Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast
This official podcast from the Krishnamurti Foundation Trust features over 250 episodes exploring the teachings of J. Krishnamurti, one of the greatest spiritual teachers and philosophers. Episodes 1-50 include conversations with luminaries and readings from the classic book Commentaries on Living by actor Terence Stamp. From episode 51 onwards, carefully chosen extracts based on a theme are presented, representing Krishnamurti's different approaches to universal and timelessly relevant themes. The podcast challenges listeners to question all they know and discover their true nature.
Episodes
Krishnamurti on Children
‘If you’re concerned about your own children, what is your responsibility? Amusement? Entertainment? Pleasure? That seems to be the road that everyone is following.’
This episode on Children has four sections.
The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s second discussion with teachers in Ojai 1977, and is titled: Our Responsibility to Children.
The second extract (20:10) is from the third disc
Krishnamurti on Activism and Social Change
‘We are always talking about outward change in the social structure, either through violence or through peaceful means. The problem is much deeper than mere social change.’
This episode on Activism & Social Change has three sections.
The first extract (2:48) is from the third discussion with young adults in Saanen 1968, and is titled: Where Should Change Begin?
The second extract (24:20) is fr
Krishnamurti on Sanity
‘One of the indications of sanity is that there is no contradiction within oneself, no imbalance, where thought and action correspond to each other.’
This episode on Sanity has four sections.
The first extract (2:36) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Madras 1977, and is titled: Sanity in Observation and Communication.
The second extract (18:07) is from the second talk in Santa Monica 1972, and
Krishnamurti on Challenge
‘When the response is equal to the challenge, there is harmony, there is integration between challenge and response.’
This episode on Challenge has four sections.
The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Brockwood Park in 1978, and is titled: Challenging Ourselves Deeply.
The second extract (33:41) is from the eleventh talk in Ojai 1949, and is titled: Meeting a Challenge Adeq
Krishnamurti on The Past
‘The past is always overshadowing the present, the past memories, the pleasures, the flattery or insults. The past touches the present and gives it a twist.
This episode on The Past has three sections.
The first extract (2:49) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in New Delhi 1962, and is titled ‘Can the Past Be Dissolved?’
The second extract (26:13) is from the first talk in New York 1971, and is t
Krishnamurti on Competition
‘When you are constantly in struggle, constantly in conflict, constantly competitive, you must inevitably wear yourself out, both psychologically and physically.’
This episode on Competition has four sections.
The first extract (2:48) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk at Rajghat in 1963, and is titled ‘Can We Live Happily in This Competitive World?’
The second extract (11:42) is from the fourth qu
Krishnamurti on Art
‘The greatest art is the art of living – not the paintings, the sculptures, the poems, the marvellous literature. That has its place, but to find out the art of living is the greatest art.’
This episode on Art has four sections.
The first extract (2:40) is from the second question and answer meeting in Saanen 1984, and is titled: Is Art the Product of Thought?
The second extract (28:12) is from Kr
Krishnamurti on Behaviour
‘Behaviour, conduct, is very important in life. And man has lived on this earth, I don't know how many millions of years, and yet he has not learnt how to behave.’
This episode on Behaviour has four sections.
The first extract (2:49) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Rishi Valley in 1967, and is titled: Is There a Code of Behaviour?
The second extract (27:36) is from the second discussion at B
Krishnamurti on Flowering
‘We are not talking about revolt but rather of a complete flowering of human goodness, which can alone produce a good, creative society.’
This episode on Flowering has four sections.
The first extract (2:46) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1965, and is titled ‘Goodness Only Flowers in Freedom’.
The second extract (23:45) is from the fourth discussion at Brockwood Park School in 1982,
Krishnamurti on Communication
‘To communicate, you and I must be not only intense but meet at the same level, with the same intensity, at the same moment. Otherwise communication ceases.’
This episode on Communication has four sections.
The first extract (2:46) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 1965, and is titled ‘Communication Is a Two-way Process’.
