Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast
235 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 hour ago - ★★★★★ - 197 ratingsWhat are you doing with your life? Can anyone show you the way, or must you be a light to yourself? Do we see the urgency of change?
One of the greatest spiritual teachers and philosophers of all time, J. Krishnamurti challenges us to question all that we know and discover our true nature in the here and now.
This official podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust now has over 200 weekly episodes. Episodes 1-50 feature conversations between Krishnamurti and luminaries from many paths, along with readings of the classic book Commentaries on Living by actor Terence Stamp. Episode 51 onwards features carefully chosen extracts based on a theme explored by Krishnamurti. The extracts from our archives have been carefully selected to represent his different approaches to each of these universal and timelessly relevant themes.
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Krishnamurti on Perception
May 01, 2024 04:30 - 1 hour - 168 MB‘Is there a perception not born of memory, not born of knowledge, a perception that sees the whole nature and structure of conflict, a perception this is whole?’ This week’s episode on Perception has four sections. The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Brockwood Park in 1978, and is titled: Perception and Desire. The second extract (12:45) is from the first talk at Brockwood Park in 1971, and is titled: A Different Kind of Perception. The third extract (22;20) is...
Krishnamurti on Symbols
April 24, 2024 04:30 - 1 hour - 160 MB‘One must go beyond words, beyond names, beyond symbols to really find out, to search very deeply, to inquire without restraint and without limitation.’ This week’s episode on Symbols has four sections. The first extract (2:36) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in Madras 1961, and is titled: The Influence of Symbols. The second extract (24:12) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1980, and is titled: We Invent a Symbol Then Worship It. The third extract (32...
Krishnamurti on Fragmentation
April 17, 2024 04:30 - 1 hour - 188 MB‘Learn to look at the whole of life from a level which is comprehensive, which has no fragmentation at all. And being non-fragmentary, act from there – a total action.’ This week’s episode on Fragmentation has three sections. The first extract (2:29) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Madras 1971, and is titled: Are You Aware That You Are Fragmented? The second extract (23:05) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1972, and is titled: Can We Be Free of Thought’s Fragmentation? ...
Krishnamurti on Cooperation
April 10, 2024 04:30 - 1 hour - 162 MB‘We cannot live without cooperation. Life is relationship; life is cooperation. You and I cannot exist without cooperation, but to cooperate there must be freedom.’ This week’s episode on Cooperation has eight sections. The first extract (2:43) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Madras 1965, and is titled: The Only Cooperation We Know. The second extract (11:06) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1968, and is titled: Cooperation Needs Humility. The third extract (15:21) is from the first...
Krishnamurti on Progress
April 03, 2024 04:30 - 1 hour - 143 MB‘Is there psychological progress – the 'me' becoming better, nobler, wiser? The 'me' which is the past, which has accumulated so many things – insults, flatteries, pain, knowledge, suffering – can that progress to a better state?’ This week’s episode on Progress has five sections. The first extract (2:49) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1973, and is titled: Are Human Beings Progressing? The second extract (6:48) is from the first talk in Santa Monica 1974, and is titled: Where...
Krishnamurti on Disorder
March 27, 2024 05:30 - 1 hour - 180 MB‘Disorder implies conflict, conflict in our behaviour, conflict outwardly, conflict between nationalities, between classes, between vested interests, religiously or in business. So that is our life: great disorder.’ This week’s episode on Disorder has four sections. The first extract (2:52) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in New York 1974, and is titled: Disorder is Spreading Across the World. The second extract (34:45) is from the fourth talk in Madras 1981, and is titled: Thought Is t...
Krishnamurti on Questioning
March 20, 2024 05:30 - 1 hour - 148 MB‘Most of us do question, and our questioning is a reaction. We do not like something, and we question it, reject it or modify it. This questioning is according to the urges and demands, and has a motive behind it.’ This week’s episode on Questioning has seven sections. The first extract (2:38) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1962, and is titled: Two Types of Questioning. The second extract (12:49) is from the first question and answer meeting in Ojai 1985, and is titled: Letti...
Krishnamurti on Emptiness
March 13, 2024 05:30 - 1 hour - 171 MB‘We must inquire into the question of emptiness. It is an amazingly important question because if there is no emptiness, no new thing can be.’ This week’s episode on Emptiness has five sections. The first extract (2:23) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Paris 1965, and is titled: The Two Types of Emptiness. The second extract (16:42) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1968, and is titled: What Are We To Do with Emptiness? The third extract (38:46) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Sa...
