Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast

‘I cling to my limitation, you cling to your limitation, and therefore there is perpetual conflict.’ This week’s episode on Limitation has four sections. The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bombay 1980, titled: Is There an Energy That Is Limitless? The second extract (23:54) is from the third talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Thought Is Everlastingly Limited. The third extract (41:42) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1983, titled: Self-Security in Limitation. The final extract in this episode (1:03:49) is from the fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1972, titled: Can the Mind See Its Own Limitation? 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 we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Limitation. Upcoming themes are Power, Discontent and Being and becoming. 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.

‘You have to understand your reactions, from which your daily action springs. We react, we revolt, we accumulate, we defend, we resist, we acquire, we submit - all these are reactions.’ This week’s episode on Reaction has five sections. The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Bombay 1962, titled: We Move From Reaction to Reaction. The second extract (12:20) is from the first talk at Brockwood Park in 1978, titled: The Reaction We Call Fear. The third extract (23:41) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in San Francisco 1983, titled: Looking at the Reaction of Violence. The fourth extract (33:04) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1962, titled: Reactions Are Based on Ideas. The final extract in this episode (44:54) is from Krishnamurti’s eleventh talk in London 1961, titled: Revolution Is Not a Reaction. 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 Reaction. Upcoming themes are Limitation, Power and Discontent. 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.

‘When you seek, you are seeking something away from the actual fact, towards something that will give you greater pleasure. One seeks because one is dissatisfied with the normal, shallow, narrow, cunning existence.’ This week’s episode on Seeking has three sections. The first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Madras 1967, titled: What Are You Seeking? The second extract (44:14) is from the sixth talk in New York 1966, titled: There Must Be an End To Seeking. The final extract in this episode (1:08:35) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in New Delhi 1962, titled: A Mind No Longer Seeking. 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 Seeking. Upcoming themes are Reactions, Limitation and Power. 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. The events programme for 2023 now includes two further Young Adults Retreats, in September and November, for those under 35. We have lowered our rates for this retreat, and further concessions are available. All other events at the Centre have no upper age limit. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information.

‘Humility is not the subjugation of the desire that seeks fulfilment in success. Nor is it the religious humility of monks, saints and priests that cultivated austerity brings about.’ This week’s episode on Humility has four sections. The first extract (2:51) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Bombay 1962, titled: Without Humility You Cannot Learn. The second extract (11:47) is from the tenth talk in Saanen 1962, titled: You Cannot Cultivate Humility The third extract (26:09) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Power and Humility. The final extract in this episode (35:12) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1961, titled: Humility Implies Total Destruction of the Self. 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 Humility. Upcoming themes are Seeking, Reactions and Limitation. 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.

‘There is an action in which there is no resistance, no interference of the past, no response of the 'me'. That action is not in the field of time; it is instantaneous and therefore complete.’ This week’s episode on Resistance has three sections. The first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in New Delhi 1962, titled: Our Lives Are Built on Resistance. The second extract (23:32) is from the first talk in Madras 1969, titled: We Seek Security Through Resistance. The final extract in this episode (52:37) is Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1971, titled: To Live in This World Without Resistance. 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 we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Resistance. Upcoming themes are Humility, Seeking and Reactions. 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.

‘What is it that brings about a culture totally different from the mechanistic culture we have accepted for thousands of years?’ This week’s episode on Culture has five sections. The first extract (2:24) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1982, titled: What Is Culture? The second extract (9:45) is from the second talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Trapped in This Culture, How Am I To Change? The third extract (22:58) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Our Culture Is Based on Pleasure. The fourth extract (48:07) is from the third talk in Saanen 1971, titled: Culture Has Conditioned the Observer. The final extract in this episode (1:01:58) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Intelligence Has Nothing To Do With Culture. 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 Culture. Upcoming themes are Resistance, Being and becoming and Power. 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.

‘There can be understanding only when there is tremendous urgency. When there is an urgency, there is attention; and out of that comes freedom.’ This week’s episode on Urgency has five sections. The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1966, titled: When There Is Urgency There Is Attention. The second extract (34:29) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1970, titled: The Very Urgency of Change Is the Change. The third extract (38:51) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1977, titled: Urgency Puts the Background in Abeyance The fourth extract (52:42) is from the fifth talk at Rajghat in 1964, titled The Urgency of Love. The final extract in this episode (1:14:22) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Urgency Removes Interference. 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 Urgency. Upcoming themes are Culture, Resistance, and Being and Becoming. 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. The events programme for 2023 now includes two further Young Adults Retreats, September 1st to the 5th and November 16th to the 19th, for those under 35. We have lowered our rates for this retreat, and further concessions are available. All other events at the Centre have no age limit. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information.

