About The Quote

1st Public Talk, New Delhi
November 12, 1969
How is the mind to act without the past?

Event ID: 2827

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Book: Meeting Life

Meeting Life is composed of three different parts. The first section of the book contains sixteen short pieces dictated by Krishnamurti; each segment starts with a insightful description of nature and segues into a profound examination of life.

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About the Portal

Welcome to the Krishnamurti Portal! As the word suggests, a portal is a door or entrance, an approach to a bridge, an organism’s communicating part or area, and, in the context of a website, a guide or point of entry to material that includes a search engine to content typically arranged by topic. Indeed, the K-Portal is all this and more with respect to the content of the talks, discussions and writings of Krishnamurti.

This K-Portal is an initiative of the of the Krishnamurti Foundations, spearheaded by the KFA to enter, wander through and explore the teachings and insights of J. Krishnamurti. Its content is authentic; it is freely available to everyone; there is no charge for its use; and the content is downloadable.

The content accessed through this portal includes a significant number of Krishnamurti’s published works to date (starting in 1933 and ending at the time of his death in 1986), along with transcripts of several hundred of his audio and video recordings. An exhaustive listing of the various topics that were addressed by Krishnamurti is provided, which are embedded in brief quotes, which then in turn are embedded in the complete transcript of the text or audio/video recording in which they are contained. You, the user, are able to seamlessly jump between different quotes on a given topic, and also across different topics. You can access these topics via the comprehensive and alphabetized list that is provided, or via the search engine that also is provided here. You also can “like” and comment on these quotes and share them with others on your own social media platforms.

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