Krishnamurti

One of the great teachers of the twentieth century shows a more intimate side in this collection of letters, written to a young person who was suffering in both body and mind.

"Life is a razor's edge and one has to walk on that path with exquisite care and with pliable wisdom."

One of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century describes a series of his encounters around the world with a wide variety of spiritual seekers. Their questions and his answers explore the nature of the lived experience, the details of profound self-inquiry and how to live a fulfilled life.

During the Second World War (1939-1945) Krishnamurti did not speak publicly in the United States but lived quietly in Ojai, CA. People sought him out and came to dialogue with him on many issues of the times or their own personal dilemmas. Their problems were universal human problems and each made true his statement “You are the world”.

Krishnamurti’s ‘teachings’ point to the self-inflicted confusion, conflicts, and false beliefs produced by mental images, and the conditioning and conflicts they spawn, generation after generation.

“Truth is a pathless land; you cannot approach it by any religion… My only concern is to set men absolutely free.” So said Jiddu Krishnamurti, one of the most influential spiritual leaders of the 20th century. Born in India in 1895, as a teenager he was groomed by Theosophists C.W.