Thanks for the info, that's very interesting, however I did get the impression that he was religiously influenced, that he was religious.
Theosophy.... a 19th century new agey occultist group...
not really a "religion"
Krishnamurti was born into a
Telugu Brahmin family in what was then colonial
India. In early adolescence, he had a chance encounter with prominent
occultist and high-ranking
theosophist C.W. Leadbeater in the grounds of the
Theosophical Society headquarters at
Adyar in Madras (now
Chennai). He was subsequently raised under the tutelage of
Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, leaders of the Society at the time, who believed him to be a "vehicle" for an expected
World Teacher. As a young man, he disavowed this idea and dissolved the worldwide organization (the
Order of the Star) established to support it. He claimed allegiance to no nationality, caste, religion, or philosophy, and spent the rest of his life traveling the world as an individual speaker, speaking to large and small groups, as well as with interested individuals. He authored a number of books, among them
The First and Last Freedom,
The Only Revolution, and
Krishnamurti's Notebook. In addition, a large collection of his talks and discussions have been published. His last public talk was in Madras, India, in January 1986, a month before his death at his home in
Ojai, California.
His supporters, working through several
non-profit foundations, oversee a number of independent schools centered on his views on education in India,
Great Britain and the United States and continue to transcribe and distribute many of his thousands of talks, group and individual discussions, and other writings, publishing them in a variety of formats including print, audio, video and digital formats as well as online, in many languages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti
