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Five Conversations by Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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ShrutSangam GyanBhandars JainTatvaGyanshala

This is a series of five conversations with Jiddu Krishnamurti with an initial general introduction and description of the scenery in which the conversation takes place. This text is short, 23 pages, and I have not been able to find a year or location. – Though northern India might be a good guess. From the first conversation: “Meditation is the way of total transformation of man’s mania. Man is caught in principles and ideologies which prevent him from putting an end to the conflict between himself and another. The ideology of nationality and religion and the obstinacy of his own vanity is destroying man. This destructive process goes on throughout the world. Man has tried to end it through tolerance, conciliation, through the exchange of words, and face-saving devices – but he remains entrenched in his own conditioning.” Read more