The Krishnamurti Retreat
(formerly known as The Pepper Tree Retreat)
The Retreat is closed from March 6th – 26th
“It is essential sometimes to go into retreat, to stop everything that you have been doing, to stop your experiences completely and look at them anew, not keep on repeating them like machines. You would then let fresh air into your mind. Wouldn’t you? This place must be of great beauty with trees, birds, and quietness, for beauty is truth and truth is goodness and love.” – J. Krishnamurti
The Krishnamurti Retreat, part of the Krishnamurti Center in Ojai is an oasis for the mind in a peaceful setting where individuals can explore the teachings of J. Krishnamurti, reconnect with nature, and establish a new relationship with life. Please contact us via email or phone if you wish to make a booking.
A Quiet Retreat to Explore and Reconnect
We offer quiet, comfortable accommodations in a 1910 farmhouse and 1950 cottage surrounded by 10 acres of orange and olive orchards, gardens, and open space on the East End of Ojai. Each morning, we offer a continental breakfast in the retreat dining room. The property is alcohol and smoke-free and vegetarian. As a quiet retreat, we welcome children ages 12 and older. Service animals are welcome, but other pets, while we love and cherish them, will have to stay home. Click here to see our current room availability.
From our guests
Former home of philosopher J. Krishnamurti
Krishnamurti lived here from 1922 to 1986, welcoming visitors from around the world who were challenged by his penetrating inquiries into the fundamental questions of life.
“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.”
– J. Krishnamurti
