Books by Krishnamurti

In this series of 8 talks, given in Ojai, California in 1955, he confronts the confusion, habits, and assumptions of the human mind, and claims these lie at the root of all violence and suffering in the world.

While these reflections were offered over 50 years ago, their meaning is as fresh and as relevant heard today. Krishnamurti discusses a world in which booming productivity and scientific advancement promise a happy future, but don't provide it. He points to the ongoing escalation of war, competition, envy and territoriality despite gains in education, religious ecumenism and the technologies of self-improvement. Ultimately and throughout, he asks his listeners to consider that all apparent progress of the self is not progress toward freedom, but a treadmill of illusion. Knowing one's mind, he asserts, through diligent self-observation, is the only way to freedom.

Published by Hohm Press, paperback. 147 Pages, ISBN:9781890772628

Krishnamurti offers radically different answers to questions about our relationship with others, and why we do not act with clarity and intelligence. What are the consequences of personal action based on a belief? Why does my effort not produce the results I expect? Why do I react to most things in life?

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation of America, 2000, ISBN 9781888004014, 139 pages, paperback.

This is one of the most comprehensive texts of Krishnamurti's teachings, containing discussions with various individuals, including Professor Jacob Needleman, Alain Naudé, Swami Venkatesananda, and David Bohm, a professor of theoretical physics. Jacob Needleman asks about the present situation of the young, the role of the teacher, of tradition and its relation with direct perception, and the need for awareness of a "cosmic dimension". With Alain Naudé, Krishnamurti discusses the problem of good and evil, the fragmentation of consciousness and the possibility of psychological revolution. Swami Venkatesananda puts questions to Krishnamurti on the Hindu scriptures. David Bohm, and Krishnamurti investigate the true meaning of intelligence and discuss the intricacies of the mind. Krishnamurti goes on to talk about love and suggests that one must come into contact with the disorder in oneself, "Then out of this order there comes into being love."

Published by HarperCollins, 1987, ISBN 9780060648343, 538 pages, paperback.

This compilation is drawn from discussions Krishnamurti had with staff and students at Brockwood Park School in the first years of its existence. It focuses on the issue of living together in a place with twenty different nationalities, with all the questions of conditioning, conformity vs freedom, and the pressures of modern society. They are examined with vigor and that perennial freshness, which characterizes Krishnamurti’s approach.

Published by Phoenix Arkana, 1990, ISBN 9780753816875, 262 pages, paperback.

These transcripts of talks and discussions in Santa Monica and San Diego, London and Brockwood Park, and Rome in 1970 have frequent references to what is and what is not the religious mind.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, 2002, ISBN: 9788187326271, 186 pages, paperback.

In 1978 and 1979 the Buddhist scholar, Walpola Rahula, a world-renowned authority on Buddhism, came to Brockwood Park to put questions to Krishnamurti. Nearly all the conversations start with Dr.Rahula raising an issue of crucial importance for any radical change in the human being. In each case he argues that the Buddha and Krishnamurti have said substantially the same thing.

Published by Shambhala Publications, ISBN: 9781590300725, 192 pages, paperback.

These brief chapters contain combinations of descriptions of nature with examinations of the basic human psychological problems, in conversations with the many people who came to speak privately with Krishnamurti. The three books of The Commentaries on Living are among the easiest of Krishnamurti's books to read even though they discuss the major questions of ambition, the nature of wisdom, fear, and what is true action.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, ISBN 9788187326042, 261 pages, paperback.

These brief chapters contain combinations of descriptions of nature with examinations of the basic human psychological problems, in conversations with the many people who came to speak privately with Krishnamurti. The three books of The Commentaries on Living are among the easiest of Krishnamurti's books to read even though they discuss the major questions of ambition, the nature of wisdom, fear, and what is true action.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, ISBN 81-87326-13-1, 250 pages, paperback.

These brief chapters contain combinations of descriptions of nature with examinations of the basic human psychological problems, in conversations with the many people who came to speak privately with Krishnamurti. The three books of The Commentaries on Living are among the easiest of Krishnamurti's books to read even though they discuss the major questions of ambition, the nature of wisdom, fear, and what is true action.

Published by Gollancz, ISBN 9780575051539, 312 pages, paperback.

