The Urgency of Change

A new edition of a fifty-year-old classic by J.Krishnamurti.

The topics in this book range from conditioning and awareness, fear and God, to morality and art, suffering and suicide. The dialogues here sparkle with a crispness and clarity that would be the delight of any reader who seeks to deepen his understanding of Krishnamurti’s teachings; and the art of inquiry through the medium of dialogue finds its finest expression in many passages. The falsehood behind lofty ideals is exposed in statements such as: ‘ Forgiveness comes only after you have accumulated rancour; Forgiveness is resentment’. Art is redefined as the absence of the ‘me’. A discussion on the ethics of suicide becomes an occasion for reflecting on right living. A question about fear turns into a discussion on dependence. The question ‘How am I to live in this world’?  turns into ‘How am I to change’? Thus, to the discerning reader, every chapter presents new insights.

J.Krishnamurti (1895-1986) is regards as one of the greatest philosophers and religious teachers of all time. For more than sixty years he travelled the world over, giving talks and holding dialogues, not as a guru but as a friend. His teachings are not based on book knowledge and theories, and therefore they communicate directly to anyone seeking answers to the present world crisis as well as to the eternal problems of human existence.

Also Available in Gujarati

ISBN: 978-81-87326-90-8