'Only when we are free of conformity can we find out what is original, essential, true. Unless we find that out, we will always live a counterfeit, second-hand life of imitation.' This week’s episode on Conformity has four sections. The first extract (2:43) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Madras 1964, titled: Most of Us Live a Life of Conformity. The second extract (16:54) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1965, titled: To What Extent Can Conformity Be Ended? The third extract (37:23) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Ojai 1973, titled: Are We Educated To Conform? The final extract in this episode (44:20) is from the second talk in Saanen 1970, titled: Freedom from Conformity. 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 Conformity. Upcoming themes are Urgency, Culture and Resistance. 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.

‘Words divide the fact from the observer. The word, or the screen of words, has separated the observer and the observed.’ This week’s episode on Words and Language has five sections. The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in New Delhi 1963, titled: A Mind Caught in Words. The second extract (13:19) is from the fifth discussion in Saanen 1976, titled: Separating Words From Facts. The third extract (30:20) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1978, titled: The Pressure of Language. The fourth extract (46:40) is from the third discussion in Saanen 1974, titled: Words Separate the Observer From the Observed. The final extract in this episode (56:44) is from the sixth discussion in London 1965, titled: Looking Without Words. 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 we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Words and Language. Upcoming themes are Conformity, Urgency and Culture. 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.

‘We live by the senses, by sensation, and it is only when thought creates the image out of sensation that all the complexities of desire arise.’ This week’s episode on Sensation has four sections. The first extract (2:29) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1966, titled: Our Lives Are Based on Sensation and Desire. The second extract (13:53) is from the eighth talk in Ojai 1949, titled: Ideas Are the Result of Sensation. The third extract (32:59) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1976, titled: Total Sensation. The final extract in this episode (49:46) is from a direct recording by Krishnamurti in Ojai 1983, titled: A Spring Morning. 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 Sensation. Upcoming themes are Words and language, Conformity and Urgency. 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 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.

‘Distortion exists because you have opinions and conclusions. To observe, the mind must be free to look with no distortion, so that it is fresh to look and to learn.’ This week’s episode on Conclusions has three sections. The first extract (2:58) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in San Francisco 1973, titled: Can the Mind That Functions on Conclusions Be Free? The second extract (17:15) is from the second talk in Santa Monica 1974, titled: Preventing Conclusions in Relationship. The final extract in this episode (35:18) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Brockwood Park in 1973, titled: Why Do We Draw Conclusions? 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 Conclusions. Upcoming themes are Sensation, Words and language, and Humility. 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 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.

‘Perception reveals the truth, and out of that perception wisdom comes. Intelligence is the action of that wisdom in daily life.’ This week’s episode on Wisdom has six sections. The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Paris 1965, titled: Wisdom and Self-knowledge. The second extract (17:45) is from the second public discussion in Saanen 1973, titled: Wisdom and Clarity. The third extract (32:02) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1972, titled: Wisdom and Helping Another. The fourth extract (39:51) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1974, titled: Wisdom and Sorrow. The fifth extract (49:28) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Bombay 1982, titled: Wisdom and Security. The final extract in this episode (57:08) is from the sixth talk in Ojai 1976, titled: Wisdom and Meditation. 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 Wisdom. Upcoming themes are Conclusions, Sensation, and Words and Language. 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.

