COLLECTED WORKS VOLUME 16

Photo: J. Krishnamurti, ca 1968 by Mark Edwards © Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, Ltd.

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Contents

Preface

Talks in Madras, India

First Talk, December 22, 1965

Second Talk, December 26, 1965

Third Talk, December 29, 1965

Fourth Talk, January 2, 1966

Fifth Talk, January 5, 1966

Sixth Talk, January 9, 1966

Talks in Bombay, India

First Talk, February 13, 1966

Second Talk, February 16, 1966

Third Talk, February 20, 1966

Fourth Talk, February 23, 1966

Fifth Talk, February 27, 1966

Sixth Talk, March 2, 1966

Public Dialogues in Rome, Italy

First Dialogue, March 31, 1966

Second Dialogue, April 3, 1966

Third Dialogue, April 7, 1966

Fourth Dialogue, April 10, 1966

Fifth Dialogue, April 14, 1966

Talks in London, England

First Talk, April 26, 1966

Second Talk, April 30, 1966

Third Talk, May 3, 1966

Fourth Talk, May 7, 1966

Fifth Talk, May 10, 1966

Talks in Paris, France

First Talk, May 15, 1966

Second Talk, May 19, 1966

Third Talk, May 22, 1966

Fourth Talk, May 26, 1966

Fifth Talk, May 29, 1966

Talks in Saanen, Switzerland

First Talk, July 10, 1966

Second Talk, July 12, 1966

Third Talk, July 14, 1966

Fourth Talk, July 17, 1966

Fifth Talk, July 19, 1966

Sixth Talk, July 21, 1966

Seventh Talk, July 24, 1966

Eighth Talk, July 26, 1966

Ninth Talk, July 28, 1966

Tenth Talk, July 31, 1966

Public Dialogues in Saanen, Switzerland

First Dialogue, August 3, 1966

Second Dialogue, August 4, 1966

Third Dialogue, August 5, 1966

Fourth Dialogue, August 6, 1966

Fifth Dialogue, August 7, 1966

Sixth Dialogue, August 8, 1966

Seventh Dialogue, August 9, 1966

Questions

Preface

Jiddu Krishnamurti was born in 1895 of Brahmin parents in south India. At the age of fourteen he was proclaimed the coming World Teacher by Annie Besant, then president of the Theosophical Society, an international organization that emphasized the unity of world religions. Mrs. Besant adopted the boy and took him to England, where he was educated and prepared for his coming role. In 1911 a new worldwide organization was formed with Krishnamurti as its head, solely to prepare its members for his advent as World Teacher. In 1929, after many years of questioning himself and the destiny imposed upon him, Krishnamurti disbanded this organization, saying:

Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be forced to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. My only concern is to set men absolutely, unconditionally free.

Until the end of his life at the age of ninety, Krishnamurti traveled the world speaking as a private person. The rejection of all spiritual and psychological authority, including his own, is a fundamental theme. A major concern is the social structure and how it conditions the individual. The emphasis in his talks and writings is on the psychological barriers that prevent clarity of perception. In the mirror of relationship, each of us can come to understand the content of his own consciousness, which is common to all humanity. We can do this, not analytically, but directly in a manner Krishnamurti describes at length. In observing this content we discover within ourselves the division of the observer and what is observed. He points out that this division, which prevents direct perception, is the root of human conflict.

His central vision did not waver after 1929, but Krishnamurti strove for the rest of his life to make his language even more simple and clear. There is a development in his exposition. From year to year he used new terms and new approaches to his subject, with different nuances.

Because his subject is all-embracing, the Collected Works are of compelling interest. Within his talks in any one year, Krishnamurti was not able to cover the whole range of his vision, but broad applications of particular themes are found throughout these volumes. In them he lays the foundations of many of the concepts he used in later years.

The Collected Works contain Krishnamurti’s previously published talks, discussions, answers to specific questions, and writings for the years 1933 through 1967. They are an authentic record of his teachings, taken from transcripts of verbatim shorthand reports and tape recordings.

The Krishnamurti Foundation of America, a California charitable trust, has among its purposes the publication and distribution of Krishnamurti books, videocassettes, films and tape recordings. The production of the Collected Works is one of these activities.