"Towards
the end of June of this year representatives of the four Krishnamurti Foundations met at
Brockwood Park, England to talk over their present and future responsibilities. We were
together for about ten days and during the discussions their responsibilities and
functions became clear. It was important to have met and shared together the various
problems of the work. We all felt that the Foundations should not be fragmented but work
together as a whole, with the same intention and seriousness. This is what we talked
about.
As many of you may
remember, I was once the head of a worldwide Organization founded in 1911 with thousands
of members in many countries. It was dissolved by me in 1929. I said then that there was
no path to truth and that no organization or organized belief as religion can lead man to
truth or his salvation. I said then that in all so-called spiritual matters there is no
authority, no leader or guru ,and that all following perverts the follower. You have to be
your own teacher and your own disciple.
After all these
years I still maintain this essential truth. Following blindly or according to pleasure or
temperament does not bring man to freedom. And without freedom there is no truth. In all
these many years of talks and dialogues this has been the principal concern.
Today there
are four Krishnamurti Foundations. These are Krisnamurti Foundation Trust Ltd. in England,
Krishnamurti Foundation of America, Krishnamurti Foundation India and Fundación
Krishnamurti Hispanoamericana. They exist only for simple and obvious reasons. During my
lifetime they arrange talks, group discussions, seminars and gatherings. They are
responsible for editing, translating and publishing the books. They are responsible for
the care of archives. They produce films, audio and video tapes, see to their distribution
and so on.
There are now
five schools in India, an educational center with its school at Brockwood Park in England,
and there is going to be an educational center and school in the United States at Ojai.
All these schools function under the Krishnamurti Foundations. It is the responsibility of
the Foundations to see that these schools continue if possible after my death. It is very
definitely intended that in these schools the teachings, which are in no way sectarian
– this I would like to emphasize – are to be lived both by the teacher and the
student. The schools have importance for they may bring about a totally different human
mind.
The
Foundations have no authority in the matter of the teachings. The truth lies in the
teachings themselves. The Foundations will see to it that these teachings are kept whole,
are not distorted, are not made corrupt. The Foundations have no authority to send out
propagandists or interpreters of the teachings in my name now or at any time in the
future. The Foundations will not give rise to any sectarian spirit in their activities.The
Foundations will not create any kind or place of worship around the teachings or the
person.
In this chaotic and
disintegrating world what is of the greatest importance is how each person lives these
teachings in his daily life. It is the responsibility of each human being to bring about
his own transformation which does not depend on knowledge or time."
July 10th,
1973.