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Here is a probing inquiry into the need for a true education which can lead to freedom from conflict individually and so globally. Krishnamurti stresses self-exploration and the need for an environment free from fear to create an atmosphere in which real education can take place. He also speaks practically about such matters as class size and the function of leadership. Krishnamurti spoke of the real educator as being the highest profession.

Published by Harper Collins, 1981, ISBN 9780060648763, 125 pages, paperback.

Of the many dialogues held between Professor David Bohm and Krishnamurti, this series of thirteen contains some of the most comprehensive. The topics they explore include: The Roots of Psychological Conflict; Cleansing the Mind of the Accumulation of Time; and Breaking the Pattern of Ego-centered Activity.

Published by HarperSanFrancisco, 1985, ISBN: 9780060647964, 268 pages, paperback.

A series of fourteen discussions between Krishnamurti and people in the various Krishnamurti schools in India cover topics, including: Self-knowledge and the Teaching, The Ending of Recognition, Action in Attention, Silence and Disorder, and the Central Root of Fear.

Published by Gollancz, 1979, ISBN 9780575051546, 190 pages, paperback.

J. Krishnamurti often stated that people must look at the state of the world, with all its violence and conflict, if they are ever to understand themselves. To turn away from world events was for him not to be alive to what life has to teach.

Facing a World in Crisis presents a selection of talks that Krishnamurti gave on how to live in and respond to troubling and uncertain times. His message of personal responsibility and the importance of connecting with the broader world is presented in a non-sectarian and non-political way. Direct and ultimately life-affirming, Facing a World in Crisis will resonate with readers today who are looking for a new way to understand and find hope in challenging times.

Published by Shambhala, 2005, ISBN: 9781590302033, 191 pages, paperback.

The First and Last Freedom has sold more copies than any other Krishnamurti book. Aldous Huxley wrote the Foreword in which he states, "Only choiceless awareness can lead to non-duality, to the reconciliation of opposites in a total understanding and a total love." Huxley ends his ten-page foreword with Krishnamurti’s powerfully insightful words, "Love is love, not to be defined or described by the mind as exclusive or inclusive. Love is its own eternity: it is the real, the supreme, the immeasurable."

Published by HarperSanFrancisco, 2004, ISBN 9780060648312, 288 pages, paperback.

Talks given in India, England, Switzerland, and the United States in 1981 and 1982. "What is a human being to do? Is the crisis intellectual, economic, or national with all the poverty, confusion, anarchy, lawlessness, terrorism and always the threat of the bomb in the street? Observing all that what is our responsibility? Are you concerned with what is happening in the world? Or are you merely concerned with your own private salavtion?"

Published by Wassenaar: Mirananda, ISBN 9789062716954, 112 pages, paperback.

At Brockwood Park, England, Krishnamurti in conversation with teachers addresses such questions as: Is it possible to transmit Krishnamurti's teachings to students through their subjects?; the meaning of freedom and authority; and having no motive or self-interest.

Published by Mirananda, 1993, ISBN 9789062718290, 205 pages, paperback.

"Questioner: What do you want us here in the world to do?

Krishnamurti: I don't want anything, that's first. Second: Live, live in this world. This world is marvellously beautiful. It is our world, our earth to live upon, but we do not live, we are narrow, we are separate, we are anxious, we are frightened human beings, and therefore we do not live, we have no relationship, we are isolated, despairing human beings. We do not know what it means to live in that ecstatic, blissful sense.

I say one can live that way only when one knows how to be free from all stupidities of one's life. To be free from them is only possible in becoming aware of one's relationship, not only with human beings, but with ideas, with nature, with everything." (from The Flight of the Eagle)

Published by Morning Light Press, 2004, ISBN: 9781596750012, paperback.

This book has both English and Chinese texts.

Drawn from a number of Krishnamurti’s talks and dialogues, Freedom From the Known explores many of the central themes of his teaching. The chapters include: Learning About Ourselves, Pursuit of Pleasure, Justification and Condemnation, and the Dissipation of Energy. Krishnamurti writes, "To understand and to be free of any problem we need a great deal of passionate and sustained energy, not only physical and intellectual energy but an energy that is not dependent on any motive, psychological stimulus or drug".

