J. Krishnamurti: A Biography by Pupul Jayakar

J. Krishnamurti: A Biography by Pupul JayakarA classic biography of one of the greatest spiritual teachers of our times In 1909, when he was just fourteen, Krishnamurti was proclaimed the world teacher in whom Maitreya, the Bodhisattva of compassion, would manifest. The proclamation was made by Annie Besant, then president of the Theosophical Society, a movement that combined Western occult philosophy with Buddhist and Hindu teachings. Besant trained Krishnamurti in his role as the chosen one

University of Delhi

Held between the years 1978 and 1984

concern for our planet or even the slightest belief in magic

this one's advice was spun from genuine compassion and informed by a wealth of personal experience - experience that was sometimes tragic and sometimes tender

she bewitched the era's richest and most powerful men

ruin and reward -- even life and death – loom large in everyday life

It was Richard Feynman's outrageous and scintillating method of teaching that earned him legendary status among students and professors of physics

he seeks the real meaning of human life

including all residents

and as a journalist had made the acquaintance of everyone from Yves St Laurent to Catherine Deneuve to Michel Foucault

Written in Pali

she teaches you how to get information from the lines