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Biographies
Jayakar, Pupul. Krishnamurti: a biography. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1986.
Lutyens, Lady Emily. Candles in the sun. London: R. Hart-Davis, 1957.
Lutyens, Mary. Krishnamurti: the years of awakening. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997 [1975].
Krishnamurti: the years of fulfilment. Bramdean: Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, 2003 [1983].
Krishnamurti: the open door. Bramdean: Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, 2003 [1988].
The life and death of Krishnamurti. Bramdean: Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. 2003c [1990].
Krishnamurti: his life and death. New York: St Martin’s Press, 1991.
The boy Krishna: the first fourteen years in the life of J. Krishnamurti (pamphlet). Bramdean: Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, 1995.
(1996). Krishnamurti and the Rajagopals. Ojai, California: Krishnamurti Foundation of America, 1996.
J. Krishnamurti: A Life. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2005.
Other Writings on Krishnamurti
Memoirs
Blackburn, Gabriele. The light of Krishnamurti. Ojai, California: Idylwild Books, 1996.
Chandmal, Asit. One thousand moons: Krishnamurti at eighty-five. New York: Harry N Abrams, 1985.
_____. One thousand suns: Krishnamurti at eighty-five and the last walk. New York: Aperture, 1995.
Field, Sidney. Háy, Peter, ed. Krishnamurti: the reluctant messiah. Preface by Peter Háy. St. Paul, Minnesota: Paragon House, 1989.
Forbes, Scott H. Krishnamurti: Preparing to Leave. SHF Publications, 2018.
Grohe, Friedrich. The beauty of the mountain: memories of Krishnamurti. Bramdean: Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, 2012 [1991]
Krishna, Padmanabhan. A Jewel on a Silver Platter: Remembering Jiddu Krishnamurti. Peepal Leaves Publishing, 2015.
Krohnen, Michael. The kitchen chronicles: 1001 lunches with Krishnamurti. Ojai, California: Edwin House, 1996.
Lee, R. E. Mark. Knocking at the Open Door: My Years with J. Krishnamurti. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House Publishers, 2015.
Moody, David Edmund. The Unconditioned Mind: J. Krishnamurti and the Oak Grove School. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 2011.
_____. An Uncommon Collaboration: David Bohm and J. Krishnamurti. Ojai, CA: Alpha Centauri Press, 2017.
Narayan, Giddu. Narsipur, Chandramouli, ed. As the river joins the ocean: reflections about J. Krishnamurti. Ojai, California: Edwin House, 1999.
Patwardhan, Sunanda. A vision of the sacred: my personal journey with Krishnamurti. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 1999.
Ross, Joseph E.. Krishnamurti: the Taormina seclusion 1912. Bloomington, Indiana: XLibris, 2000.
Sanat, Aryel. The Inner Life of Krishnamurti: Private Passion and Perennial Wisdom. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 1999.
Sloss, Radha Rajagopal. Lives in the shadow with J. Krishnamurti. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison–Wesley, 1993 [1991].
Smith, Ingram. Truth is a pathless land: a journey with Krishnamurti. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989.
—— . The transparent mind: a journey with Krishnamurti. Ojai, California: Edwin House, 1999.
Zimbalist, Mary. In the Presence of Krishnamurti: The Unfinished Memoirs of Mary Zimbalist. Holistic Education, Inc., 2016
Doctoral Dissertations and Master’s Theses
Cavanaugh, Thomas C. “The General and Educational Philosophy of Jiddu Krishnamurti and Its Relevance to Contemporary Education.” Ed. D. diss., University of Southern California, 1979.
Delkah, M. “The ‘Pure Man’, Disciple of None: Positioning Grotowski’s Metaphysics and Method in Contemporary Euro-Asian Mysticism as Represented by Krishnamurti.” Ph.D. diss., University of Kansas, 1997.
Grego, Richard Forrest. “Jiddu Krishnamurti and Thich Nhat Hanh on the Silence of God and the Human Condition.” Ph.D. diss., The State University of New York, 1997.
Holden, Lawrence Kirk. “The Structure of Krishnamurti’s Phenomenological Observations and Its Psychological Implications.” Ph.D. diss., United States International University, 1972.
Horne, Robert Allan. “A Worldview Synthesis of Gestalt Therapy and J. Krishnamurti.” Ph.D. diss., California School of Professional Psychology, 1973.
Hunter, A. “J. Krishnamurti as Religious Teacher and Educator.” Ph.D. diss., University of Leeds.
Kalsi, Ashutosh. “The ending of nihilism: From Nietzsche to Krishnamurti.” Ph.D. diss., The State University of New York at Buffalo.
Moffatt, Ron. “Psychotherapy and Krishnamurti: Beyond West and East.” Master’s thesis. University of Delaware.
Rathnam, Anbananthan. “Whole Teachers: A Holistic Education Perspective on Krishnamurti’s Educational Philosophy.” Ph.D. diss., The University of Toronto, 2013.
Rechtshaffer, Ira. “The Awakened Mind: A Comparative Study of J. Krishnamurti, Chogyam Trungpa Rimpoche and Bubba Free John.” Ph.D. diss., California Institute of Integral Studies, 1977.
Rogan, Daniel Patrick. “The Nature and Experience of ‘Will’ in Theosophy, Depth Psychology, Krishnamurti, and EST.” Ph.D. diss., California Institute of Integral Studies, 1980.
Rommelaere, Jacques E. H. M. “A Comparative Study of the Educational Theories of Mohandas Gandhi and Jiddu Krishnamurti.” Ph.D. diss., The University of Connecticut, 1976.
Wesley, Donald Martin. “An Analysis of Selected Works of J. Krishnamurti: Implications for Higher Learning.” Ed. D. diss., The University of Cincinnati, 1975.
Academic Books Related to Krishnamurti
Boutte, Veronica. The Phenomenology of Compassion in the Teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen, 2002.
Dhopeshwarkar, Atmaram Dhondo. J. Krishnamurti and Awareness in Action. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1993 [1967].
Kumar, Ashwani. Curriculum as Meditative Inquiry. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2013.
Martin Raymond. On Krishnamurti. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2003.
Sabzevary, Amir. Choiceless Awareness: Psychological Freedom in the Philosophy of Krishnamurti. Saarbrüken, Germany: Lambert Publishing, 2009.
