Summary
Jiddu Krishnamurti: The First and Last Freedom
"In this book of selected works and recorded speeches of Krishnamurti, the reader will find a clear contemporary statement of a fundamental human problem, with an invitation to solve it in the only way it can be solved - by himself and for himself." (Aldous Huxley)
Jiddu Krishnamurti's reputation as a philosopher attracted both traditional and non-traditional thinkers and philosophers, as well as heads of state, eminent scientists, representatives of state and non-governmental institutions, psychiatrists, psychologists, religious leaders and university professors, who themselves learned through dialogues with him. He articulated and mastered science and religion without using jargon, so that both scientists and laymen could understand his discussions about time, thoughts, emotions and death.
Unpretentious, rational and well-argued, Krishnamurti's (conversations) collected in this book return the reader to the initial questions about being, fear, desire, sex, hope, faith, the nature of the self, the relationship between thought and thinker - not offering answers from a position of omniscience, but encouraging self-knowledge and self-reflection.
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