
VB361220 1936 3rd Public Talk in Madras Volume III Page 95
VB361228 1936 4th Public Talk in Madras Volume III Page 98
VB370801 1937 1st Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 103
VB370803 1937 2nd Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 104
VB370804 1937 3rd Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 106
VB370805 1937 4th Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 109
VB370806 1937 5th Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 112
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VB370808 1937 6th Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 114
VB370809 1937 7th Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 116
VB370810 1937 8th Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 119
VB380804 1938 1st Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 123
VB380806 1938 2nd Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 127
VB380808 1938 3rd Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 132
VB380810 1938 4th Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 135
VB380812 1938 5th Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 138
VB380813 1938 6th Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 140
VB400526 1940 1st Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 145
VB400602 1940 2nd Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 150
VB400609 1940 3rd Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 155
VB400616 1940 4th Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 159
VB400623 1940 5th Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 164
VB400630 1940 6th Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 168
VB400707 1940 7th Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 174
VB400714 1940 8th Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 180
VB400000 1940 Notes on Sarobia Discussions Volume III Page 187
VB440514 1944 1st Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 195
VB440521 1944 2nd Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 198
VB440528 1944 3rd Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 203
VB440604 1944 4th Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 209
VB440611 1944 5th Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 214
VB440618 1944 6th Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 220
VB440625 1944 7th Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 224
VB440702 1944 8th Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 230
VB440709 1944 9th Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 235
VB440716 1944 10th Public Talk, Oak Grove Talks, Ojai Volume III Page 241

VB450000 1945 Foreword Oak Grove, Ojai

VB450001 1945 1st Public Talk in the Oa k Grove, Ojai Volume IV Page 1
VB450002 1945 2nd Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume IV Page 5
VB450003 1945 3rd Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume IV Page 11
VB450004 1945 4th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume IV Page 16
VB450005 1945 5th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume IV Page 22
VB450006 1945 6th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume IV Page 27
VB450007 1945 7th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume IV Page 32
VB450008 1945 8th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume IV Page 38
VB450009 1945 9th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume IV Page 44
VB450010 1945 10th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume IV Page 48
VB460001 1946 1st Public Talk in the Oak Grove, 1946 Volume IV Page 55
VB460002 1946 2nd Public Talk in the Oak Grove, 1946 Volume IV Page 59
VB460003 1946 3rd Public Talk in the Oak Grove, 1946 Volume IV Page 63
VB460004 1946 4th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, 1946 Volume IV Page 68
VB460005 1946 5th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, 1946 Volume IV Page 73
VB460006 1946 6th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, 1946 Volume IV Page 77
VB471022 1947 1st Public Talk Madras Volume IV Page 83
VB471026 1947 2nd Public Talk, Madras Volume IV Page 87
VB471102 1947 3rd Public Talk, Madras Volume IV Page 92
VB471109 1947 4th Public Talk, Madras Volume IV Page 98
VB471116 1947 5th Public Talk, Madras Volume IV Page 104
VB471123 1947 6th Public Talk, Madras Volume IV Page 110
VB471130 1947 7th Public Talk, Madras Volume IV Page 116
VB471207 1947 8th Public Talk, Madras Volume IV Page 122
VB471214 1947 9th Public Talk, Madras Volume IV Page 130
VB471221T 1947 10th Public Talk, Madras Volume IV Page 135
VB471228 1947 11th Public Talk, Madras Volume IV Page 140
VB480118 1948 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume IV Page 159
VB480125 1948 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume IV Page 162
VB480201 1948 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume IV Page 167
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VB480208 1948 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IV Page 171

VB480215 1948 5th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IV Page 175
VB480222 1948 6th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IV Page 179
VB480229 1948 7th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IV Page 185
VB480307 1948 8th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IV Page 190
VB480314 1948 10th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IV Page 195
VB480321 1948 11th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IV Page 200
VB480328 1948 12th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IV Page 205

