Regarding Krishnamurti
Articles
Lectures
Source Materials
Communications
Bibliography
Reviews
Links
Regarding Krishnamurti
An esoteric-historical interpretation of the life and teachings
of Krishnamurti is an important focus of this Web site.
The intent of this introduction is to provide some context
and indicate further areas of research. [continued]
Articles
Krishnamurti and
the World Teacher Project: Some Theosophical Perceptions
Paper on the many different ways Krishnamurti was evaluated
by different theosophical writers.
Krishnamurti:
An Esoteric View of his Teachings
Pamphlet offering a metaphysical critique of K's philosophy.
Full text and endnotes. [72KB]
What really
happened to J. Krishnamurti?
Article by Hodson pupil William T. Keidan shedding some
more light on Geoffrey Hodson's perception of Krishnamurti.
Jean
Overton Fuller, Master Narayan, and the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias
Issue. Article in Theosophical History about
a relatively unknown but quite important Theosophical master
and his alleged identification by Jean Overton Fuller. All
in the context of the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias issue, which
is about two Englishmen passing on contested Mahatmic evaluations
of the metaphysical status of Krishnamurti and the esoteric
soundness of his teachings.
The
Scott and Anrias Material in my Historical Situatedness
History of personal involvement in the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias
issue.
Lectures
Theosophy
and Krishnamurti: Harmonies and Tensions
Lecture by Govert Schuller (audio). How do Theosophy and
Krishnamurti perceive each other? How are their teachings
related? Based on primary sources and notes from discussions
a wide spectrum of possible answers will be presented as
a contribution to an ongoing discussion.
Handout
Accompanying the above lecture
Comparison
between Theosophy and Krishnamurti
Double-column comparison with footnotes
Krishnamurti
and Eastern Philosophy
Lecture by Ravi Ravindra (audio). An exploration of Indian
thought, referring especially to the principal Upanishads,
the Yoga Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gita in
the context of questions raised by the spiritual teacher,
Jiddu Krishnamurti.
Guideposts
for Living: At the Feet of the Master
Lecture by John Algeo (video), exploring some of the practical
insights for living found in At the Feet of the Master,
the Theosophical classic written by Jiddu Krishnamurti.
Communications
Letter
from Jean Overton-Fuller
Response
from Govert Schüller to Mrs. Fuller
Letter
from Keith Hartzler
Regarding Krishnamurti, ego and English literature.
E-mail
from Bill Keidan
Regarding John R. Wilkinson, the author of The
Theosophical Society in Western History with some observations
about K.
Theosophy
and Krishnamurti. This open Yahoo! forum is meant to
analyse and compare Theosophical doctrines and the teachings
of Krishnamurti with some excursions into the philosophical
insights of phenomenology.
Krishnamurti
discussion
Exchange of e-mails between Anonymous and Govert Schuller
in November 2005
Bibliography
See separate
page for full bibliography.
Reviews
Review
of E.L. Gardner's booklet No religion higher than truth,
in which the controversial case was made that C.W. Leadbeater
was not really clairvoyant, but victim to Kriyashakti,
or the power of imaginary projection.
Review
of Krishnamurti--Love and Freedom: Approaching a Mystery.
A study by Peter Michel highlighting some esoteric aspects
of K's life and putting them in a Theosophical perspective.
Review focuses on his use of the Scott and Anrias material.
Introduction
to The Initiations of Krishnamurti: An Astrological Biography.
Study by Phillip Lindsay using the Scott
and Anrias material extensively. Introduction by Dr. Michael
D. Robbins.
Krishnamurti,
Leben und Werk
By Vanamali Gunturu. Anonymous book review.
Star
in the East: Krishnamurti, the Invention of a Messiah
By Roland Vernon. Review for The
Link (No. 20 Spring/Summer 2001) by Anne Ruth Frank-Strauss.
The
Inner Life of Krishnamurti: Private Passion and Perennial
Wisdom by Aryel Sanat. Review for The
Link (No. 19 Autumn/Winter 2000) by Hans van der Kroft.
