In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

The following day the symptoms and the experience intensified climaxing with a sense of "immense peace. Biography


Family background and childhood
Jiddu Krishnamurti was born on May 12 1895 in the small town of Madanapalle in Madras Presidency (modern-day[update]Chittoor District in Andhra Pradesh). He was subsequently raised under the tutelage of Annie Besant and Leadbeater leaders of the Society at the time who believed him to be a "vehicle" for an expected World Teacher.

In early adolescence he had a chance encounter with prominent occultist and theosophist Charles Webster Leadbeater in the grounds of the Theosophical Society headquarters at Adyar in Madras. He was subsequently raised under the tutelage of Annie Besant and Leadbeater leaders of the Society at the time who believed him to be a "vehicle" for an expected World Teacher.