A Taste of Life The Last Days of U.G..., Mahesh Bhatt
A Taste of Life The Last Days of U.G..., Mahesh Bhatt
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A Taste of Life: The Last Days of U.G. Krishnamurti

Author: Mahesh Bhatt

Narrator: Mahesh Bhatt

Unabridged: 5 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2022

Synopsis

U.G. Krishnamurti famously described enlightenment as a neurobiological state of being with no religious, psychological or mystical implications. He did not lecture, did not set up organizations, held no gatherings and professed to have no message for mankind. Known as the ‘anti-guru’, the ‘raging sage’ and the ‘thinker who shuns thought’, U.G. spent his life destroying accepted beliefs in science, god, mind, soul, religion, love and relationships?all the props man uses to live life. Having taken away all support systems from those who came to him, he refused to replace them with those of his own; always insisting that each must find his own truth. And when U.G. knew that it was time for him go, he refused all attempts to prolong life with medical help. He let nature, and his body, take their course. On the afternoon of 22 March 2007, U.G. Krishnamurti passed away in Vallecrosia, Italy.

About The Author

Born in 1948 to a Brahmin father and a Shia Muslim mother, Mahesh Bhatt, in a career spanning almost four decades, has rewritten several rules and thereafter broken most of them. He began his journey in the film industry with Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain in 1973. He then broke new ground with Arth which received critical and commercial acclaim. He followed Arth with Saransh, Janam, Daddy, Sir, Tamanna and, finally, the National Award-winning Zakhm. Today he does not direct films but is still involved in the film industry and has written screenplays for movies such as Raaz, Jism, Murder, Zeher, Kalyug and Gangster. He has also directed several documentaries and has anchored and hosted for Sahara Television Haqueeqat, a show on human right violations, as well as Imaging Science, a show telecast on Doordarshan. Mahesh Bhatt wrote U.G. Krishnamurti: A Life which has been translated into several languages. He contributes regularly to newspapers of national circulation in English (Times of India, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Pioneer, The Hindu and others) as well as in Hindi (Dainik Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar). He also compiled, edited and wrote the foreword for a book of quotations of U.G. Krishnamurti called The Little Book of Questions.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Priya on April 18, 2019

It is paradoxical that that book titled A taste of Life is actually about death. This book is a feeling and to be receptive to the feeling, there are three prerequisites. 1.) You need to be fan of U.G 2.) You need to be fan of Mahesh Bhatt 3.) You need to be atheist. Now if you do not have these thr......more

Goodreads review by Mukta on April 30, 2021

Mahesh Bhatt writes well. But this book is strange. For a man who was constantly telling everyone I am no Godman, go away! he invites people to another's house - a villa - in a foreign land, just so he could bid the final farewell. And he takes his time. Perhaps I should have read the other book Bha......more

Goodreads review by Kantesh on February 17, 2017

I think it gives only a glimpse into the passing away of U.G. Krishnamurti the great philosopher and guide to Mahesh Bhatt. And perhaps into the mind of Mahesh Bhatt who excels at autobiography. But this book tells us little (if at all) about the person himself or his life story or his philosophy or......more

Goodreads review by readingbits on June 18, 2024

When I began this book I knew little of U.G Krishnamurti. After finishing this book I feel like I still know little of him. The central theme of U.G not wanting to be thought of as a guru/teacher, and then continuing to be treated as one, allowing people to kiss his feet becomes somewhat tiresome. On......more

Goodreads review by Nisarg on February 08, 2024

It's the most difficult thing to be an ordinary person - U G Krishnamurthy......more

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