There is, and always have been, one enlightenment, which is a state of direct perception and perpetual insight, not a concept or knowledge. Samdhong Rinpoche, a distinguished scholar, trusted colleague of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the only person with his background and training who had a personal relationship with Krishnamurti over many years, stated clearly; J. Krishnamurti and Gautama Siddhartha shared this rare state or enlightenment. How they expressed what they experience was unique to each, given their time in history, language, culture and the audience who listened. In this regard, the books, “Unconditional Free” and “Always Awakening,” are two complimentary sides of a single coin. This extradentary package is being offered to deepen and enrich the those participating in the Unconditionally Free Online Exploration. 


Unconditionally Free is a comprehensive overview of the life and insights of J. Krishnamurti. A unique format follows a timeline from 1850 to the speaker’s death in 1986 through his early life and training, his growing rebelliousness, a mysterious ‘process’ and its awakening of an intense, yet silent, state of body and mind and with that awakening a radically different way of living. Highlights of J. Krishnamurti’s talks and dialogues, decade after decade, beginning in the 1920’s, are followed by rare descriptions and explorations by Krishnamurti of what this ‘other’ way of living feels like, as a direct experience. We share highlights of equally rare and insightful explorations of this ‘other’ state and its resonance with classic Tibetan Buddhist teachings, followed by an inquiry into what prevents most from experiencing what the speaker pointed to all his life. We end by offering a map of the teachings, not as content, but as style, form and function.

Always Awakening explores the common insight great teachers have been encouraging for thousands of years.

The word Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." This title refers to one who perceives directly the illusory, limited, and conflicted nature of reality common to humanity, and the false identity formed on this misguided foundation. With this awakening, everything changes; without it, nothing changes. Awakening therefore is and has been humanity's greatest challenge. Without comparison, Always Awakening explores how this insight was addressed 2,500 years ago by Gautama Siddhartha, and in a contemporary context, language, and metaphor by Krishnamurti. It engages and gives voice to one of the world's most respected Tibetan Buddhists, Samdhong Rinpoche, a distinguished scholar, trusted colleague of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the only one with his background and training who had a personal relationship with Krishnamurti over many years. For those with a Buddhist orientations, Always Awakening provides a fresh context to approach and explore Krishnamurti's observations. For those familiar with Krishnamurti, Always Awakening provides a lucid and accessible window into Buddhist philosophy, practices, and traditions. The approaches used by these two paradigms, these two ways of seeing, centuries apart, are very different, and this difference is exemplified in one of Krishnamurti's most distilled statements: "It is the responsibility of each individual to bring about their own transformation, which is not dependent on knowledge or time.