From the Vault: J. Krishnamurti

“First of all, I am not teaching you anything. Right? I have said ‘just watch yourself.’ And in yourself is everything. You are the whole of mankind. The past and the present. And if you know how to look within yourself you have the whole history. And then you are not following the speaker or his teachings because he is not teaching you a thing!”
~Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986)

As a young boy, Jiddu (J.) Krishnamurti was discovered playing on beach in India by one of the founders of the Theosophical movement, Charles Webster Leadbeater — who proclaimed young Krishnamurti to be the future vehicle for Lord Maitreya the World Teacher and arranged for his formal education and indoctrination into the Theosophical Society. There, Krishnamurti learned, taught, spoke and began to cultivate an international followin