The second extract (13:48) is from the second talk at Rajghat in 1
Krishnamurti on Suffering
‘We want suffering to be diluted, alleviated, put away, explained away. But that doesn't help us to understand suffering.’
This episode on Suffering has four sections.
The first extract (2:33) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1975, and is titled: Vast Human Suffering.
The second extract (19:02) is from the third talk at Brockwood Park in 1974, and is titled: Understanding Suffering.
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Krishnamurti on Discovery
‘It is one of the most marvellous things in life to discover something unexpectedly, spontaneously, without premeditation, without preparing; to come upon something instantly and see the beauty of it, the sacredness of it, the reality of it.’
This episode on Discovery has three sections.
The first extract (2:53) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk at Brockwood Park in 1970, and is titled: Discoverin
Krishnamurti on The Structure of Society
‘You can only be spiritual when you destroy the social structure of your being, which is, the world in which you live, the world of ambition, greed, envy and seeking power.’
This episode on The Structure of Society has two sections.
The first extract (2:51) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1962, and is titled: The Nature of Society.
The second and final extract in this episode (39:05) i
Krishnamurti on Holism
‘To perceive something holistically, that is to perceive without time, is to have a mind that is global – to see humanity as a whole.’
This episode on Holism has five sections.
The first extract (2:44) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1977, and is titled: Seeing Holistically.
The second extract (26:58) is from the first seminar meeting at Rishi Valley in 1983, and is titled: Holistic Ed
Krishnamurti on Despair
‘There is the sense of inward frustration, the sense of hopeless despair without an end. Perhaps most people are not aware of it, or if they are, they avoid it. But it is there. So what is one to do?’
This episode on Despair has four sections.
The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Ojai 1973, and is titled: Despair, Hope and Belief.
The second extract (14:20) is from the sec
Krishnamurti on Science
‘As long as science is the activity of a separate group or nation, which is tribal activity, such knowledge can only bring about greater conflict, greater havoc in the world – which is what is happening now.’
This episode on Science has three sections.
The first extract (2:46) is from the first small group discussion in New Delhi 1981, and is titled: Scientists Have Not Helped Me.
The second extra
Krishnamurti on Vulnerability
‘Only a mind that is vulnerable is capable of affection and love, not a mind that is jealous, possessive or dominating.’
This episode on Vulnerability has three sections.
The first extract (2:46) is from the second public discussion in Saanen 1965, and is titled: Vulnerability & Sensitivity.
The second extract (22:06) is from a direct recording in Ojai 1983, and is titled: We Lose Vulnerabilit
Krishnamurti on Civilisation
‘Trapped in this peculiar culture and civilisation, how am I to fundamentally change, and what is involved in this change?’
This episode on Civilisation has three sections.
The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1973, and is titled: Civilisation Conditions Us.
The second extract (40:51) is from the second small group discussion in Rome 1972, and is titled: Western Ci
Krishnamurti on Goodness & Generosity
‘Religion means to live daily life in goodness – goodness being compassionate, kind, generous.’
This episode on Goodness & Generosity has five sections.
The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Rishi Valley 1973, and is titled: Educating Children to Flower in Goodness.
The second extract (22:12) is from the first talk in Ojai 1979, and is titled: Is Goodness Possible in Th
Krishnamurti on Drugs
‘Drugs don't alter your boredom, a drug doesn't end your sorrow. You may escape for the time being, but there is still sorrow.’
This episode on Drugs has six sections.
The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Amsterdam 1971, and is titled: Why Do You Take Drugs?
The second extract (8:39) is from a discussion with students in Ojai 1966, and is titled: Taking Drugs Is Nothing Ne
Krishnamurti on Maturity
‘Maturity comes not with age or having a degree. That is not maturity. Maturity is a state of mind and heart.’
This episode on Maturity has five sections.
The first extract (2:41) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Bombay 1962, and is titled: What is Maturity?
