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He disregarded the stature of being a holy man, sadhu, saviour, and messiah. They are the major factors that made so many people follow him. Neither Krishnamurti's style of writing, nor his language, nor ideas, can be discounted. He also addressed the United Nations on the subject of peace and awareness and was awarded the UN Peace Medal in 1984. Whether discussing politics with Indira Gandhi, debating philosophy with Rupert Shedlrake and Iris Murdoch, or challenging the audience to test the truth of his words, Krishnamurti engaged fully with every aspect of the human condition (Fouere, 1969). He held many dialogs with eminent physicist David Bohm, and several Buddhist scholars and Jesuits. However, Krishnamurti later broke away from the Theosophical Society and traveled internationally as an independent speaker and writer on fundamental human issues. Leadbeater, who educated him, believing him to be a future spiritual leader. He then came in contact with influential theosophists, Annie Besant and C.W. It had to be brought about by a holistic transformation from within, and an insight into the various layers of one's consciousness (Krishnamurti, 1987).īorn into a Telugu family, in what was then colonial India, he lived, in his early adolescence, next to the Theosophical Society headquarters at Adyar, in Chennai (earlier, Madras). He stressed the need for a revolution in the psyche of every human being and posited that such a revolution could not be brought about by any external entity, be it religious, political, or social.

Maintaining that society was ultimately the product of the interactions of individuals, he held that fundamental change in society could emerge only through freely undertaken radical change in the individual (Krishnamurti, 2008). Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895 – 1986) was an eminent writer and speaker on philosophical and spiritual issues, including psychological revolution, the nature of the human mind, consciousness and evolution, meditation, human relationships, and bringing about positive social change. Krishnamurti's philosophy is a must for the understanding of human consciousness, in a manner that is simple, yet abstract and deep. One must uncover the mind layer by layer to achieve complete growth. We often dwell on one part of the consciousness and miss its holistic aspect. One could not get pleasure without difficulty, for which living in totality, not in segments, was a must. A mind should be investigative and scientific. He also maintained that religion was always the result of past conditioning. The society in which we live should be organic, where, although individuals had no choice but to dwell in that society, it was one where the interests of the individual and society were the same. It was also necessary that they avoided repression. Human beings always learned from their past, and it was important that they looked inwards and freed themselves from self-perpetuated torment. He believed in total awareness as being essential for a free mind. The present article looks at mind and consciousness from the perspective of the eminent Indian philosopher, Jiddu Krishnamurti.

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