This book of dialogues with Krishnamurti addresses the main, or perhaps the only, question being asked by those who have listened to him for several years: ‘Why has the teachings not brought about a radical change in my life? Has the end of my journey come about? If not, why?’
Asserting that nothing else matters in life except this and at the same time refusing to give ready-made answers, he urges his listeners to find the answer for themselves. Deny thought, he says and explains what he means by it: ‘Deny any movement of thought to reach beyond itself and go further than its own consciousness. That’s all; that’s all. To realize that is to realize something extraordinary.’
Consisting of discussions with small groups, held in India between 1965 and 1984, the book turns on this theme, which is stated in different words and in different contexts by various participants or by Krishnamurti himself. What these selections reveal is not just Krishnamurti’s answers to the questions posed by the participants, but the methodology of his dialogue itself.
It is hoped that those who, over the years, have gone deeply into his teachings will find the dialogues of special significance in their own journey.
Publisher: KFI
270 pages
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.
