On Truth

Drawing on public talks and dialogues in Bombay, London, and Saanen, the book explores how the accumulated weight of personal tradition distorts our daily responses. The volume examines the divisive nature of self-centred ambition and considers whether an agitated mind can ever discover peace.

Across these discussions, Krishnamurti challenges students and seekers to look at their grief, envy, and fear without turning to escapes or authority. He investigates the origins of human conflict and shows how the pursuit of rigid ideals inevitably breeds perpetual division.

Krishnamurti taught that truth comes uninvited, "with glory," when one puts all in order, and "in that there is great sacredness."

• Discovering Truth: Recorded dialogues with David Bohm investigate whether reality is simply what thought fabricates, contrasting human mental constructs with an unconditioned, timeless actuality.
• Consciousness: Distinguishes practical technical memory, such as an engineer using calculations to build a bridge, from the psychological attachments that trap our awareness in yesterday’s wounds and compliments.
• Finding Meaning: Unpacks how human desire originates when thought attaches an image to sensory contact, demonstrating how craving for psychological comfort creates chronic inward disorder.
• Raw Honesty: Rejects traditional meditation systems, mantras, and ascetic disciplines, contending that repetitive rituals merely dull the brain rather than awakening genuine clarity.