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Jiddu Krishnamurti Philosopher

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: India
  • Born: May 12, 1895
  • Died: Feb 17, 1986

Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian speaker and writer on philosophical and spiritual subjects. In his early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected this mantle and disbanded the organisation behind it. His subject matter included psychological revolution, the nature of mind, meditation, inquiry, human relationships, and bringing about radical change in society. He constantly stressed the need for a revolution in the psyche of every human being and emphasised that such revolution cannot be brought about by any external entity, be it religious, political, or social.

Krishnamurti was born in British India and in early adolescence, he had a chance encounter with prominent occultist and theosophist Charles Webster Leadbeater in the grounds of the Theosophical Society headquarters at Adyar in Madras. He was subsequently raised under the tutelage of Annie Besant and Leadbeater, leaders of the Society at the time, who believed him to be a "vehicle" for an expected World Teacher. As a young man, he disavowed this idea and dissolved the Order of the Star in the East, an organisation that had been established to support it.

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.

Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.