The book consists of six talks that J. Krishnamurti gave at Indian universities and the Indian Institutes of Technology between 1969 and 1984. Krishnamurti’s chief concern here is to awaken students to the fact that the pursuit of knowledge does not liberate man from his ignorance of himself. While knowledge is indispensable, it also creates [...]
In these discussions, Krishnamurti goes deeply into the question of Human problems, drawing, in the process, a most interesting distinction between the ‘professional’ and the ‘human being’. He asks whether we do not regard ourselves as professionals first and as human beings afterwards. Our education generally makes us professionals in the sense that right from [...]
These transcripts of talks and discussions held in Santa Monica and San Diego, London, Brockwood Park and Rome in 1970, have frequent references to what is and what is not the religious mind as well as discussing the question of violence. Publisher: KPA 186 Pages
Described by the Dalai Lama as “one of the greatest thinkers of the age”, Jiddu Krishnamurti has influenced millions throughout the 20th century, including Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Henry Miller and Joseph Campbell. Born of middle-class Brahmin parents in 1895, Krishnamurti was recognized at age fourteen by theosophists Annie Besant and C W Leadbetter as [...]
An unusual mixture of descriptions of nature and the psychological problems which constitute the essence of the human condition, in brief two- or three-page chapters. The three-book series is among the easiest of Krishnamurti’s books to read. A few of the many subjects discussed include: ambition, the nature of wisdom, fear, and what is true [...]
An unusual mixture of descriptions of nature and the psychological problems which constitute the essence of the human condition, in brief two- or three-page chapters. The three-book series is among the easiest of Krishnamurti’s books to read. A few of the many subjects discussed include: ambition, the nature of wisdom, fear, and what is true [...]
An unusual mixture of descriptions of nature and the psychological problems which constitute the essence of the human condition, in brief two- or three-page chapters. The three-book series is among the easiest of Krishnamurti’s books to read. A few of the many subjects discussed include: ambition, the nature of wisdom, fear, and what is true [...]