The second extract (21:42) is from the fourth talk at Rishi Valley in 1965, and is titled: The Slowly Maturing Mind.
The third extract (3
Krishnamurti on Politics
‘We need political, religious, social and psychological change, deep down at the very roots. How is this to be brought about, and where do we begin?’
This episode on Politics has six sections.
The first extract (2:48) is from the third discussion with young people in Saanen 1968, and is titled: Does Change Begin Politically?
The second extract (15:48) is from the fourth question and answer meeting
Krishnamurti on Stillness
‘There is a stillness which is not dependent on anything. It is only that quality of stillness, that absolute silence of the mind that can see the eternal, timeless, nameless.’
This episode on Stillness has six sections.
The first extract (2:36) is from the fourth small group discussion at Brockwood Park in 1973, and is titled: Does Controlling the Mind Lead to Stillness?
The second extract (24:07
Krishnamurti on Awakening Intelligence
‘In the awakening of intelligence is the beginning of total happy security of human beings. Nowhere else will you have security except in that.’
This episode on Awakening has four sections.
The first extract (2:19) is from the second question and answer meeting in Saanen 1981, and is titled: Intelligence Cannot Be Cultivated.
The second extract (13:12) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1
Krishnamurti on The Heart
‘A heart that has no jealousy or envy, that knows no competition, that has no fear, that knows what it means to love – only such a heart and mind can respond to the phenomena going on in the world.’
This episode on The Heart has four sections.
The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Bombay 1969, and is titled: A New Quality of Mind and Heart.
The second extract (23:24) is fr
Krishnamurti on Organisations
‘Organisations will never succeed in bringing about peace because human beings individually, collectively, nationally, are in conflict.’
This episode on Organisations has six sections.
The first extract (2:40) is from a phonograph recording of Krishnamurti, and is titled: Truth Cannot Be Organised.
The second extract (8:18) is from the first talk in Santa Monica 1971, and is titled: Organisations
Krishnamurti on The Scientific Mind and the Religious Mind
‘The really scientific mind and the really religious mind are the only two minds that can exist now, not the superstitious, believing, temple-going, church-worshipping mind.’
This episode on The Scientific Mind and the Religious Mind has two sections.
The first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s eleventh talk in London 1961, and is titled: The Scientific and Religious Spirit.
The second and fin
Krishnamurti on Sensitivity
‘Without sensitivity there is no intelligence, and therefore no love. And where there is no love, there is no beauty.’
This episode on Sensitivity has three sections.
The first extract (2:38) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Rajghat in 1967, and is titled: Most of Us Are Insensitive.
The second extract (22:47) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1969, and is titled: Extraordinary Sen
Krishnamurti on Thinking
‘Thinking is mechanical; thinking can never be free. It can be reasonable, sane and logical, but thinking can never be free.’
This episode on Thinking has three sections.
The first extract (2:30) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1985, and is titled: What Is Thinking?
The second extract (37:36) is from the first talk in Saanen 1982, and is titled: Is Thinking Individual?
The final ex
Krishnamurti on Respectability
‘The flowering of goodness can never take place when the mind is respectable, when the mind is conforming to a pattern – the social pattern, an ideological pattern or a religious pattern.’
This episode on Respectability has two sections.
The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Bombay 1965, and is titled: The Framework of Respectability.
The second and final extract (45:54) i
Krishnamurti on Movement
‘Thought is a material process, a movement. When there is no movement, there something totally original, totally untouched by humanity, untouched by all the movement of thought.’
This episode on Movement has three sections.
The first extract (2:48) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1973, and is titled: Thought Is Movement in Time.
The second extract (29:46) is from the seventh talk in Sa
Krishnamurti on 'You Are The World'
‘The problem is you. The problem, the crisis, the challenge is in you, and you have to reply adequately. You are the world.’
This episode on You Are the World has three sections.
The first extract (2:46) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Madras 1977, and is titled: It is an absolute, irrevocable fact that you are the world.
