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J. Krishnamurti: a biography

By Jayakar, Pupul

First published 2025

A classic biography of one of the great 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 but twenty years later he chose to disband the order he was head of and set out alone on his endless journey...

Published
2025
Pages
518
Publisher
Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Edition
Paperback
Elsewhere
Open Library
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