Drawn from a number of Krishnamurti’s talks and dialogues, Freedom From the Known explores many of the central themes of his teaching. The chapters include: Learning About Ourselves, Pursuit of Pleasure, Justification and Condemnation, and the Dissipation of Energy. Krishnamurti writes, "To understand and to be free of any problem we need a great deal of passionate and sustained energy, not only physical and intellectual energy but an energy that is not dependent on any motive, psychological stimulus or drug".

Published by HarperCollins, 1987, ISBN 9780060648084, 124 pages, paperback.

Previously published as several booklets entitled: Five Conversations, Eight Conversations, Meditations 1969, Inward Flowering, and A Dialogue With Oneself, these selections from Krishnamurti's writings and talks have been chosen for their particular intensity and clarity.

Published by Shambhala, ISBN 9780877739773, 231 pages, paperback.

Krishnamurti and David Bohm engage in two dialogues at Brockwood Park, England. One of the central themes explored is the question of psychological time.

Published by Mirananda, 1986, ISBN 978906271742X, 85 pages, paperback.

By focusing on the fact of our entrenched conditioning and the necessity for the psyche to undergo a revolution, Krishnamurti brings us to the interface, to the source of both the individual and society. What is our response to a disintegrating society? How can one bring about a transformation in oneself and society? What are the limitations of self-improvement? What is real individuality?

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation of America, 2001, ISBN: 9781888004021, 126 pages, paperback.

In this book Krishnamurti inquires with the reader into how remembering and dwelling on past events, both pleasurable and painful, give us a false sense of continuity, causing us to suffer. His instruction is to be attentive and clear in our perceptions and to meet the challenges of life directly in each new moment.

Published by Shambhala, 2006, ISBN 9781590303276, 232 pages, paperback.

The Journal of the Krishnamurti Schools has been in existence since 1995. It began with the intention of providing a forum for the teachers of Krishnamurti schools all over the world to share their educational experiences and insights. Over the years, keeping the same primary intention, the Journal has expanded in terms of both contributors and readers.

There has long been a divide between those who teach, and those who research and write about school education. Thus when a teacher can find the time to reflect and record his or her own discoveries, it has a special significance and value. The Journal of the Krishnamurti Schools is a unique response to the need for teachers writing on school education.

Articles in the Journal broadly cover the areas of philosophy and practice in education. The authors of the articles have been deeply moved by questions of life and education raised by the philosopher J. Krishnamurti, and their ongoing enquiry into such questions is reflected in their teaching and writing. This aspect of the Journal widens its scope and relevance to far beyond the classroom, indeed to the heart of learning and life itself.

Published by KFI 2007, 101 pages, paperback.

"So, here we are, a group of people, meeting every year, from different parts of the world. Can we think together? Can we have sufficient energy and affection, love, whatever you would like to call it?"

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, ISBN: 9780900506180, 54 pages, paperback.

This book is from discussions at the Rishi Valley and Rajghat schools between Krishnamurti and the students and teachers. Krishnamurti regards education as of prime significance in the communication of what is essential for the transformation of the human mind and the creation of a new culture. Krishnamurti questions the very roots of our culture so that a comprehensive view on education emerges.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, ISBN 978818732600X, 189 pages, paperback.

Edited by Mary Lutyens, Krishnamurti's biographer, this selection from a wide range of his published work has three parts: Problems of Living, For the Young, and Questions & Answers. Whether answering students' questions or speaking from the platform, Krishnamurti directs our attention away from facile, predictable responses towards a more radical probing of the subjects of belief, education, love, life, and death.

Published by Penguin Arkana, 1970, ISBN: 9780140192445, 251 pages, paperback.

This book is special as it is the only one of Krishnamurti's publications which presents words spoken into a tape recorder while he was alone. Like the written entries in Krishnamurti's Journal and Krishnamurti's Notebook, these also are true meditations.

Published by HarperCollins, 1985, ISBN 9780062506498, 134 pages, paperback.

Krishnamurti's Journal gives an intimate look at one of the great spiritual teachers of our time. Writing simply, directly, yet in richly poetic prose, Krishnamurti shares observations and meditations, which he wrote in this diary from 1973 to 1975.