Krishnamurti on Will
March 06, 2024 05:30 - 1 hour - 145 MB‘There is an ending to effort, struggle, and all forms of resistance and escapes, when you understand the nature and the structure of will, which is born of choice and effort.’ This week’s episode on Will has three sections. The first extract (2:44) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1977, titled: What Is the Nature and Structure of Will? The second extract (18:05) is from the third talk in Saanen 1976, titled: Is Change Dependent on Will? The final extract in this episode (44...
Krishnamurti on Reality
February 28, 2024 05:30 - 1 hour - 143 MB‘We have to find out if there is a reality or not – a reality that is not invented by thought, a reality that is not projected by thought in the field of time.’ This week’s episode on Reality has four sections. The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Ojai 1976, and is titled: Our Mechanistic Reality. The second extract (20:59) is from the second talk in Saanen 1975, and is titled: Freedom and Order in the World of Reality. The third extract (41:51) is from Krishnam...
Krishnamurti on Escapes
February 21, 2024 05:30 - 1 hour - 148 MB‘If there is no escape of any kind, what is left?’ This week’s episode on Escapes has four sections. The first extract (2:28) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Madras 1964, titled: Our Escapes Become Problems. The second extract (16:01) is from the third talk in Madras 1974, titled: The Futility of Escapes. The third extract (29:11) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Madras 1966, titled: Fear Cannot Be Understood if There Is Any Form of Escape. The final extract in this episode (...
Krishnamurti on Good & Evil
February 14, 2024 05:30 - 56 minutes - 129 MB‘Goodness is something totally divorced from evil. But we have mixed the two together and we say we must fight, resist, put away evil in order to be good.’ This week’s episode on Good and Evil has four sections. The first extract (2:33) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1984, titled: Is Goodness Related to Evil? The second extract (24:19) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1984, titled: Do Good and Evil Exist Outside of Our...
Krishnamurti on Patterns & Formulas
February 07, 2024 05:30 - 1 hour - 164 MB‘When the mind is learning all the time, it brings about its own sweet discipline. In this there is no conformity, no pattern, no formula, no suppression or obedience – it is living.’ This week’s episode on Patterns & Formulas has two sections. The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1964, titled: Is revolution according to a pattern? The second and final extract in this episode (15:54) is from the fourth talk in Bombay 1964, titled: Freedom Without a Patt...
Krishnamurti on Quiet
January 31, 2024 05:30 - 1 hour - 159 MB‘When you are interested to find out, that very interest is the flame that makes the mind, the brain, the body quiet.’ This week’s episode on Quiet has four sections. The first extract (2:38) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Rajghat in 1967, titled: Can We Make the Mind Quiet? The second extract (16:39) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in New Delhi 1963, titled: The Conscious Mind Must Be Completely Quiet. The third extract (23:25) is from the second discussion in Saanen 1971, titl...
Krishnamurti's Jokes and Anecdotes
January 24, 2024 05:30 - 1 hour - 176 MBThe format of this episode is different to the usual selection of longer extracts. During the course of Krishnamurti’s talks and dialogues, he would sometimes include a joke, anecdote or parable, relevant to what was being said. This episode compiles a collection of 26 of these from the 1970s and 80s, each one being much shorter than the usual extracts featured on the podcast.
Krishnamurti on Clarity
January 17, 2024 05:30 - 1 hour - 150 MB‘Clarity is seeing things as they are; seeing what is, without any opinion; seeing the movement of your mind, observing it very closely, minutely, diligently, without any purpose, without any directive.’ This week’s episode on Clarity has two sections. The first extract (2:51) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1977, titled: Clarity, Skill and Compassion. The second and final extract in this episode (56:55) is from the sixth talk in Madras 1964, titled: Clarity Is Essential. Eac...
Krishnamurti on Humanity
January 10, 2024 05:30 - 1 hour - 188 MB‘You are the entire humanity. So if you are violent, you are contributing to violence; if you have ended sorrow, then you are bringing about freedom from the human mind's sorrow.’ This week’s episode on Humanity has four sections. The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Ojai 1983, titled: Can humanity live peacefully? The second extract (22:40) is from the first talk in Calcutta 1982, titled: You are humanity. The third extract (49:05) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth t...
Krishnamurti on Opposites
January 03, 2024 05:30 - 1 hour - 140 MB‘As long as we live in opposites – jealousy and non-jealousy, the good and the bad, the ignorant and the enlightened – there must be constant conflict in duality.’ This week’s episode on Opposites has four sections. The first extract (2:27) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Calcutta 1982, titled: Do opposites exist? The second extract (14:08) is from the third talk at Brockwood Park in 1978, titled: Does freedom have an opposite? The third extract (28:30) is from Krishnamurti’s second...
