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COLLECTED WORKS VOLUME 9

Photo: J. Krishnamurti, ca 1955.

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ISBN 13: 9781934989425
ISBN: 1934989428
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62110-093-5

Contents

Preface

Talks in Amsterdam, Holland

First Talk, May 17, 1955

Second Talk, May 19, 1955

Third Talk, May 22, 1955

Fourth Talk, May 23, 1955

Fifth Talk, May 26, 1955

Talks in London, England

First Talk, June 17, 1955

Second Talk, June 18, 1955

Third Talk, June 19, 1955

Fourth Talk, June 24, 1955

Fifth Talk, June 25, 1955

Sixth Talk, June 26, 1955

Talks in The Oak Grove, Ojai, California

First Talk, August 6, 1955

Second Talk, August 7, 1955

Third Talk, August 13, 1955

Fourth Talk, August 14, 1955

Fifth Talk, August 20, 1955

Sixth Talk, August 21, 1955

Seventh Talk, August 27, 1955

Eighth Talk, August 28, 1955

Talks in Sydney, Australia

First Talk, November 9, 1955

Second Talk, November 12, 1955

Third Talk, November 16, 1955

Fourth Talk, November 19, 1955

Fifth Talk, November 23, 1955

Sixth Talk, November 26, 1955

Talks at Rajghat School, Banaras, India

First Talk, December 11, 1955

Second Talk, December 18, 1955

Third Talk, December 25, 1955

Talks in Madras, India

First Talk, January 11, 1956

Second Talk, January 15, 1956

Third Talk, January 18, 1956

Fourth Talk, January 29, 1956

Fifth Talk, February 1, 1956

Talks in Madanapalle, India

First Talk, February 12, 1956

Second Talk, February 19, 1956

Third Talk, February 26, 1956

Talks in Bombay, India

First Talk, March 4, 1956

Second Talk, March 7, 1956

Third Talk, March 11, 1956

Fourth Talk, March 14, 1956

Fifth Talk, March 18, 1956

Sixth Talk, March 21, 1956

Seventh Talk, March 25, 1956

Eighth Talk, March 28, 1956

Questions

Preface

Jiddu Krishnamurti was born in 1895 of Brahmin parents in south India. At the age of fourteen he was proclaimed the coming World Teacher by Annie Besant, then president of the Theosophical Society, an international organization that emphasized the unity of world religions. Mrs. Besant adopted the boy and took him to England, where he was educated and prepared for his coming role. In 1911 a new worldwide organization was formed with Krishnamurti as its head, solely to prepare its members for his advent as World Teacher. In 1929, after many years of questioning himself and the destiny imposed upon him, Krishnamurti disbanded this organization, saying:

Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be forced to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. My only concern is to set men absolutely, unconditionally free.

Until the end of his life at the age of ninety, Krishnamurti traveled the world speaking as a private person. The rejection of all spiritual and psychological authority, including his own, is a fundamental theme. A major concern is the social structure and how it conditions the individual. The emphasis in his talks and writings is on the psychological barriers that prevent clarity of perception. In the mirror of relationship, each of us can come to understand the content of his own consciousness, which is common to all humanity. We can do this, not analytically, but directly in a manner Krishnamurti describes at length. In observing this content we discover within ourselves the division of the observer and what is observed. He points out that this division, which prevents direct perception, is the root of human conflict.

His central vision did not waver after 1929, but Krishnamurti strove for the rest of his life to make his language even more simple and clear. There is a development in his exposition. From year to year he used new terms and new approaches to his subject, with different nuances.

Because his subject is all-embracing, the Collected Works are of compelling interest. Within his talks in any one year, Krishnamurti was not able to cover the whole range of his vision, but broad applications of particular themes are found throughout these volumes. In them he lays the foundations of many of the concepts he used in later years.

The Collected Works contain Krishnamurti’s previously published talks, discussions, answers to specific questions, and writings for the years 1933 through 1967. They are an authentic record of his teachings, taken from transcripts of verbatim shorthand reports and tape recordings.

The Krishnamurti Foundation of America, a California charitable trust, has among its purposes the publication and distribution of Krishnamurti books, videocassettes, films and tape recordings. The production of the Collected Works is one of these activities.