NEW EDITION The first of Mary Lutyens four-volume biography of Krishnamurti, covering Krishnamurti's childhood and beyond, from 1895 to 1935. In 1909, a boy of 14 years was acclaimed as the savior of our age. Sent from his native India to study in England, the charismatic youth was groomed for the messianic role of World Teacher- a mantle he would ultimately cast off, unleashing a storm of controversy. Thereafter he traveled the world for 60 years and became a shining beacon of joy and truth to millions over.
Author Mary Lutyens, who had known Krishnamurti since she was three years old, has drawn on the unpublished letters and personal recollections of the great man to paint an intimate, dramatic and insightful portrait of a remarkable teacher and spiritual leader.
"I do not want followers, I desire to free humanity from all cages, from all fears." - J. Krishnamurti
The other volumes are:
Krishnamurti: The Years of Fulfillment Krishnamurti: The Open Door and The Life and Death of Krishnamurti.
This volume includes a detailed outline of significant events in the appendix. Black and white photos
Publisher: Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Author: Mary Lutyen 328 pp - Paper
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 conditioned mind. For nearly sixty years he traveled the world and spoke spontaneously to large audiences until the end of his life in 1986 at the age of ninety. He had no permanent home, but when not traveling, he often stayed in Ojai, California, Brockwood Park, England, and in Chennai, India. In his talks, he pointed out to people the need to transform themselves through self knowledge, by being aware of the subtleties of their thoughts and feelings in daily life, and how this movement can be observed through the mirror of relationship.
