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Krishnamurti «l. COMMENTARIES ON LIVING it strHiS Edited by D. RAJAGOPAL BOOK . . . COMMENTARIES ON LIVlWo First Series In this series of commentaries J. Krishnamurti, one of the great thinkers of our time, touches upon many human problems — our hopes, — our fears, our illusions, our beliefs, our prejudices and in the simplest language seems to pierce to their roots. "The sheer simplicity is breathtaking. The reader is given, in one paragraph, often in one sentence, enough to keep him exploring, questioning, thinking for days." — Anne Morrow Lindbergh. "The insight, spiritual and poetic, of these commentaries is as simply expressed as it is searching in its demand."—T/wej Literary Supplement (London). "Krishnamurti is no other than he seems, a free man, one of the first quaHty, growing older as diamonds do but the gem-iike flame not dating, and alive in these COMMENTARIES. It is a treasure." —Francis Racket, The New Republic. J. Krishnamurti was born in South India and educated in England. Hailed by many from early youth as a spiritual teacher, he rejected adulation and leadership in order to encourage spiritual freedom and the discovery of understanding by each one for himself. He has de- votedhislifeto speakingand counseling, travelingin theU.S.A., Europe, India and other parts of the world, addressing thousands of people, always pointing the way for each man to find himself. These Commentaries on Living are published in three volumes: First, Second, and Third Series. OTHER BOOKS by J. Krishnamurti: THE FIRST AND LAST FREEDOM EDUCATION AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LIFE LIFE AHEAD by J. Krishnamurti, edited by D. Rajagopal COMMENTARIES ON LIVING, Second Series COMMENTARIES ON LIVING, Third Series COMMENTARIES ON LIVING First Series from the notebooks of KRISHNAMURTI J. edited by D. Rajagopal A QUEST BOOK Published undera grant from The Kern Foundation THE THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE Wheaton, 111., U.S.A. Madras, India / London, England .^ni Copyright © 1956, by Krishnamurti Writings, Inc. Original edition 1956 Quest Book edition 1967 published by TheTheosophicai Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois, byarrangementwithKrishnamurtiWritings,Inc. Second Quest Bookprinting 1968 Third Quest Bookprinting 1970 ISBN: 0-8356-0390-3 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 67-8405/C.D. Printed in the United States of America i CONTENTS Page Three Pious Egoists 9 Identification II Gossip and Worry 13 Thought and Love 15 Aloneness and Isolation 17 Pupil and Master 18 The Rich and the Poor 20 Ceremonies and Conversion 23 Knowledge 25 Respectability 27 Politics 29 Experiencing 31 Virtue 33 Simplicity of the Heart 35 Facets of the Individual 36 Sleep 38 Love in Relationship 40 The Known and the Unknown 42 The Search for Truth 45 Sensitivity 48 The Individual and Society 50 The Self 52 Belief 55 Silence 57 *v :.-•/• -•• Page ^Lenunciation of Riches 59 Repetition and Sensation 6i The Radio and Music 63 Authority 65 Meditation 67 Anger 70 Psychological Security 72 Scparateness 74 Power 77 Sincerity 78 Fulfilment 81 Words 83 Idea and Fact 85 Continuity 87 Self-Defence 90 "My Path and Your Path" 93 Awareness 97 Loneliness 103 106 Consistency Action and Idea 109 Life in a City 112 Obsession 114 The Spiritual Leader 116 Stimulation Problems and Escapes 122 What is and What should be 125 Contradiction 128 Jealousy Spontaneity i / / Page The Conscious and the Unconscious 135 Challenge and Response 137 Possessiveness 140 Self-Esteem 143 Fear 146 "How am I to Love?" 149 The Futility of Result 153 The Desire for BUss 155 Thought and Consciousness 158 Self-Sacrifice 161 The Flame and the Smoke 163 Occupation of the Mind 166 Cessation of Thought 169 Desire and Conflict 171 Action without Purpose 174 Cause and Effect 177 Dullness 180 Clarity in Action 183 Ideology 186 Beauty 190 Integration 193 Fear and Escape 197 Exploitation and Activity 202 The Learned or the Wise? 205 StiUness and WiU 210 Ambition 214 Satisfaction 218 Wisdom is not Accumulation of Knowledge 222 Distraction 22s Page Time 230 Suffering 233 Sensation and Happiness 23S To sec the False as the False 242 Security 245 Work 250
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