Commentaries on Living explained
Commentaries on Living: From the notebooks of J. Krishnamurti is a series of books by Jiddu Krishnamurti. It consists of 3 volumes, originally published in 1956, 1958 and 1960.
About the series
During the 1930s and 1940s Krishnamurti was intermittently keeping notes of his philosophical observations, his inner states, his musings about nature, and his discussions with individuals and groups. Aldous Huxley, a longtime friend of his (they first met in 1938), encouraged him to continue writing, and to eventually publish the notes. The resulting series of books, subtitled "From the notebooks of J. Krishnamurti", was edited by Krishnamurti associate Rajagopal Desikacharya (commonly D. Rajagopal).
List
- Book: Jiddu, Krishnamurti. Jiddu Krishnamurti. 1956. Commentaries on Living. Desikacharya. Rajagopal. From the notebooks of J. Krishnamurti. Series One. New York. 1st US. Harper. y. 254 pp. 1207760.
- Book: Jiddu, Krishnamurti. Jiddu Krishnamurti. 2. 1958. Commentaries on Living. Desikacharya. Rajagopal. From the notebooks of J. Krishnamurti. Series Two. New York. 1st US. Harper. y. 242 pp. 317495017.
- Book: Jiddu, Krishnamurti. Jiddu Krishnamurti. 2. 1960. Commentaries on Living. Desikacharya. Rajagopal. From the notebooks of J. Krishnamurti. Series Three. New York. 1st US. Harper. y. 312 pp. 1579146. .
Select editions
Quest Books
- Book: Jiddu, Krishnamurti. Jiddu Krishnamurti. 1967. Commentaries on Living. Desikacharya. Rajagopal. From the notebooks of J. Krishnamurti. First Series. Wheaton, Illinois. 1st Quest Books. Theosophical Publishing House. y. 288 pp. 0-8356-0390-3.
- Book: Jiddu, Krishnamurti. Jiddu Krishnamurti. 2. 1967. Commentaries on Living. Desikacharya. Rajagopal. From the notebooks of J. Krishnamurti. Second Series. Wheaton, Illinois. 1st Quest Books. Theosophical Publishing House. y. 242 pp. 0-8356-0415-2.
- Book: Jiddu, Krishnamurti. Jiddu Krishnamurti. 2. 1967. Commentaries on Living. Desikacharya. Rajagopal. From the notebooks of J. Krishnamurti. Third Series. Wheaton, Illinois. 1st Quest Books. Theosophical Publishing House. y. 312 pp. 0-8356-0402-0.
Indian subcontinent
- Book: Jiddu, Krishnamurti. Jiddu Krishnamurti. 2006. Commentaries on Living. Desikacharya. Rajagopal. From the notebooks of J. Krishnamurti. First Series. New Delhi. Indian subcontinent. . 978-0-14-400151-4.
- Book: Jiddu, Krishnamurti. Jiddu Krishnamurti. 2. 2006. Commentaries on Living. Desikacharya. Rajagopal. From the notebooks of J. Krishnamurti. Second Series. New Delhi. Indian subcontinent. . 978-0-14-400152-1.
- Book: Jiddu, Krishnamurti. Jiddu Krishnamurti. 2. 2006. Commentaries on Living. Desikacharya. Rajagopal. From the notebooks of J. Krishnamurti. Third Series. New Delhi. Indian subcontinent. . 978-0-14-400153-8.
Other media
The First Series was released as an audiobook on audio cassette. The whole series is available as an ebook in several editions and formats.
Reviews
- News: C. P. Surendran. C. P. Surendran. 11 March 2007. An Impossible Guru. The Times of India. New Delhi. 23379369. - Review of the 2006 Indian subcontinent edition.
- P. Rama Moorthy. 1980. J. Krishnamurti's Commentaries on Living: The Classic as a Vision of Clarity. The Literary Criterion. 15. 2. 1 - 11. Mysore. Dhvanyaloka. 0024-452X.
- Wilson Ross. Nancy. 25 March 1961. Expressing the inexpressible. Saturday Review. New York. 44. 12. 18 - 19. Saturday Review Associates. 0036-4983. - Comprehensive review of .
See also
External links
- "Commentaries on Living: First Series" - J. Krishnamurti Online [JKO]. Website serial no./id: JKO 179. Krishnamurti Foundations. "J. Krishnamurti Online, the official repository of the authentic teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti." Retrieved 2011-03-06.