Krishnamurti on Solitude
December 27, 2023 05:30 - 55 minutes - 130 MB‘Solitude is a lovely word. It implies walking alone, looking, listening, not carrying your troubles, problems and anxieties; being absolutely alone, enjoying.’ This week’s episode on Solitude has six sections. The first extract (2:44) is from Krishnamurti’s second discussion in Saanen 1978, titled: Solitude is not loneliness. The second extract (13:24) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1979, titled: Will solitude end our confusion? The third extract (26...
Krishnamurti on Rationality
December 20, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 175 MB‘The fact is human beings are irrational. But there is a concept that human beings are rational, and we live according to that concept.’ This week’s episode on Rationality has five sections. The first extract (2:46) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1980, titled: Are Human Beings Rational? The second extract (15:07) is from the fourth question and answer meeting in Ojai 1980, titled: Is there rational, sane justice in the world? The third extract (22:05) is from the first questio...
Krishnamurti on The Unconscious
December 13, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 158 MB‘How is the unconscious to be exposed, without effort, without analysis, without the conscious mind which cannot examine it?’ This week’s episode on The Unconscious has four sections. The first extract (2:43) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in London 1962, titled: Understanding the Unconscious. The second extract (22:42) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1974, titled: Unconscious Hurts. The third extract (34:48) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Brockwood Park in 1972, titled: Endin...
Krishnamurti on Thinking Together
December 06, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 156 MB‘Thinking together does not mean that you agree or disagree, accept or reject, defend or offend, but together find out if it is possible, by thinking together, to act together.’ This week’s episode on Thinking Together has four sections. The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 1979, titled: Thinking Together Without Barriers. The second extract (33:47) is from the second talk in Ojai 1980, titled: Thinking Together to Eliminate Conflict. The third extract (46...
Krishnamurti on Following
November 29, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 150 MB‘The easiest thing for the mind, which is generally very lazy, is to follow what somebody else has said.’ This week’s episode on Following has two sections. The first extract (2:25) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1981, titled: Why do we follow? The second and final extract in this episode (43:39) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1970, titled: Following means we are second-hand human beings. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features c...
Krishnamurti on ’What Is’
November 22, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 183 MB‘There is only 'what is', and not the changing of 'what is'. The changing of 'what is' is the movement of thought in time.’ This week’s episode on What Is has four sections. The first extract (2:38) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Ojai 1983, titled: ‘What is’ and ‘what should be’. The second extract (29:30) is from the third talk at Brockwood Park in 1978, titled: ‘What is’ has no opposite. The third extract (40:20) is from the eighth discussion in Saanen 1970, titled: ‘What is’ con...
Krishnamurti on Desire
November 15, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 154 MB‘Desire for a car, desire for a woman or man, desire for position, desire for money, desire for enlightenment, are all on the same level.’ This week’s episode on Desire has four sections. The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Bombay 1979, titled: What Is Desire? The second extract (18:05) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1979, titled: Is Desire Responsible For Fear? The third extract (34:52) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Ojai 1979, titled: Desire’s Right P...
Krishnamurti on Creation
November 08, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 179 MB‘There cannot be compassion and love without death, which is the ending of everything. Then there is creation.’ This week’s episode on Creation has three sections. The first extract (2:39) is from the first question and answer meeting in Saanen 1985, titled: What is Creation? The second extract (17:15) is from Krishnamurti’s talk at Los Alamos in 1984, titled: Creation Can Only Take Place When Thought Is Silent. The final extract in this episode (1:03:16) is from the ninth talk in Saanen...
Krishnamurti on Division
November 01, 2023 07:45 - 1 hour - 165 MB‘There is division between the Jew and the Arab, between the Hindu and the Muslim, between various forms of ideologies. Wherever there is a division, inwardly and outwardly, there must be not only conflict and struggle, but war.’ This week’s episode on Division has three sections. The first extract (2:43) is from Krishnamurti’s talk in Rome 1973, titled: Where There Is Division There Is Always Conflict. The second extract (16:36) is from the second talk in Ojai 1977, titled: Why Do We Liv...
Krishnamurti on Virtue
October 25, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 143 MB‘Virtue has nothing whatsoever to do with society and its so-called morality. Virtue can come about only when there is psychological order within oneself.’ This week’s episode on Virtue has four sections. The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s ¬¬¬¬third talk in Saanen 1962, titled: Respectability Is Not Virtue. The second extract (13:14) is from the fourth talk in Paris 1965, titled: Order, Virtue and Freedom. The third extract (28:35) is from the fifth talk in New York 1966, ti...
