The Perfume of the Teachings
1984 – 1986
When one sees something true and beautiful one wants to tell people about it, out of affection, out of compassion, out of love. And if there are those who are not interested, that is all right. Can you ask a flower why it grows, why it has perfume? It is for the same reason that the speaker talks.
“The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.”
J. Krishnamurti
The Ending of Time published
Krishnamurti speaks at Pacem in Terris Society at the United Nations in New York City
Madras [Chennai], Banares [Varanasi], Rishi Valley, Bombay [Mumbai], India; Ojai, New York City, Washington, D.C., USA; Brockwood Park, England; Saanen, Switzerland
Gorbachev – new Soviet leader
Klinghoffer slain
Palestinians attack ship Achille
Lauro: seize 450 hostages
Christo wraps Pont Neuf bridge
in 40,000 yards of canvas
Terrorists attack ‘El Al’ airlines
Gorbachev stops deployment of
medium range missiles in Europe
Mexico City earthquake kills 7,000
General Nimeiri of Sudan ousted
Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior sunk
US becomes largest debtor nation:
deficit $30 billion
Columbian terrorists execute 100


Interview About the Future of the Foundations and Schools


Krishnamurti was frequently asked why he continued to speak after so many years and at his age of eighty-five.
“I think when one sees something true and beautiful one wants to tell people about it, out of affection, out of compassion, out of love. And if there are those who are not interested, that is all right. Can you ask a flower why it grows, why it has perfume? It is for the same reason that the speaker talks.”
Last talk in Madras [Chennai], January 4, 1986


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Madras [Chennai], India
J.Krishnamurti dies February 17, 1986 in Ojai, California, USA
First Annual Gathering on Oak Grove School grounds
Duvalier flees Haiti
Marcos flees Philippines
Reagan: Iran Contra scandal
Chernobyl: nuclear disaster
at power station
AIDS: 25,000 diagnosed in USA
Soviets free Anotoly Scharansky
in exchange for five East
European spies
Summit at Reykjavik:
Reagan and Gorbachev
Portugal and Spain join
common market
USA bombs Tripoli in retaliation
for Libyan missile attacks
Shuttle Challenger explodes:
crew killed