Total Freedom The Essential Krishnamurti
Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti by Jiddu Krishnamurti, published by HarperCollins on August 30, 1996, is a comprehensive collection of the author’s most significant writings and talks. This first edition spans 384 pages and is presented in English. The book encapsulates Krishnamurti’s essential ideas, drawing from his early works, his ‘Commentaries on Living’, and various discourses that explore themes such as personal freedom, the nature of life and death, and the quest for truth.
Readers will find a thoughtful presentation of Krishnamurti’s core teachings, emphasizing the importance of individual exploration over adherence to established beliefs or authorities. The selections included in this volume address topics like meditation, love, and the complexities of the self, offering insights that have resonated with philosophers, artists, and spiritual seekers alike. Total Freedom serves as a guide for those interested in the philosophical and spiritual dimensions of Krishnamurti’s thought, encouraging a personal journey toward understanding and peace.
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Counted among his admirers are Jonas Salk, Aldous Huxley, David Hockney, and Van Morrison, along with countless other philosophers, artist, writers and students of the spiritual path. Now the trustees of Krishnamurti’s work have gathered his very best and most illuminating writings and talks to present in one volume the truly essential ideas of this great spiritual thinker. Total Freedom includes selections from Krishnamurti’s early works, his ‘Commentaries on Living’, and his discourses on life, the self, meditation, sex and love. These writings reveal Krishnamuri’s core teachings in their full eloquence and power: the nature of personal freedom; the mysteries of life and death; and the ‘pathless land’, the personal search for truth and peace. Warning readers away from blind obedience to creeds or teachers – including himself – Krishnamurti celebrated the individual quest for truth, and thus became on of the most influential guides for independent-minded seekers of the twentieth century – and beyond.
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