Krishnamurti to Himself

Krishnamurti to Himself: His Last Journal is a book based on a spoken diary of Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986). It was originally published in 1987.

Krishnamurti to Himself
First US edition
AuthorJiddu Krishnamurti
CountryUnited Kingdom and United States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhilosophy, autobiography
PublisherGollancz (UK), HarperOne (US)
Publication date
1987
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages134 pp (first edition)
ISBN978-0-575-04060-1 (UK), ISBN 978-0-06-064877-0 (US)

About the work

The text was transcribed from audiotape recordings made by Krishnamurti at his home in Ojai, California; the recordings took place between February 1983 and March 1984. The transcription was minimally edited by Mary Lutyens, a Krishnamurti biographer and longtime close friend.

The work was reputedly prompted by the success of a previous diary, Krishnamurti's Journal.[1] However, due to his advanced age, Krishnamurti opted to dictate the new diary instead of writing it, using a portable tape recorder.[1]

In the foreword by Mary Lutyens it is stated, "The reader gets very close to Krishnamurti in these pieces – almost, it seems at moments, into his very consciousness. ... The gist of Krishnamurti's teaching is here, and the descriptions of nature with which he begins most of the pieces may for many, who regard him as a poet as well as a philosopher, quieten their whole being so that they become intuitively receptive to what follows."[1]

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Notes

  1. Lutyens, Mary (1987). "Foreword". In (author) Jiddu, Krishnamurti (ed.). Krishnamurti to Himself. San Francisco: HarperCollins. pp. 5–6. ISBN 0-06-250649-8. J.Krishnamurti Online 60039 [web document id]. Retrieved 13 October 2010.

References

Listed by date (ascending).

  • Krishnamurti to HimselfJ. Krishnamurti Online [JKO]. Web document serial no/id: JKO 60039. Krishnamurti Foundations. "J. Krishnamurti Online, the official repository of the authentic teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti." Retrieved 2011-03-06.
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