‘Who is the controller whom all the time exercises authority to control? Who is the controller? Are they different from the controlled?’ This week’s episode on Control has two sections. The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1971, titled: Does Control Bring Order? The second and final extract in this episode (47:11) is from the fourth talk in Madras 1973, titled: Is It Possible To Live Without Control? 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 we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Control. Upcoming themes are Wisdom, Conclusions and Sensation. 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

‘The future is the past, modified by the accidents of the present. Tomorrow is yesterday, reshaped by the experiences, reactions and knowledge of today. This is what we call time.’ This week’s episode on The Present has four sections. The first extract (2:49) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Paris 1966, titled: Living Is in the Active Present. The second extract (15:21) is from the seventh talk in Saanen 1963, titled: Is There a Present Untouched by the Past? The third extract (30:34) is from the second public discussion in Saanen 1974, titled: Can the Mind Live Wholly in the Present? The final extract in this episode (43:16) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in Saanen 1966, titled: A Silent Mind Is Always in the Present. 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 The Present. Upcoming themes are Control, Wisdom and Conclusions. 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 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 long as you have sovereign governments - that is, nationalistic separate governments with their armies - you are bound to have wars.' This week’s episode on Nationalism has three sections. The first extract (2:32) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1965, titled: As Long as We Have Separate Nationalistic Governments, We Are Bound To Have Wars. The second extract (29:35) is from the first talk in Ojai 1977, titled: Is There Security in Nationalism? The final extract in this episode (44:49) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 1983, titled: Nationalism Is Glorified Tribalism. 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 Nationalism. Upcoming themes are The Present, Control and Wisdom. 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 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.

‘To find out a deep, abiding, unshakeable honesty, which is integrity, wholeness, is to discover a state of the brain in which there is no movement at all.’ This week’s episode on Wholeness has four sections. The first extract (2:46) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Brockwood Park in 1980, titled: A Sense of Wholeness, of Global Reality. The second extract (26:39) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Can Wholeness Be Brought About by Thought? The third extract (35:52) is from the third question and answer meeting in Saanen 1984, titled: A Deep Abiding Wholeness and Integrity. The final extract in this episode (53:22) is from the fourth talk in Madras 1974, titled: A Mind That Is Whole, Not Fragmented. 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 Wholeness. Upcoming themes are Nationalism, The Present, and Wisdom. 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.

‘Teaching is the highest profession in the world. The highest profession because teachers are responsible for the future generation.’ This week’s episode on Teaching has three sections. The first extract (2:34) is from the first question and answer meeting in Madras 1981, titled: Teaching Is the Highest Profession. The second extract (15:42) is from the third discussion in Ojai 1977, titled: What Is the Function of a Teacher? The final extract in this episode (53:08) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1964, titled: No Teacher Can Help You. 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 we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Teaching. Upcoming themes are Wholeness, Nationalism and The Present. 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.

‘We must lay the foundation not on sands but on the responsibility of our daily life, and try to bring about a tremendous revolution in that life.’ This week’s episode on Insight has three sections. The first extract (2:39) is from the second question and answer meeting in Ojai 1985, titled: What Is Our Responsibility to Ourselves and Others? The second extract (19:09) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Santa Monica 1974, titled: Freedom and Responsibility Go Together. The third and final extract in this episode is (34:06) from the first talk in Bombay 1965, titled: It Is Your Responsibility To Bring About a Tremendous Change in the World 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 Responsibility. Upcoming themes are Teaching, Wholeness and Nationalism. 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 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 long as you think about pain, you intensify the memory of it. Therefore, thinking about pain increases the fear of it.’ This week’s episode on Pain has three sections. The first extract (2:23) is from the fourth question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled: How Do You Meet Pain? The second extract (11:18) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Bombay 1971, titled: Fear of Pain. The final extract in this episode (33:58) is from the first question and answer meeting in Saanen 1982, titled: Psychological and Physical Pain. 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 Pain. Upcoming themes are Responsibility, Teaching and Wholeness. 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 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.

‘What is a spiritual life? Is a spiritual life a life of total freedom? Freedom from sorrow, freedom from fear, freedom from all conditioning. To be free.’ This week’s episode on Spirituality has five sections. The first extract (2:52) is from the third question and answer meeting in Ojai 1982, titled: Are There Levels of Spirituality? The second extract (20:58) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1985, titled: Are Spiritual Experiences Illusional? The third extract (40:06) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1980, titled: There Is No Spiritual Authority. The fourth extract (54:38) is from the third question and answer meeting in Saanen 1983, titled: What Is a Spiritual Life? The final extract in this episode (1:01:57) is from the seventh talk in New Delhi 1963, titled: The Religious Spirit. 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 Spirituality. Upcoming themes are Pain, Responsibility and Teaching. 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.

