World Teacher: The Life and Teachings of J. Krishnamurti
Author:
R. E. Mark Lee
Category:
Biography & Memoir, Philosophy
ISBN: 9789388302173
Binding: Paperback
Dimensions: 8 x 5 inch
Number of Pages: 204 + 8 colour
The 20th century will perhaps be known for the extremes of human endeavour: global scale warfare and the emergence of spirituality. Central to the latter was a humble, global-minded teacher, J. Krishnamurti. For almost seven decades, he travelled to all continents stating eternal truths about human existence and boldly took on contemporary issues such as violence, corruption, conflict in personal relationships, collapse of moral values, and the hollowness of living in a society that is being rapidly enslaved by technology and the entertainment industry.
Rather than trying to understand the teacher and his teachings, Krishnamurti urged his listeners and readers to understand themselves by being sensitive, alert, caring, and loving human beings. After a single-purpose life of teaching ‘to set men absolutely, unconditionally free,’ Krishnamurti died in California, leaving vast well-documented teachings that offered no belief system, no spiritual organisation, no methods, but only the exhortation, ‘Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.’
This biography is a brief, easy-to-read narrative aimed at introducing the younger generation to a great spiritual teacher with a simple message of love, compassion, and self-knowledge.
R. E. Mark Lee
R. E. Mark Lee grew up in Santa Barbara, California, USA, and received a Master’s degree in education from the University of California in 1977. Most of his professional career was spent in schools in India and America. He was the founding director of the Oak Grove School in Ojai, California. He served as executive director of the Krishnamurti Foundation of America for 20 years and was director of Krishnamurti Publications for five years. He was the chief editor of the 17 volumes of The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life, and The Little Book on Living. From 1995 to 2010, Lee was the owner-publisher of Edwin House Publishing, which specialised in memoirs of Krishnamurti’s associates. His interests include architecture, gardening, travel, and reading. For the past 40 years he has lived with his wife and daughters in Ojai.