J. Krishnamurti: Self-Inquiry, Awakening, and Transformation (Elements in New Religious Movements)

Jones, Constance A.

ISBN 10: 1009494716 / ISBN 13: 9781009494717

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: J. Krishnamurti: Self-Inquiry, Awakening, and Transformation (Elements in New Religious Movements)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009494716
• ISBN 13: 9781009494717
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This Element explores the life, teaching, and legacy of philosopher and spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti. From an obscure childhood in south India, he was 'discovered' at age fourteen by the Theosophical Society as the vehicle for the prophesied World Teacher of this cosmic age. At age 34, he disaffiliated from the Society, became an independent teacher, and, for sixty years, traveled widely and addressed thousands of audiences on the need to develop awareness and attention for transformation of consciousness. His teaching defines the human condition as perilous, dominated almost completely by cultural and personal conditioning, fear, and negative emotions. Freedom from these perils, his teaching states, occurs through rigorous self-observation and inquiry in the search for truth. While extremely popular, Krishnamurti rejected the mantle of authority invariably attributed to spiritual masters and teachers. He created schools in his name to implement his pedagogy of non-authoritarianism and freedom from conditioning.