Heroic Action

"All great things start on a small scale, all great movements begin with individuals; and if we wait for collective action, such action, if it takes place at all, is destructive and conducive to further misery. So revolution must begin with you and me."
― Krishnamurti in Madras (1950)

Students of religion or spirituality often have the question in their mind, "What is the fastest way to enlightenment?"

Readers of spiritual books, or followers of Buddhism or Hinduism, often encounter this question being posed to a teacher.

The nature of the question reveals many things about the person who asks it. But the most direct answer that can be given is that the fastest way to enlightenment is by the daily, hourly, moment to moment application of the fourth paramita, the fourth "conscious attitude."

That attitude is called "Heroic Action." Sometimes it is translated as "diligence" or "endeavor."

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