U.G. Krishnamurti: A Life: A Life
Mahesh Bhatt
Oct 2022 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Mahesh Bhatt
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UG Krishnamurti has been called the ‘anti-guru’, the ‘raging sage’ and the ‘thinker who shuns thought’. UG does not give lectures, has no organizations, does not write books, holds no gatherings and peddles no mantras. Yet he is the most talked-about thinker in India.
This biography, that topped best-seller lists for nine months after it was first published, uravels the man who talks of enlightenment as a neurobiological state of being, utterly free of religious, psychological or mystical implications.
Even though UG overturns all of our accepted beliefs—in God, mind, soul, religion, love, relationships—and even though he endlessly repeats: ‘I have no message for mankind’, hundreds of thousands of people the world over flock to UG’s unique brand of discourse. Mahesh Bhatt’s seminal biography examines why. This revised edition contains a new section, ‘A Taste of Death’. Written in the form of a journal it is a record of thirty days the author spent with UG in Gstaad, Switzerland, in 1995. and constitutes an intimate and perceptive portrait of this unique thinker.
This biography, that topped best-seller lists for nine months after it was first published, uravels the man who talks of enlightenment as a neurobiological state of being, utterly free of religious, psychological or mystical implications.
Even though UG overturns all of our accepted beliefs—in God, mind, soul, religion, love, relationships—and even though he endlessly repeats: ‘I have no message for mankind’, hundreds of thousands of people the world over flock to UG’s unique brand of discourse. Mahesh Bhatt’s seminal biography examines why. This revised edition contains a new section, ‘A Taste of Death’. Written in the form of a journal it is a record of thirty days the author spent with UG in Gstaad, Switzerland, in 1995. and constitutes an intimate and perceptive portrait of this unique thinker.
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Born in 1948 to a Brahmin father and a Shia Muslim mother, Mahesh Bhatt, in a career spanning almost four decades, has rewritten several rules and thereafter broken most of them. He began his journey in the film industry with Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain in 1973. He then broke new ground with Arth which received critical and commercial acclaim. He followed Arth with Saransh, Janam, Daddy, Sir, Tamanna and, finally, the National Award-winning Zakhm. Today he does not direct films but is still involved in the film industry and has written screenplays for movies such as Raaz, Jism, Murder, Zeher, Kalyug and Gangster. He has also directed several documentaries and has anchored and hosted for Sahara Television Haqueeqat, a show on human right violations, as well as Imaging Science, a show telecast on Doordarshan.
Mahesh Bhatt wrote U.G. Krishnamurti: A Life which has been translated into several languages. He contributes regularly to newspapers of national circulation in English (Times of India, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Pioneer, The Hindu and others) as well as in Hindi (Dainik Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar). He also compiled, edited and wrote the foreword for a book of quotations of U.G. Krishnamurti called The Little Book of Questions.
Mahesh Bhatt wrote U.G. Krishnamurti: A Life which has been translated into several languages. He contributes regularly to newspapers of national circulation in English (Times of India, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Pioneer, The Hindu and others) as well as in Hindi (Dainik Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar). He also compiled, edited and wrote the foreword for a book of quotations of U.G. Krishnamurti called The Little Book of Questions.
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