The Book of Life (Booklet)

This second talk by Krishnamurti in Sri Lanka in 1980 is original in many ways. Apart from covering a wide range of existential themes, it also marks a novel style of presentation; here Krishnamurti compares the whole of life to a book of many chapters, and sustains the metaphor throughout as he goes into various problems like conflict, relationship, fear, thought, and time. ‘Don’t depend on anyone for the understanding of life, for the understanding of that book. To read that book, there is nobody between you and the book, no philosopher, no priest, no guru, no god, nothing. You are the book and you are reading it.’

Translations: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada