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1895-1986
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in Areas: Self-Awareness; Transformation
: Author; Speaker; Educator; Religious Philosop
n rofit Affiliation: Krishnamurti Foundation of America
Krishnamurti Biography
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Theosophical Society was convinced that Krishnamurti was an incarnation of the
incarnated as Jesus.
have an active career as a public speaker, educator, and writer.
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David Krishnamurti Quotes and Thoughts
urti was a religious philosopher, born in India, whose me
te ed on the need for maximum self-awareness and fundamental transfor
re of his teaching is contained in the statement, “Truth is a pathless lan
in his life, he was hailed as the messiah of the 20th century. The
Lord Maitreya who, the Theosophists believed, had earlier
During a speech in Holland in 1929, Krishnamurti dissolved the Order of the Star,
of which he was the head, renouncing that position and all of its trappings in front
of 3,000 surprised followers. From then on, he set out on a teaching mission of his
own, as a secular philosopher of spirituality with no affiliation to sects or dogmas.
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amurti traveled the world giving talks and interviews to millions of p
that peace in the world can come about only through a complete chan
arts and minds of individuals. The Krishnamurti Foundation of Amer
began operations in 1969 to preserve and disseminate his teaching
amurti’s many books include The First and Last Freedom, Freedom
own, Think on These Things, and The Awakening of Intelligence.
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So, it is not that one must be free from or resist fear but that one mu
understand the whole nature and structure of fear, understand it; that
learn about it, watch it, come directly into contact with it. We are to
about fear, not how to escape from it, not how to resist it... (The Fli
the Eagle, p. 90)