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11 unusual facts about Jiddu Krishnamurti


Balmoral, New South Wales

Intended as a platform for lectures by the expected "World Teacher", believed by the Theosophists to be Jiddu Krishnamurti, it was demolished in 1951, and its foundations used for an apartment building that still stands on the site.

Death is Silent

"Loneliness" and "The New Day (Death Has No Meaning)" contain excerpts from philosopher and writer Jiddu Krishnamurti's 1980 discussions with David Bohm.

Erich Schiffmann

At age 18 Schiffmann sent a handwritten letter to Krishnamurti and was accepted to study with him in England.

Facundo Cabral

"I stop in San Francisco where there's always something to hear, at least when Krishnamurti is nearby, he who knows that the fundamental revolution is to revolutionize one's self. I stop in Crete where there is always something to love."

Frederick Gordon Pearce

Pearce was deeply influence by the Teachings on Education of the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti and was a proponent of a scheme of 'New Education'.

Garry Cobain

He has stated that he is influenced philosophically by Lao-Tzu, Buddha and Jiddu Krishnamurti and that he likes the bands Secret Chiefs 3, Mercury Rev and Simian among many others.

Govert Schüller

Govert Schüller (born 1959) is a Dutch-American author who writes about Jiddu Krishnamurti and theosophy.

Mary Cadogan

In 1958 she started working for the Indian philosopher Krishnamurti and remained for nearly twenty years.

Olinda Castielle

Castielle does not belong to any religion but she is inspired by Eckhart Tolle and Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Philip baron van Pallandt

In 1924, baron Philip van Pallandt deeded the Eerde castle to the Order of the Star in the East, an organization connected to the famous philosopher and spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti, of whom the baron was an avid follower.

Roland Vernon

He has published novels, biographies of musicians, and Star in the East, a biography of the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.


Larry Rosenberg

that influenced this decision was his introduction to the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti and Vimala Thakar.

Lives in the Shadow with J. Krishnamurti

The book chronicles the relationship of the author's family – her father Rajagopal Desikacharya (commonly D. Rajagopal, 1900–1993), mother Rosalind (1903–1996), and herself – with the Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986).