Krishnamurti Foundation India

“The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement.”

– J. Krishnamurti

VISIT OUR YOU TUBE CHANNEL

We would like to share with you some information about our you tube channel.There are close to 100 videos now available on our channel and these have been arranged in nine categories under ‘playlists’ to facilitate access. Please explore at leisure. The nine categories include ‘Krishnamurti Bengali videos’. This is an initiative to dub short videos in Bengali to reach out to those Bengali audiences who do not understand English. Already, twenty videos have been dubbed in Bengali.

REACHING OUT TO BENGALI AUDIENCES

Our Centre has been ardently trying to make the teachings of J Krishnamurti available to Bengali audiences. We have been doing this through translation of J Krishnamurti books in Bengali and also through dubbing in Bengali of short videos of J Krishnamurti.

Twenty dubbed videos were released in 2023. Now as the new year 2024 dawns, we are delighted to release another lot of ten dubbed videos in Bengali. Here is the link.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAqjJMIk_MHE8pax8Z-yPOYj3O0lVWQLo

NEW DIGITAL BOOKLET

A new digital booklet has been released by Krishnamurti Foundation India. Given the current situation in the world, the booklet appears so timely. It presents what J Krishnamurti had to say about religion, religious life, and the religious mind. As the introduction to the booklet says, ‘What is true religion?’ is a question often posed by Krishnamurti in all his talks and writings. Implied in the question itself are the two aspects relevant to the subject: what religion is not and what it is. This booklet addresses these timeless questions.

At the end of the booklet, you will also be able to download the official app of the authentic teachings of J Krishnamurti titled ‘Awakening of Intelligence’. It is an extremely interesting app as you will discover as you explore. Please do share your feedback.

OUR BENGALI BOOKS

For the information of our friends interested in our Bengali books, the Bengali translation of ‘The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with J Krishnamurti’ has joined the list of our Bengali translations. The Bengali title is ‘Jibon Khatar Proti Pata.’

Inspired by Krishnamurti’s perception that truth is found through life itself, and not away from it, the book presents 365 quotations from his talks and writings, one for each day of the year. These timeless daily meditations, developed thematically over seven days, shed brilliant light on the problems of our daily life as well as on the illusions that we get into in the process of either solving them or looking outside of ourselves for a state of happiness and enlightenment.

Please visit our bookstore section on this website for more details.

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Avail discount of 40% on all books. Apply the coupon code KRISHNAMURTI40 at checkout.

A documentary film on J Krishnamurti produced by Doordarshan Bangla in February, 2020. Now available with subtitles in English.

A biographical film about J Krishnamurti titled 'The Seer Who Walks Alone'. The 50 minute film was produced by Films Division (in 1985) and directed by G Aravindan.

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Latest Events and Activities

FREEDOM FROM CONDITIONING

By adminNovember 14, 2024

We had a program at our Centre on 10 November which included the screening of a 30 minute film titled ‘The conditioned self’. Directed by Michael Mendizza, the film featured J Krishnamurti, David Bohm and Saral Bohm. https://youtu.be/RzcT-RKqnP0?si=SfgY3_CYOqDrCdRc The screening was followed by an interactive dialogue. Is the self (me) anything more than a construct of thought? Is conditioning different from the self (me)? Can conditioning be dissolved completely? After the dialogue, we read through…

FINDING PEACE IN THE MIDST OF TURBULENCE

By Professor (Dr) Mukesh Srivastava,November 6, 2024

During an informal chat over dinner recently at KFI Vasant Vihar in Chennai, retreat participants heard an interesting story from Mukesh Srivastava. It was his own story and turned out to be gripping. Here is that story in his own words. Life in Agra was quite interesting in early 20th century which has been described by Paul Brunton in his classic A search in Secret India. As I was growing up there in the 1970s,…

My most valuable lessons in psychotherapy

By adminNovember 3, 2024

Dr Dipankar Patra, psychotherapist, writes candidly about how his journey in his profession was greatly enriched by J Krishnamurti. Read on to uncover the unusual learning that Dr Patra came upon when he started reading the three volume ‘Commentaries on Living’ written by J Krishnamurti. People may be surprised when I say that my most valuable lessons as a psychotherapist came from J Krishnamurti. To me, he was a master psychotherapist. He would probably…

THE FLOWERING OF GOODNESS

By adminOctober 27, 2024

Our Centre was delighted to invite Michael Mendizza for an online program on zoom on Sunday 20 October. Mendizza, producer, director, writer and educator, gave an interesting talk and it was followed by an interaction with the audience. He spoke on the theme ‘The flowering of goodness’ but also covered a lot of ground related to the challenges which confront humanity. In his talk, Mendizza suggested that flowering of goodness cannot be a goal, a path.…

BUSY OCTOBER 2024

By adminOctober 26, 2024

Just to keep friends updated, October has been a busy month. First, on 6 October, we had a gathering at our Centre. It was a day of pausing and reflection. A day when we shared our own understanding of Krishna ji’s teachings and of our lives. A day when we paused to question our own actual clarity rather than continue to add more and more to our theoretical knowledge about the teachings. Where are we actually?…

KOLKATA BOOK FAIR 18 TO 31 JANUARY 2024

By adminMarch 8, 2024

We live in an era where everything is available online. Even so, there is no substitute for interactions in person. That is why the Kolkata Book Fair continues to attract thousands and thousands of visitors each year. This year, it has been reported that 29 lakh visitors visited the Fair. We were there in hall number 2, stall number 70 with the full range of J Krishnamurti books in English, Bengali and Hindi. Each year, the interest in the books has been on…

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“The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement.”

VISIT OUR YOU TUBE CHANNEL

REACHING OUT TO BENGALI AUDIENCES

NEW DIGITAL BOOKLET

OUR BENGALI BOOKS

DISCOUNT OFFER

A documentary film on J Krishnamurti produced by Doordarshan Bangla in February, 2020. Now available with subtitles in English.

A biographical film about J Krishnamurti titled 'The Seer Who Walks Alone'. The 50 minute film was produced by Films Division (in 1985) and directed by G Aravindan.

See what we have in our library

Latest Events and Activities

Visit our Online Book Store

Our Centre in Kolkata has moved to a new location at 36C, Jatin Das Road (first floor), Kolkata 700029 and will be open to visitors from 2 May. The location is quite close to the well known Sai Baba Mandir on Jatin Das Road.

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