"In the silence of deep night and in the quiet still morning when the sun is touching the hills, there is a great mystery. It is there in all living things. If you sat quietly under a tree, you would feel the ancient earth with its incomprehensible mystery ..."

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, 2004, ISBN: 9780900506239, 132 pages, paperback.

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

Between 1948 and the early 1960s, Krishnaji was easily accessible and many people came to him. On walks, in personal meetings, through letters, the relationships blossomed. He wrote the following letters to a young friend who came to him wounded in body and mind. The letters, written between June 1948 and March 1960, reveal a rare compassion and clarity: the teaching and healing unfold; separation and distance disappear; the words flow; not a word is superfluous; the healing and teaching are simultaneous.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, 2004, ISBN:9780900506604, 69 pages, paperback.

In the two small volumes of Letters to the Schools are recorded the letters that Krishnamurti sent practically every two weeks between 1978 and 1983 to the schools in India, California and England, which he had founded. They speak to the educators and students about freedom and the need to stand alone.

Published by Mirananda, 1981, ISBN 9789062717586, 132 pages, paperback.

As the first collection of his talks to students and teachers, Life Ahead clearly illustrates Krishnamurti’s views on education. In the introduction, Krishnamurti writes, "It seems to me that a totally different kind of morality and conduct, and an action that springs from the understanding of the whole process of living, have become an urgent necessity in our world of mounting crises and problems."

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, 2002, ISBN: 9788187326158, 204 pages, paperback.

The Limits of Thought contains a series of penetrating dialogues between the unique teacher J. Krishnamurti and the distinguished physicist David Bohm. Their starting point is Krishnamurti’s statement, "The action of reality is entirely different from the action of truth." They explore questions of time, space, order, chaos, and conflict, and what might be the meaning of wholeness when the limitation of thinking is seen. In a preface, David Bohm writes about Krishnamurti’s steadfast concern with truth: "Krishnamurti’s work is permeated by what may be called the essence of the scientific approach, when this is considered in its very highest and purest form."

Published by Routledge, 1999, ISBN: 9780415193986, 131 pages, Hardback

"Meditation is very simple," says Krishnamurti, "We complicate it." In this collection of excerpts taken from his books meditation is shown to be a state of attention beyond thought which brings total freedom from autority and ambition, fear and separateness.

Published by Shambhala Publications Inc., 2002, ISBN 9781570629419, 133 pages, paperback.

Krishnamurti asks the reader to investigate essential questions: How can I live with another without conflict? Why are relationships difficult? What is awareness in relationship? Do I really know what love is? What does it mean to learn in a relationship? What is the role of thought and memory in relating to another?

There is no escape from relationship. In that relationship, which is the mirror in which we can see ourselves, we can discover what we are, our reactions, our prejudices, our fears, depression, anxieties, loneliness, sorrow, pain, grief. We can also discover whether we love or there is no such thing as love. So, we will examine this question of relationship because that is the basis of love.” -J. Krishnamurti Madras, India, 1982

“Why does the mind think about sex at all? Why? Why has it become a central issue in your life? Sex has become an extraordinary, difficult, and complex problem so long as you do not understand the mind, which thinks about the problem. The act itself can never be a problem but thought about the act creates the problem.” -J. Krishnamurti, The First and Last Freedom

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation of America, 2006; ISBN: 9781888004908, 149 pages

The first section of Meeting Life, a book compiled and edited by Mary Lutyens, by contains sixteen short pieces written by Krishnamurti for the Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Bulletins. Each starts with a description of nature and then comments on a profound question of life. Part two contains Krishnamurti’s answers to questions put to him at the end of his talks or in small group discussions. Part three consists of 15 complete talks with talks in different parts of the world.

Published by Harper Collins, 1991, ISBN 9780062505262, 228 pages, paperback.

Krishnamurti held a series of talks in the fall and winter of 1982-83 in New Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai, and Mumbai. Among the subjects discussed in this compilation are: Where there is a cause, there is an end; Is there psychological evolution?; What is a religious mind?; and In ending there is a new beginning.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, 2005, ISBN 9788187326514, 215 pages, paperback.

