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A meeting between J.Krishnamurti’s friends with the participation of Amresh Kumar.

The well-known sentence of J.Krishnamurti is simple and poetic but, at the same time, has a revolutionary force, when one sees its implications. Along its history humanity bred a great number of systems supposed to bring man to truth. This sentence not only put in doubt those systems, doubting that a series of well-planned steps will lead eventually to inner realization, but also it put in doubt a well established mental attitude we all have. Questioning this sentence we may unfold what in its light could be spiritual enquiry, education, and our daily life.

Amresh Kumar will be our guest in this occasion. Amresh has been a keen student of Krishnamurti's works for over 20 years and is deeply interested in sharing with others, and learning together with them, aspects of our life's journey that relate to the asking of fundamental questions. He has been working at the Krishnamurti Foundation India since 1997 and has been a trustee with the Foundation for over a decade. He worked as a teacher and, later principal, at Rajghat Besant School, Varanasi from 1997 to 2001. He has been working at Sahyadri School, near Pune, since 2002 where he has been principal since 2005. His academic studies have been in physics and philosophy. “I continue to re-discover my passion for education, primarily through exploring the possibility of freedom from psychological conditioning.” (from an email by Amresh)

The retreat is based on dialogue that will be in English and Italian with translation from one language to the other. We will also listen to some recorded talks by J.Krishnamurti. There will surely be the possibility of good walks in nature and for informal sharing.