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Chosen
The Reluctant Buddha
In 1910 a vacant boy, young KRISHNAMURTHI (KRISHNA), was chosen in south India, to be the “vehicle,” for the coming World Teacher, the future Buddha. Fearing a mistake, a second boy, RAJA, much brighter than Krishna, is quietly chosen. Krishna is taken from his family and groomed in England and America. Centers were established in Europe, India, Australia and the United States, including building the Hollywood Bowl, a proper stage for the new messiah.
1922 a mysterious out-of-body experience is observed by nineteen-year-old ROSALIND that changes the Krishna forever, grounding him in a vast indescribable reality untouched by the messianic systems, beliefs, egos and greed of those around him.
Free from a mind trapped in image and comparison, being chosen to Krishna meant nothing. For Raja, trapped in comparison, being chosen becomes a curse. In 1925, the death of Krishna’s brother seals his fate. A marriage between Raja and Rosalind is arranged to protect the vehicle.
Maneuvering in the shadows, assuming power Raja grabs control of every talk, every interview, where Krishna travels, who had access, editing every publication, including property and copyrights worth millions. “He has the face. I have the brains.”
As Krishna’s resolve deepens, he becomes a threat to the people, ideologies and organizations that promote him. In 1929 Krishna dissolves the organization created to serve his “coming,” and with that Krishna challenges faith in the Masters, the path, all religious systems, and the beliefs of every spiritual organization and hierarchy.
Fame and recognition grow as the “vehicle” speaks to more people, face to face, than any other in human history, influencing the most notable political, artistic and religious minds of the 20th Century, amassing an archive of 250,000,000 pages. While in the shadows, Raja is convinced that he is the chosen one.
Seeking to regain control over his life and publications, an affair lasting twenty-five years between Krishna and Rosalind is used by Raja as blackmail along with two lawsuits to keep control, a bitter conflict that brings Raja to revel in Krishna’s death.
