Their London and their times - A yearning for faiths
Krishnamurthi’s Gatherings
“Tara and her mum have been going on about Krishnamurti’s annual capital G Gathering in hyper-rural Hampshire.
“So, you want to go to the event because you’re trying to be more open and honest – and mechanically trying to make yourself less mechanical,” Lily summarized, accurately but perhaps a little cruelly.
Jiddu Krishnamurti was an influential Indian philosopher and speaker, born in 1895 in Madanapalle, South India. Initially recognized as a potential spiritual leader by the Theosophical Society, he later rejected this role and the formal structures of organized religion in favor of individual exploration of truth. Throughout his life, Krishnamurti traveled extensively, sharing his insights on education, consciousness, and the nature of human relationships, emphasizing the need for personal transformation as a foundation for societal change.
Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Brockwood Park held public gatherings where Krishnamurti would talk to the general public and have dialogues with them on themes such as love, loneliness, death, meditation and freedom.
The gatherings took place on the beautiful grounds of Brockwood Park, located amongst ancient woods and the rolling hills of the South Downs.
