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Jiddu Krishnamurti
(May 12, 1895 Madanapalle, India–February 17,
1986 Ojai, California), often written as J.
Krishnamurti, was discovered as a teenager by
C.W. Leadbeater in India on the private beach at
the Theosophical headquarters at Adyar in
Chennai. He was subsequently raised by Annie
Besant and C.W. Leadbeater within the world-wide
organization of the Theosophical Society, who
believed him to be a vehicle for a prophesied
World Teacher (see Second Coming; Maitreya
Buddha). As a young man, he disavowed this
destiny and also dissolved the Order established
to support it, and eventually spent the rest of
his life travelling the world as an independent
speaker and educator on the workings of the
human mind.
Aged 90, he addressed the United Nations on the
subject of peace and awareness, and was awarded
the U.N. 1984 Peace Medal. |