VB480704 1948 1st Public Talk, Bangalore, India Volume V Page 1

VB480711 1948 2nd Public Talk, Bangalore, India Volume V Page 9
VB480718 1948 3rd Public Talk, Bangalore, India Volume V Page 19
VB480725 1948 4th Public Talk, Bangalore, India Volume V Page 29
VB480801 1948 5th Public Talk, Bangalore, India Volume V Page 39
VB480808 1948 6th Public Talk, Bangalore, India Volume V Page 49
VB480815 1948 7th Public Talk, Bangalore, India Volume V Page 58
VB480901 1948 1st Public Talk, Poona, India Volume V Page 71
VB480905 1948 2nd Public Talk, Poona, India Volume V Page 78
VB480912 1948 3rd Public Talk, Poona, India Volume V Page 85
VB480919 1948 4th Public Talk, Poona, India Volume V Page 94
VB480926 1948 5th Public Talk, Poona, India Volume V Page 103
VB481003 1948 6th Public Talk, Poona, India Volume V Page 116
VB481010 1948 7th Public Talk, Poona, India Volume V Page 127
VB481017 1948 8th Public Talk, Poona, India Volume V Page 138
VB481106 1948 Radio Talk, New Delhi, India Volume V Page 151
VB481114 1948 1st Public Talk, New Delhi, India Volume V Page 153
VB481128 1948 2nd Public Talk, New Delhi, India Volume V Page 160
VB481219 1948 3rd Public Talk, New Delhi, India Volume V Page 168
VB490116 1949 1st Public Talk, Banaras Volume V Page 181
VB490123 1949 2nd Public Talk, Banaras Volume V Page 186
VB490206 1949 3rd Public Talk, Banaras Volume V Page 195
VB490213 1949 4th Public Talk, Banaras Volume V Page 205
VB490220 1949 5th Public Talk, Banaras Volume V Page 211
VB490716 1949 1st Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 223
VB490717 1949 2nd Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 229
VB490723 1949 3rd Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 238
VB490724 1949 4th Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 245
VB490730 1949 5th Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 253
VB490731 1949 6th Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 263
VB490806 1949 7th Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 271
VB490807 1949 8th Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 279
VB490813 1949 9th Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 287
VB490814 1949 10th Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 294
VB490820 1949 11th Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 302
VB490821 1949 12th Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 308
VB490827 1949 13th Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 317
VB490828 1949 14th Public Talk, Ojai Volume V Page 325
VB491002 1949 1st Public Talk, London Volume V Page 333
VB491009 1949 2nd Public Talk, London Volume V Page 341
VB491016 1949 3rd Public Talk, London Volume V Page 348
VB491023 1949 4th Public Talk, London Volume V Page 356
VB491030 1949 5th Public Talk, London Volume V Page 362

VB491120 1949 1st Public Talk, Rajahmundry, India Volume VI Page 1

VB491127 1949 2nd Public Talk, Rajahmundry, India Volume VI Page 7
VB491204 1949 3rd Public Talk, Rajahmundry, India Volume VI Page 16
VB491218 1950 4th Public Talk, Colombo, Ceylon Volume VI Page 65
VB500122-A 1950 5th Public Talk, Colombo, Ceylon Volu me VI Page 72
VB500122-B 1950 2nd Radio Talk, Colombo, Ceylon Volume VI Page 78
VB500212 1950 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume VI Page 83
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VB500219 1950 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume VI Page 93

VB500226 1950 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume VI Page 102
VB500305 1950 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VI Page 112
VB500312 1950 5th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VI Page 123
VB500314 1950 6th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VI Page 135
VB500409 1950 1st Public Talk, Paris Volume VI Page 143
VB500416 1950 2nd Public Talk, Paris Volume VI Page 148
VB500423 1950 3rd Public Talk, Paris Volume VI Page 155
VB500430 1950 4th Public Talk, Paris Volume VI Page 162
VB500507 1950 5th Public Talk, Paris Volume VI Page 170
VB500604 1950 1st Public Talk, New York Volume VI Page 177
VB500611 1950 2nd Public Talk, New York Volume VI Page 184
VB500618 1950 3rd Public Talk, New York Volume VI Page 190
VB500625 1950 4th Public Talk, New York Volume VI Page 198
VB500702 1950 5th Public Talk, New York Volume VI Page 205
VB500716 1950 1st Public Talk, Seattle Volume VI Page 215
VB500723 1950 2nd Public Talk, Seattle Volume VI Page 221
VB500730 1950 3rd Public Talk, Seattle Volume VI Page 227
VB500806 1950 4th Public Talk, Seattle Volume VI Page 233
VB500813 1950 5th Public Talk, Seattle Volume VI Page 239
VB520105 1952 1st Public Talk, Madras Volume VI Page 247
VB520106 1952 2nd Public Talk, Madras Volume VI Page 253
VB520112 1952 3rd Public Talk, Madras Volume VI Page 259
VB520113 1952 4th Public Talk, Madras Volume VI Page 265
VB520119 1952 5th Public Talk, Madras Volume VI Page 272
VB520120 1952 6th Public Talk, Madras Volume VI Page 278
VB520126 1952 7th Public Talk, Madras Volume VI Page 285
VB520127 1952 8th Public Talk, Madras Volume VI Page 293
VB520202 1952 9th Public Talk, Madras Volume VI Page 299
VB520203 1952 10th Public Talk, Madras Volume VI Page 306
VB520209 1952 11th Public Talk, Madras Volume VI Page 313
VB520210 1952 12th Public Talk, Madras Volume VI Page 320
VB520407 1952 1st Public Talk, London Volume VI Page 331
VB520408 1952 2nd Public Talk, London Volume VI Page 337
VB520415 1952 3rd Public Talk, London Volume VI Page 343
VB520416 1952 4th Public Talk, London Volume VI Page 349
VB520423 1952 5th Public Talk, London Volume VI Page 354
VB520424 1952 6th Public Talk, London Volume VI Page 361

