The Challenge of Change DVD 1984 Felhívás a Változásra / Directed by Michael Mendizza / Autobiographical film about J. Krishnamurti

UPC 5999883203958

ALL REGIONS PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English

SUBTITLES: Hungarian, English

Runtime: 78 minutes

English Summary:

An excellent introduction to the life and teachings of J. Krishnamurti, this film documents his life from his discovery by the Theosophical Society in 1909 to his the mid-80s.  Through intimate interviews and public gatherings, the depth of his message is conveyed as he speaks in England, Switzerland, India, and the United States.

Directed by Michael Mendizza; produced by Evelyne Blau; music by Michael Rogers. 78 minutes.

Hungarian Summary:

A Felhívás a változásra a nagy 20. századi tanító – Jiddu Krishnamurti - lenyűgöző története gyermekkorától egészen 1986-ban bekövetkezett haláláig. Ez az archív filmek és fotók felhasználásával bemutatott rendkívüli történet remek bevezető Krishnamurti életébe és tanításába. Részleteket láthatunk benne számos beszédéből és egy külön a film számára készített interjúból. Krishnamurti nem tanítóként vagy mesterként szól hozzánk, hanem emberként, aki életével az értelem felébredését inspirálta a vele kapcsolatba lépők számára. Ez a film egy komoly és elgondolkoztató felhívás arra, hogy emberi értékeinket kiteljesítve változtassunk életünk minőségén.

Jiddu Krishnamurti  (12 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) was an Indian philosopher, speaker and writer. In his early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected this mantle and withdrew from the Theosophy organization behind it. His interests included psychological revolution, the nature of mind, meditation, inquiry, human relationships, and bringing about radical change in society. He stressed the need for a revolution in the psyche of every human being and emphasised that such revolution cannot be brought about by any external entity, be it religious, political, or social.

Krishnamurti was born in India. In early adolescence he had a chance encounter with occultist and theosophist Charles Webster Leadbeater in the grounds of the Theosophical Society headquarters at Adyar in Madras. He was subsequently raised under the tutelage of Annie Besant and 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 Order of the Star in the East, an organisation that had been established to support it.

Krishnamurti said he had no allegiance to any nationality, caste, religion, or philosophy, and spent the rest of his life travelling the world, speaking to large and small groups and individuals. He wrote many books, among them The First and Last Freedom, The Only Revolution, and Krishnamurti's Notebook. Many 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 non-profit foundations in India, Great Britain and the United States — oversee several independent schools based on his views on education. They continue to transcribe and distribute his thousands of talks, group and individual discussions, and writings by use of a variety of media formats and languages.