Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast

‘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 from the second discussion in Ojai 1976, and is titled: Right Action Needs Care. The fourth extract (39:49) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1981, and is titled: Does Anybody Care? The final extract in this episode (52:03) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Rajghat 1967, and is titled: In Attention There Is Care and Affection. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully chosen extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Not-knowing, The Self and Concentration. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, a unique international boarding school offering a personalised holistic education. It is deeply inspired by Krishnamurti’s teaching, which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity. Please visit brockwood.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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, and is titled: We Live on Memories. The third extract (21:40) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk at Brockwood Park in 1983, and is titled: Does Memory Cause Suffering? The fourth extract (38:03) is from the second talk in Amsterdam 1981, and is titled: We Are Nothing But Memory. The final extract (48:56) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Ojai 1984, and is titled: Motive Is Born of Memory Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from Krishnamurti’s talks. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Care, Not-knowing and The self. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, The Krishnamurti Centre offers retreats individually and in groups. The focus is on inquiry in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 fourth talk at Rajghat in 1964, and is titled: Space Without an Object Is Freedom. The third extract (26:01) is from Krishnamurti’s ninth talk in London 1961, and is titled: Time and Space. The fourth extract (32:22) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1983, and is titled: Space to Listen. The fifth extract (40:22) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Ojai 1973, and is titled: Space in Art. The final extract (47:56) in this episode is from the fourth talk in Ojai 1973, and is titled: Space and Order. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Memory, Care and Not-knowing. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a broad collection of articles and quotes, an introduction and biography, along with a comprehensive index of topics for easy access to texts and recordings. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 titled: Choice and the Will to Change. The final extract in this episode (1:00:52)) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1976, and is titled: Awareness Without Choice. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Choice. Upcoming themes are Space, Memory and Care. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to The Krishnamurti Centre. The Centre offers a variety of group retreats from February to December, including for young adults. The atmosphere is one of openness and friendliness, with a sense of freedom to inquire with others and alone. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

'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: Is Thought a Material Process? The third extract (33:09) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1980, and is titled: Can the Mind Investigate Something Beyond Matter? The final extract in this episode (51:37) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1979, and is titled: Thought as Matter Comes to an End. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Choice, Space and Memory. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks and discussions. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features a large collection of specially selected clips. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 the first question and answer meeting in Saanen 1983, and is titled: Love, Loneliness, Depression and Anxiety. The third extract (30:12) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Brockwood Park in 1984, and is titled: Everyone in the World Goes Through Depression and Anxiety. The fourth extract (44:34) is from the second talk in Saanen 1980, and is titled: Can Anxiety Be Analysed? The final extract in this episode (56:06) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1980, and is titled: The End of Anxiety. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from Krishnamurti’s talks. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Choice, Matter and Space. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, The Krishnamurti Centre offers retreats individually and in groups. The focus is on inquiry in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

