Английская Википедия:At the Feet of the Master

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Engvarb Шаблон:Infobox book Шаблон:Strong is a book attributed to Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895Шаблон:En dash1986), authored when he was 14 years old. Written under the name Шаблон:Em, it was first published in 1910. The work was closely related to the World Teacher Project, a contemporary messianic endeavor launched by the Theosophical Society. The book is considered a spiritual classic and was still in print in 2012. By that time it had been published in dozens of editions and had been translated in many languages; by 2004 early editions were in the public domain. Throughout its publication history the work has also generated controversy, regarding the author's identity.

Background

Шаблон:Theosophy The work was an important early milestone of the World Teacher Project, a worldwide enterprise launched by the Theosophical Society in early 20th century. This endeavor, which received widespread publicity, proclaimed the imminent arrival of the World Teacher, a new messiah.Шаблон:Sfn Jiddu Krishnamurti, an adolescent Brahmin from South India, and the presumed author of At the Feet of the Master, was considered the likely "vehicle" for the World Teacher.Шаблон:Sfn As a result, the book was seen as being closely related to Krishnamurti's expected mission, an early indication of his spiritual and worldly destiny.Шаблон:Sfnm

About the work

frontispiece of the 1911 US edition with image of Alcyone
Frontispiece of the Шаблон:Citeref.

The title was reputedly chosen by Annie Besant,Шаблон:Sfn thenШаблон:En dashPresident of the Theosophical Society, who was also Krishnamurti's legal guardian.Шаблон:Sfn The author was listed as Шаблон:Em, a pseudonym assigned to Krishnamurti by one of his mentors, the prominent and controversial Theosophist Charles Webster Leadbeater.Шаблон:Sfn

The original edition's front cover features an illustration (in gold on blue background), of a path leading to an Egyptian-style gateway; in the frontispiece there is a contemporary photograph of Alcyone.Шаблон:Sfn The book includes a preface by Besant, and a dedication page with the inscription, "To those who knock". Following, is an additional full-page photograph of Alcyone (uncaptioned), a page with a short, unattributed quote in Sanskrit and English, and a foreword by Alcyone. The body of the work is then laid out in four parts, corresponding to its proclaimed requirements for disciples on the spiritual path:Шаблон:NnbspШаблон:Sfn

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The book closes with an unsigned, two-verse devotional poem.

The following is stated in the book's foreword: "These are not my words; they are the words of the Master who taught me.Шаблон:"-Шаблон:Sfn This is related to Leadbeater's statement that over a period of about five months during Шаблон:Dash year, Master Kuthumi (or Koot Hoomi)Шаблон:Spaced en dash a postulated embodied spiritual entityШаблон:Spaced en dash was releasing to Krishnamurti, through a mystical process and while the boy was asleep, the spiritual instruction that makes up the work.Шаблон:Sfnm Upon waking, Krishnamurti "with great laboriousness" put the instructions into notes; afterwards, the notes were checked for spelling and grammar, and then arranged and typed by Leadbeater. The resulting typescript formed the basis for the book's original edition; Krishnamurti's handwritten notes were lost sometime after the book's publication.Шаблон:Sfnm

Publication history

The original edition was published at Adyar, India, through the facilities of The Theosophist, the Society's main organ; the publisher is listed as "Theosophist Office, Adyar". The book, introduced during the December 1910 Theosophical Convention at Adyar,Шаблон:Sfn was bound in blue cloth, with a limited number of copies bound in blue leather.Шаблон:Sfn

This edition quickly sold out; within a year the book had been published in twenty-seven editions, and by 1925 there were at least forty.Шаблон:Sfn In the ensuing decades, dozens of editions in many languages and formats were published by Theosophical and non-Theosophical publishers,Шаблон:Sfnm including the Star Publishing Trust (SPT), publishing arm of the World Teacher Project. Following its founding in 1926, the SPT had assumed the copyright to the work. This entity became the official publisher of Krishnamurti's work after he effectively ended the World Teacher Project by rejecting his messianic role and leaving the Theosophical Society in Шаблон:Dash year;Шаблон:Sfn however, the SPT still held the rights to At the Feet of the Master as of 1946. Meanwhile, according to one source, the original edition of the book may have never been legally copyrighted.Шаблон:Sfnm

The book is considered a spiritual classic,Шаблон:Sfn and was still in print in 2012.Шаблон:Sfn Around that time, early editions of the work had been in the public domain within several jurisdictions.Шаблон:Sfn

Select editions

Later editions may list the author as both Alcyone and Jiddu Krishnamurti, or solely as Jiddu Krishnamurti.Шаблон:Sfn They may also omit material, or add new material.

