Jiddu Krishnamurti - World Philosopher

Author: C V Williams
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 581
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120820339

Description

One of the most extraordinary lives ever imagined was actually lived over most of last century by Jiddu Krishnamurti, a poor, dreamy South Indian boy who was adopted by the English aristocracy and became the darling of California spiritual seekers.

The enigma of his life is explored and exposed-from the death of his mother when he was young to the adulation he received as a gurufigure, from abject poverty to luxurious comfort; from cultish repression to absolute freedom.

JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI also known as G Krishnamurthi, as his father's name was Geddu, Alcyone, Krishna and K). He is discovered and promoted as the next World Teacher by the Theosophical Society (TS) in 1909. He breaks away from the constraints of the Society in 1929 at the age of 34, declaring Truth is a Pathless Land.

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THE CHARACTERS

HAPTERS

Boyhood Dreams

A Sentimental Education

Antipodean Rudeness

Enlightenment

Pathless

Menage

In Love and War

Relationships

Self-Transformation

Out with the Old, In with the New

Science and Revolution

Yoga and the Nameless

Notes

References

Index