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U.G. Krishnamurti, A Life
a biography that listed on the best-selling list for nine months. life of a many who is known as a major religious leader, challenging all accepted beliefs. The revised edition includes a new section, A Taste of Death." Written in the form of a journal, it records 30 days the author spent with UG in 1995. A personal account, highly readable.
- GenresPhilosophy
259 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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February 23, 2022
A badly written book but then I was intrigued by life of U.G. So reading this was worth my time. What we are scared of is of nakedness and rawness of life, whenever you hear UG , he wants you to see life in all its rawness and not name is ugly or beautiful. This is what is so intriguing about UG. If you are looking for guru or crutch, don't even touch this one. If you want someone to share with you the rawness of life and if you can bear it, pick this up.
April 23, 2017
only few books have the ability to destroy your beliefs. this is one of that
December 31, 2023
Who would have known that the best documentation of someones enlightenment would be done by the director Mahesh Bhatt.
Everyone in the world wants enlightenment. All over the world we reveare the people who have acheived it. And yet the process is still a mystery. And this books keeps it no more.
I was expecting this book to be like one of Mahesh Bhatts flops. Turns out to be a masterpiece! Mahesh will one day he known for this book than his all of his best movies combined.
Everyone in the world wants enlightenment. All over the world we reveare the people who have acheived it. And yet the process is still a mystery. And this books keeps it no more.
I was expecting this book to be like one of Mahesh Bhatts flops. Turns out to be a masterpiece! Mahesh will one day he known for this book than his all of his best movies combined.
August 15, 2020
"I am like that bird, the golden plover. I travel with the changing seasons. That bird travels south with the sun and returns north with the sun. That's the only way the bird and I can stay comfortable. The bird builds no nest. And I have no home."-UGK.
"Never have I seen or met a man who is
so certain about what he is saying. It is this certainty which plays havoc with our attitudes
and platitudes. U.G. says, 'As long as "you" are there you are dead. And if by some chance
or accident this "you", as you know yourself, is absent, even for a trillionth of a second, that
is when you will touch life. But you will never know what is there" -From the book.
The "cosmic naxalite" UGK's philosophy is an esoteric subject and this book has few patches of gems. But to really comprehend UGK's world ..I would prefer a better book than this.
"Never have I seen or met a man who is
so certain about what he is saying. It is this certainty which plays havoc with our attitudes
and platitudes. U.G. says, 'As long as "you" are there you are dead. And if by some chance
or accident this "you", as you know yourself, is absent, even for a trillionth of a second, that
is when you will touch life. But you will never know what is there" -From the book.
The "cosmic naxalite" UGK's philosophy is an esoteric subject and this book has few patches of gems. But to really comprehend UGK's world ..I would prefer a better book than this.
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