VB520802 1952 1st Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 1

VB520803 1952 2nd Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 6
VB520809 1952 3rd Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 12
VB520810 1952 4th Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 17
VB520816 1952 5th Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 22
VB520817 1952 6th Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 28
VB520823 1952 7th Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 33
VB520824 1952 8th Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 39
VB520830 1952 9th Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 45
VB520831 1952 10th Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 51
VB521210 1952 1st Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 59
VB521211 1952 2nd Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 62
VB521212 1952 3rd Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 65
VB521214 1952 4th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 69
VB521215 1952 5th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 73
VB521216 1952 6th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 76
VB521217 1952 7th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 82
VB521218 1952 8th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 87
VB521219 1952 9th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 92
VB521221 1952 10th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 97
VB521222 1952 11th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 102
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VB521223 1952 12th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 104
VB521224 1952 13th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 108
VB521225 1952 14th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 112
VB521226 1952 15th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 117
VB521228 1952 16th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 121
VB521229 1952 17th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 126
VB521230 1952 18th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 129
VB521231 1952 19th Talk to boys & girls, Rajghat Volume VII Page 133
VB530124 1953 1st Public Talk, Poona Volume VII Page 139
VB530125 1953 2nd Public Talk, Poona Volume VII Page 148
VB530131 1953 3rd Public Talk, Poona Volume VII Page 156
VB530201 1953 4th Public Talk, Poona Volume VII Page 164
VB530208 1953 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume VII Page 173
VB530211 1953 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume VII Page 181
VB530215 1953 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume VII Page 188
VB530218 1953 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VII Page 197
VB530222 1953 5th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VII Page 204
VB530225 1953 6th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VII Page 210
VB530301 1953 7th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VII Page 218
VB530304 1953 8th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VII Page 226
VB530308 1953 9th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VII Page 234
VB530311 1953 10th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VII Page 241
VB530330 1953 1st Public Talk, London Volume VII Page 251
VB530331 1953 2nd Public Talk, London Volume VII Page 257
VB530401 1953 3rd Public Talk, London Volume VII Page 262
VB530407 1953 4th Public Talk, London Volume VII Page 269
VB530408 1953 5th Public Talk, London Volume VII Page 275
VB530409 1953 6th Public Talk, London Volume VII Page 281
VB530620 1953 1st Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 289
VB530621 1953 2nd Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 294
VB530627 1953 3rd Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 299
VB530628 1953 4th Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 304
VB530704 1953 5th Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 309
VB530705 1953 6th Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 316
VB530711 1953 7th Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 322
VB530712 1953 8th Public Talk, Ojai Volume VII Page 327

VB531205 1953 1st Public Talk, Madras Volume VIII Page 1

VB531206 1953 2nd Public Talk, Madras Volume VIII Page 7
VB531212 1953 3rd Public Talk, Madras Volume VIII Page 15
VB531213 1953 4th Public Talk, Madras Volume VIII Page 21
VB531219 1953 5th Public Talk, Madras Volume VIII Page 27
VB531220 1953 6th Public Talk, Madras Volume VIII Page 34
VB531226 1954 15th Talk to Students, Rajghat, India Volume VIII Page 134
VB540110 1954 1st Talk at Banaras Hindu University, India Volume VIII Page 141
VB540117 1954 2nd Talk at Banaras Hindu University, India Volume VIII Page 146
VB540124 1954 3rd Talk at Banaras Hindu University, India Volume VIII Page 153
VB540207 1954 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 161
VB540210 1954 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 167
VB540214 1954 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 175
VB540217 1954 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 181
VB540221 1954 5th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 187
VB540224 1954 6th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 194
VB540228 1954 7th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 200
VB540303 1954 8th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 204
VB540522 1954 1st Public Talk, New York Volume VIII Page 211
VB540523 1954 2nd Public Talk, New York Volume VIII Page 216
VB540524 1954 3rd Public Talk, New York Volume VIII Page 222
VB540528 1954 4th Public Talk, New York Volume VIII Page 228
VB540529 1954 5th Public Talk, New York Volume VIII Page 234
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VB540530 1954 6th Public Talk, New York Volume VIII Page 240
VB541205 1954 1st Public Talk, Madras Volume VIII Page 247
VB541212 1954 2nd Public Talk, Madras Volume VIII Page 252
VB550109 1955 1st Public Talk, Rajghat Volume VIII Page 259
VB550116 1955 2nd Public Talk, Rajghat Volume VIII Page 266
VB550123 1955 3rd Public Talk, Rajghat Volume VIII Page 271
VB550127 1955 Talk to parents in Banaras Volume VIII Page 278
VB550130 1955 4th Public Talk, Rajghat Volume VIII Page 283
VB550206 1955 5th Public Talk, Rajghat Volume VIII Page 289
VB550216 1955 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 297
VB550220 1955 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 303
VB550223 1955 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 309
VB550227 1955 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 314
VB550302 1955 5th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 320
VB550306 1955 6th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 326
VB550309 1955 7th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 333
VB550313 1955 8th Public Talk, Bombay Volume VIII Page 340

