Discovered by the leaders of the Theosophical Society as a young man and proclaimed the next World Teacher, Krishnamurti went on to reject all organized belief and to live the life of a prophet, influencing millions through his speeches and writings.

When Krishnamurti's Notebook first became available in 1976, it was soon realized that it was a something special—a document that gives his perceptions and experiences and describes his states of consciousness, a kind of diary, but one that is little concerned with the day-to-day process of living though very much aware of the natural world.