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JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI
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"Friend, do not concern yourself with who I am; you will never know. I do not want youto accept anything I say. I do not want anything from any of you; I do not desire popularity; I do not want your flattery, your following. Because I am in love with life, I do not want anything. These questions are not of very great importance; what is of importance is the fact that you obey and allow your judgement to be perverted byauthority. Your judgement, your mind, your affection, your life are being perverted bythings which have no value, and herein lies sorrow."
 
 
A Brief Historical Sketch
The extraordinary story of Krishnamurti, hailed early in life as the messiah for thetwentieth century, is a tale of mysticism, sexual scandals, religious fervour andchicanery, out of which emerged one the most influential thinkers of modern times.Krishnamurti was "discovered" as a young boy on a beach in India by members of the Theosophical Society who were convinced that they had found the new WorldLeader, a spiritual saviour who would be as historic and influential as the Buddha orJesus. By the 1920's he was attracting worldwide press attention and idealists,spiritual adventurers, progressive politicians, intellectuals and romantics alike flockedto his talks in their thousands, eager to embrace a new Christ from the Orient.Then in 1925 Krishnamurti experienced a mysterious spiritual awakening while enroute to India from America. And in 1929, in a dramatic act of renunciation hebewildered his thousands of disciples by abandoning the Theosophical Society thathad moulded him, setting out on a teaching mission of his own, as a secularphilosopher of spirituality with no affiliation to sects or dogmas.For more than sixty years Jiddu Krishnamurti traveled the world giving public talksand private interviews to millions of people of all ages and backgrounds, saying thatonly through a complete change in the hearts and minds of individuals can therecome about a change in society and peace in the world. He was born inMandanapalle, South India on May 12, 1895 and died on February 17, 1986 in Ojai,California, at the age of ninety. His talks, dialogues, journals and letters have beenpreserved in over seventy books and in hundreds of audio and video recordings.
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