Krishnamurti on Illusion
October 18, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 168 MB‘When the mind sees thought is the creator of illusion, you have an insight into the whole nature of illusion. It is that insight that dissolves all illusions.’ This week’s episode on Illusion has three sections. The first extract (2:36) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1979, titled: Security in Illusion. The second extract (37:56) is from the second question and answer meeting in Ojai 1980, titled: Freedom From Any Form of Illusion. The final extract in this episode (58:55) i...
Krishnamurti on Joy
October 11, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 152 MB‘Is there a way of life, having understood pleasure and fear, which is joyous, which is enjoyment, not the carrying over of pleasure from day to day?’ This week’s episode on Joy has five sections. The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in New Delhi 1966, titled: Joy Is Entirely Different From Pleasure. The second extract (13:41) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1977, titled: Thought Turns Joy Into Pleasure. The third extract (27:18) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk...
Krishnamurti on Work
October 04, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 186 MB‘Shall I seek a job according to my idiosyncrasies, which means, according to my conditioning? My conditioning is the result of society which says prestige and status are most important, not function.’ This week’s episode on Work has five sections. The first extract (2:48) is from the second question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled: Right Living, Right Livelihood. The second extract (14:34) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1972, titled: A Job You Love. The third ex...
Krishnamurti on Belief
September 27, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 172 MB‘Belief is a projection or an invention of thought. But we are attached to it because it gives a certain feeling of security, however illusory it is.’ This week’s episode on Belief has five sections. The first extract (2:33) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1976, titled: Religion Is Not Belief. The second extract (12:54) is from the second talk in Saanen 1975, titled: Belief Is Incorrect Thinking. The third extract (19:53) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Amsterdam 1981, ti...
Krishnamurti on Sex
September 20, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 175 MB‘Why has sex such an important part in our life? Though it is one of our primary urges, why has it assumed such fantastic magnitude?’ This week’s episode on Sex has four sections. The first extract (2:38) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1979, titled: Why Have We Given Sex Such Importance? The second extract (14:00) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk at Brockwood Park in 1971, titled: Sex, Pleasure and Love. The third extract (57:23) is from Krishnamurti...
Krishnamurti on Ending
September 13, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 107 MB'When you end the past, there is not only a new observation but a sense of extraordinary freedom and movement.' This week’s episode, the first in Season 5, is on Ending. It has four sections. The first extract (2:23) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Find Out What It Means to End. The second extract (21:05) is from the third talk in Saanen 1982, titled: Ending Without a Cause. The third extract (44:13) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Pa...
Krishnamurti on Tradition
August 16, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 105 MB‘Tradition can be 10,000 years old or two days old, and according to that I live. This means I live in the past and am therefore betraying the present.’ This week’s episode on Tradition has five sections. The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in New Delhi 1962, titled: Tradition Is Habit Seasoned in Time. The second extract (13:19) is from the first talk in Bombay 1974, titled: Tradition Makes the Mind Mechanical. The third extract (30:22) is from Krishnamurti’s sec...
Krishnamurti on Being and Becoming
August 09, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 85.8 MB‘As you observe with attentive passion, that very attention puts an end to becoming, which is of time and thought.’ This week’s episode on Being and Becoming has four sections. The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1983, titled: Most of Us Want To Become Something. The second extract (11:16) is from the second talk in Saanen in 1980, titled: Becoming Is the Movement of Thought. The third extract (31:04) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in San Francisco 19...
Krishnamurti on Hurt
August 02, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 82.5 MB‘Can your mind know it has been hurt, be aware of it, and not react at the conscious or unconscious level?’ This week’s episode on Hurt has three sections. The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bombay 1974, titled: What Is It That Gets Hurt? The second extract (22:29) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1974, titled: The Tradition of Hurt. The final extract in this episode (39:40) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1974, titled: No More Hurt. Each episode ...
Krishnamurti on Seriousness
July 26, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 82.4 MB‘Life is serious and it is only one who is really serious that knows how to live, not the flippant or those who are merely seeking entertainment.’ This week’s episode on Seriousness has four sections. The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in London 1966, titled: What Is It To Be Serious? The second extract (11:05) is from the first talk in Saanen 1973, titled: I Don’t Know How Serious You Are. The third extract (16:39) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 197...
Krishnamurti on Reward and Punishment
July 19, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 90.9 MB‘Is there an action that is not mechanistic, which is not based on reward and punishment?’ This week’s episode on Reward and Punishment has five sections. The first extract (2:30) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1965, titled: Do Reward and Punishment Help Us To Change? The second extract (19:09) is from the third talk in Madras 1985, titled: Pleasure, Reward and Punishment. The third extract (29:42) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bangalore 1974, titled: Reward, Pun...