The second extract (23:26) is from the third talk in New Delhi 1963, an
Krishnamurti on Existence
‘What does it all mean, the existence that we lead? What is the meaning of all the work, misery, confusion, and this sense of meaningless existence?’
This episode on Existence has four sections.
The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Bombay 1981, and is titled: What Is the Most Important Thing In Our Existence?
The second extract (18:27) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1972
Krishnamurti on Artificial Intelligence and Computers
‘Where there is compassion, there is supreme intelligence. Not the artificial intelligence of a computer, nor the artificial intelligence of thought.’
This episode on Artificial Intelligence and Computers has seven sections.
The first extract (2:33) is from a small group discussion in Ojai 1981, and is titled The Intelligence of Thought Is Also Artificial.
The second extract (8:26) is from the fir
Krishnamurti on Talent and Skill
‘The great painters, great musicians and great architects have extraordinary capacities and talent, but in their daily life they are like you and me, and like everybody else.’
This episode on Talent and Skill has five sections.
The first extract (2:40) is from a question & answer meeting at Rajghat in 1964, and is titled: Talent and Fulfilment.
The second extract (15:30) is from the fifth ques
Krishnamurti on Mechanical Living
‘As long as the mechanical way of living continues, there must be degeneration of the human mind and heart, and in the society in which we live.’
This episode on Mechanical Living has three sections.
The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1974, and is titled: Are You Living Mechanically?
The second extract (21:22) is from the first question and answer meeting in Saane
Krishnamurti on Grief and Loss
‘When there is grief, we try every form of escape, but it is always there. Apparently, humanity has not resolved grief.’
This episode on Grief and Loss has four sections.
The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Amsterdam 1981, and is titled: Living With Grief.
The second extract (12:32) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1981, and is titled: Why Is There Grief and Hurt?
The thi
Krishnamurti on Abstraction
‘There is no abstraction, there is only 'what is', there is only the seeing. And when you see, you act.’
This episode on Abstraction has three sections.
The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1974, and is titled: Abstractions, Conclusions and Ideas.
The second extract (29:02) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1973, and is titled: Why Does the Mind Draw Abst
Krishnamurti on Trust and Faith
‘We are incapable, so we look, we search, we find somebody to tell us what to do, and we put our faith in those people. But faith and trust have no value.’
This episode on Trust and Faith has five sections.
The first extract (2:24) is from the second question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, and is titled Trust and Certainty.
The second extract (13:42) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Madras
Krishnamurti on Leisure
‘Leisure is extraordinarily important – not to have a mind that is constantly occupied, constantly chattering. It is only in that unoccupied mind a new seed of learning can take place.’
This episode on Leisure has five sections.
The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Ojai 1977, and is titled: The Importance of Leisure.
The second extract (21:06) is from the sixth talk at Ra
Krishnamurti on Seeing
‘What prevents you from seeing is your condemnation and justification, which is the past. When you listen, when you see without condemnation, you are free of the past.’
This episode on Seeing has three sections.
The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1970, and is titled: Seeing Is Action.
The second extract (30:01) is from the second talk in New Delhi 1962
Krishnamurti on Bliss, Ecstasy and Benediction
‘Bliss is not pleasure; ecstasy is not brought about by thought; it is an entirely different thing. And you can only come upon that when you understand the nature of thought.’
This episode on Bliss, Ecstasy and Benediction has five sections.
The first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in London 1969, and is titled: Bliss Is Not Pleasure.
The second extract (14:15) is from the third
Krishnamurti on Knowing
'Knowing is far more important than acquiring knowledge. Knowing means learning. Knowing is always in the present.’
This episode on Knowing has four sections.
The first extract (2:34) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Rajghat in 1969, and is titled: Is Knowing Based on the Past?
The second extract (15:30) is from the second talk in Bangalore 1971, and is titled: Knowing What Love Is.
The third
Krishnamurti on Tomorrow
‘We have divided time into yesterday, today and tomorrow, and hence we have invented the process of gradual achievement for freeing ourselves.’
