Third Krishnamurti Study Day on Inner Transformation Jiddu Krishnamurti was born on 11 May 1895 in Madanapalle, a small town in South India. He and his brother were adopted in their youth by Dr. Annie Besant, then president of the Theosophical Society. Dr. Besant and others proclaimed that Krishnamurti was to be a world teacher. To prepare the world for this coming, a world-wide organization called the Order of the Star in the East was formed and the young Krishnamurti was made its head. In 1929, however, Krishnamurti renounced this role. From then, for nearly sixty years, until his death on 17 February 1986, he travelled throughout the world, talking to large audiences and to individuals about the need for a radical change in mankind. Krishnamurti is regarded as one of the greatest thinkers and teachers of all time. He did not expound a specific philosophy, but rather talked of the things that concern all of us in our everyday lives, of the problems of living in modern society with its violence and corruption, of the individual’s search for security and happiness, and the need for mankind to free itself from inner burdens of fear, anger, hurt, and sorrow. He explained with great precision the subtle workings of the human mind, and pointed to the need for bringing a meditative and spiritual quality to our daily life (see www.jkrishnamurti.org). Jiddu Krishnamurti This book gives an intimate portrayal of the philosopher sage Jiddu Krishnamurti by several of his colleagues who knew him over many decades and interacted with him closely. It reveals several aspects of the man and investigates his teachings in depth. The author, Professor P. Krishna, was closely associated with J. Krishnamurti for nearly three decades. P. Krishna has lectured all over the world and conducted many dialogues about the teachings of Krishnamurti. A Jewel on a Silver Platter Professor P. Krishna Professor P. Krishna is currently in charge of the Krishnamurti Study Center at the Rajghat Education Center of the Krishnamurti Foundation in Varanasi, India.He was the Rector of the Center and Principal of the Rajghat Besant School from 1986 to 2002. He is a trustee of the Foundation and continues to be involved with its activities. He has written articles and books on various issues relating to the teachings of J. Krishnamurti. He has also delivered lectures on Education, Science and Society to varied audiences. He is an Honorary scientist and Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, as well as the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. Before joining the Krishnamurti Foundation India, he was a professor of Physics at the Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, where he had been a faculty member for 24 years. He specialized in Solid State Physics, his area of research and teaching being X-Ray Crystallography. For consideration: Surely the process of time is not revolutionary. In the process of time, there is no transformation; there is only a continuity and no ending. In the process of time, there is nothing but recognition. Only when you have complete cessation of the time process, of the activity of the self, is there the new, is there revolution, is there transformation. (J. Krishnamurti in The Collected Works, Volume VI, page. 322, Choiceless Awareness) Then the question to be considered: In listening throughout the years one feels that the door is on the verge to be opened, but still it does not happen. Is there something that blocks us? (A question of P.J. Rinpoche to J. Krishnamurti)