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A Vision of the Sacred: My Personal Journey with Krishnamurti is a contemporary and intimate memoir by Krishnamurti's private secretary and friend in India, Sunanda Patwardhan. The book answers the often asked questions about what it was like to work with a great world teacher of the twentieth century on a day-to-day basis, and how he counseled, in a non-traditional way, serious people struggling to meet the challenges of life. Krishnamurti's letters and actual recorded conversations add factual detail to this chronicle of a life fully lived.

'The emergence of Krishnamurti's teachings during the troubled twentieth century effectively challenged and shocked the minds of many people, yet we know of very few who actually completely changed their world views or their lifestyles. Each conditioned mind possesses the seed of awakening, but what causes it to be activated remains a mystery. Devotion, sincerity, and an open mind free from preoccupation seem to be requisites. My esteemed friend, Sunanda Patwardhan, was one of the few who understood Krishnamurti's message directly. Filled with energy and inquisitiveness, Sunanda had a sharp mind and a warm and dignified presence.'
-Professor Samdhong Rinpoche (Assistant to His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Speaker of the Parliament of Tibetan People's Deputies, Dharmsala, India and the Director of Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, India )

'Sunanda patwardhan was an intellectual with soul. Her youthful ambition to study law and enter the coveted Indian Civil Service evaporated when she met the great thinker and philosopher, J. Krishnamurti. The first contact between them was like a spark that lit the camphor-the inner light in Sunanda was kindled. Few fully understood Krishnamurti's thought and fewer still conveyed his teaching through their living. In her quest for self-realization, he advised her, "Be yourself." Sunanda meticulously recorded Krishnamurti's public utterances and some of the pearls that lay scattered in casual conversations, discussions, and at the lunch table. Her memoir is rich in such aphorisms. It is a jewel of wisdom and insight that will be valued not only by admirers of Krishnamurti but by historians as well.'
-R. Venkataraman, Former President of India and the author of My Presidential Years