Is it possible to live a life without conflict in the modern world, with all the strain, struggle, pressures, and influences in the social structure? That is really living, the essence of a mind that is inquiring seriously. The question whether there is God, whether there is truth, whether there is beauty can come only when this is established, when the mind is no longer in conflict, says Krishnamurti in this book, which brings together the most significant excerpts on a theme that he dwelled upon frequently in his talks, writings, and dialogues.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, ISBN 9788187326618, 138 pages, paperback.

This book examines, through excerpts from talks and dialogues, the theme of Fear, which Krishnamurti points out needs to be seen at its root, not just in its many expressions.

Published by HarperCollins, 1995, ISBN 9780062510143, 122 pages, paperback.

Krishnamurti addresses the basic issues of freedom - from human rights in political and social arena to the desire for freedom from "wants, pursuits, ambitions, envies, and ill will". Freedom according to Krisnamurti, is necessary for clarity of understanding. Freedom is to be without fear, but there are freedoms, such as the freedom to overpopulate the earth, that create imbalance and even catastrophe and need to be understood in all their dangers.

Published by Gollancz, ISBN 9780575053281, 148 pages, paperback.

Krishnamurti points out that the God we have created is out of our projections and fears. He explains that true religion and the sacred have nothing to do with such conceptions of thought.

Published by HarperCollins, 1992, ISBN 9780062506078, 158 pages, paperback.

Krishnamurti, in excerpts from his talks and dialogues, states that knowledge, while necessary in practical areas, is of time and accumulation and prevents clear and accurate perception and observation in the moment in daily life.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, ISBN 9780900506172, paperback.

Krishnamurti, in excerpts from his talks and dialogues, states that knowledge, while necessary in practical areas, is of time and accumulation and prevents clear and accurate perception and observation in the moment in daily life.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, ISBN: 9780900506172, hardback.

This theme book, through excerpts from Krishnamurti's talks and dialogues. Gives a radically different insight into the nature of death and the inter-relationship between it and life and love.

Published by Morning Light Press, 1992, ISBN 9781596750036, 163 pages, paperback.

Krishnamurti distinguishes between love and sex, pleasure, attachment, and dependency. He suggests that true aloneness, to be whole, denies loneliness.

Published by HarperCollins, 1994, ISBN 9780062510136, 155 pages, paperback.

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Excerpts from Krishnamurti's talks and dialogues explain the nature and limitations of thought and discuss brain, mind and consciousness.

Published by HarperCollins, 1993, ISBN 9780062510150, 146 pages, paperback.

As early as 1948 Krishnamurti said: ''Because we do not love the earth and the things of the earth but merely utilize them....we have lost touch with life....we have lost the sense of tenderness, that sensitivity, that response to things of beauty; and it is only in the renewal of that sensitivity that we can have understanding of what is true relationship.''

This is the first volume of an unprecedented series of thematic selections from Krishnamurti's works. Here, the world-renowned spiritual teacher explains eloquently how true relationship is brought about by knowing how our inner world of thoughts and emotions is inextricably linked to the outer world of humanity and the environment.

Published by Gollancz, 1992 , ISBN 9780575053298, 112 pages, paperback.

Providing a far-reaching basis for solving many of the world's crises, this book brings together Krishnamurti's most essential teachings on the individual's relationship to other people and institutions.

Published by HarperSanFrancisco, 1992, ISBN 9780062506085, 164 pages, paperback.

On Truth offers Krishnamurti's most profound ruminations on the search for truth. In 1929, he began his life of public teachings by saying, Truth is a pathless land. Throughout his many years of speaking to audiences of all ages and backgrounds, he continually emphasized that truth cannot be approached through the instrument of thought. Truth is intangible and nameless, and can only be realized through exploring the total movement of thought and its activities. Appearing in print for the first time, these vital teachings show how truth arises when effort ceases, the mind is empty, and there is only the present moment. We learn that truth comes uninvited, with glory, when one puts all in order, and in that there is only the present movement. We learn that truth comes uninvited, with glory, when one puts all in order, and in that there is great sacredness.

