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Jiddu Krishnamurti (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ d uː ˌ k r ɪ ʃ n ə ˈ m ʊər t i / JID-oo KRISH-nə-MOOR-tee; 12 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) was an Indian philosopher, speaker, writer, and spiritual figure. Adopted by members of the Theosophical tradition as a child, he was raised to fill the advanced role of World Teacher , but in adulthood he rejected this mantle and distanced himself from the ...
Jiddu Krishnamurti lived from 1895 to 1986, and is regarded as one of the greatest philosophical and spiritual figures of the twentieth century. Krishnamurti claimed no allegiance to any caste, nationality or religion and was bound by no tradition. His purpose was to set humankind unconditionally free from the destructive limitations of ...
About J. Krishnamurti. Krishnamurti is regarded globally as one of the greatest thinkers and religious teachers of all time. From the time of his break with the Theosophical Society in 1929 (dissolution speech) until his death in 1986, Krishnamurti spoke throughout the world to large audiences and to individuals about the need for a radical change in mankind.
An Overview of Krishnamurti’s Life and Work. Jiddu Krishnamurti was born on 11 May 1895 in Madanapalle, a small town in south India. He and his brother were adopted in their youth by Dr Annie Besant, then president of the Theosophical Society. Dr Besant and others proclaimed that Krishnamurti was to be a world teacher whose coming the ...
J. Krishnamurti is considered one of the greatest philosophers and teachers of all time, his work influencing major figures such as George Bernard Shaw, David Bohm, Alan Watts, Henry Miller, Bruce Lee, Jackson Pollock and Aldous Huxley. Yet Krishnamurti remains an enigma; with a humility unheard of in our age, he insisted that he was totally ...
Krishnamurti left with us a profound legacy. Increasingly his talks, discussions and conversations were recorded, at first by stenographers, then on audio and video tape. These recordings form a vast and unique body of work: around 600 video recordings and more than 2,500 audios.
READ – The Core of the Teachings. The core of Krishnamurti’s teaching is contained in the statement he made in 1929 when he said, ‘Truth is a pathless land. Man cannot come to it through any organisation, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, not through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique.