Reception

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original sheet music cover of the 1925 Leevi Madetoja composition at the feeth [sic] of the Master (Alcyone)
Original front cover of Leevi Madetoja's 1925 composition "At the Шаблон:Sic of the Master (Alcyone)".

The book was enthusiastically received by Theosophists and members of the Order of the Star in the East, a worldwide organization established by the Theosophical leadership to promote the World Teacher Project.Шаблон:Sfn According to a Krishnamurti biographer, "Шаблон:Interpothing, since Blavatsky, carried the sort of authority soon ascribed to Alcyone's document";Шаблон:Sfn contemporary press reports described it as "a holy book to his Шаблон:Interp disciples".Шаблон:Sfn In 1925 the Finnish Section of the Theosophical Society published "At the Шаблон:Sic of the Master (Alcyone)"Шаблон:Spaced en dash a work for voice and piano by the composer Leevi Madetoja (Шаблон:Abbrlink 71/2); the composition, whose lyrics include the book's closing poem, was commissioned by the Section for the 50thШаблон:Nbspanniversary of the parent organization's founding. It was republished as "The Word of the Master" (Шаблон:Lang-fi) in 1929.Шаблон:Sfnm

The extraordinary publicity surrounding Krishnamurti and the World Teacher Project brought increased attention to the book. Favorable early press coverageШаблон:Sfn was complemented by more neutral or strict assessments, which included the tentative characterization of Krishnamurti's writing style as "artless".Шаблон:Sfnm

Others have found the book "simple ... though not platitudinous ... draws on the pious morality that underlies ... all Шаблон:Interp".Шаблон:Sfn It has also been pointed out that the main body's themes, and four-part layout, bear close resemblance to Advaita Vedanta treatises by, or attributed to, the 8th century Indian philosopher and theologian Adi Shankara.Шаблон:Sfnm

Despite the demise of the World Teacher Project in 1929, and the subsequent dismantling of the infrastructure supporting it (which included the book),Шаблон:Sfn millions of copies have been sold.Шаблон:Sfnm Soon after its original publication, commentaries and detailed analyses by prominent Theosophists started to appear, "in which every line of Alcyone's original is weighed, analyzed, laboriously expanded upon"; in addition, the book became a frequent subject of lectures, a practice that continued past the Project's ending, and into the early 21st century.Шаблон:Sfn The work reputedly also played a role in later occult endeavors by Leadbeater.Шаблон:Sfn

Authorship debate

The identity of the author has been the subject of debate, starting with the appearance of the first edition.Шаблон:Sfnm It has been proposed that Leadbeater was the actual producer of the work; this proposition has had opponents as well as supporters.Шаблон:Sfnm Shortly after the original publication, the matter found its way to court in India. It was brought up during a custody battle over Krishnamurti between Besant and Jiddu Narayaniah, Krishnamurti's father. Narayaniah believed the book was "fathered" on Krishnamurti in order to promote his messianic credentials, citing as one proof the boy's poor prior knowledge of English.Шаблон:Sfnm In related litigation, Besant alleged The Hindu newspaper was in contempt over the "publication of certain correspondence ... relating to the authorship of the book Шаблон:'At the feet of the MasterШаблон:' ".Шаблон:Sfnm

Since the original publication, statements reputedly made by Krishnamurti have appeared in a variety of sources, implying he accepted or rejected authorship; his own recorded statements on the matter have been subject to interpretation.Шаблон:Sfnm Decades after the original publication, he stated that he had no memory of writing it, although he did not discount the possibility.Шаблон:Sfnm

As the original notes by Krishnamurti are missing, the extent of any differences with Leadbeater's typescript and with the original published edition is not clear.Шаблон:Sfn The debate regarding the role of Krishnamurti in the production and promotion of this work persisted, a century after its original publication.Шаблон:Sfn

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