Krishnamurti on Discontent
July 12, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 106 MB‘The flame of discontent, because it has no outlet, because it has no object in which it can fulfil itself, becomes great passion.’ This week’s episode on Discontent has five sections. The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Rishi Valley 1967, titled: Discontent Is One Thing, Revolt Another. The second extract (15:13) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1980, titled: Discontent Is Good. The third extract (23:38) is from the third question and answer meeting...
Krishnamurti on Power
July 05, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 98.2 MB‘Every human being wants power in some form or other.’ This week’s episode on Power has five sections. The first extract (2:48) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Why Do We Want Power? The second extract (15:11) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1984, titled: Power Is Evil. The third extract (21:03) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in New Delhi 1983, titled: We Worship Power. The fourth extract (27:59) is from the third talk in Bombay 1962, titled: W...
Krishnamurti on Limitation
June 28, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 102 MB‘I cling to my limitation, you cling to your limitation, and therefore there is perpetual conflict.’ This week’s episode on Limitation has four sections. The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bombay 1980, titled: Is There an Energy That Is Limitless? The second extract (23:54) is from the third talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Thought Is Everlastingly Limited. The third extract (41:42) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1983, titled: Self-Security in Limita...
Krishnamurti on Reaction
June 21, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 98 MB‘You have to understand your reactions, from which your daily action springs. We react, we revolt, we accumulate, we defend, we resist, we acquire, we submit - all these are reactions.’ This week’s episode on Reaction has five sections. The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Bombay 1962, titled: We Move From Reaction to Reaction. The second extract (12:20) is from the first talk at Brockwood Park in 1978, titled: The Reaction We Call Fear. The third extract (23:41...
Krishnamurti on Seeking
June 14, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 109 MB‘When you seek, you are seeking something away from the actual fact, towards something that will give you greater pleasure. One seeks because one is dissatisfied with the normal, shallow, narrow, cunning existence.’ This week’s episode on Seeking has three sections. The first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Madras 1967, titled: What Are You Seeking? The second extract (44:14) is from the sixth talk in New York 1966, titled: There Must Be an End To Seeking. The final ...
Krishnamurti on Humility
June 07, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 88.6 MB‘Humility is not the subjugation of the desire that seeks fulfilment in success. Nor is it the religious humility of monks, saints and priests that cultivated austerity brings about.’ This week’s episode on Humility has four sections. The first extract (2:51) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Bombay 1962, titled: Without Humility You Cannot Learn. The second extract (11:47) is from the tenth talk in Saanen 1962, titled: You Cannot Cultivate Humility The third extract (26:09) is from ...
Krishnamurti on Resistance
May 31, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 118 MB‘There is an action in which there is no resistance, no interference of the past, no response of the 'me'. That action is not in the field of time; it is instantaneous and therefore complete.’ This week’s episode on Resistance has three sections. The first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in New Delhi 1962, titled: Our Lives Are Built on Resistance. The second extract (23:32) is from the first talk in Madras 1969, titled: We Seek Security Through Resistance. The final ex...
Krishnamurti on Culture
May 24, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 96.1 MB‘What is it that brings about a culture totally different from the mechanistic culture we have accepted for thousands of years?’ This week’s episode on Culture has five sections. The first extract (2:24) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1982, titled: What Is Culture? The second extract (9:45) is from the second talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Trapped in This Culture, How Am I To Change? The third extract (22:58) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Our Culture...
Krishnamurti on Urgency
May 17, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 113 MB‘There can be understanding only when there is tremendous urgency. When there is an urgency, there is attention; and out of that comes freedom.’ This week’s episode on Urgency has five sections. The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1966, titled: When There Is Urgency There Is Attention. The second extract (34:29) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1970, titled: The Very Urgency of Change Is the Change. The third extract (38:51) is from Krishnamurti’s second t...
Krishnamurti on Conformity
May 10, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 90.3 MB'Only when we are free of conformity can we find out what is original, essential, true. Unless we find that out, we will always live a counterfeit, second-hand life of imitation.' This week’s episode on Conformity has four sections. The first extract (2:43) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Madras 1964, titled: Most of Us Live a Life of Conformity. The second extract (16:54) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1965, titled: To What Extent Can Conformity Be Ended? The third ext...
Krishnamurti on Words and Language
May 03, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 102 MB‘Words divide the fact from the observer. The word, or the screen of words, has separated the observer and the observed.’ This week’s episode on Words and Language has five sections. The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in New Delhi 1963, titled: A Mind Caught in Words. The second extract (13:19) is from the fifth discussion in Saanen 1976, titled: Separating Words From Facts. The third extract (30:20) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1978, titled: The Pre...