At the Feet of the Master

This was the first book written by the great spiritual teacher, Krishnamurti, written at the age of 14. It was written under the name Alcyone, which is the brightest star in the Pleiades. This name was bestowed upon him because it was thought he would be the next great world teacher and had returned through the reincarnation process. The wisdom in this book is amazing for such a young man, and his later work attests to this natural gift. The book addresses the question, how does one live and walk on a spiritual path? He lays out four qualifications for this path - discrimination, desirelessness, good conduct and love. Each of these topics is taken in order and the reader is guided through and onto a meaningful spiritual path, at least in a general sense. This book has the potential to change the reader at a very deep level. But it is up to each reader to listen, learn and act upon the principles shared. This book points clearly to a very powerful path. Walking it, with the knowledge of this book as a guidepost, is the challenge.

J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) was a renowned spiritual teacher whose lectures and writings have inspired thousands. His works include On Mind and Thought, On Nature and the Environment, On Relationship, On Living and Dying, On Love and Lonliness, On Fear, and On Freedom.

Jiddu Krishnamurti lived from 1895 to 1986, and is regarded as one of the greatest philosophical and spiritual figures of the twentieth century. He was first discovered by the Theosophists on a beach in South India in 1910 at the age of 13 and was educated to be the new World Teacher for the ages. Then he took an extraordinary turn. In 1929, at one of the enormous annual European gatherings of the Theosophists in Holland, he announced his decision to step down from any formal role to promote him as a World Teacher, resigned as figure head of the Theosophists, and cut all ties to any notion of a religious or spiritual organization.Krishnamurti claimed no allegiance to any caste, nationality or religion and was bound by no tradition. His purpose was to set humankind unconditionally free from the destructive limitations of a conditioned mind. For nearly sixty years, he traveled the world and spoke spontaneously to large audiences until the end of his life in 1986 at the age of 90. He had no permanent home, but when not traveling, he often stayed in Ojai, California, Brockwood Park, England, and in Chennai, India. In his talks, he pointed out to people the need to transform themselves through self knowledge, by being aware of the subtleties of their thoughts and feelings in daily life, and how this movement can be observed through the mirror of relationship.