What is the philosophy of J Krishnamurti?

He believed in total awareness as being essential for a free mind. Human beings always learned from their past, and it was important that they looked inwards and freed themselves from self-perpetuated torment. It was also necessary that they avoided repression.

How old was J Krishnamurti when he died?

90 years (1895–1986)
Jiddu Krishnamurti/Age at death

Jiddu Krishnamurti, the religious philosopher and teacher, died of cancer yesterday at his residence at the Krishnamurti Foundation in Ojai, Calif. He was 90 years old.

When did Eckhart Tolle become enlightened?

“Spiritual awakening” One night in 1977, at the age of 29, after long periods of depression, Tolle says he experienced an “inner transformation”.

Can We reconcile Jiddu Krishnamurti’s thought and Theosophy?

Jiddu Krishnamurti utterly rejected the convergence of his thought and Theosophy, and his wishes should be respected. Contemporary Theosophists have to let go of Jiddu Krishnamurti, and trying to reconcile or find a convergence of Krishnamurti’s thought and Theosophy.

What is the significance of Jiddu Krishnamurti’s Holland speech?

Jiddu Krishnamurti’s Holland speech at Ommen Camp in August 3, 1929 encapsulates the way we are educated, and the way people think of religion. There is nothing in Jiddu Krishnamurti’s approach that cares one iota about what Theosophists were doing before, or after the first and second generation periods (before and after the 1900).

Who is JK Krishnamurti?

Krishnamurti is like Nebu in the Ginza Rabba (formerly, Codex Nazaraeus), when Jesus is referred to as “the false Messiah, the destroyer of the old orthodox religion.” J. Krishnamurti did not demonstrate to the public anything about the real history and origin of the Mysteries.

Is Krishnamurti’s teachings Zen?

Krishnamurti’s teachings could perhaps be best defined as a profoundly anti-intellectual and extreme form of Zen. He did not describe it as Zen but anyone acquainted with the more anti-mind forms of Zen can see a clear parallel. In “The Voice of the Silence” is this passage: