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1、Krishnamurti:TheReluctantMessiahCopyright©1989bySidneyFieldPreface,Epilogue,andNotescopyright©1989byPeterHayKRISHNAMURTITheReluctantMessiahbySidneyFieldeditedbyPeterHayBecausethemind-heartdoesnotknowhowtosing,itpursues,instead,thesinger.KrishnamurtiAcknowledgmentsIamgratefulforthehelpgiventome
2、bySidneyField’srelativesandfriendsineditingandrevisingtheEnglish-languagemanuscriptofthismemoir.MyfriendEveTettemerSiegelwasindispensableandunstintingwithherpersonalremembrancesanddetailedobservationswhichhelpedtoclarifymanypointsinthetext.Sidney’sdaughter,JoneenTettemerListon,andhisniece,Jean
3、etteRoberts,gavegenerousaccesstofamilyphotographsandbooks.IwanttothankAsitChandmalforhisreadingofthemanuscriptandforhiskindpermissiontoquotefromhismovingdiaryofKrishnamurti’sdeath.ExtractswerepublishedunderthetitleofTheLastWalk,in“Bombay—TheCityMagazine”inMarch1986;thanksalsotoWilliamQuinnfors
4、endingmeacopy.HeandotherswhoknewSidneyFieldandKrishnamurtiwell—DaphneMooreField,KatherineKiernanandGraysonRogers—havebeenmosthelpful.IamhappytoacknowledgethestaffofParagonHousefortheirprofessionalismandunderstandingways,andespeciallyDonFehrforediting,andJohnBergezforcopy-editingthemanuscript.F
5、inally,IamsureSidneywouldjoinmeingivingalargemeasureofcredittoRichardKahlenberg’stirelesseffortsinmakingthisEnglish-languageeditionofhisbookpossible.IamdeeplygratefultoMaryLutyens,Krishnamurti’sofficialbiographer,whohelpedmecorrectseveralnamesanddatesforthesecondprintingofthebook.PeterHayPrefa
6、ceOnehashadavision;onewantstohaveanother:thatisall.W.B.Yeats,onmysticismFewamongthegreatfiguresofourtimesareasfascinatingandmysteriousasJidduKrishnamurti,theIndianphilosopher,teacherandmysticwhodiedinCaliforniainFebruary1986,attheageofninety.Hehadbeeninthepubliceyealmostcontinuouslysincehis“di
7、scovery”attheageoffourteeninMadras,India,bytheTheosophicalSociety,whoseEuropeanleaderssawhimasthefuturemanifestationoftheLordMaitreya,theBodhisattvaorBuddha,thecomingWorldTeacher—or,inWesternterms,theMessiah.ThelittleBrahminboy,ofseemin