‘Is happiness found through discipline? By practising a certain rule, a certain discipline, a mode of conduct, are you ever free?’ This week’s episode on Discipline has three sections. The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Ojai 1949, titled: Why Do We Discipline Ourselves? The second extract (25:19) is from the fourth talk in Bombay 1964, titled: Discipline Means to Learn. The final extract in this episode (46:08) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1949, titled: Discipline in Meditation. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Discipline. Upcoming themes are Spirituality, Pain and Responsibility. 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.

‘Insight is not brought about through will, through desire, through memory. It is immediate perception and therefore action.’ This week’s episode on Insight has two sections. The first extract (2:39) is from the first question and answer meeting in Saanen 1981, titled: What Is Insight? The second and final extract in this episode (22:38) is from the second talk in Saanen 1972, titled: Constant Insight Without Conclusion. 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 Insight. Upcoming themes are Discipline, Spirituality, and Pain. 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 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.

‘Here you have the clue or the key: to observe without the old brain responding. When the old brain doesn't respond, there is the quality of a new brain coming into being.’ This week’s episode on The Brain has three sections. The first extract (2:28) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1983, titled: What Is the Function of the Brain? The second extract (38:16) is from the sixth talk in Madras 1979, titled: Can the Brain Only Register What Is Necessary? The final extract in this episode (47:27) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1970, titled: Can the Brain Be Quiet? 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 The Brain. Upcoming themes are Insight, Discipline and Spirituality. 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 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.

‘Selfishness is what it is. To observe it purely, without any distortion or pressure, that very observation exposes the whole consequences of selfishness and cleanses the mind of selfishness.’ This week’s episode on Selfishness has five sections. The first extract (2:50) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bombay in 1982, titled: We Are All Selfish. The second extract (8:13) is from the first talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Why Are We So Appallingly Selfish? The third extract (33:40) is from the second question and answer meeting in Saanen 1981, titled: Total Dissipation of Selfishness. The fourth extract (42:16) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Bombay 1980, titled: Trying Not To Be Selfish Is Selfish. The final extract in this episode (51:59) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1975, titled: Stepping Out of the Stream of Selfishness. 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 Selfishness. Upcoming themes are The Brain, Insight and Discipline. 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.

‘If we can find out together what is insecurity and why we are insecure, then in the unfolding of it, in the causation of it, security naturally comes about.’ This week’s episode on Insecurity has four sections. The first extract (2:40) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1982, titled: The Nature of Insecurity. The second extract (17:39) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bombay 1985, titled: Why Are We So Insecure? The third extract (30:06) is from the second talk in Saanen 1982, titled: Total Insecurity. The final extract in this episode (53:45) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Rajghat in 1962, titled: Why This Insistence To Be Secure? Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Insecurity. Upcoming themes are Selfishness, The Brain, and Insight. 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.

‘The brain has put man on the moon, it has invented terrible things that kill, and also technology has given man great comfort, hygiene and communication. But the brain is limited because, at present, it is incapable of going inward.’ This week’s episode on Technology has four sections. The first extract (2:49) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Brockwood Park in 1982, titled: Technology Is Invading Our Consciousness. The second extract (12:55) is from the first talk in Ojai 1981, titled: Is the Crisis One of Technology or Is It in Ourselves? The third extract (37:32) is from the first talk in Madras 1982, titled: Can the Brain Go in a Direction Other Than Technological? The final extract in this episode (1:04:45) is from the seventh talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Technology Stems From Measurement. 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 Technology. Upcoming themes are Insecurity, Selfishness and The Brain. 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 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.

‘Aloneness is something entirely different. Only the mind which is alone is not influenceable. This means the mind has understood the principle of pleasure, and therefore nothing can touch it.’ This week’s episode on Aloneness has six sections. The first extract (2:30) is from the second talk in Saanen 1972, titled: It Is Important To Stand Completely Alone. The second extract (14:39) is from Krishnamurti’s thirteenth talk in Ojai 1949, titled: You Must Be Alone To Understand. The third extract (26:08) is from the third talk in Saanen 1962, titled: The Mind Is Alone When It Has Understood Influence. The fourth extract (38:52) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Madras 1964, titled: Aloneness Is Not Loneliness. The fifth extract (44:35) is from the fourth talk in London 1961, titled: In Aloneness There Is No Fear. The final extract in this episode (59:46) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Madras 1966, titled: Silence Comes Because There Is Aloneness. 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 Aloneness. Upcoming themes are Technology, Insecurity and Selfishness. 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 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.

