Krishnamurti Australia

This website is an open resource on the legacy of the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti. Here you will find essays, articles and books on the nature of human consciousness and the possibility of its transformation through inquiry and insight.

You will also find ways to connect with study groups and other interested individuals within Australian as well as the worldwide community, including information on publishers, schools, lectures, courses, retreats and seminars for the exploration of Krishnamurti's teachings.

Bernard Levin interview with Krishnamurti Part 1
Part 2 and Part 3 on you tude

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) had a passion for inquiry and the pursuit of truth. He engaged in dialogue with many modern thinkers, commentators, politicians and scientists. Krishnamurti maintained that if people learn to see how they are conditioned by race, nationality, religion, tradition and beliefs, they will discover for themselves how to be fully intelligent human beings. [read more]

On Self Knowledge
"I have said that there is an art in listening, and perhaps I can go a little more into it, because I think it is important to listen rightly. We generally hear what we want to hear and exclude everything that is disturbing. To any expression of a disturbing idea we turn a deaf ear, and especially in matters that are profound, religious, that have significance in life, we are apt to listen very superficially..." [read more]

On Meditation
"Meditation is one of the most extraordinary things, and if you do not know what it is you are like the blind man in a world of bright colour, shadows and moving light. It is not an intellectual affair, but when the heart enters into the mind, the mind has quite a different quality: it is really, then, limitless, not only in its capacity to think, to act efficiently, but also in its sense of living in a vast space where you are part of everything. Meditation is the movement of love..." [read more]