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Brief Biography   Various Sources

J Krishnamurti was born in India on 11 May 1895. In 1911, at the age of fifteen, he was brought to England by Mrs Annie Besant. He was educated privately over there and was groomed for the role of World Teacher. In 1922 Krishnamurti underwent certain mystical experiences that altered his vision of life completely. He soon disbanded the huge religious organization - Order of the Star in the east - which proclaimed him and of which he was the head, and gave up all the money and property collected for his work. In a historic speech in 1929, he declared that he did not want disciples and that his concern was not to found new religions but to 'set man absolutely, unconditionally free.'

From then on, for more than fifty years, till his passing way in 1986, he travelled ceaselessly all over the world, talking to different audiences about the problems of life - giving public talks and private interviews. The essence of his teachings is that only through a complete change of heart in the individual, and not social and economic reforms, can there come about a change in society and so peace to the world. He tried to help us see ourselves as we really are. But the individual has to undertake a journey of enquiry into himself, by himself. It is in seeing with absolute clarity that the inward revolution takes place and one comes upon 'the sacred dimension'.

He believed that this radical change could take place in every individual, not gradually but instantaneously. Krishnamurti's talks, question-and-answer sessions, discussions with scholars and scientists, and with teachers and children, are available in a wide collections of books, audio and video tapes, and also CDs. Krishnamurti died on 17 February 1986.