‘When you realise that any form of outward or inward stimulation breeds indifference and dullness, when one sees the truth of it, the stimulation naturally will drop away.’ This week’s episode on Stimulation has four sections. The first extract (2:49) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Brockwood Park in 1983, titled: This Is Not Intellectual Stimulation. The second extract (9:13) is from the fourth talk in New Delhi 1966, titled: Most of Us Depend on Stimulation. The third extract (21:11) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1949, titled: Relationship Is Not Stimulation. The fourth extract (35:07) is from the sixth talk in Bombay 1965, titled: Is Beauty Stimulation? The final extract in this episode (42:58) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth discussion in Saanen 1965, titled: Stimulants in Any Form Dull the Mind. 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 Stimulation. Upcoming themes are Aloneness, Technology and Insecurity. 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.

‘Observe your opinions, watch them, and by watching, not rationalising, not justifying, just watching, you will see that opinions do not matter at all.’ This week’s episode on Opinion and Judgement has five sections. The first extract (2:44) is from the second question and answer meeting in Ojai 1984, titled: Why Cling to Opinions, Not Facts? The second extract (16:41) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 1983, titled: Opinions Bring Conflict. The third extract (25:10) is from the fourth talk in New Delhi 1972, titled: Opinions Prevent Clarity of Perception. The fourth extract (36:23) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Santa Monica 1974, titled: Opinions and Judgements Are a Barrier to Relationship. The final extract in this episode (59:42) is from the third discussion in Saanen 1976, titled: Is Right Action Based on Judgement? Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Opinion and Judgement. Upcoming themes are Stimulation, Aloneness and Technology. 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.

‘Why do you ask help of another? This is a very serious problem because gurus are multiplying, with enormous wealth.’ This week’s episode on Gurus has three sections. The first extract (2:44) is from the first question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled: Doubt What Gurus Are Saying. The second extract (19:20) is from the first question and answer meeting in Ojai 1983, titled: There Is No Right Guru, Only the Wrong Guru. The final extract in this episode (29:07) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1981, titled: What Makes You Want To Follow a Guru? 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 Gurus. Upcoming themes are Opinion and Judgment, Stimulation and Aloneness. 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 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.

‘We want to fulfil ourselves but are prevented by circumstances, by our lack of capacity, by our desire to be secure, and so we are frustrated. Even if we do fulfil ourselves, there is always in fulfilment the shadow of frustration.’ This week’s episode on Frustration has four sections. The first extract (2:40) is from the seventh talk in New Delhi 1963, titled: Is There a Way Out of Our Fundamental Anxiety, Frustration and Despair? The second extract (21:23) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in London 1961, titled: We Are Caught in the Wheel of Fulfilment and Frustration. The third extract (51:36) is from the third question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled: Frustration Is a Reaction to Discontent. The final extract in this episode (1:05:58) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1962, titled: Living Without Frustration or Fear. 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 Frustration. Upcoming themes are Gurus, Opinion and Judgment, and Stimulation. 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 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.

‘When you discover the cause, the effect can be wiped away. But we are always dealing with effects.’ This week’s episode on Cause and Effect has four sections. The first extract (2:43) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Brockwood Park in 1982, titled: Ending the Cause of Conflict. The second extract (24:08) is from the third talk in Saanen 1982, titled: The Effect Can Be Ended by Ending the Cause. The third extract (1:00:40) is from the second question and answer meeting in Saanen 1982, titled: Can You Live Without a Cause? The final extract in this episode (1:05:56) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Madras 1964, titled: No Effect, No Cause, No Motive. 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 Cause and Effect. Upcoming themes are Frustration, Gurus, and Opinion and Judgment. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, an 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.

‘Social conformity is called morality. But if you go into it very deeply, you see that such morality is immoral.’ This week’s episode on Morality has four sections. The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Madras 1971, titled: Our Social Morality Is Immorality. The second extract (19:02) is from the second talk in Madras 1969, titled: Is There Security in Morality? The third extract (39:51) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Paris 1965, titled: Virtue Has Nothing To Do With Our Social Morality. The final extract in this episode (55:14) is from the fourth talk in Bombay 1981, titled: Without Beauty There Is No Morality. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Morality. Upcoming themes are Cause and Effect, Frustration and Gurus. 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 new photo gallery, 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.

