The Book of Life is inspired by Krishnamurti's perception that anyone can discover truth and that all life is interconnected.
The Book of Life presents passages from Krishnamurti's talks and writings on a different theme for every week of the year, with each topic developed over seven days.
The subjects embrace such far-ranging topics as self-knowledge, desire, sorrow, death, and meditation.
Publisher -HarperCollins
Author/Editor -J. Krishnamurti
388 pp - Paper
"To listen to him or to read his thoughts is to face oneself and the world with an astonishing morning freshness."
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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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.