Jean Klein

Jean Klein (born October 19, 1912 in Berlin , † February 22, 1998 in Santa Barbara , California ) was a French spiritual teacher of the Advaita direction and writer . Growing up in Brno , Prague and Vienna , Klein studied medicine and musicology in Vienna and Berlin. In 1933 he settled in France, became a French citizen and worked in the Resistance during the war . After spending several years in India, from 1960 onwards he spread his spiritual teachings in Europe and North America , influenced by Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj as well as Kashmiri Shaivism , in a style reminiscent of Krishnamurti .

Fonts (in German translation)

Joy in being. Conversations about consciousness. Kristkeitz, Leimen 1988, ISBN 3-921508-32-0 .
Who am I? what is the human? Conversations about the true being with a European sage of our day. Barth, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-502-67370-5 .
Your true self. Conversations with Jean Klein. Lüchow, Freiburg 1993, ISBN 3-925898-20-4 .
Nothing but the present. Noumenon, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-941973-12-1 .

personal data
SURNAME	Little, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French spiritual teacher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 19, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	February 22, 1998
Place of death	Santa Barbara (California)