![]() During his childhood he developed a bond with nature that was to stay with him for the rest of his life. In memoirs written when he was eighteen years old Krishnamurti described psychic experiences, such as seeing his sister, who had died in 1904, and his late mother. A sensitive and sickly child, "vague and dreamy", he was often taken to be intellectually disabled, and was beaten regularly at school by his teachers and at home by his father. He suffered recurrent bouts of the disease over many years. In 1903 the family settled in Cudappah, where Krishnamurti had contracted malaria during a previous stay. His parents had a total of eleven children, of whom six survived childhood. Krishnamurti was fond of his mother Sanjeevamma, who died when he was ten. His father, Jiddu Narayanaiah, was employed as an official of the British colonial administration. He was born in a Telugu-speaking Brahmin family. His birthplace was the small town of Madanapalle in Madras Presidency (modern-day Chittoor District in Andhra Pradesh). ![]() He used calculations based on a published horoscope to derive a date of but "retains a measure of scepticism" about it. Mary Lutyens determines it to be, but Christine Williams notes the unreliability of birth registrations in that period and that statements claiming dates ranging from to exist. The date of birth of Krishnamurti is a matter of dispute. They continue to transcribe and distribute his thousands of talks, group and individual discussions, and writings by use of a variety of media formats and languages. His supporters - working through non-profit foundations in India, Britain, and the United States - oversee several independent schools based on his views on education. His last public talk was in Madras (now known as Chennai), India, in January 1986, a month before his death at his home in Ojai, California. Many of his talks and discussions have been published. He wrote many books, among them The First and Last Freedom, The Only Revolution, and Krishnamurti's Notebook. Krishnamurti said he had no allegiance to any nationality, caste, religion, or philosophy, and spent the rest of his life travelling the world, speaking to large and small groups, as well as individuals. As a young man, he disavowed this idea and dissolved the Order of the Star in the East, an organisation that had been established to support it. He was subsequently raised under the tutelage of Annie Besant and Leadbeater, leaders of the Society at the time, who believed him to be a 'vehicle' for an expected World Teacher. In early adolescence, he met occultist and theosophist Charles Webster Leadbeater on the grounds of the Theosophical Society headquarters at Adyar in Madras. Krishnamurti was born in South India, in what is now the modern-day Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh. He stressed the need for a revolution in the psyche of every human being and emphasised that such revolution cannot be brought about by any external entity, be it religious, political, or social. His interests included psychological revolution, the nature of mind, meditation, holistic inquiry, human relationships, and bringing about radical change in society. In his early life, he was groomed to be the new World Teacher, an advanced spiritual position in the theosophical tradition, but later rejected this mantle and withdrew from the organization behind it. ![]() Jiddu Krishnamurti ( / ˈ dʒ ɪ d uː k r ɪ ʃ n ə ˈ m uː r t i/ – 17 February 1986) was a philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer.
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