COLLECTED WORKS VOLUME 9
Photo: J. Krishnamurti, ca 1955.
Copyright © 2012 by Krishnamurti Foundation America
P.O Box 1560, Ojai, CA 93024
Website: www.kfa.org
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 13: 9781934989425
ISBN: 1934989428
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62110-093-5
Contents
Preface
Talks in Amsterdam, Holland
First Talk, May 17, 1955
Second Talk, May 19, 1955
Third Talk, May 22, 1955
Fourth Talk, May 23, 1955
Fifth Talk, May 26, 1955
Talks in London, England
First Talk, June 17, 1955
Second Talk, June 18, 1955
Third Talk, June 19, 1955
Fourth Talk, June 24, 1955
Fifth Talk, June 25, 1955
Sixth Talk, June 26, 1955
Talks in The Oak Grove, Ojai, California
First Talk, August 6, 1955
Second Talk, August 7, 1955
Third Talk, August 13, 1955
Fourth Talk, August 14, 1955
Fifth Talk, August 20, 1955
Sixth Talk, August 21, 1955
Seventh Talk, August 27, 1955
Eighth Talk, August 28, 1955
Talks in Sydney, Australia
First Talk, November 9, 1955
Second Talk, November 12, 1955
Third Talk, November 16, 1955
Fourth Talk, November 19, 1955
Fifth Talk, November 23, 1955
Sixth Talk, November 26, 1955
Talks at Rajghat School, Banaras, India
First Talk, December 11, 1955
Second Talk, December 18, 1955
Third Talk, December 25, 1955
Talks in Madras, India
First Talk, January 11, 1956
Second Talk, January 15, 1956
Third Talk, January 18, 1956
Fourth Talk, January 29, 1956
Fifth Talk, February 1, 1956
Talks in Madanapalle, India
First Talk, February 12, 1956
Second Talk, February 19, 1956
Third Talk, February 26, 1956
Talks in Bombay, India
First Talk, March 4, 1956
Second Talk, March 7, 1956
Third Talk, March 11, 1956
Fourth Talk, March 14, 1956
Fifth Talk, March 18, 1956
Sixth Talk, March 21, 1956
Seventh Talk, March 25, 1956
Eighth Talk, March 28, 1956
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.