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and moved his own family to Switzerland, where he did much
high-mountain ski-touring and climbing. In 1980 a friend handed
him the book, The Only Revolution. In his memoir, Friedrich
writes, “It was the strangest thing: though Krishnamurti appeared
to be saying the opposite of what I’d learned and experienced,
he also seemed to be saying—in simple, clear and overwhelming
language—what I’d always vaguely felt.”
He first met Krishnamurti in Gstaad in 1983 while K was giv-
ing his annual talks in neighbouring Saanen. From then until K’s
death, he continued to see him in Saanen, Brockwood, Ojai, and
India. He is an emeritus/honorary trustee of the Krishnamurti
Foundations.
“It was overpowering to listen to him. He emanated so much
energy that I felt I simply couldn’t sit in front of him. He spoke
simply and clearly, with few gestures and no rhetoric.” Of all of K’s
statements, the one that struck Friedrich most deeply was, “Love
has no cause.”
A few years after K’s death, and because K had asked the trustees
whether they would be able to convey the perfume of what it was
like to be around him, Friedrich wrote his memoir of that time,
The Beauty of the Mountain. “When people ask me what Krish-
namurti was like as a person, I reply that he was full of love and
affection and humour.”

KIRAN KHALAP was born in 1958. He juggles three passions and
one career, his passions being writing, rock climbing and spiritual
evolution. Inspired by Krishnamurti early in his life, he joined the
Rajghat Besant School, Varanasi, as a teacher. Even as he took to
enthusiastically engaging with his students, he came into exten-
sive contact with Krishnamurti and his teachings. Life situations
later took him into the field of advertising, where he joined Lin-
tas as a copy writer. He quickly rose to become a creative director

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