'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 Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Ojai 1978, and is titled: Chattering Takes Up Space. The third extract (15:53) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1983, and is titled: Ending the Habit of Chattering. The fourth extract (31:02) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1979, and is titled: You and the Chattering Mind Are One. The final extract in this episode (46:36) is from the sixth talk in Ojai 1976, and is titled: The Non-Chattering, Silent Mind. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Depression & Anxiety, Choice and Matter. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to The Krishnamurti Centre. The Centre offers a variety of group retreats from February to December, including for young adults. The atmosphere is one of openness and friendliness, with a sense of freedom to inquire with others and alone. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 extract (31:44) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Ojai 1985, and is titled: Is There a Continuity at All? The fourth extract (48:51) is from the fifth talk in Madras 1976, and is titled: The Ending of Continuity. The final extract in this episode (1:03:09) is from Krishnamurti’s tenth talk in Saanen 1964, and is titled: Continuity and the Eternal. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully chosen extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Chattering, Space and Depression and Anxiety. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, a unique international boarding school offering a personalised holistic education. It is deeply inspired by Krishnamurti’s teaching, which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity. Please visit brockwood.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 ‘Guilt’ Strengthen the Feeling? The third extract (18:43) is from the second question and answer meeting in Saanen 1983, and is titled: Why Do We Feel Guilty? The fourth extract (28:15) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in London 1961, and is titled: Guilt Has Its Roots in Fear. The fifth extract (35:02) is from the first question and answer meeting in Ojai 1985, and is titled: Guilt and Its Relationship to the Ego. The final extract in this episode (53:52) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1973, and is titled: We Cherish Guilt. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from Krishnamurti’s talks. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Continuity, Chattering and Space. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, The Krishnamurti Centre offers retreats individually and in groups. The focus is on inquiry in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1981, and is titled: A Perception Free of Time and Thought. The final extract in this episode (55:49) is from the fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1972, and is titled: The Light of Perception. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Guilt, Continuity and Chattering. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a broad collection of articles and quotes, an introduction and biography, along with a comprehensive index of topics for easy access to texts and recordings. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 (32:08) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1962, and is titled: Can We Be Free of Symbols? The final extract in this episode (40:56) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1982, and is titled: No Symbol Is Sacred. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Perception, Guilt and Continuity. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to The Krishnamurti Centre. The Centre offers a variety of group retreats from February to December, including for young adults. The atmosphere is one of openness and friendliness, with a sense of freedom to inquire with others and alone. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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? The final extract in this episode (44:23) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in Saanen 1966, and is titled: The Fragmentation of Time. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Symbols, Perception and Guilt. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks and discussions. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features a large collection of specially selected clips. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 discussion at Brockwood Park in 1974, and is titled: Thought Prevents Cooperation. The fourth extract (18:43) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1964, and is titled: To Cooperate Is To Care. The fifth extract (25:00) is from the seventh talk in Bombay 1964, and is titled: Freedom to Cooperate. The sixth extract (33:22) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Madras 1964, and is titled: Cooperation and Passion. The seventh extract (44:53) is from the sixth talk in New Delhi 1963, and is titled: The World Needs Cooperation. The final extract in this episode (54:01) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Madras 1964, and is titled: Aloneness Is a State of Cooperation. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Fragmentation, Symbols and Perception. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, The Krishnamurti Centre offers retreats individually and in groups. The focus is on inquiry in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 Do We Think We Are Progressing To? The third extract (17:45) is from the first question and answer meeting in Madras 1981, and is titled: Can There Be Progress Without Conflict or Struggle? The fourth extract (33:55) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Bombay 1983, and is titled: There Is No Such Thing As Psychological Progress. The final extract in this episode (45:37) is from the fourth talk in San Francisco 1973, and is titled: Progress in Meditation. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully chosen extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Cooperation, Fragmentation and Symbols. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, a unique international boarding school offering a personalised holistic education. It is deeply inspired by Krishnamurti’s teaching, which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity. Please visit brockwood.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 the Origin of Disorder. The third extract (49:38) is also from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Madras 1981, and is titled: Why Don’t We See the Danger of Disorder? The final extract in this episode (1:03:53) is from the sixth talk in Bombay 1982, titled: Total Perception of Disorder. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Questioning, Progress and Cooperation. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to The Krishnamurti Centre. The Centre offers a variety of group retreats from February to December, including for young adults. PROMOTION: The Krishnamurti Centre has three upcoming retreats for young adults in April, May and June 2024. For a limited period, we are offering one night free for these retreats, subject to availability. Only one place remains for the upcoming April 11-15 Young Adults Retreat. Due to this high demand, we have added a new retreat, May 24-28. The June retreat, taking place 21-25, is filling up fast. To book your place and for more information, please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk/young-adults-retreat. Our intention is to make these events available to everyone, regardless of circumstances. If you need financial assistance in the form of a reduced rate, please get in touch with us at [email protected] Young Adults Retreats are events of inquiry and exploration dedicated to those aged 19 to 35 interested in coming together to look into fundamental questions of life. These events are an invitation for participants to discover a new way of living. With silence, nature and dialogue at the core of the retreats, guests sustain an inquiry into issues of everyday life that concern and connect us all. Topics covered during the retreats touch on fundamental aspects of Krishnamurti’s teachings, themes that resonate deeply across generations, such as love, loneliness, freedom, society and meditation. All meals are vegetarian, with a vegan option. Volunteer positions are available to help run these and other events at the Centre. Learn more and book your place at krishnamurticentre.org.uk/young-adults-retreat. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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: Letting a Question Evolve and Expand. The third extract (19:18) is from the first question and answer meeting in Bombay 1985, and is titled: Is the Answer in the Question? The fourth extract (25:12) is from the first question and answer meeting in Ojai 1984, and is titled: Only the Question Remains. The fifth extract (39:46) is from a discussion at Brockwood Park School in 1983, and is titled: Learn the Art of Questioning. The sixth extract (46:38) is from the first question and answer meeting in Ojai 1983, and is titled: It Is Important To Put the Right Question. The final extract in this episode (53:30) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1971, and is titled: The Impossible Question. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Disorder, Progress and Cooperation. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a broad collection of articles and quotes, an introduction and biography, along with a comprehensive index of topics for easy access to texts and recordings. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 Saanen 1975, and is titled: Total Perception of Emptiness. The fourth extract (51:52) in this episode is from the fourth talk in Bombay 1966, and is titled: Emptiness and Space. The final extract in this episode (1:05:23) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in New Delhi 1964, and is titled: In Emptiness Is Energy and Creation. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Questioning, Disorder and Progress. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks and discussions. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features a large collection of specially selected clips. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 (44:29) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1971, titled: Is It Possible To Live Without Will? Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from our extensive archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Emptiness, Questioning and Disorder. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, The Krishnamurti Centre offers retreats individually and in groups. The focus is on inquiry in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1976, and is titled: Reality Includes Illusion. The final extract in this episode (47:29) is from the third talk in Bangalore 1973, and is titled: Is There a Reality Beyond Thought? Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully chosen extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, a unique international boarding school offering a personalised holistic education. It is deeply inspired by Krishnamurti’s teaching, which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity. Please visit brockwood.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 (50:09) is from the fourth discussion in Saanen 1965, titled: Escapes Dissipate Energy. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Reality, Will, and Emptiness. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to The Krishnamurti Centre. The Centre offers a variety of group retreats from February to December, including for young adults. The atmosphere is one of openness and friendliness, with a sense of freedom to inquire with others and alone. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 Ourselves? The third extract (33:00) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1979, titled: Can You Be Totally and Absolutely Good? The final extract in this episode (48:51) is from the second talk in Ojai 1979, titled: To Be Good You Must Know Yourself. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Escapes, Reality and Will. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a broad collection of articles and quotes, an introduction and biography, along with a comprehensive index of topics for easy access to texts and recordings. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 Pattern or Formula. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Evil, Escapes and Reality. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks and discussions. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features a large collection of specially selected clips. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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, titled: When the Brain Is Quiet. The fourth and final extract in this episode (36:03) is from the seventh discussion in Saanen 1971, titled: What relationship has meditation to the quiet mind? Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from our extensive archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Patterns and Formulas, Evil, and Escapes. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, The Krishnamurti Centre offers retreats individually and in groups. The focus is on inquiry in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information, including the one night free special offer. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

