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Title: Think on These Things by Krishnamurti, D. Rajagopal ISBN: 0-06-091609-5 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 November, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.76 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Life-changing
Comment: I first encountered this book as a confused seventeen-year old, and it changed my life. At the time, I had read a lot of self-help books, books on philosophy, psychology, theosophy, theology etc., but within two paragraphs of this book, I had the greatest epiphany of my life - simply that it was possible to understand life. That's all I needed to know. Up until then, I had tended to accept that the pursuit of self-interest was as valid a philosophy of life as any. With this other possibility now opened to me, I saw at a glance the life of passion and glory which is the lot of those who love truth for its own sake, and allow themselves to be taken where truth leads them.
I'm 42 now, and feel I haven't aged a day since then, inwardly. Goodness knows how my life would have turned out without the insights and understandings come to me through Krishnamurti to keep me grounded.
I suggest - pick up something by Krishnamurti, and read a few paragraphs, a chapter. If nothing happens, don't spend time analysing what he has to say, - just close the book, put it in a drawer and forget you own it. Just go about your life - it's for the best.
They say that even a chimpanzee is quite content with his life if his circumstances are favourable, and wastes no time in regretful comparisons.
Best wishes.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Clean Mirror - Discover Yourself
Comment: This book is a collection of talks given by J. Krishnamurti to a group of school children and teachers. He talks about different things like Education, love, freedom, etc.
Personally this was a life changing book for me. This was not another book which told you what to do, but tells you 'Just see yourself'. The first time I read this book, I found it too intellectual and I thought Krishnamurti was a very negetive guy. Sadly, at that time I was too caught up in my own beleif system and was not ready for reality.
This book is not really a book. It is a mirror where you can see yourself. It makes you question everything including the way we look at life, the way we interact with people. Each talk is followed by a series of questions put forward by children like "Why do we feel shy?" , "What is jealousy?" etc. Krishnamurti's words are totally unbiased and honest. He is like a surgeon. A surgeon cuts throught the patient with a sharp knife! His objective is not to hurt the patient, but to remove the ulcer from him. His objective is to let us see ourself, and make us live a life in which their heart, mind and action are in harmony and not in conflict.
The other book of krishnamurti that I would recommend is "The awakening of Intelligence". It covers everythign that this one doesn't and is meant for really serious people. You don't need any other book after that.
Rating: 5
Summary: Most accessible of all K's books (along with "Life Ahead")
Comment: I've read over 25 Krishamurti books, including all the "big ones" like Freedom from the Known, The First and Last Freedom, Total Freedom, Awakening of Intelligence, Flight of the Eagle, Krishmaurti's Notebook, etc., many of which I've read more than once. I've given all of them away to share K's message but kept four of them which I keep as references for focused daily reflection/meditation (as opposed to the meditation of all waking life). The four I've kept are Freedom from the Known, On God, On Right Livelihood, and Education and the Significance of Life (the last one of great relevance to me since I'm an educator). And so now I always recommend (and often give) the first three books on that list I just mentioned to anyone who wants to learn more about K's "teachings." "Freedom from the Known" is the single best, most concise and thorough summary of all K's teachings. "On God" should greatly help anyone who is searching for ultimate reality, Truth, God, Enlightenment, Nirvana, The Meaning of Life, or whatever one wants to call it. No summary will do it justice; you must read it for yourself. "On Right Livelihood" addresses the issue of our daily living, in work, leisure, and even to some degree home life and family relationship, becuase, as K emphasizes, they all should be an integrated whole, not fragmented parts of our lives. "Education and the Significance of Life" is also or relevance to anyone who has children or who teaches; it will transform the way you view childrearing and education. I would say that those four books would be all a person would need to transform one's life; to have a radical revolution in living. Now that being said, why do I still highly recommend "Think on These Things?" It and Life Ahead are numbers Five and Six on my list; those two are books that I never keep for myself, but I often give to others: mostly children and young adults, or people who otherwise either wouldn't enjoy or couldn't handle the relatively more complex and philosophically-oriented nature of K's other works; I even gave copies of them to my mentally-disabled adult sister, and she is able to understand these latter two books. This is because both "Think on These Things" and "Life Ahead" were talks given to young students and their parents, and both the language K uses and the ideas themselves seem much more simple and direct, yet retain all their power and vibrancy. I highly recommend "Think on These Things" and "Life Ahead" as gifts, or for any reader who wants a more "accessible" Krishnamurti.
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Title: Freedom from the Known by Jiddu Krishnamurti ISBN: 0060648082 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 March, 1975 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: This Light in Oneself: True Meditation by J. Krishnamurti ISBN: 1570624429 Publisher: Shambhala Publications Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Awakening of Intelligence by Jiddu, Krishnamurti ISBN: 0060648341 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 January, 1974 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti by J. Krishnamurti ISBN: 0060648805 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 04 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: On Love and Loneliness by J. Krishnamurti ISBN: 0062510134 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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