VB550517 1955 1st Public Talk, Amsterdam Volume IX Page 1

VB550519 1955 2nd Public Talk, Amsterdam Volume IX Page 6
VB550522 1955 3rd Public Talk, Amsterdam Volume IX Page 12
VB550523 1955 4th Public Talk, Amsterdam Volume IX Page 18
VB550526 1955 5th Public Talk, Amsterdam Volume IX Page 25
VB550617 1955 1st Public Talk, London Volume IX Page 33
VB550618 1955 2nd Public Talk, London Volume IX Page 39
VB550619 1955 3rd Public Talk, London Volume IX Page 48
VB550624 1955 4th Public Talk, London Volume IX Page 54
VB550625 1955 5th Public Talk, London Volume IX Page 61
VB550626 1955 6th Public Talk, London Volume IX Page 67
VB550706 1955 1st Public Talk, Ojai Volume IX Page 77
VB550707 1955 2nd Public Talk, Ojai Volume IX Page 83
VB550713 1955 3rd Public Talk, Ojai Volume IX Page 89
VB550714 1955 4th Public Talk, Ojai Volume IX Page 96
VB550720 1955 5th Public Talk, Ojai Volume IX Page 103
VB550721 1955 6th Public Talk, Ojai Volume IX Page 109
VB550727 1955 7th Public Talk, Ojai Volume IX Page 116
VB550728 1955 8th Public Talk, Ojai Volume IX Page 125
VB551109 1955 1st Public Talk, Sydney Volume IX Page 135
VB551112 1955 2nd Public Talk, Sydney Volume IX Page 140
VB551116 1955 3rd Public Talk, Sydney Volume IX Page 145
VB551119 1955 4th Public Talk, Sydney Volume IX Page 152
VB551123 1955 5th Public Talk, Sydney Volume IX Page 158
VB551126 1955 6th Public Talk, Sydney Volume IX Page 165
VB551211 1955 1st Public Talk, Banaras, India Volume IX Page 171
VB551218 1955 2nd Public Talk, Banaras, India Volume IX Page 178
VB551225 1955 3rd Public Talk, Banaras, India Volume IX Page 185
VB560111 1956 1st Public Talk, Madras Volume IX Page 193
VB560115 1956 2nd Public Talk, Madras Volume IX Page 198
VB560118 1956 3rd Public Talk, Madras Volume IX Page 203
VB560129 1956 4th Public Talk, Madras Volume IX Page 209
VB560201 1956 5th Public Talk, Madras Volume IX Page 214
VB560212 1956 1st Public Talk, Madanapalle, India Volume IX Page 221
VB560219 1956 2nd Public Talk, Madanapalle, India Volume IX Page 225
VB560226 1956 3rd Public Talk, Madanapalle, India Volume IX Page 231
VB560304 1956 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume IX Page 237
VB560307 1956 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume IX Page 243
VB560311 1956 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume IX Page 249
VB560314 1956 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IX Page 255
VB560318 1956 5th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IX Page 261
VB560321 1956 6th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IX Page 268
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VB560325 1956 7th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IX Page 274

VB560328 1956 8th Public Talk, Bombay Volume IX Page 281

VB560514 1956 1st Public Talk, Stockholm Volume X Page 1

VB560515 1956 2nd Public Talk, Stockholm Volume X Page 6
VB560521 1956 3rd Public Talk, Stockholm Volume X Page 10
VB560522 1956 4th Public Talk, Stockholm Volume X Page 16
VB560524 1956 5th Public Talk, Stockholm Volume X Page 20
VB560525 1956 6th Public Talk, Stockholm Volume X Page 25
VB560516 1956 1st Public Talk, Brussels Volume X Page 31
VB560617 1956 2nd Public Talk, Brussels Volume X Page 37
VB560618 1956 3rd Public Talk, Brussels Volume X Page 43
VB560623 1956 4th Public Talk, Brussels Volume X Page 49
VB560624 1956 5th Public Talk, Brussels Volume X Page 56
VB560625 1956 6th Public Talk, Brussels Volume X Page 61
VB560905 1956 1st Public Talk, Hamburg Volume X Page 69
VB560906 1956 2nd Public Talk, Hamburg Volume X Page 74
VB560909 1956 3rd Public Talk, Hamburg Volume X Page 79
VB560914 1956 4th Public Talk, Hamburg Volume X Page 85
VB560915 1956 5th Public Talk, Hamburg Volume X Page 92
VB560916 1956 6th Public Talk, Hamburg Volume X Page 98
VB560924 1956 1st Public Talk, Athens Volume X Page 107
VB560926 1956 2nd Public Talk, Athens Volume X Page 112
VB560930 1956 3rd Public Talk, Athens Volume X Page 116
VB561010 1956 1st Public Talk, New Delhi Volume X Page 121
VB561017 1956 2nd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume X Page 128
VB561021 1956 3rd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume X Page 135
VB561024 1956 4th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume X Page141
VB561028 1956 5th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume X Page148
VB561031 1956 6th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume X Page155
VB561212 1956 1st Public Talk, Madras Volume X Page 163
VB561216 1956 2nd Public Talk, Madras Volume X Page 169
VB561219 1956 3rd Public Talk, Madras Volume X Page 176
VB561223 1956 4th Public Talk, Madras Volume X Page 183
VB561226 1956 5th Public Talk, Madras Volume X Page 191
VB570113 1957 1st Public Talk, Colombo, Sri Lanka Volume X Page 197
VB570116 1957 2nd Public Talk, Colombo, Sri Lanka Volume X Page 203
VB570120 1957 3rd Public Talk, Colombo, Sri Lanka Volume X Page 210
VB570123 1957 4th Public Talk, Colombo, Sri Lanka Volume X Page 216
VB570127 1957 5th Public Talk, Colombo, Sri Lanka Volume X Page 223
VB570206 1957 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume X Page 231
VB570210 1957 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume X Page 238
VB570217 1957 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume X Page 245
VB570220 1957 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume X Page 252
VB570224 1957 5th Public Talk, Bombay Volume X Page 259
VB570303 1957 6th Public Talk, Bombay Volume X Page 266

