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{{short description|1982/2023 published diary of Jiddu Krishnamurti}}
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==About the work==
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[[Mary Lutyens]], authorized biographer and longtime friend of Krishnamurti, writes in Foreword that in {{nobr|September 1973}} he "suddenly started keeping a journal.{{"-}}{{r|ml1982}} Yet elsewhere she states that she had at the time suggested the journal to Krishnamurti. This is affirmed in contemporary notes by Mary Zimbalist, Krishnamurti's personal secretary and close associate; she writes that following Lutyens' suggestion Krishnamurti recounted a strange experience he reputedly had two weeks earlier, and agreed to start the journal. He began writing the next day, {{nobr|14 September 1973,}} while at Brockwood Park in {{nobr|[[Hampshire]].{{r|origin}}}}
Krishnamurti kept writing (in pencil) almost daily for a period of six weeks, during his stay at Brockwood Park and then while in [[Rome]]; he resumed the diary in {{nobr|April 1975}} in California, committing the last entry there on {{nobr|24 April}} at [[Malibu, California|Malibu]]. These entries comprise the original edition of the published diary; however six years later Krishnamurti wrote additional entries. Zimbalist states he added to the journal in {{nobr|August 1981,}} when he was at [[Gstaad]], Switzerland; he continued writing intermittently after he returned to Brockwood Park later the same month,{{r|mz2013-69}} with the final entry dated {{nobr|28 August 1981.}}
Lutyens considers the published diary "one of two books K {{interp|Krishnamurti}} wrote himself", as almost all known Krishnamurti texts are verbatim or edited transcripts of his talks and discussions, edited collections of his notes, and transcribed material he dictated in person or on [[audiotape]].{{r|jk-texts}} In print, the extended edition contains {{nobr|59 entries}} most of which are between one and three pages long. Krishnamurti wrote in second or third person, referring to himself in the latter mode exclusively;{{nnbsp}}{{r|jk-mode}} in a few cases there is an anonymous interlocutor. A typical entry expounds on one or more of Krishnamurti's favorite themes through observations of nature, consciousness, and life that often flow seamlessly into each {{nobr|other.{{r|cvw2004-pp406}}}}▼
A commentator stated that in this and other diaries "depictions of nature are stunning in their fine detail, suggestive nuance, and variety. The observations about consciousness and about meditation are at one with the teachings as they were articulated to the public." He adds that in the ''Journal'' there are no overt references to the reputed experiences called {{vanchor|terms|text={{em|the process}} and {{em|the otherness}}}}, that permeate the previously published ''[[Krishnamurti's Notebook]]'' (1976). Instead, in this diary "{{interp|t}}he psychological observations closely parallel his statements from the public platform, although in a somewhat condensed and, if possible, a more immediate form.{{"-}}{{r|comments}} Lutyens believes this diary reveals "more about {{interp|Krishnamurti}} personally than any of his other work{{"-}}{{r|
▲Lutyens considers the published diary "one of two books K {{interp|Krishnamurti}} wrote himself", as almost all known Krishnamurti texts are verbatim or edited transcripts of his talks and discussions, edited collections of his notes, and material he dictated in person or on [[audiotape]].{{r|jk-texts}} In print, the extended edition contains {{nobr|59 entries}} most of which are between one and three pages long. Krishnamurti wrote in second or third person, referring to himself in the latter mode exclusively;{{nnbsp}}{{r|jk-mode}} in a few cases there is an anonymous interlocutor. A typical entry expounds on one or more of Krishnamurti's favorite themes through observations of nature, consciousness, and life that often flow seamlessly into each {{nobr|other.{{r|cvw2004-pp406}}}}
==Publication history<!--Section linked from within this article ([[MOS:HEAD]])-->==
▲A commentator stated that in this and other diaries "depictions of nature are stunning in their fine detail, suggestive nuance, and variety. The observations about consciousness and about meditation are at one with the teachings as they were articulated to the public." He adds that in the ''Journal'' there are no overt references to the reputed experiences called {{vanchor|terms|text={{em|the process}} and {{em|the otherness}}}}, that permeate the previously published ''[[Krishnamurti's Notebook]]'' (1976). Instead, in this diary "{{interp|t}}he psychological observations closely parallel his statements from the public platform, although in a somewhat condensed and, if possible, a more immediate form.{{"-}}{{r|comments}} Lutyens believes this diary reveals "more about {{interp|Krishnamurti}} personally than any of his other work{{"-}}{{r|ml1982}} and offers, "only in his {{nobr|writings ...}} we have these lovely descriptions of {{nobr|nature.{{"-}}{{r|ml1988-p55}}}}
