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2nd Dialogue, Brockwood Park
June 25, 1983
Why are we frightened to be nothing?

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Book: Fire In The Mind: Dialogues with J. Krishnamurti

First published in 1995 to commemorate the 100th birthday of J. Krishnamurti, Fire in the Mind consists of fifteen dialogues between Krishnamurti and Pupul Jayakar. Held between the years of 1978 and 1984, these dialogues cover a vast range of concerns -

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