He suffered recurrent bouts of the disease over many years. In 1903 the family settled in Cudappah, where Krishnamurti had contracted malaria during a previous stay. His parents had a total of eleven children, of whom six survived childhood. Krishnamurti was fond of his mother Sanjeevamma, who died when he was ten. His father, Jiddu Narayanaiah, was employed as an official of the British colonial administration. He was born in a Telugu-speaking Brahmin family. His birthplace was the small town of Madanapalle in Madras Presidency (modern-day Chittoor District in Andhra Pradesh). He used calculations based on a published horoscope to derive a date of but "retains a measure of scepticism" about it. Mary Lutyens determines it to be, but Christine Williams notes the unreliability of birth registrations in that period and that statements claiming dates ranging from to exist. The date of birth of Krishnamurti is a matter of dispute. They continue to transcribe and distribute his thousands of talks, group and individual discussions, and writings by use of a variety of media formats and languages.īiography Family background and childhood House in Madanapalle, in which Krishnamurti was born Krishnamurti in 1910 His supporters - working through non-profit foundations in India, Britain, and the United States - oversee several independent schools based on his views on education. His last public talk was in Madras (now known as Chennai), India, in January 1986, a month before his death at his home in Ojai, California.
Many of his talks and discussions have been published.
Krishnamurti wrote many books, among them The First and Last Freedom, The Only Revolution, and Krishnamurti's Notebook. He emphasized topics such as choiceless awareness, psychological inquiry, and freedom from the need for any religious, spiritual or cultural authority. He spent the rest of his life travelling the world speaking to large and small groups, as well as individuals. In his early life, he was raised to be the new World Teacher, an advanced spiritual position in the theosophical tradition, but later rejected this mantle and distanced himself from the related movement. Jiddu Krishnamurti ( / ˈ dʒ ɪ d uː ˌ k r ɪ ʃ n ə ˈ m ʊər t i/ JID-oo KRISH-nə- MOOR-tee – 17 February 1986) was an Indian philosopher, speaker and writer.
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