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The book was originally published in early 1982 by [[Gollancz Books|Gollancz]] in the UK and by [[Harper & Row]] in the US. The UK edition, in [[hardcover]], has a portrait photograph of Krishnamurti on the front jacket; the US [[paperback]] a front cover portrait illustration of him. Without a table of contents, the short foreword by Lutyens is followed by the diary entries ordered and titled according to place and date. Copyright was held by the Krishnamurti Foundation Trust (KFT), a UK organization. A UK paperback version was published by Gollancz in {{nobr|August 1987.}}
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▲The book was originally published in early 1982 by [[Gollancz Books|Gollancz]] in the UK and by [[Harper & Row]] in the US. The UK edition, in [[hardcover]], has a portrait photograph of Krishnamurti on the front jacket; the US [[paperback]] a front cover portrait illustration of him. Without a table of contents, the short foreword by Lutyens is followed by the diary entries ordered and titled according to place and date. Copyright was held by the Krishnamurti Foundation Trust (KFT), a UK organization. A UK paperback version was published by Gollancz in {{nobr|August 1987}}.
In 2003
In {{nobr|January 2023}} the work was republished in the extended "third, revised full-text edition" under the title {{strong|''The Beauty of Life''}} (subtitled ''Krishnamurti's Journal''{{--)}}. This edition includes the additional entries of 1981
{{as of|2023|09}} a free-to-read text version of the work's first edition was available at ''{{vanchor|JKO|text=J. Krishnamurti Online}}'' (JKO), the official Jiddu Krishnamurti web-based repository {{see below|{{slink||External links}}}}.
===Select editions===
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* {{cite book |author-last=Jiddu |author-first=Krishnamurti
* {{cite book |author-last=Jiddu |author-first=Krishnamurti |author-mask=2 |author-link=Jiddu Krishnamurti |year=
* {{cite book |author-last=Jiddu |author-first=Krishnamurti |author-mask=2 |year=2023 |title=The beauty of life: Krishnamurti's journal |type=[[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] [[e-book]] |others=Introduction by McCoy, Ray; Foreword by Lutyens, Mary |location=London |publisher=Watkins |edition=3rd, revised full-text |no-pp=y |pages=1779 [[Kilobyte|kB]] |isbn=978-1-78678-753-8 |via=[[Kindle Direct Publishing]] |ref={{harvid|J. Krishnamurti|2023a}}}}
==Reception==
A review in the ''[[Yoga Journal]]'' commended the book as "vividly illustrating his {{interp|Krishnamurti's}} philosophy of meditation-in-action", and
In an unrelated book review published in ''[[College English]]'', the reviewer juxtaposes parts of the diary entry for {{nobr|16 September 1973}} with a quote from a reviewed academic work as examples of nature writing, and noting their differences asks, "why can't scholarly {{nobr|writing ...}} have the lyric beauty and deep personal concern of Krishnamurti's journal, instead of turning so often {{nobr|to ...}} ritualistic ideological {{nobr|narrative?{{"-}}{{r|gs2001}}}}
The diary entry for {{nobr|24 September 1973}} is discussed in an anthology of [[Contemplation|contemplative]] literature
The work has been cited in
==See also==
* [[Jiddu Krishnamurti bibliography]]
==Notes==
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<ref name="additions">See [[#adds|relevant information]] (in {{section link||Publication history}}); {{harvnb|J. Krishnamurti|2023b|p=207}}; the new entries were not dated by Krishnamurti. The dates were marked on the diary pages "probably by Mary {{interp|Zimbalist}} on the dates he gave them to her in 1981." {{harv|McCoy|2023b|ref={{harvid|J. Krishnamurti|2023b}}}};
<ref name="caj2015">{{harvnb|Jones|2015|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=cq95CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA657 {{pp.|657|658}}]}} {{limited access}}. {{retrieved|access-date=2022-02-27|via=[[Google Books]]
<ref name="ce2001">{{harvnb|Erricker|2001|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=QLqvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA86 {{p.|86}}]}} {{limited access}}. {{retrieved|access-date=2022-02-27|via=[[Google Books]]
<ref name="comments">{{harvnb|Moody|2015|pp=150{{en dash}}151}}.
