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Beyond Violence
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Author
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J Krishnamurti
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Krishnamurthi Foundation
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Language
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English
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ISBN No.
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81-87326-42-5
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No Of Pages
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186
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An essential feature of Krishnamurti's public talks (at one time) was that the audience posed questions at the end of them. Beyond Violence is based on such gatherings in Santa Monica, San Diego, London, Brockwood Park and Rome during the Nineteen-seventies. According to Krishnamurti we have built a society which is violent as we human beings are violent. The environment, and the culture in which we live, are the products of our environment, and the culture in which we live, are the products of our endeavour, of our struggle, of our pain, and of our appalling brutalities. So, the most important question is whether it is possible to end this tremendous violence in us. Technologically man has made vast advances yet, in his nature, he remains as he was thousands of years ago-greedy, envious, aggressive, and burdened with sorrow. There must be a fundamental change in the human psyche, and this can only come about through complete freedom from fear. Unless the mind is absolutely free from f
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