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education, in case a possibility of starting a Krishnamurti school in
Switzerland offered itself.
Between 1979 and 1985 she was on the staff of Brockwood Park
School, engaging first in the garden and later teaching French.
During that period, she was also responsible for the Saanen gath-
erings held in July and August. She has travelled extensively in
Europe and India visiting the various schools and centres. Gisèle
continues to organize the well-attended annual Krishnamurti
Gatherings in Switzerland.

TIM BOYD currently serves as International President of the Theo-
sophical Society with its headquarters in Chennai, India. He is
director for a number of theosophical organizations and edi-
tor of The Theosophist magazine. He is a founding member of a
spiritual community which was active in Chicago for more than
twenty-five years. The group worked with troubled youth, taught
meditation and healing methods, established organic food gardens
on vacant lots, purchased and renovated numerous residential
buildings in the area, and placed bee hives on the roofs of build-
ings. His involvement with the Theosophical Order of Service and
the Chushul orphanage in Tibet led to an audience with the Dalai
Lama which resulted in the TS sponsoring his visit to Chicago in
July of 2011 for a two-day event attended by 10,000 people. He
speaks and conducts workshops around the world.

SWAMI CHIDANANDA, an electronics engineer from Mysore Uni-
versity and IIT Madras, developed a deep fascination for Vedanta
during his student years. He became a senior disciple of Swami
Chinmayananda, while also drawing inspiration from Sri Ramana
Maharshi. For several years he was an ordained teacher with the
Chinmaya Mission and was based in the United States in the

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