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By manipulating effects we hope to bring about order and peace;
but, unfortunately, it is not as simple as all that. Life is a total pro-
cess, the inner as well as the outer; the outer definitely affects the
inner, but the inner invariably overcomes the outer. What you are,
you bring about outwardly. The outer and the inner cannot be sep-
arated and kept in watertight compartments, for they are constantly
interacting upon each other; but the inner craving, the hidden pur-
suits and motives, are always more powerful.
—Krishnamurti, Ch 11, Commentaries on Living, Series 1

All those who are familiar with Krishnamurti’s teachings will know
that one of his central concerns was the right education of chil-
dren. In pursuance of this aim he established schools in India,
England and the US. He also wrote, talked and discussed exten-
sively with teachers, students and trustees of the Foundations he
started, explaining his vision of right education. After he passed
away, as part of the effort to keep his educational legacy alive, this
Journal of the Krishnamurti Schools was started in 1997 as an
annual publication. You are now reading its twenty-fifth volume.
The contributors to the Journal have been mostly teachers of the
Krishnamurti schools, as well as educationists and philosophers
who are interested in Krishnamurti’s vision of education.
While the education of children was certainly one of K’s main
concerns, the import and impact of his teachings were of course
much wider. During the course of his ‘ministry’ of more than five
decades, he gave hundreds of well-attended public talks spread
over four continents and had dialogues with numerous persons
from diverse backgrounds. Among his varied audiences there were
many whose vision of life was fundamentally changed through
having been in his presence or having known his teaching.
This year, 2020, being the 125th anniversary year of his birth, it
was thought fitting that a special issue of the Journal be brought out

*Krishnamurti, Ch 36, The Whole Movement of Life is Learning

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