EP63LA -I00 “On Learning”, 1958 Volume XI Page 1

VB580907 1958 1st Public Talk, Poona, India Volume XI Page 13
VB580910 1958 2nd Public Talk, Poona, India Volume XI Page 19
VB580914 1958 3rd Public Talk, Poona, India Volume XI Page 27
VB580917 1958 4th Public Talk, Poona, India Volume XI Page 35
VB580921 1958 5th Public Talk, Poona, India Volume XI Page 41
VB580924 1958 6th Public Talk, Poona, India Volume XI Page 48
VB581022 1958 1st Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 55
VB581026 1958 2nd Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 62
VB581029 1958 3rd Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 68
VB581102 1958 4th Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 73
VB581105 1958 5th Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 79
VB581109 1958 6th Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 83
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VB581112 1958 7th Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 89

VB581116 1958 8th Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 94
VB581126 1958 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 101
VB581130 1958 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 108
VB581203 1958 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 113
VB581207 1958 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 118
VB581210 1958 5th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 123
VB581214 1958 6th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 128
VB581217 1958 7th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 132
VB581221 1958 8th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 138
VB581224 1958 9th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 144
VB581228 1958 10th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 148
VB590208 1959 1st Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 155
VB590211 1959 2nd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 160
VB590215 1959 3rd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 165
VB590218 1959 4th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 171
VB590222 1959 5th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 177
VB590225 1959 6th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 183
VB590301 1959 7th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 189
VB590304 1959 8th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 195
VB590308 1959 9th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 201
VB590311 1959 10th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 206
VB591122 1959 1st Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 213
VB591125 1959 2nd Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 218
VB591129 1959 3rd Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 223
VB591202 1959 4th Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 228
VB591206 1959 5th Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 234
VB591209 1959 6th Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 238
VB591213 1959 7th Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 243
VB591216 1959 8th Public Talk, Madras Volume XI Page 247
VB591223 1959-60 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 253
VB591227 1959-60 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 258
VB591230 1959-60 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 265
VB600103 1959-60 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 271
VB600106 1959-60 5th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 278
VB600110 1959-60 6th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 283
VB600113 1959-60 7th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 289
VB600117 1959-60 8th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XI Page 294
VB600124 1960 1st Public Talk, Rajghat Volume XI Page 301
VB600126 1960 2nd Public Talk, Rajghat Volume XI Page 307
VB600131 1960 3rd Public Talk, Rajghat Volume XI Page 314
VB600207 1960 4th Public Talk, Rajghat Volume XI Page 321
VB600214 1960 1st Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 329
VB600217 1960 2nd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 335
VB600221 1960 3rd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 341
VB600224 1960 4th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 346
VB600228 1960 5th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 351
VB600302 1960 6th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 357
VB600306 1960 7th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 363
VB600309 1960 8th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XI Page 369
VB600521 1960 1st Public Talk, Ojai Volume XI Page 375
VB600522 1960 2nd Public Talk, Ojai Volume XI Page 379
VB600528 1960 3rd Public Talk, Ojai Volume XI Page 383
VB600529 1960 4th Public Talk, Ojai Volume XI Page 388

