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Krishnamurthy
Twenty years before the birth of Krishnamurthy, a movement in America had
been started in America in a spirit of
reaction against materialism and
contemporary scientific humanism, which was
called Theosophy. Its founder, Helena
Petrovna Blavatsky, a Russian
clairvoyant, vigorously disputed the
evolution of human beings from apes. She
accused Christianity of distorting message
of Christ.
Blavatsky extracted very freely from
Buddhist, Hindu and many Other cultures,
Karma rebirth and release from bondage all
figure in her works, which also elucidate
the need of spiritual guide to lead the way
to salvation.
In 1882 Blavatsky moved the headquarters of
the Theosophical society to India. In1895 in
a place called Madanapalle- a town in the
Cuddappah District of Madras Presidency,
during the reign of Empress Victoria, a son
was born to a Telugu Brahmin couple Jiddu Narayanaiah, and
Sanjivanamma. The child was
named Krishnamurthy. As a boy Jiddu
Krishnamurty (1895 - 1986) was
discovered by the leaders of Theosophical
society, who proclaimed him to be the future
World Teacher. However, in 1929, he
disbanded the huge organization that had
been built around him, and declared that his
intention was not to found new religions,
but to set man absolutely free. From then on
he he traveled ceaselessly all over the
world for more than half a century giving
lectures and conducting seminars not as a
guru but as a lover of truth.
The home life of a typical Brahmin household
in the nineteenth century was an enclosed
world, self sufficient and whole in its
cyclical rhythms. In due course
Krishnamurthy was initiaed in to the
learning by ceremonially tracing the symbol
Aum on a silver plattercovered with rice for
the occasion. Nityananda, Krishnamurthys
younger brother was enrolled in to school,
while Krishna Murthy was kept from school by
malaria. He was drawn in to a community of
shared religious feeling created by his
devout mother. She read him stories from
Ramayana and Mahabharatha. Together they
climbed the hilltop shrines and partook
visions of Lord Krishna. Much later in life
Krishnamurthy set aside such as products of
conditions had he bee born a Christian
he might have had visions of Jesus.
When Mrs. AnnieBesant was president of the
theosophical society, Krishnamurthys
father Narayaniah was recently retired from
Government service, offered to work for her
as clerk in exchange for free food and
accommodation. When that was accomplished
Narayaniah enrolled his two sons in Mylapore
some distance away.One day at Adyar,the two
boys caught the attention of C.W. Leadbeater
(CWL), an associate of Mrs. Besant in
the Theosophical Society. Leadbeater sensed
something in the young Krishna Murthy and
was the turning point of Krishnamurthy. His
teachings are available in a vast collection
of books and audio recordings.
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