<ref name="cvw2004-pp406">{{harvnb|Williams|2004|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=NzDar6XfICEC&pg=PA406 {{pp.|406|407}}]}} {{limited access}}. {{retrieved|access-date=2022-02-27|via=[[Google Books]]
<ref name="eds">The stated mission of the [[Krishnamurti foundations]] is to preserve and disseminate his work ({{harvnb|ref=none|''Krishnamurti Foundation Trust''|2022|loc=[https://kfoundation.org home page]}}. {{retrieved|access-date=2022-02-27|append=}}); the nature and extent of revisions in the 2003 Krishnamurti Foundation India paperback ({{isbn|978-8187326373}}, {{oclc|85896619}}) is unclear; the 1987 Gollancz edition ({{isbn|978-0575041264}}, {{oclc|16078115}}) was apparently the first paperback edition for the UK market.</ref>
<ref name="fte">{{harvnb|J. Krishnamurti|2023a|loc=[[edition notice]]}}; the 1981 entries were published chronologically in ''Bulletin'' issues 56 ("Spring 1989")
<ref name="gs2001">{{harvnb|Sirc|2001|p=518}}. The relevant diary entry is in {{pp.|12|13}} (1st US ed.).</ref>
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<ref name="jk-texts">{{harvnb|Lutyens|1988|p=3}}. ''[[Krishnamurti's Notebook]]'' was another handwritten diary, published 1976 with minimal, proofreading-related editing; {{harvnb|R. Martin|2003|p=10}}; {{harvnb|Weeraperuma|1998|loc="Introduction", {{pp.|VII|XIV}}}}. In an extensive [[bibliography]] of works by and about Krishnamurti. The works referred to by Lutyens cover Krishnamurti's post-Theosophical period (starting in the very early 1930s); until the {{nobr|late 1940s}} he also infrequently authored brief introductions to official transcripts of his talks {{harv|Lutyens|1983|p=60}}.</ref>
<ref name="lb1993">{{harvnb|Beyer|1993}}. "he sat {{nobr|on /}} a rock disappeared into the {{nobr|fold /}} of morning".</ref>
<ref name="ml1982">{{harvnb|ref={{harvid|J. Krishnamurti|1982}}|Lutyens|1982|loc=[https://jkrishnamurti.org/content/foreword {{nobr|p. {{interp|5}}}}]}}. {{retrieved|access-date=2022-02-20|via=[[#JKO|J. Krishnamurti Online]]}}</ref>
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<ref name="ml1988-p55">{{harvnb|Lutyens|1988|p=55}}.</ref>
<ref name="ml2003-p144">{{harvnb|Lutyens|2003|p=144}}.</ref>
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<ref name="origin">{{harvnb|Lutyens|1983|p=196}}; {{harvnb|Zimbalist|2014|loc=[http://inthepresenceofk.org/issues/issue-28/ "Issue 28"]}}. {{retrieved|access-date=2022-02-27|append=}}; Brockwood Park is the site of several Krishnamurti-related institutions, and was his residence in the UK ({{harvnb|ref=none|''Krishnamurti Foundation Trust''|2022|loc=[https://kfoundation.org/ home page], {{nobr|§ "Brockwood}} Park"}}. {{retrieved|access-date=2022-02-27|append=}}).</ref>
<ref name="rs2017">{{harvnb|Samberra|2017}}. Part of the diary entry of {{nobr|21 September 1973}} ({{pp.|22|23}}, 1st US ed.) comprises this work's [[epilogue]].</ref>
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==References==
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