# Truth Is a Pathless Land by Jiddu Krishnamurti > “Truth is a pathless land. Man cannot come to it through any organization, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, not through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection.” > **— Jiddu Krishnamurti**, *The Core of the Teachings, written in 1980 at the request of his biographer Mary Lutyens* ## Sources and Context - **Full text:** [The Core of the Teachings | J. Krishnamurti](https://www.jkrishnamurti.org/about-core-teachings) (Krishnamurti Foundation; [archived copy, January 4, 2025](https://web.archive.org/web/20250104035945/http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/about-core-teachings)) — the official page states the text was “written by Krishnamurti in 1980 at the request of his biographer Mary Lutyens.” Its first sentence reads: “The core of Krishnamurti’s teaching is contained in the statement he made in 1929 when he said Truth is a pathless land.” The poster begins at the words he quotes from 1929 and continues without omission through the end of the next paragraph. - **The 1929 statement:** [Order of the Star in the East](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Star_in_the_East) (Wikipedia, consulted 2026-10-23) — on August 3, 1929, at the Ommen Star Camp in the Netherlands, Krishnamurti dissolved the Order of the Star, which had been organized around him, before about 3,000 members, declaring that truth is a pathless land. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Photo Journey:** [[photo journey/2012-08-31 - Bryant at Krishnamurti's Former Home in Ojai|Bryant at Krishnamurti's Former Home in Ojai]] - **Book:** [[books/Simple Reminders Book (2014-2018)|Simple Reminders Book (2014-2018)]] - **Journal:** [[journal/2023-06-12 - Silence and Non-Observation|Silence and Non-Observation]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Reclaiming Your Life From Fear, Dependency, and Borrowed Authority - Livestream|Reclaiming Your Life From Fear, Dependency, and Borrowed Authority - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Jiddu Krishnamurti|Jiddu Krishnamurti]] - [[wiki/Observation|Observation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Truth is a pathless land. Man cannot come to it through any organization, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, not through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti, The Core of the Teachings, written in 1980 at the request of his biographer Mary Lutyens https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-jiddu-krishnamurti-truth-pathless-land ```