This episode on Tomorrow has three sections.
The first extract (2:26) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in New Delhi 1964, and is titled: Our Invented Tomorrow.
The second extract (23:21) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1984, and is titled: Is
Krishnamurti on The False
‘It is only the mind that is empty of what is false that can discover what is true.’
This episode on The False has four sections.
The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1983, and is titled: Seeing the False.
The second extract (22:30s) is from the sixth talk in Paris 1961, and is titled: Denying the False.
The third extract (41:54) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk i
Krishnamurti on Emptying Consciousness
‘Meditation is the emptying of the content of consciousness, which is consciousness. That is the meaning and the depth of meditation: the emptying of all the content, which means thought coming to an end.’
This episode on Emptying Consciousness has four sections.
The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk at Brockwood Park in 1973, and is titled: What is Consciousness?
The second e
Krishnamurti on Motive
‘Motives are based on pleasure – avoiding pain and holding onto pleasure. There is no other kind of motive.’
This episode on Motive has five sections.
The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1967, and is titled: Why Do We Have Motives?
The second extract (9:19) is from the second discussion in Saanen 1976, and is titled: Can I Live Without a Motive or Direction?
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Krishnamurti on The Meaning of Life
‘Philosophers intellectually invent or reason out a meaning to life, and we generally accept such meaning because we have no meaning to our own lives.’
This episode on The Meaning of Life has two sections.
The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1973, and is titled: Meaning vs. Purpose.
The second and final extract in this episode (32:30) is from the fourth talk at Br
Krishnamurti on Liberation
‘Liberation is not a form of snobbishness; it is there for anyone who will inquire into it. It is there with an ever-widening, deepening beauty and strength when there is self-knowing.’
This week’s episode on Liberation has four sections.
The first extract (2:40) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1981, and is titled: Is Liberation Only for the Few?
The second extr
Krishnamurti on Isolation
‘There can be security for mankind only if there is a global relationship, interrelationship economically and socially - a global relationship, not an isolated security.’
This week’s episode on Isolation has four sections.
The first extract (2:34) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Brockwood Park in 1982, and is titled: Ideologies Isolate.
The second extract (22:29) is from the second talk in S
Krishnamurti on Duality
‘There is no duality, only the fact. But when we want to get over the fact, we create duality.’
This week’s episode on Duality has four sections.
The first extract (2:28) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Bombay 1966, and is titled: What Is Duality?
The second extract (24:15) is from the fourth talk in New Delhi 1983, and is titled: Is There Such Thing As Duality?
The third extract (32:41) is f
Krishnamurti on Inquiry
‘To inquire demands a mind that has set aside its opinions, its judgements, its evaluations and is capable of observing exactly what is, outwardly and inwardly.’
This week’s episode on Inquiry has five sections.
The first extract (2:44) is from the first question and answer meeting at Rajghat in 1981, and is titled What Does It Mean To Inquire?
The second extract (17:46) is from Krishnamurti’s fir
Krishnamurti on Concentration
‘Though concentration is necessary, meditation involves much more than concentration, or the control of thought.’
This week’s episode on Concentration has three sections.
The first extract (2:25) is from the second question and answer meeting in Ojai in 1982, and is titled: Concentration and Attention.
The second extract (18:03) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1981, and is titled: Co
Krishnamurti on The Self
‘The self is nothing but words and memories. So the self is the past. And to know oneself means to observe yourself.’
This week’s episode on The Self has five sections.
The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Madras 1978, and is titled: The Nature of the Self.
The second extract (24:30) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1985, and is titled: Self-Interest.
The third extract (4
Krishnamurti on Not Knowing
‘Remaining totally in a state of not knowing, you have tremendous energy.’
This week’s episode on Not-knowing has five sections.
The first extract (2:36) is from the first talk in Saanen 1963, and is titled: The State of Not-knowing.
The second extract (18:11) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Paris 1961, and is titled: Not-knowing Is Complete Attention.
