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Video
The Future of Humanity - With David Bohm 1983
Conversation with Huston Smith
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Biography
Jiddu Krishnamurti was born on 11 May 1895 in Madanapalle, a small town in south India. He and his brother were adopted in their youth by Dr Annie Besant, then president of the Theosophical Society. Dr Besant and others proclaimed that Krishnamurti was to be a world teacher whose coming the Theosophists had predicted. To prepare the world for this coming, a world-wide organization called the Order of the Star in the East was formed and the young Krishnamurti was made its head.
In 1929, however, Krishnamurti renounced the role that he was expected
to play, dissolved the Order with its huge following, and returned all
the money and property that had been donated for this work.
From then, for nearly sixty years until his death on 17 February 1986,
he travelled throughout the world talking to large audiences and to
individuals about the need for a radical change in mankind.
Krishnamurti is regarded globally as one of the greatest thinkers and
religious teachers of all time. He did not expound any philosophy or
religion, but rather talked of the things that concern all of us in our
everyday lives, of the problems of living in modern society with its
violence and corruption, of the individual's search for security and
happiness, and the need for mankind to free itself from inner burdens
of fear, anger, hurt, and sorrow. He explained with great precision the
subtle workings of the human mind, and pointed to the need for bringing
to our daily life a deeply meditative and spiritual quality.
Krishnamurti belonged to no religious organization, sect or country,
nor did he subscribe to any school of political or ideological thought.
On the contrary, he maintained that these are the very factors that
divide human beings and bring about conflict and war. He reminded his
listeners again and again that we are all human beings first and not
Hindus, Muslims or Christians, that we are like the rest of humanity
and are not different from one another. He asked that we tread lightly
on this earth without destroying ourselves or the environment. He
communicated to his listeners a deep sense of respect for nature. His
teachings transcend man-made belief systems, nationalistic sentiment
and sectarianism. At the same time, they give new meaning and direction
to mankind's search for truth. His teaching, besides being relevant to
the modern age, is timeless and universal.
Krishnamurti spoke not as a guru but as a friend, and his talks and
discussions are based not on tradition-based knowledge but on his own
insights into the human mind and his vision of the sacred, so he always
communicates a sense of freshness and directness although the essence
of his message remained unchanged over the years. When he addressed
large audiences, people felt that Krishnamurti was talking to each of
them personally, addressing his or her particular problem. In his
private interviews, he was a compassionate teacher, listening
attentively to the man or woman who came to him in sorrow, and
encouraging them to heal themselves through their own understanding.
Religious scholars found that his words threw new light on traditional
concepts. Krishnamurti took on the challenge of modern scientists and
psychologists and went with them step by step, discussed their theories
and sometimes enabled them to discern the limitations of those
theories. Krishnamurti left a large body of literature in the form of
public talks, writings, discussions with teachers and students, with
scientists and religious figures, conversations with individuals,
television and radio interviews, and letters. Many of these have been
published as books, and audio and video recordings.
