The Main Of Light: Common Ground and Dividing Lines in the Teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti and Buddhism

Dónal Creedon was born and educated in Dublin. As a teenager he was deeply influenced by Krishnamurti. He has been a student of Buddha's teachings since 1980 and completed a series of long retreats in the vajrayana tradition from 1984 to 1997. He teaches widely and has led retreats in the UK, Europe, Russia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and India; as well as teaching in the intensive 3 year retreats of the vajrayana tradition. He was resident Buddhist scholar at the Krishnamurti Foundation India in Varanasi between 2003 and 2004 and this present work is the result of time spent there.