The third extract (30:26) is from the se
Krishnamurti on Care
‘To find out correct action, right action, accurate action, there must be care.’
This week’s episode on Care has five sections.
The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1964, and is titled: Care: A Little Word with Deep Meaning.
The second extract (9:06) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in New Delhi 1963, and is titled: To See Is to Care.
The third extract (23:05) is f
Krishnamurti on Memory
‘Memory is necessary at a certain level, but when memory becomes merely mechanical action in human relationships, it becomes a danger and creates mischief.’
This week’s episode on Memory has five sections.
The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in New Delhi 1966, and is titled: What Is the Function of Memory?
The second extract (8:26) is from the fourteenth talk in Ojai 1949,
Krishnamurti on Space
‘Space implies a movement, an energy which is boundless like the heavens. In the heavens there is complete order. Where there is vast space there is order. When there is no space, there is disorder.’
This week’s episode on Space has six sections.
The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Madras 1976, and is titled: We Must Have Space.
The second extract (11:08) is from the four
Krishnamurti on Choice
‘A mind that is not clear, a mind that is confused, will inevitably choose. But for a mind that sees very clearly, there is no choice at all.’
This week’s episode on Choice has three sections.
The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in New Delhi 1972, and is titled: Choice Implies Duality and Confusion.
The second extract (30:52) is from the third talk in Saanen 1965, and is t
Krishnamurti on Matter
'Thought is matter. You may not accept it but go into it, examine it. Is there something beyond matter? How will you find out?’
This week’s episode on Matter has four sections.
The first extract (2:27) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1974, and is titled: Is All Existence Matter?
The second extract (29:41) is from the first question and answer meeting at Rajghat in 1981, and is titled:
Krishnamurti on Depression and Anxiety
‘I have anxiety and I have projected a state of not being anxious. To arrive at that state, I think I need time. But I never ask: Can this anxiety be changed immediately?’
This week’s episode on Depression & Anxiety has five sections.
The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Paris 1966, and is titled: We Separate Ourselves From Anxiety.
The second extract (16:32) is from t
Krishnamurti on Chattering
'Your mind is chattering and your mind is you. When you see the actual truth that you and the chattering are one, all your effort to change it comes to an end. Then what takes place?’
This week’s episode on Chattering has five sections.
The first extract (2:41) is from the fourth question and answer meeting in Ojai 1980, and is titled: Why Does the Mind Chatter?
The second extract (8:47) is from K
Krishnamurti on Continuity
‘The desire for continuity is the way of time, and time breeds fear; and thought as time dreads death.’
This week’s episode on Continuity has five sections.
The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Madras 1979, and is titled: We Seek Safety in Continuity.
The second extract (19:02) is from the sixth talk in Bombay 1962, and is titled: Thinking Establishes Continuity.
The third
Krishnamurti on Guilt
‘Many people carry guilt all their life. It is like a wound never healing because they always remember guilt and it destroys their life.’
This week’s episode on Guilt has six sections.
The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Ojai 1985, and is titled: Forms of Guilt.
The second extract (13:30) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1972, and is titled: Does the Word ‘Gu
Krishnamurti on Perception
‘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 Brockwo
Krishnamurti on Symbols
‘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 Broc
Krishnamurti on Fragmentation
‘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 secon
Krishnamurti on Cooperation
‘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
Krishnamurti on Progress
‘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
Krishnamurti on Disorder
‘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.
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Krishnamurti on Questioning
‘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 ext
Krishnamurti on Emptiness
‘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 Ar
Krishnamurti on Will
‘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 tal
Krishnamurti on Reality
‘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 t
Krishnamurti on Escapes
‘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: Fe
Krishnamurti on Good and Evil
‘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 questio
Krishnamurti on Patterns and Formulas
‘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 extra
Krishnamurti on Quiet
‘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 Co
Krishnamurti's Jokes and Anecdotes
The 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
‘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 t
