COLLECTED WORKS VOLUME 13

Photo: J. Krishnamurti, ca 1963 by Cecil Beaton

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ISBN 13: 9781934989463
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Contents

Preface

Talks at Rajghat School, Banaras, India

First Talk, January 1, 1962

Second Talk, January 3, 1962

Third Talk, January 5, 1962

Fourth Talk, January 7, 1962

Fifth Talk, January 10, 1962

Sixth Talk, January 12, 1962

Seventh Talk, January 14, 1962

Talk in New Delhi, India

First Talk, January 21, 1962

Second Talk, January 24, 1962

Third Talk, January 28, 1962

Fourth Talk, January 31, 1962

Fifth Talk, February 4, 1962

Sixth Talk, February 7, 1962

Seventh Talk, February 11, 1962

Eighth Talk, February 14, 1962

Talks in Bombay, India

First Talk, February 21, 1962

Second Talk, February 25, 1962

Third Talk, February 28, 1962

Fourth Talk, March 2, 1962

Fifth Talk, March 4, 1962

Sixth Talk, March 7, 1962

Seventh Talk, March 11, 1962

Eighth Talk, March 13, 1962

Talks in London, England

First Talk, June 5, 1962

Second Talk, June 7, 1962

Third Talk, June 10, 1962

Fourth Talk, June 12, 1962

Fifth Talk, June 14, 1962

Sixth Talk, June 17, 1962

Seventh Talk, June 19, 1962

Talks in Saanen, Switzerland

First Talk, July 22, 1962

Second Talk, July 25, 1962

Third Talk, July 26, 1962

Fourth Talk, July 29, 1962

Fifth Talk, July 31, 1962

Sixth Talk, August 2, 1962

Seventh Talk, August 5, 1962

Eighth Talk, August 7, 1962

Ninth Talk, August 9, 1962

Tenth Talk, August 12, 1962

Talks in Saanen, Switzerland

First Talk, July 7, 1963

Second Talk, July 9, 1963

Third Talk, July 11, 1963

Fourth Talk, July 14, 1963

Fifth Talk, July 16, 1963

Sixth Talk, July 18, 1963

Seventh Talk, July 21, 1963

Eighth Talk, July 23, 1963

Ninth Talk, July 25, 1963

Tenth Talk, July 28, 1963

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.