ON TRUTH
Author: J. Krishnamurti Category: Philosophy, Self-help ISBN: 9789386832573 Binding: Paperback Dimensions: 8x5 inches Number of Pages: 160 pages
On Truth offers Krishnamurti’s most profound ruminations on the search for truth. In 1929, he began his life of public teaching by saying, “Truth is a pathless land.” Throughout his many years of speaking to audiences of all ages and backgrounds, he continually emphasized that truth cannot be approached through the instrument of thought. Truth is intangible and nameless, and can only be realized through exploring the total movement of thought and its activities. Appearing in print for the first time, these vital teachings show how truth arises when effort ceases, the mind is empty, and there is only the present moment. We learn that truth comes uninvited, “with glory,” when one puts all in order, and “in that there is great sacredness.”
J. Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti is regarded globally as one of the greatest thinkers and religious teachers of all time. He did not expound any philosophy or religion, but rather talked of the things that concern all of us in our everyday lives, of the problems of living in modern society with its violence and corruption, of the individual's search for security and happiness, and the need for mankind to free itself from inner burdens of fear, anger, hurt, and sorrow. He explained with great precision the subtle workings of the human mind, and pointed to the need for bringing to our daily life a deeply meditative and spiritual quality. For nearly sixty years until his death on 17 February 1986, he travelled throughout the world talking to large audiences and to individuals about the need for a radical change in mankind.