Compiled for university students and teachers of philosophy by Raymond Martin, then Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, Reflections on the Self is composed of excerpts from Krishnamurti’s writings and talks which are concerned with the nature of the emotions, the self and self-identification, inquiry and the pure observation which frees man psychologically.
Publisher: Krishnamurti Foundation India
Current publication: 2014
ISBN: 978-81-87326-82-3
Pages count: 211
Format: paperback
First published: 1997
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.