J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986), the revolutionary mystic, iconoclastic author and speaker had a profound impact on vast numbers of people for more than half the 20th Century. He counted as closest to him the nameless millions of serious and questioning people world-wide who strove to break the bounds of religious and psychological suffering.
Krishnamurti's nephew Giddu Narayan, has written a gentle memoir, As the River Joins the Ocean, that illuminates Krishnamurti in ways that more formal biographies have not. The family genealogy shows the humble origins of the great teacher. His touching lifelong concern and compassion for people, and for his own family, reveal him to be deeply related to humanity. This new memoir by a devoted student of the teachings is an important historical document for scholars and others concerned with Krishnamurti's unique approach to the perennial issues that perplex humanity.
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.