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.

‘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. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Jokes & Anecdotes, Quiet, and Patterns & Formulas. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to The Krishnamurti Centre. The Centre offers a variety of group retreats from February to December, including for young adults. The atmosphere is one of openness and friendliness, with a sense of freedom to inquire with others and alone. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 talk in Saanen 1981, titled: What is going to happen to humanity? The final extract in this episode (1:11:15) is from the third talk in Madras 1974, titled: The stream of humanity. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Humanity. Upcoming themes are Clarity, Continuity and Quiet. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a broad collection of articles and quotes, an introduction and biography, along with a comprehensive index of topics for easy access to texts and recordings. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 talk in Madras 1972, titled: The battle between the opposites. The final extract in this episode (38:54) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1980, titled: There is only the fact, not its opposite. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. Upcoming themes are Humanity, Clarity and Continuity. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks and discussions. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features a large collection of specially selected clips. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 (26:39) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1979, titled: Is the demand for companionship born out of solitude? The fourth extract (35:15) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1962, titled: Are we ever alone? The fifth extract (41:44) is from the third question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled: What solitude reveals. The final extract in this episode (46:35) is from a direct recording by Krishnamurti in Ojai 1983, titled: A solitude far from the noise of civilization. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from our extensive archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Solitude. Upcoming themes are Opposites, Humanity and Clarity. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, The Krishnamurti Centre offers retreats individually and in groups. The focus is on inquiry in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 question and answer meeting in Saanen 1981, titled: Can ‘You are the world’ be justified on a rational basis? The fourth extract (33:41) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 1975, titled: Reality is made up of rational and irrational thinking. The final extract in this episode (58:06) is from the fourth talk in Ojai 1980, titled: End fear and one becomes rational and sane. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully chosen extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Rationality. Upcoming themes are Solitude, Opposites and Humanity. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, a unique international boarding school offering a personalised holistic education. It is deeply inspired by Krishnamurti’s teaching, which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity. Please visit brockwood.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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: Ending Unconscious Fears. The final extract in this episode (58:19) is from the third talk in New York 1974, titled: Awareness of the Unconscious. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is The Unconscious. Upcoming themes are Rationality, Solitude and Opposites. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to The Krishnamurti Centre. The Centre offers a variety of group retreats from February to December, including for young adults. The atmosphere is one of openness and friendliness, with a sense of freedom to inquire with others and alone. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 (46:03) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1979, titled: In thinking together, relationship changes completely. The final extract in this episode (56:57) is from the third question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled: What do you mean when you ask us to think together? Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s insightful approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Thinking Together. Upcoming themes are The Unconscious, Rationality and Solitude. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a broad collection of articles and quotes, an introduction and biography, along with a comprehensive index of topics for easy access to texts and recordings. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 carefully selected clips from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Following. Upcoming themes are Thinking Together, The Unconscious and Rationality. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks and discussions. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features a large collection of specially selected clips. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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’ contains the past, present and future. The final extract in this episode (59:55) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1973, titled: The cessation of ‘what is’. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from our extensive archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is What Is. Upcoming themes are Following, Thinking Together and The Unconscious. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, The Krishnamurti Centre offers retreats individually and in groups. The focus is on inquiry in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 Place. The final extract in this episode (50:16) is from the fourth talk in Bombay 1984, titled: Meditation Has Nothing To Do With Desire. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully chosen extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Desire. Upcoming themes are 'What is', Following and Thinking Together. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, a unique international boarding school offering a personalised holistic education. It is deeply inspired by Krishnamurti’s teaching, which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity. Please visit brockwood.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 1961, titled: Destruction Is Creation. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Creation. Upcoming themes are Desire, 'What is' and Following. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to The Krishnamurti Centre. The Centre offers a variety of group retreats from February to December, including for young adults. The atmosphere is one of openness and friendliness, with a sense of freedom to inquire with others and alone. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 Live in Division? The final extract in this episode (34:08) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Madras 1983, titled: Time Is Division. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Division. Upcoming themes are Creation, Desire and 'What is'. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a broad collection of articles and quotes, an introduction and biography, along with a comprehensive index of topics for easy access to texts and recordings. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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, titled: Virtue Has No Authority. The final extract in this episode (43:02) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in Bombay 1962, titled: The Simplicity of Virtue. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from our extensive archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Virtue. Upcoming themes are Division, Evolution and Desire. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks and discussions. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features a large collection of specially selected clips. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1963, titled: A Brain Without Illusion or Fear. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from our extensive archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Illusion. Upcoming themes are Virtue, Division and Evolution. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, The Krishnamurti Centre offers retreats individually and in groups. The focus is on inquiry in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 in Saanen 1970, titled: A Joy Untouched by Thought and Pleasure. The fourth extract (42:29) is from the eighth talk in Bombay 1962, titled: Simplicity and Joy. The final extract in this episode (1:01:55) is from a direct recording by Krishnamurti in 1983, titled: A Sense of Great Joy. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Joy. Upcoming themes are Illusion, Virtue and Division. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, a unique international boarding school offering a personalised holistic education. It is deeply inspired by Krishnamurti’s teaching, which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity. Please visit brockwood.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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 extract (28:01) is from the second talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Deny the Culture, Yet Live in the World. The fourth extract (52:08) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Work as Part of a Harmonious Life. The final extract in this episode (1:04:55) is from the second talk in Ojai 1977, titled: I Have No Problem With Livelihood. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Work. Upcoming themes are Joy, Illusion and Virtue. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to The Krishnamurti Centre. The Centre offers a variety of group retreats from February to December, including for young adults. The atmosphere is one of openness and friendliness, with a sense of freedom to inquire with others and alone. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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, titled: Belief Is Merely a Projection. The fourth extract (50:30) is from the fourth talk in New Delhi 1982, titled: Is It Possible To Be Free of All Belief? The final extract in this episode (57:05) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Ojai 1949, titled: Would We Be Lost Without Beliefs? Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Belief. Upcoming themes are Work, Joy and Illusion. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a broad collection of articles and quotes, an introduction and biography, along with a comprehensive index of topics for easy access to texts and recordings. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

