The Only Revolution

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The Only Revolution is in many ways similar to some of Krishnamurti's earlier works and establishes him as one of the finest writers in the genre of religious and philosophical literature The evocative descriptions of nature, the vividly etched sketches of those who come with their emotional or intellectual problems, and the way Krishnamurti, in the dialogues that follow, unravels step by step the implications of various questions, are all found here. However, what is special about this book is that many of the chapters are prefaced by, or are interspersed with, brief but profound reflections on meditation. Also, we come across a wealth of characters and a range of existential questions posed by them: a rich and successful lawyer who is a believer in Vedanta; a young lady who has lost in quick succession her husband as well as her child, a gunnery instructor 'whose livelihood forces him to teach others the art of killing' but is keen on finding God, a school teacher proud of his ancient race and tradition, a sannyası swearing by isolation and a psychoanalyst quite tearful about her loneliness; a young man wanting to lead a religious life, an artist 'enclosed within the dream of his own gifts', a mathematician, a scientist, a film director.

J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) is regarded as one of the greatest philosophers and religious teachers of all time. For more than sixty years he travelled the world over, giving talks and holding dialogues, not as a guru but as a friend. His teachings are not based on book knowledge and theories, and therefore they communicate directly to anyone seeking answers to the present world crisis as well as to the eternal problems of human existence

Those who are familiar with the three volumes of Commentaries on Living by Krishnamurti will find that The Only Revolution, published in 1970, is in a way a sequel to the earlier series, published between 1956 and 1960. The evocative descriptions of nature, the vividly etched sketches of those who come with their emotional or intellectual problems, and the way Krishnamurti, in the dialogues that follow, unravels step by step the implications of various questions, are all found here. However, what is special about this book is that many of the chapters are prefaced by, or are interspersed with, brief but profound reflections by Krishnamurti-on what meditation is not and what it is, on what silence is not and what it is, on what a religious life is not and what it is A meditative mind is silent. It is not the silence which thought can conceive of; it is not the silence of a still evening; it is the silence when thought-with all its images, its words, and perceptions-has entirely ceased... This meditative mind is the religious mind.

As in the Commentaries series, here too one comes across a wealth of characters and a range of existential questions posed by them: a rich and successful lawyer who is a believer in Vedanta; a young lady who has lost in quick succession her husband as well as her child; a gunnery instructor 'whose livelihood forces him to teach others the art of killing' but is keen on finding God; a school teacher proud of his ancient race and tradition, a sannyasi swearing by isolation and a psychoanalyst quite tearful about her loneliness; a young man wanting to lead a religious life; an artist 'enclosed within the dream of his own gifts', a mathematician, a scientist, a film director.

Book's Contents and Sample Pages