VB610108 1961 1st Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XII Page 1
VB610111 1961 2nd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XII Page 7
VB610113 1961 3rd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XII Page 13
VB610115 1961 4th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XII Page 20
VB610118 1961 5th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XII Page 26
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VB610120 1961 6th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XII Page 33
VB610122 1961 7th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XII Page 40
VB610219 1961 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume XII Page 49
VB610222 1961 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume XII Page 57
VB610224 1961 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume XII Page 63
VB610226 1961 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XII Page 68
VB610301 1961 5th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XII Page 75
VB610303 1961 6th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XII Page 81
VB610305 1961 7th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XII Page 89
VB610308 1961 8th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XII Page 95
VB610310 1961 9th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XII Page 103
VB610312 1961 10th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XII Page 107
VB610502 1961 1st Public Talk, London Volume XII Page 117
VB610504 1961 2nd Public Talk, London Volume XII Page 122
VB610507 1961 3rd Public Talk, London Volume XII Page 128
VB610509 1961 4th Public Talk, London Volume XII Page 133
VB610511 1961 5th Public Talk, London Volume XII Page 139
VB610514 1961 6th Public Talk, London Volume XII Page 142
VB610516 1961 7th Public Talk, London Volume XII Page 147
VB610518 1961 8th Public Talk, London Volume XII Page 153
VB610521 1961 9th Public Talk, London Volume XII Page 157
VB610523 1961 10th Public Talk, London Volume XII Page 163
VB610525 1961 11th Public Talk, London Volume XII Page 168
VB610528 1961 12th Public Talk, London Volume XII Page 174
VB610725 1961 1st Public Talk, Saanen Volume XII Page 183
VB610727 1961 2nd Public Talk, Saanen Volume XII Page 188
VB610730 1961 3rd Public Talk, Saanen Volume XII Page 193
VB610801 1961 4th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XII Page 198
VB610803 1961 5th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XII Page 203
VB610806 1961 6th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XII Page 207
VB610808 1961 7th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XII Page 213
VB610810 1961 8th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XII Page 217
VB610813 1961 9th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XII Page 223
VB610905 1961 1st Public Talk, Paris Volume XII Page 229
VB610907 1961 2nd Public Talk, Paris Vo lume XII Page 234
VB610910 1961 3rd Public Talk, Paris Volume XII Page 238
VB610912 1961 4th Public Talk, Paris Volume XII Page 243
VB610914 1961 5th Public Talk, Paris Volume XII Page 248
VB610917 1961 6th Public Talk, Paris Volume XII Page 253
VB610919 1961 7th Public Talk, Paris Volume XII Page 258
VB610921 1961 8th Public Talk, Paris Volume XII Page 263
VB610924 1961 9th Public Talk, Paris Volume XII Page 269
VB611122 1961 1st Public Talk, Madras Volume XII Page 275
VB611126 1961 2nd Public Talk, Madras Volume XII Page 281
VB611129 1961 3rd Public Talk, Madras Volume XII Page 288
VB611203 1961 4th Public Talk, Madras Volume XII Page 293
VB611206 1961 5th Public Talk, Madras Volume XII Page 299
VB611210 1961 6th Public Talk, Madras Volume XII Page 305
VB611213 1961 7th Public Talk, Madras Volume XII Page 313
VB611217 1961 8th Public Talk, Madras Volume XII Page 319

VB620101 1962 1st Public Talk, Varanasi, India Volume XIII Page 1
VB620103 1962 2nd Public Talk, Varanasi, India Volume XIII Page 9
VB620105 1962 3rd Public Talk, Varanasi, India Volume XIII Page 16
VB620107 1962 4th Public Talk, Varanasi, India Volume XIII Page 23
VB620110 1962 5th Public Talk, Varanasi, India Volume XIII Page 32
VB620112 1962 6th Public Talk, Varanasi, India Volume XIII Page 42
VB620114 1962 7th Public Talk, Varanasi, India Volume XIII Page 50
VB620121 1962 1st Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIII Page 61
VB620124 1962 2nd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIII Page 67
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VB620128 1962 3rd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIII Page 73
VB620131 1962 4th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIII Page 79
VB620204 1962 5th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIII Page 85
VB620207 1962 6th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIII Page 92
VB620211 1962 7th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIII Page 99
VB620214 1962 8th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIII Page 105
VB620221 1962 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume XIII Page 113
VB620225 1962 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume XIII Page 119
VB620228 1962 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume XIII Page 124
VB620302 1962 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XIII Page 131
VB620304 1962 5th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XIII Page 138
VB620307 1962 6th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XIII Page 144
VB620311 1962 7th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XIII Page 149
VB620313 1962 8th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XIII Page 156
VB620605 1962 1st Public Talk, London Volume XIII Page 165
VB620607 1962 2nd Public Talk, London Volume XIII Page 170
VB620610 1962 3rd Public Talk, London Volume XIII Page 177
VB620612 1962 4th Public Talk, London Volume XIII Page 184
VB620614 1962 5th Public Talk, London Volume XIII Page 192
VB620617 1962 6th Public Talk, London Volume XIII Page 199
VB620619 1962 7th Public Talk, London Volume XIII Page 206
VB620722 1962 1st Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 213
VB620725 1962 2nd Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 218
VB620726 1962 3rd Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 224
VB620729 1962 4th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 230
VB620731 1962 5th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 237
VB620802 1962 6th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 244
VB620805 1962 7th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 250
VB620807 1962 8th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 256
VB620809 1962 9th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 261
VB620812 1962 10th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 267
VB630707 1963 1st Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 275
VB630709 1963 2nd Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 281
VB630711 1963 3rd Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 288
VB630714 1963 4th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 295
VB630716 1963 5th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 301
VB630718 1963 6th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 307
VB630721 1963 7th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 314
VB630723 1963 8th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 320
VB630725 1963 9th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 326
VB630728 1963 10th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XIII Page 332