‘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’s fourth talk in New Delhi in 1966, titled: Is Sex a Problem? The final extract in this episode (1:09:30) is from the second small group discussion at Brockwood Park in 1978, titled: Non-Identification With Sex. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Sex. Upcoming themes are Belief, Work and Joy. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, The Krishnamurti Centre offers retreats individually and in groups. The focus is on inquiry in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.

'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 Park in 1980, titled: The Ending of Thought. The final extract in this episode (59:40) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1976, titled: An Ending With No Beginning. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from our extensive archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we face in our lives. This week’s theme is Ending. Upcoming themes are Sex, Belief and Work. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks and discussions. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features a large collection of specially selected clips. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you appreciate the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.

‘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 second talk in Saanen 1970, titled: The Authority of Tradition. The fourth extract (46:06) is from the fourth talk in Bombay 1978, titled: Is Tradition Different From You? The final extract in this episode (59:59) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Madras 1979, titled: The Tradition of Time. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent Krishnamurti’s different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme, the last in Season 4, is Tradition. Upcoming themes in Season 5 include Illusion, Clarity, Disorder and Liberation. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of advert-free full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features hundreds of specially selected clips. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.

‘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 1984, titled: Attention Puts an End To Becoming. The final extract in this episode (50:19) is from the sixth talk in Madras 1982, titled: In Meditation There Is No Becoming or Being. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent Krishnamurti’s different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Being and Becoming. Next week’s episode, the last of Season 4, is Tradition. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, the Krishnamurti Centre offers individual and group retreats for those wishing to inquire into themselves in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.

‘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 of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent Krishnamurti’s different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Hurt. Upcoming themes are Being and becoming, and Tradition. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, a unique international boarding school offering a personalised holistic education for around 70 students. It is deeply inspired by Krishnamurti’s teaching, which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity. Please visit brockwood.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.

‘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 1970, titled: You Have To Be Serious Confronted With the Chaos in the World. The final extract in this episode (46:38) is from the first talk in Saanen 1963, titled: A Serious Mind. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent Krishnamurti’s different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Seriousness. Upcoming themes are Hurt, Being and becoming, and Tradition. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our updated website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a new introduction to Krishnamurti, a growing collection of articles, a wide selection of quotes and a new index of topics for easy access to carefully selected texts and recordings. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.

‘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, Punishment and the Mechanical Mind. The fourth extract (40:42) is from the third talk at Brockwood Park in 1977, titled: Through Suffering We Seek a Reward. The final extract in this episode (50:15) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Santa Monica 1974, titled: There Is No Reward in Meditation. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from the archives, representing Krishnamurti’s different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Reward and Punishment. Upcoming themes are Seriousness, Hurt, and Being and Becoming. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of advert-free full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features hundreds of specially selected clips. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.

‘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 in Saanen 1980, titled: Discontent Without a Cause. The fourth extract (46:36) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1977, titled: The Tremendous Flame of Discontent. The final extract in this episode (1:01:33) is from the seventh talk in New Delhi 1964, titled: Total Discontent. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing Krishnamurti’s different approaches to fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Discontent. Upcoming themes are Reward and Punishment, Seriousness and Hurt. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, the Krishnamurti Centre offers individual and group retreats for those wishing to inquire into themselves in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.

‘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: We Use Function To Achieve Status and Power. The final extract in this episode (36:07) is from Krishnamurti’s eleventh talk in London 1961, titled: The Power of Love. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from the archives, representing different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions that we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Power. Upcoming themes are Discontent, Being and becoming, and Hurt. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, a unique international boarding school offering a personalised holistic education for around 70 students. It is deeply inspired by Krishnamurti’s teaching, which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity. Please visit brockwood.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.