2 Quotes & Sayings By Jiddhu Krishnamurti
Jiddhu Krishnamurti (1918 – 1986) was an Indian philosopher and the son of the renowned philosopher, Sir J. Krishnamurti, who was also known as Jiddu Krishnamurti. Born into a prominent family and brought up in a highly intellectual atmosphere, he was educated at schools in India and England. He met his father again only after many years and was later appointed as his legal heir
He had also been appointed as head of the "Krishnamurti Foundation" (a nonprofit educational organization). As a child, Krishnamurti suffered from malarial fever, which left him with permanent pains in his limbs. He had a passion for drawing from a young age, and this came to be one of his most defining characteristics. His love for art would serve him throughout his life.
In 1932, he became a member of the London School of Economics, where he studied political science and economics. In 1938 he traveled to India to study philosophy at the University of Mysore under his father's guidance. He later attended the University of Hawaii from 1941–1943, where he studied philosophy as well as oriental religions before moving to California in 1945 with his wife for a position as a research associate at the University of California Santa Barbara's newly established Institute of Psychology.
In 1948 he began his academic career at the California Institute of Technology as an instructor in psychology and philosophy. His influence upon students there helped him to develop a second major focus: comparative psychology. In 1950 he created a program called "The Psychological Clinic" for treating patients who suffered from psychological issues such as neuroses or schizophrenia.
This program eventually became an official department within Caltech's newly formed Department of Medicine, which also became known as "The Division of Psychiatry." In 1952 he developed an interest in the work of Gurdjieff and attended early lectures given by Abraham Geisler (who later became famous for establishing the Institute for the Advancement of Humanistic Psychology). This led him to becoming interested in other spiritual teachings such as those found within Buddhism, Taoism, Theosophy, Gurdjieffianism, or Vedanta Hinduism. His experiences with these various systems brought about further changes within himself that eventually led him to form an eclectic tradition that took on many aspects from all these various teachings while rejecting none entirely.
In 1956 he began writing what would become The Book on Adversity (later renamed