Published by East West Books, 2004. 144 pages ISBN: 9788188661237

This book consists of fourteen conversations debating many essential questions. Those taking part include scientists, a Buddhist scholar, philosophers, artists, and a Jesuit priest. None of them could be called devotees. Rather they came to question, clarify and challenge - something which in his lifetime Krishnamurti had always urged his listeners and readers to do. A variety of subjects are explored in a series of dialogues between Krishnamurti and Iris Murdoch, David Bohm, Huston Smith, Jonas Salk, and many others.

Published by KFI, 2005, ISBN 9788187326212, 253 pages, paperback.

Written for university students and teachers of philosophy by Raymond Martin, a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, Reflections on the Self is composed of excerpts from Krishnamurti’s writings and talks which are concerned with the nature of emotions, the self and self-identification, inquiry, and the pure observation which frees man psychologically.

Published by Open Court Publishing, 1997, ISBN 9780812693553, 192 pages, paperback.

Incorporated in one volume are The Urgency of Change and The Only Revolution, two of Krishnamurti's best selling books.

Published by Penguin, 1970, ISBN 9780140192438, 317 pages, paperback.

These talks with students at American universities at a time of student revolt throughout the world present Krishnamurti at his usual intense level as he has them consider the deepest meaning of revolution and the need to change consciousness itself.

Published by Shambhala, 1988, ISBN 9780877730210, 182 pages, paperback.

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The Last Bombay Talks 1985

That Benediction is where you are consists of the last series of four public talks that Krishnamurti gave in Bombay, in February 1985. The talks are remarkable for the unusual perspectives and nuances that Krishnamurti offers on the psychological issues he deals with.

Published, with permission by Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, 2001, ISBN 978818732628X, 80 pages, paperback.

This popular book has a series of talks and questions and answer meetings with students and teachers at the Krishnamurti schools in India. Some of the questions: What is shyness? What is jealousy? What is happiness in life? Why do we cry? What is sorrow?

Published by Harper & Row, 1964, ISBN 9780060916091, 258 pages, paperback.

This compilation of previously unpublished material takes as its starting-point Krishnamurti's concern for a radical revolution in the brain. It comprises eighteen thematic chapters about true meditation and the silent mind.

Published by Shambhala, 1999, ISBN 9781570624421, paperback.

Krishnamurti at Rajghat. Talks to students, discussions with teachers, and talks to the public.

Published by KFI, 2001. ISBN 9788187326093, 216 pages

Editor David Skitt's Introduction to this volume points out Krishnamurti's relevance to the individual and social issues of today's world. Using "the core of the the teachings", an outline written by Krishnamurti as the structure for the book, Skitt has taken the major aspects of the teachings and given extensive quotations from Krishnamurti to give to expand upon such themes as: Is there such a thing as truth apart from personal opinion? In observation one begins to discover the lack of freedom; The division between the observer and the observed is an illusion. Of particular note is the section on Words and Meanings where Skitt has Krishnamurti explain in his own words how he used old words in new ways in order to convey what he has to say.

TO BE HUMAN is a fresh, scholarly and lively compilation of Krishnamurti's teachings.

Published by Shambhala, ISBN 9781570625961, paperback.

The Introduction to this book by Allan W. Anderson, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at San Diego State University, provides glimpses of the nature of Krishnamurti and the passion behind his teachings. The Foreword by Ralph Buultjens, Professor of Social Sciences, New York University, looking at Krishnamurti's possible impact, says: "If Krishnamurti’s ideas become more widely accepted in the future, it will be ... because they speak intently to individuals disillusioned with all-knowing and socially transforming macro-ideologies." The four parts of the 370-page book are entitled: Early Works, Insights into Everyday Life, Life’s Questions, and You Are the World. They include selections from Krishnamurti’s Journal and Krishnamurti to Himself and explore subjects such as: the basic problem of humanity; the core of Krishnamurti’s teachings; and the relationship between Krishnamurti’s teachings and truth.

Published by HarperSanFrancisco, 1996, ISBN 9780060648800, 370 pages, paperback.

A series of dialogues between Krishnamurti and friends, trustees of the Foundation, and educators and administrators from his schools in India, Tradition and Revolution looks at such topics as: The observer and what is; The matrix of tradition; and biological survival and intelligence. Throughout, Krishnamurti’s concern is to lay bare the experiential component behind these terms and to lead his audience to the heart of the human problem.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, 1999, ISBN: 9788187326077, 254 pages, paperback.