VB631023 1963 1st Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIV Page 1
VB631027 1963 2nd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIV Page 7
VB631030 1963 3rd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIV Page 13
VB631103 1963 4th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIV Page 20
VB631106 1963 5th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIV Page 27
VB631110 1963 6th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIV Page 33
VB631113 1963 7th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XIV Page 39
VB631124 1963 1st Public Talk, Varanasi, India Volume XIV Page 47
VB631201 1963 2nd Public Talk, Varanasi, India Volume XIV Page 56
VB631208 1963 3rd Public Talk, Varanasi, India Volume XIV Page 66
VB640112 1964 1st Public Talk, Madras Volume XIV Page 77
VB640115 1964 2nd Public Talk, Madras Volume XIV Page 82
VB640119 1964 3rd Public Talk, Madras Volume XIV Page 88
VB640122 1964 4th Public Talk, Madras Volume XIV Page 94
VB640126 1964 5th Public Talk, Madras Volume XIV Page 100
VB640129 1964 6th Public Talk, Madras Volume XIV Page 106
VB640202 1964 7th Public Talk, Madras Volume XIV Page 112
VB640209 1964 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume XIV Page 121

VB640212 1964 2nd Public Talk, Bombay
VB640216 1964 3rd Public Talk, Bombay
VB640219 1964 4th Public Talk, Bombay
VB640223 1964 5th Public Talk, Bombay
VB640226 1964 6th Public Talk, Bombay
VB640301 1964 7th Public Talk, Bombay
VB640712 1964 1st Public Talk, Saanen
VB640714 1964 2nd Public Talk, Saanen
VB640716 1964 3rd Public Talk, Saanen
VB640719 1964 4th Public Talk, Saanen
VB640721 1964 5th Public Talk, Saanen
VB640723 1964 6th Public Talk, Saanen
VB640726 1964 7th Public Talk, Saanen
VB640728 1964 8th Public Talk, Saanen
VB640730 1964 9th Public Talk, Saanen
VB640802 1964 10th Public Talk, Saanen
VB641021 1964 1st Public Talk, New Delhi
VB641025 1964 2nd Public Talk, New Delhi
VB641028 1964 3rd Public Talk, New Delhi
VB641101 1964 5th Public Talk, New Delhi
VB641108 1964 6th Public Talk, New Delhi
VB641111 1964 7th Public Talk, New Delhi
VB641120 1964 1st Public Talk, Varanasi
VB641122 1964 2nd Public Talk, Varanasi
VB641124 1964 3rd Public Talk, Varanasi
VB641126 1964 4th Public Talk, Varanasi
VB641128 1964 5th Public Talk, Varanasi
VB641216 1964-65 1st Public Talk, Madras
VB641220 1964-65 2nd Public Talk, Madras
VB641223 1964-65 3rd Public Talk, Madras
VB641227 1964-65 4th Public Talk, Madras
VB641230 1964-65 5th Public Talk, Madras
VB650103 1964-65 6th Public Talk, Madras
VB650106 1964-65 7th Public Talk, Madras
VB650210 1965 1st Public Talk, Bombay
VB650214 1965 2nd Public Talk, Bombay
VB650217 1965 3rd Public Talk, Bombay
VB650221 1965 4th Public Talk, Bombay
VB650224 1965 5th Public Talk, Bombay
VB650228 1965 6th Public Talk, Bombay
VB650303 1965 7th Public Talk, Bombay
VB650422 1965 1st Public Dialogue, London
VB650426 1965 2nd Public Dialogue, London
VB650429 1965 3rd Public Dialogue, London
VB650503 1965 4th Public Dialogue, London
VB650506 1965 5th Public Dialogue, London
VB650509 1965 6th Public Dialogue, London
VB650516 1965 1st Public Talk, Paris
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VB650523 1965 3rd Public Talk, Paris
VB650527 1965 4th Public Talk, Paris
VB650530 1965 5th Public Talk, Paris
VB650711 1965 1st Public Talk, Saanen
VB650713 1965 2nd Public Talk, Saanen
VB650715 1965 3rd Public Talk, Saanen
VB650718 1965 4th Public Talk, Saanen
VB650720 1965 5th Public Talk, Saanen
VB650722 1965 6th Public Talk, Saanen
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VB650729 1965 9th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XV Page 234

VB650801 1965 10th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XV Page 240
VB650804 1965 1st Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XV Page 247
VB650805 1965 2nd Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XV Page 253
VB650806 1965 3rd Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XV Page 260
VB650807 1965 4th Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XV Page 266
VB650808 1965 5th Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XV Page 273
VB650809 1965 6th Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XV Page 280
VB650810 1965 7th Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XV Page 287
VB651107 1965 1st Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XV Page 295
VB651111 1965 2nd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XV Page 302
VB651114 1965 3rd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XV Page 308
VB651118 1965 4th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XV Page 315
VB651122 1965 1st Public Talk, Varanasi Volume XV Page 325
VB651125 1965 2nd Public Talk, Varanasi Volume XV Page 333
VB651128 1965 3rd Public Talk, Varanasi Volume XV Page 340

