“Truth does not belong to an individual.”

—  Jiddu Krishnamurti

10th Conversation with D. Bohm, Brockwood Park, UK and Gstaad, Switzerland (27 September 1975)
1970s

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Indian spiritual philosopher 1895–1986

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