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NEW BOOK RELEASE ON MARCH 8th 2026

Amo, Ergo Sum: A personal reflection of the effects of Krishnamurti and his Teachings by Scott H. Forbes

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About the Book…

If you have ever doubted whether Jiddu Krishnamurti generated any change in people, here is a gift for you from Scott.

This is love writing about love.

The title itself “Amo, Ergo Sum” is extraordinary in its simplicity, directness and plain acknowledgement of what is.

Read the poem at the very beginning and drink it in. I trust you know its true meaning. It has been captured in words like never before. The poem is not about Scott, but rather about love, learning from love itself.

The highest quality of truth invariably has a natural impact. If anyone can try and bring forth the impact in words, it is Scott, for his words are very well crafted, honest, say just enough and no more.

Scott is clearly passionate about Krishnamurti and his Teachings. The fire in the teachings is burning bright in him. This fire seems to allow him to cut through brush, discover what lies on the other side and face it with unusual intelligence and courage, both of which are guided by a deeply caring heart.

After all, it is not an easy task, this saying something seemingly about oneself that is not really about the self at all. Yet Scott has done this and taken on all the risks such an endeavor entails while exposing all that is “Scott”…the “me” that clouds the view of unhindered truth.

When one asks oneself why a human being would do such a thing, the effect is sobering to say the least. Surely the love that this book speaks of is unconfined. Surely it rings an inner bell…

Paperback: 118 pages

Language: English

ISBN: 9798250648141

Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.27 x 8.5 inches

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Frontcover of Nitya: A Tale of Two Brothers

Nitya: A Tale of Two Brothers by Mahesh Kishore

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Nitya: A Tale of Two Bothers by Mahesh Kishore is a fascinating new study of the relationship between Krishnamurti and his brother, Nitya, and the extraordinary lives they lived before Nitya died in 1925.

For twenty-three years only two or perhaps three copies of the manuscript of this new book existed. For the most part, it was unread and unappreciated. In the meantime, Mahesh Kishore died, so there was no one to bring this fine work to the public, until now.

While much of the material in Nitya: A Tale of Two Brothers can be found in disparate biographies of Krishnamurti, there is also much material that has never been presented before; and nowhere else is all the material collected. More important than collecting this information (valuable in its own right) is Mahesh’s stringing together of these pieces to create a new picture of two astonishingly young lives with extraordinary destinies.

This remarkable book, which Mahesh took ten years to research and write, shines a new light on the remarkable lives of Krishnamurti and his brother. It is a story unlike any other.

Paperback: 363 pages

Language: English

ISBN:- 978-1-7321223-4-5

Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x .75 inches

Shipping weight: 1lb 6 ounces

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In the Presence of KRISHNAMURTI: Mary’s Unfinished Book

Written by Mary Zimbalist; Edited by Scott H. Forbes.

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Mary Zimbalist was Jiddu Krishnamurti’s assistant, traveling companion, hostess, and the person closest to him since his brother died in 1925. Krishnamurti asked her to write about what it was like to be with him. From Krishnamurti’s death in 1986 until her own in 2008, she worked diligently and continuously at doing this, using her extraordinary daily dairies as her source. She never finished her book, but this beautifully written testimonial to a remarkable man conveys a sense of him and their relationship that is unequaled. It is unfinished, but it is not incomplete.

Paperback: 594 pages

Language: English

ISBN–13: 978-1-7321223-2-1

Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x 1.25 inches

Shipping weight: 2 lbs 3 ounces

Photographs: 35 color, 1 black and white

Link to preface.

Krishnamurti Preparing to Leave

Written by Scott H. Forbes

The author spent six to eight hours a day with Krishnamurti from the end of May 1985 until Krishnamurti’s death in February 1986. This was a time of such seismic changes in the Krishnamurti organizations in America, England, Switzerland, and India, that the author, who was thirty-seven years old at the time, kept detailed notes. At the request of Krishnamurti’s official biographer, Mary Lutyens, the author assembled his notes and lent them to her for the final volume of her biography of Krishnamurti. She encouraged the author to publish his assemblage, and advised him “not to change a word.” Thirty-one years later, the author set out to do that. However, over the intervening decades, the author found he had additional things to write regarding this extraordinary time in his life, and he does so with footnotes and appendices to preserve the original material. Consequently, this book uniquely shows the last nine months of Krishnamurti’s life through the eyes of Scott H. Forbes at both thirty-seven and sixty-eight years of age.

Paperback: 304 pages

Language: English

ISBN-13: 978-1-7321223-1-4

Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x .75 inches

Shipping weight: 1lb 3 ounces

Photographs: 28 black and white

Link to preface.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:-

ABOUT “In The Presence of Krishnamurti: Mary’s Unfinished Book”

“The cover of In the Presence of Krishnamurti is so wonderful with Mary beaming at K as they enjoy their mutual affection for that kitten and for each other. The choosing of the photographs for both books is so sensitive and apropos of every aspect of both volumes.” – Reader from USA

“..Mary’s book will last as long as Krishnaji’s Teachings will last. No serious student of the Teachings would be only interested in the Teachings and not the man himself.” – Reader from USA

ABOUT “Krishnamurti: Preparing to Leave”

“Well, you have done it. Krishnamurti: Preparing to Leave is magnificent. I was utterly enthralled. What I found so interesting was your “Notes” at the back and your use of footnotes. That was brilliant. It allowed the story to “flow” and yet provided more depth for those interested (and most will be interested). The quality of writing is sustained throughout. Congratulations old boy, the man from Seattle is surely delighted.” – Reader from Australia

“I have finished Krishnamurti: Preparing to Leave. The book is permeated by “the other”, especially the last part. I feel that Scott’s account is a part of the necessary order/destiny that Scott is exploring at the end of the book, as controversial as the book may be. It is very important to have this record for anyone who wishes to penetrate the immeasurable scope of the Krishnamurti phenomenon.” – Reader from England

ABOUT the Audio Clips

“Thank you so very much Scott. Read the book and found it very engaging. I think your readings are wonderful and bring to the book another very personal and important dimension. Loved your reading of Mary and K’s relationship, so special.” -Reader from the USA

“The audio’s offer an extra, nice and personal way of listening to you and to what you share and wrote… Thank you once again Scott, for safe guarding and sharing with all those interested now and in years to come.” – Reader from Netherlands

“Thank you very much for your readings! Although I have read the book by now from the first to the last page, listening to you is a great joy as well. You have written a wonderful book which leaves a very nice “smell”.” – Reader from Germany

“Listening to you somehow gives me a better sense of Krishnamurti. Something about the inflections of your voice, the words you choose to emphasize . . . they enrich the text with subtle meanings I wouldn’t otherwise glean. Add to that the advantages of your skipping around, pulling parts out of order from the book, in service of better telling the tale, and we have a new facility for conveying the message. Plus I can always go back to the hardcopy for re-enforcements and the pictures.” – Reader from USA