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6 October, 2018. There was an interesting interaction at our Centre on ‘Freeing the mind from conditioning’. We had ten participants and as the interaction gathered momentum, we realised that nearly two hours had passed. A short video was screened and three texts were given out for home reading.It is always difficult to put together a summary of discussions during a group interaction. The conversation flow is diverse and varies widely from person to person.

An English translation of an interview with Friedrich Grohe by Tess Larosse. Originally published June 2011 in the local Saanen newspaper, GstaadLife. They spoke about J Krishnamurti. This is an extract from the interview.Born in 1929 in Schiltach in the Black Forest, Germany, Friedrich Grohe worked for Grohe Armaturen in Hemer, Westfalen for much of his young adulthood. He established a sister company in Lahr in the Black Forest and in 1963 organized a merger

Extract from the book 'J Krishnamurti as I knew him' by Susunaga Weeraperuma. He narrates a conversation he had with K. Susunaga Weeraperuma: Krishnaji, I much enjoyed the concert last night. I have come to India to listen to such melodious music. It was such a treat.Jiddu Krishnamurti: Yes. It was a marvellous performance.Weeraperuma: What puzzles me is why you participated in the chanting of bhajans. I was observing you very closely. You were in

Fritjof Capra, the well known physicist, became famous for his bestseller book “Tao of physics” published in 1975. It was one of the first books that tried to show the connection between modern physics and eastern mysticism.Who influenced Capra on his journey as a particle physicist? What kind of conversations did he have with several remarkable people? That is the focus of his book “Uncommon wisdom:  Conversations with remarkable people”.Capra recalls his discussions with one

“We must have the capacity to think together. The capacity comes naturally and inevitably if one sees the importance and the necessity in a corrupting world, that to think together does not imply agreement or disagreement, but putting aside one’s own particular prejudice, opinion, judgment and having thus the capacity to think together. Because when we think together there is no division, you are not thinking separately from the speaker.”Jiddu Krishnamurti, Second public talk, Saanen