Krishnamurti Foundations (mainstream)
Foundations preserving and disseminating the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986), who famously dissolved the Order of the Star (1929) and rejected all spiritual authority including his own.
CLCI radar
BITE breakdown
0 — Jiddu Krishnamurti's anti-organisation philosophy; very low-control reference.
Profile facts
In context
Krishnamurti's 1929 'Truth is a pathless land' speech dissolving the Order of the Star is the founding gesture. Foundations in India, USA, UK, Spain preserve teachings without organisational hierarchy or required practice. Among the lowest-control religious-derived traditions.
Recovery resources
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — General referral and cult-aware therapist directory.
- INFORM (Information Network on Religious Movements) — LSE-founded UK research-based information service covering new religious movements.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources and family-side exit guidance.
See the full curated list at /resources.
Evidence by BITE axis
- very low-control reference
Timeline
- 1929Krishnamurti dissolves Order of the Star
- 1986Krishnamurti dies
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
| Title | Type | Reliability | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystical Union and Grief: The Ba‘al Shem Tov and Krishnamurti — Harvard Theological Review (1993) | Academic | Secondary | — |
| Jiddu Krishnamurti (interviewed) | Journalism | Secondary | — |
| lire en ligne | Organisation | Tertiary | — |
| Krishnamurti and the World Teacher Project:Some Theosophical PerceptionsGovert Schüller · archive | Academic | Secondary | — |
| Jiddu Krishnamurti · archive | Organisation | Tertiary | — |
| American National Biography | Academic | Secondary | — |
Sources
- Mary Lutyens biographies search ↗
- Mystical Union and Grief: The Ba‘al Shem Tov and Krishnamurti — Harvard Theological Review (1993) — https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs0017816000031254 open ↗
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (interviewed) — https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00f7b1q open ↗
- lire en ligne — http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/468051/Jackson-Pollock open ↗
- Krishnamurti and the World Teacher Project:Some Theosophical PerceptionsGovert Schüller — https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Govert_Schuller/publication/262732436_Krishnamurti_and_the_World_Teacher_Project_Some_Theosophical_Perceptions_Foreword_by_James_Santucci_pages_i_-xiii/links/02e7e538c13384805a000000.pdf open ↗
- Jiddu Krishnamurti — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jiddu-Krishnamurti open ↗
- American National Biography — https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0801876 open ↗
We cite sources by name and outlet rather than fabricating links. Where a source includes its own URL, the open ↗ link opens it directly; otherwise search ↗ runs a Google Scholar query for the cited title — useful for verifying academic sources. For news outlets, search the outlet's own archive.
Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch J: per-group recovery resources applied via programmatic palette (closest-fit by category + subCategory + score). Palette: Mainstream-comparator lighter.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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