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COLLECTED WORKS VOLUME 10

Photo: J. Krishnamurti, ca 1955

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ISBN 13: 9781934989432
ISBN: 1934989436
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62110-094-2

Contents

Preface

Talks in Stockholm, Sweden

First Talk, May 14, 1956

Second Talk, May 15, 1956

Third Talk, May 21, 1956

Fourth Talk, May 22, 1956

Fifth Talk, May 24, 1956

Sixth Talk, May 25, 1956

Talks in Brussels, Belgium

First Talk, June 16, 1956

Second Talk, June 17, 1956

Third Talk, June 18, 1956

Fourth Talk, June 23, 1956

Fifth Talk, June 24, 1956

Sixth Talk, June 25, 1956

Talks in Hamburg, Germany

First Talk, September 5, 1956

Second Talk, September 6, 1956

Third Talk, September 9, 1956

Fourth Talk, September 14, 1956

Fifth Talk, September 15, 1956

Sixth Talk, September 16, 1956

Talks in Athens, Greece

First Talk, September 24, 1956

Second Talk, September 26, 1956

Third Talk, September 30, 1956

Talks in New Delhi, India

First Talk, October 10, 1956

Second Talk, October 17, 1956

Third Talk, October 21, 1956

Fourth Talk, October 24, 1956

Fifth Talk, October 28, 1956

Sixth Talk, October 31, 1956

Talks in Madras, India

First Talk, December 12, 1956

Second Talk, December 16, 1956

Third Talk, December 19, 1956

Fourth Talk, December 23, 1956

Fifth Talk, December 26, 1956

Talks in Colombo, Ceylon

First Talk, January 13, 1957

Second Talk, January 16, 1957

Third Talk, January 20, 1957

Fourth Talk, January 23, 1957

Fifth Talk, January 27, 1957

Talks in Bombay, India

First Talk, February 6, 1957

Second Talk, February 10, 1957

Third Talk, February 17, 1957

Fourth Talk, February 20, 1957

Fifth Talk, February 24, 1957

Sixth Talk, March 3, 1957

Questions

Preface

Jiddu Krishnamurti was born in 1895 of Brahmin parents in south India. At the age of fourteen he was proclaimed the coming World Teacher by Annie Besant, then president of the Theosophical Society, an international organization that emphasized the unity of world religions. Mrs. Besant adopted the boy and took him to England, where he was educated and prepared for his coming role. In 1911 a new worldwide organization was formed with Krishnamurti as its head, solely to prepare its members for his advent as World Teacher. In 1929, after many years of questioning himself and the destiny imposed upon him, Krishnamurti disbanded this organization, saying:

Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be forced to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. My only concern is to set men absolutely, unconditionally free.

Until the end of his life at the age of ninety, Krishnamurti traveled the world speaking as a private person. The rejection of all spiritual and psychological authority, including his own, is a fundamental theme. A major concern is the social structure and how it conditions the individual. The emphasis in his talks and writings is on the psychological barriers that prevent clarity of perception. In the mirror of relationship, each of us can come to understand the content of his own consciousness, which is common to all humanity. We can do this, not analytically, but directly in a manner Krishnamurti describes at length. In observing this content we discover within ourselves the division of the observer and what is observed. He points out that this division, which prevents direct perception, is the root of human conflict.

His central vision did not waver after 1929, but Krishnamurti strove for the rest of his life to make his language even more simple and clear. There is a development in his exposition. From year to year he used new terms and new approaches to his subject, with different nuances.

Because his subject is all-embracing, the Collected Works are of compelling interest. Within his talks in any one year, Krishnamurti was not able to cover the whole range of his vision, but broad applications of particular themes are found throughout these volumes. In them he lays the foundations of many of the concepts he used in later years.

The Collected Works contain Krishnamurti’s previously published talks, discussions, answers to specific questions, and writings for the years 1933 through 1967. They are an authentic record of his teachings, taken from transcripts of verbatim shorthand reports and tape recordings.

The Krishnamurti Foundation of America, a California charitable trust, has among its purposes the publication and distribution of Krishnamurti books, videocassettes, films and tape recordings. The production of the Collected Works is one of these activities.