| Names |
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI |
| Date of
Birth |
May 12, 1895 |
| Date of
Death |
February 17, 1986 |
| Identity |
Indian Philosopher and Spiritual Teacher |
| General |
- He was born in
Madanapalle in Chittoor District in Andhra Pradesh,
India.
- Globally he was regarded as one of the
greatest thinkers and spiritual teachers of all
time.
- He and his brother were adopted in
their youth by Dr Annie Besant, then
president of the Theosophical Society.
- Dr Besant and others proclaimed that Krishnamurti was to
be a world teacher whose coming the
Theosophists had predicted.
- To prepare the world for this coming, a world-wide
organization called the Order of the Star
in the East was formed and the young Krishnamurti was made
its head.
- In 1929, however, Krishnamurti renounced his role that
he was expected to play, dissolved the Order
with its huge following, and returned all the money
and property that had been donated for this work.
- From then onwards, for nearly sixty years until his
death, he travelled throughout the world talking to large
audiences and to individuals about the need for a radical
change in mankind.
- He did neither follow nor did he vouch for any
philosophy or religion, but rather talked of the things that
concern all of us in our everyday lives.
- He always maintained that one's belongingness to
religion, country, sect, etc. was the major factor that
divided human beings and brought about conflict and war.
- His teachings far transcended man-made belief systems,
nationalistic sentiment and sectarianism.
- His teachings, besides being relevant to the modern age,
are timeless and universal.
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