This volume, divided into three parts, contains unusual aspects of Krishnamurti's teachings. The first section explores the reasons why mankind has lived for thousands of years in chaos and misery. In the second section of the book Krishnamurti points out that the mind is almost unceasingly occupied with thinking so that it has lost touch with its original unconditioned freedom. The third section is concerned to answer the question: How is it possible to ascertain truth and to know whether Krishnamurti's teachings are true?

Published by KFI, 2004, ISBN: 9788187326601, 256 pages, paperback.

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The book opens with three discussions taken from a longer series with well known physicist David Bohm. In the main part of the book, Krishnamurti considers how man’s consciousness has misconceptions about the "me", or the ego. Krishnamurti says, "You cannot go through reality to come to truth; you must understand the limitation of reality, which is the whole process of thought.

Published by KFI, 2000, ISBN 9788187326182, 171 pages, paperback.

Krishnamurti gave these talks to large audiences at Brockwood Park in the first year of the School’s existence. Krishnamurti examines love and inquires into this extraordinary element of life, stating that the most fundamental questions in life are, "what is living; what is love; what is death?" He says these questions "are not to be answered by someone else telling you what they are, for in that there is no freedom." This new edition includes a discussion with visitors to the School and Mary Zimbalist and Mary Cadogan, two of the trustees of the Krishnamurti Foundation. Their discussion describes Krishnamurti’s approach to starting the School and his deep, continuing involvement in it.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, 2000, ISBN 9780900506147, 126 pages, paperback.

In April 1985 Krishnamurti gave two talks in Washington D.C., covering the whole essence of his teachings. The hall was filled to capacity for both talks and, as usual, he spoke with no notes and did not have a speech prepared or memorized.

Published by Mirananda , 1988, ISBN 9789062717713, 50 pages, paperback.

"Krishnamurti for the young" is a series of books designed to help the young to understand and deal with the world within themselves... the world of hurts, fears, pleasures, ambitions, success, failures and so on.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, 2004, ISBN 9788187326557, 28 pages, paperback.

"Krishnamurti for the young" is a series of books designed to help the young to understand and deal with the world within themselves... the world of hurts, fears, pleasures, ambitions, success, failures and so on.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, 2004, ISBN 9788187326549, 28 pages, paperback.

"Krishnamurti for the young" is a series of books designed to help the young to understand and deal with the world within themselves... the world of hurts, fears, pleasures, ambitions, success, failures and so on.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, 2004, ISBN 9788187326530, 32 pages, paperback.

This new edition of J Krishnamurti's Letters to the Schools combines the letters originally published in Volume I (1981) and Volume II (1985) with seventeen previously unpublished letters from earlier years.

As I would like to keep in touch with the schools in India, Brockwood Park in England and the Oak Grove School in Ojai, California, I propose to write a letter every fortnight to them for as long as possible...I would very much like to write these letters to convey what the schools should be, to convey to all the people responsible for them that these schools are to be excellent academically, but much more. They are to be concerned with the cultivation of the total human being. These centres of education must help the student and the educator to flower.

In the first of the letters Krishnamurti said:

"These letters are not meant to be read casually when you have a little time from other things, nor are they to be treated as entertainment. These letters are written seriously and if you care to read them, read them with intent to study what is said as you would study a flower by looking at the flower very carefully—its petals, its stem, its colours, its fragrance and its beauty. These letters should be studied in the same manner, not read one morning and forgotten in the rest of the day. One must give time to it, play with it, question it, inquire into it without acceptance. Live with it for some time; digest it so that it is yours and not the writer's''.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India. ISBN: 9789090050607, Paperback 262 pages

The book is in English and in German.

Compilations of meetings at Brockwood Park.

Published by jardrny 1985

This volume consists of talks Krishnamurti gave at four well-known California universities. Sensing the urge for freedom in his audience, he directs their attention away from superficial change, while at the same time challenging the Western dialectical tradition and emphasizing that inward revolution can only come about when we see that we are the world. He asks us to use his words as a mirror to look at ourselves as we actually are and to see the totality of existence.

Published by Krishnamurti Foundation India, ISBN: 9788187326026, 163 pages, paperback.