VB651222 1965-66 1st Public Talk, Madras Volume XVI Page 1

VB651226 1965-66 2nd Public Talk, Madras Volume XVI Page 6
VB651229 1965-66 3rd Public Talk, Madras Volume XVI Page 13
VB660102 1965-66 4th Public Talk, Madras Volume XVI Page 19
VB660105 1965-66 5th Public Talk, Madras Volume XVI Page 26
VB660109 1965-66 6th Public Talk, Madras Volume XVI Page 32
VB660213 1966 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume XVI Page 41
VB660216 1966 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume XVI Page 47
VB660220 1966 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume XVI Page 53
VB660223 1966 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XVI Page 59
VB660227 1966 5th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XVI Page 65
VB660302 1966 6th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XVI Page 71
VB660331 1966 1st Public Dialogue, Rome Volume XVI Page 79
VB660403 1966 2nd Public Dialogue, Rome Volume XVI Page 92
VB660407 1966 3rd Public Dialogue, Rome Volume XVI Page 103
VB660410 1966 4th Public Dialogue, Rome Volume XVI Page 112
VB660414 1966 5th Public Dialogue, Rome Volume XVI Page 118
VB660426 1966 1st Public Talk, London Volume XVI Page 125
VB660430 1966 2nd Public Talk, London Volume XVI Page 130
VB660503 1966 3rd Public Talk, London Volume XVI Page 139
VB660507 1966 4th Public Talk, London Volume XVI Page 144
VB660510 1966 5th Public Talk, London Volume XVI Page 152
VB660515 1966 1st Public Talk, Paris Volume XVI Page 159
VB660519 1966 2nd Public Talk, Paris Volume XVI Page 165
VB660522 1966 3rd Public Talk, Paris Volume XVI Page 173
VB660526 1966 4th Public Talk, Paris Volume XVI Page 180
VB660529 1966 5th Public Talk, Paris Volume XVI Page 187
VB660710 1966 1st Public Talk, Saanen Volume XVI Page 195
VB660712 1966 2nd Public Talk, Saanen Volume XVI Page 201
VB660714 1966 3rd Public Talk, Saanen Volume XVI Page 207
VB660717 1966 4th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XVI Page 213
VB660719 1966 5th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XVI Page 219
VB660721 1966 6th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XVI Page 225
VB660724 1966 7th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XVI Page 231
VB660726 1966 8th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XVI Page 236
VB660728 1966 9th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XVI Page 242
VB660731 1966 10th Public Talk, Saanen Volume XVI Page 246
VB660803 1966 1st Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XVI Page 253
VB660804 1966 2nd Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XVI Page 260
VB660805 1966 3rd Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XVI Page 267
VB660806 1966 4th Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XVI Page 274
VB660807 1966 5th Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XVI Page 281
VB660808 1966 6th Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XVI Page 288
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VB660809 1966 7th Public Dialogue, Saanen Volume XVI Page 297

VB660926 1966 1st Public Talk, New York Volume XVII Page 1
VB660928 1966 2nd Public Talk, New York Volume XVII Page 8
VB660930 1966 3rd Public Talk, New York Volume XVII Page 16
VB661003 1966 4th Public Talk, New York Volume XVII Page 23
VB661005 1966 5th Public Talk, New York Volume XVII Page 31
VB661007 1966 6th Public Talk, New York Volu me XVII Page 38
VB661029 1966 1st Public Talk, Ojai Volume XVII Page 49
VB661030 1966 2nd Public Talk, Ojai Volume XVII Page 56
NOT ON CD-ROM 1966 3rd Public Talk, Ojai Volume XVII Page 63
NOT ON CD-ROM 1966 4th Public Talk, Ojai Volume XVII Page 70
NOT ON CD-ROM 1966 5th Public Talk, Ojai Volume XVII Page 77
NOT ON CD-ROM 1966 6th Public Talk, Ojai Volume XVII Page 85
VB661215 1966 1st Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XVII Page 93
VB661218 1966 2nd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XVII Page 99
VB661222 1966 3rd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XVII Page 108
VB661225 1966 4th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XVII Page 119
VB670115 1967 1st Public Talk, Madras Volume XVII Page 131
VB670118 1967 2nd Public Talk, Madras Volume XVII Page 138
VB670122 1967 3rd Public Talk, Madras Volume XVII Page 144
VB670125 1967 4th Public Talk, Madras Volume XVII Page 151
VB670219 1967 1st Public Talk, Bombay Volume XVII Page 159
VB670222 1967 2nd Public Talk, Bombay Volume XVII Page 166
VB670226 1967 3rd Public Talk, Bombay Volume XVII Page 173
VB670301 1967 4th Public Talk, Bombay Volume XVII Page 180
VB671030 1967 Talk to Students, Rishi Valley Volume XVII Page 189
VB671104 1967 1st Public Talk, Rishi Valley Volume XVII Page 194
VB671108 1967 2nd Public Talk, Rishi Valley Volume XVII Page 200
VB671111 1967 3rd Public Talk, Rishi Valley Volume XVII Page 207
VB671119 1967 1st Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XVII Page 215
VB671123 1967 2nd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XVII Page 221
VB671126 1967 3rd Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XVII Page 230
VB671130 1967 4th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XVII Page 237
VB671203 1967 5th Public Talk, New Delhi Volume XVII Page 245
VB671210 1967 1st Talk to Students, Rajghat Volume XVII Page 255
VB671214 1967 2nd Talk to Students, Rajghat Volume XVII Page 264
VB671217 1967 3rd Talk to Students, Rajghat Volume XVII Page 273