Lives in the Shadow With J. Krishnamurti For nearly half a century the charismatic, strikingly handsome spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti gathered an enormous following throughout Europe, India, Australia and North America. In a spirit of te
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| Title | : | Lives in the Shadow With J. Krishnamurti |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.95 (554 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 020163211X |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 20 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Editorial : About the Author RADHA RAJAGOPAL SLOSS grew up in Ojai, California, where her parents and J. Krishnamurti shared a home. She attended Swarthmore and Scripps Colleges and received her M.A. in Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley. Radha lives in Santa Barbara with her husband James, a mathematician, and continues to write.
For nearly half a century the charismatic, strikingly handsome spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti gathered an enormous following throughout Europe, India, Australia and North America. From the age of eighteen he was the forerunner of the type of iconoclasm that would bring immediate fame to cult figures in the late twentieth century. Yet recent biographies have left large areas of his life in mystifying darkness. This, however, is no ordinary study of Krishnamurti, for it is written by one whose earliest memories are dominated by his presence as a doting second father-tolerant of pranks and pets, playful and diligent. For over two decades in their Ojai California haven, where Aldous Huxley and other pacifists found respite during the war years,'Krinsh' developed his philosophical message. He also placed himself at the centre of her parents' Rosalind and Rajagopal's marriage. In a spirit of tenderness, fairness, objective inquiry, and no little remorse, the author traces the rise of Kris
Leland? We need you!. Despite Krishnamurti's repeated misgivings about hero worshiping of Gurus, we're back to square one. Very interesting life story of the author and her family. This is one of three books I use as a reference when negotiating licensing agreements for the artists I represent. What I like most about this book is that it discusses a group of artists and alternative spaces that aren't typically studied in art school. There aren't many books out there for licensing art, or licensing, period. Accepting bourgeois ideas and values is extremely easy; but perceiving without "them" may be a very arduous "affair" for one who, via his family, was "brought up" to merely be "them". Even Ram(a), considered to be an ideal man, the greatest spiritual figure in Indian lore, made questionable decisions. He seems to alternate between this and a more humble, straightforward approach, which I prefer. Later, near his death, he stated, regarding the sacred, something like: "nobody has done
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