Chili Prepper
1 min readFeb 14, 2023

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“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

While this sounds pretty after K, one of the foundations denies that K is the originator of this words of wisdom.

Original text can be found under the video on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFWBaBdH2qw

In the comment section they say:

Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Krishnamurti Foundation Trust 5 months ago

At the Krishnamurti

Foundation archives we researched Krishnamurti's vast body of work and we are now fairly certain this isn't an authentic quote of his. The origin of this quote is probably a book written by Mark Vonnegut (Kurt Vonnegut's son) about his mental illness (The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity).

The book was published in 1975 and attributes this phrase to Krishnamurti (spelled "Krishna Murti")

without giving any sources. Vonnegut might have paraphrased or misquoted it, and it must have spread from there.

Aldous Huxely — a close friend of Krishnamurti's — also has a quote that is remarkably similar:

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By the way, I write sometimes too about K

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Chili Prepper
Chili Prepper

Written by Chili Prepper

Karma is a burning rosette, because of too much Sambal Oelek. I like topics about meditation, zen, psychology, politics and art. Special interest Krishnamurti.

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