Think on These Things

Chosen by Parabola magazine as 'one of the hundred best spiritual books of the century'. An excellent introduction to Krishnamurti's teachings, for the young and the old.

Consisting of Krishnamurti's talks and discussions with students, teachers, and parents in India, this book has been translated into the major languages of the world. Here Krishnamurti states, in unmistakable terms, that the function of education is not different from the purpose of human life itself:

The function of education is to bring about a release of energy in the pursuit of goodness, truth, or God, which in turn makes the individual a true human being and therefore the right kind of citizen...As a river creates the banks which hold it, so the energy which seeks truth creates its own discipline without any form of imposition, and as the river finds the sea, so that energy finds its own freedom.'

J. Krishnamurti (1895 -1986) is regarded 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.

**Contents and Sample Pages**