The First and Last Freedom

The First and Last Freedom was first brought out in 1954 by a British publisher in response to demands from all over the world for a comprehensive book on Krishnamurti’s teachings. The value of the book was enhanced with Aldous Huxley writing a masterly Foreword, in which he says: ‘In this volume of selections from the writings and recorded talks of Krishnamurti, the reader will find a clear contemporary statement of the fundamental human problem, together with an invitation to solve it in the only way in which it can be solved – for and by himself.’

About the Author J. Krishnamurti

Krishnamurti was born in India in 1895 and died in the United States in 1986. He spoke throughout his life in many parts of the world, to large audiences and with numerous individuals and small groups, including writers, scientists, philosophers and educators. Asked to describe what lay at the heart of the teaching, he said:

Truth is a pathless land. You cannot come to it through any organisation, creed, dogma, priest, ritual, philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. You have to find it through the mirror of relationship, through understanding the contents of your mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection.

 Krishnamurti was concerned with all humanity. He belonged to no nationality, group or culture and held no belief. Krishnamurti founded schools in India, Britain and the United States, educating for the total understanding of humanity and the art of living. He stressed that only this profound understanding could create a new generation living in peace.