Source Materials
At
the Feet of the Master
By Alcyone (J. Krishnamurti). Master Kuthumi's spiritual
instructions as received by 14 year old K. [62KB]
Krishnamurti:
A Problem
Chapter V from The Initiate in the Dark Cycle by
'His Pupil' [Cyril Scott]
The
Truth about Krishnamurti
Chapter XI from "The Initiate in the Dark Cycle"
by 'His Pupil' [Cyril Scott]
Message
from Lord Maitreya's
In David Anrias' Through the Eyes of the Masters. Containing
critical remarks regarding Krishnamurti.
Message
from The Rishi of the Nilgiri Hills
From David Anrias' Through the Eyes of the Masters. Containing
critical remarks regarding Krishnamurti.
Message
from Master Koot Hoomi
In David Anrias' Through the Eyes of the Masters. Containing
critical remarks regarding Krishnamurti.
Krishnamurti
and the Search for Light
By Geoffrey Hodson. In-depth theosophical and intellectual
critique of the teachings of Krishnamurti by a prominent
theosophical writer and clairvoyant.
The
World
Teacher
Three chapters about the World Teacher project from Geoffrey
Hodson's Thus Have I Heard, including the highly
interesting article Camp-fire
Gleams, which gives a clairvoyant description
of an early Krishnamurti gathering.
Kuthumi
on Krishnamurti and Alice Bailey
Under the heading 'Exposé on False Teachings' Kuthumi released
through Elizabeth Clare Prophet a series of evaluations
of spiritual teachers. These paragraphs are about two teachers
formerly associated with the Masters.
Elizabeth
Clare Prophet on Krishnamurti
A teaching on the conditions of affirming that "I am
my own master."
Truth
is a Pathless Land
Full text of the talk Krishnamurti gave when he dissolved
the Order of the Star in Ommen, Holland, August 3, 1929.
The
Secret Doctrine, Krishnamurti, and Transformation
By Aryel Sanat. Comparative study of the teachings of Krishnamurti
and Blavatsky concerning the transformation of consciousness.
Foreword
by Aldous Huxley to J. Krishnamurti's 1954 first major hard-bound
publication The First and Last Freedom. Perceptive
introduction to the teachings of Krishnamurti, concentrating
on what Krishnamurti is not offering to his audience.
"There
Is No Religion Higher Than Truth" : Developments in
the Theosophical Society by E.L.Gardner. Controversial
booklet by a long-time Theosophist contending that Leadbeater
fell victim to "unconscious Kriyashakti," or the
power of his own creative thought. "[T]he Lord Maitreya
and the Masters with whom Leadbeater was on such familiar
terms were his own thought-creations."
"`No
Religion Higher Than Truth,'" by Ernest Wood. Endorsement
of E.L. Gardner's article by the same title. Important source
on CWL's discovery of K and other close observations of
CWL by his former assistant.
Revelation
or Realization: The Conflict in Theosophy
By J.J. van der Leeuw. Pamphlet on the crisis in the Theosophical
Society caused by Krishnamurti's dissolution of the Order
of the Star.
Scott
and Anrias: Wood and the Blind Rishi
By Jean Overton Fuller. Chapter 20 from her Krishnamurti
& the Wind: A Biography.
Krishnamurti
And Blavatsky
By Jean Overton Fuller. Article reconciling Theosophy and
the Masters with Krishnamurti's teachings.
Krishnamurti
Obituary by Jean Overton Fuller presenting the authors
interesting view of K.
Links
Krishnamurti
Foundation
Founded by Krishnamurti and friends.
G.R.E.K.
Groupe de Recherche sur l'Enseignement de Krishnamurti.
Academic research collective at a French University on the
educational teachings of Krishnamurti.
The
Link
'The Link is a bi-annual newsletter which serves as a liason
between the various groups of people around the world interested
in the teachings [of Krishnamurti].'
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