Vasanta Vihar
Vasanta Vihar exists for the sole purpose of enabling people to explore Krishnamurti’s
Teachings. It is always the sole and primary objective at Vasanta Vihar to encourage and
facilitate the study of Krishnamurti’s teachings. It is the headquarters of the Krishnamurti
Foundation India;
“It (Vasanta Vihar) must last a thousand years, unpolluted, like a river
that has the capacity to cleanse itself… And the teachings in themselves
have the authority of truth. It is a place for the flowering of goodness,
communication and cooperation not based on work, ideal, or personal
authority… It is essentially a religious centre according to what K has
said about religion. It is a place where one is not only physically active,
but there is also a movement of learning. So each one becomes the
teacher and the disciple. It is not a place for one’s own illumination or
one’s own goal of fulfillment, artistically, religiously, or in any other
way, but rather for sustaining each other and nourishing each other in
flowering in goodness.” J. Krishnamurti
Study
“As I see it, a Study Centre has become a necessity because that is the place where the treasure is? From that treasure you can draw your strength, you can draw your energy, you can draw your sustenance, nourishment, and so on… Here is something that is sacred; and from that everything flows.” J. Krishnamurti
Archives
The central archives of the Krishnamurti Foundation India is a repository of material pertaining to the teachings of J. Krishnamurti. Its mission is to preserve the teachings as they were written and spoken, without distortion or interpretation, and to give research scholars access to documents.
The vast body of Krishnamurti’s teachings must be seen as a landmark in the history of human thought and wisdom. The variety of ways in which Krishnamurti communicated his teachings is impressive. We can be deeply grateful that Krishnamurti lived in our time—a time when the means were at hand to record extensively the words and presence of this unique teacher. But we must also be deeply responsive to the need for protecting and preserving the highly perishable source records of Krishnamurti’s works for posterity. It has become, therefore, an urgent necessity, as they constitute, in content and volume, the richest contribution of the present century to the cultural and religious heritage of humanity.