‘A mind that is continually moving from the unknown to the unknown, learning, learning, learning, such a mind is a most extraordinarily sensitive mind and therefore a free mind.’ This week’s episode on Learning has four sections. The first extract (2:45) is from the second discussion with students in Rishi Valley 1981, titled: Holistic Learning. The second extract (12:01) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Madras 1969, titled: In Learning, There Is No Authority. The third extract (24:23) is from the third talk in New Delhi 1964, titled: Learning Is Never Accumulative. The final extract in this episode (54:20) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Brockwood Park in 1972, titled: Learning Is Instant Perception and Action. 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 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.

‘When one is occupied with oneself, with one's body, with one's beauty - this constant occupation with oneself - you deny all relationship.’ This week’s episode on Occupation has six sections. The first extract (2:33) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1981, titled: Why Are Our Minds Perpetually Occupied? The second extract (13:58) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1972, titled: Are We Afraid To Be Unoccupied? The third extract (23:57) is from the second talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Identification Is the Essence of Occupation. The fourth extract (36:39) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in New Delhi 1981, titled: You Cannot Observe if Your Mind Is Occupied. The fifth extract (47:41) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1979, titled: An Occupied Mind Has No Order. The final extract in this episode (54:27) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1981, titled: Meditation Is Finding Out if the Brain Can Be Unoccupied. 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 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 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 chief concern for a serious person is the total transformation of the human mind - total not partial, a complete revolution in the psyche - because that is the first movement which can transform the outward environment.’ This week’s episode on Transformation has five sections. The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Brockwood Park in 1976, titled: There Must Be a Transformation in Human Consciousness. The second extract (8:55) is from the first talk in Saanen 1973, titled: What Place Has Knowledge in the Transformation of the Mind? The third extract (39:47) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1974, titled: The Energy Needed for Total Transformation. The fourth extract (53:34) is from the second question and answer meeting in Madras 1985, titled: Transformation Requires Clear Perception. The final extract in this episode (1:06:05) is from Krishnamurti’s fourteenth talk in Ojai 1949, titled: Complete Transformation. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from the archives, representing different approaches to many of the fundamental issues 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, an 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 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.

‘If there is no becoming, no attempting to be something, then there is no sense of fear. Then there is no contradiction, no lie in us at any level, consciously or unconsciously.’ This week’s episode on Contradiction has three sections. The first extract (2:46) is from Krishnamurti’s thirteenth talk in Ojai 1949, titled: Why Is There Contradiction in Ourselves? The second extract (18:03) is from the fifth talk in Paris 1965, titled: The Ending of Contradiction. The final extract in this episode (1:00:28) is from a direct recording by Krishnamurti in Ojai 1984, titled: Contradiction Between the Outer and the Inner. This recording is previously unreleased. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing different approaches to many of the fundamental issues we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Contradiction. Upcoming topics are Transformation, Occupation and Learning. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a growing collection of in-depth articles on Krishnamurti’s teachings, along with key topics and a wide selection of quotes. 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.

‘To meet a fact totally implies meeting it not only intellectually but emotionally. This process of learning about the fact is not possible when you approach it with thought which already has known.’ This week’s episode on Facts has four sections. The first extract (2:48) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1983, titled: What Is a Fact? The second extract (20:49) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Bombay 1966, titled: The Word Is Not the Fact. The third extract (38:48) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1964, titled: Facing the Fact of Fear. The final extract in this episode (55:26) is from the forth talk in Bombay 1962, titled: Meeting Facts Without Thought. 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 we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Facts. Upcoming topics are Contradiction, Transformation and Occupation. 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.

‘The mind must be innocent, though it has gone through experiences. For the mind to realize that state of innocency, the accumulations of experience must come to an end.’ This week’s episode on Innocence has four sections. The first extract (2:36) is from Krishnamurti’s ninth talk in Saanen 1964, titled: An Innocent Mind Is Empty of Experience. The second extract (9:27) is from the second talk in Bombay 1967, titled: An Innocence Not Touched by Thought. The third extract (24:20) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1970, titled: Only an Innocent Mind Can See Truth. The final extract in this episode (41:40) is from the seventh talk in London 1962, titled: The Innocent Mind Is a Religious Mind. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing Krishnamurti’s different approaches to fundamental issues we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Innocence. Upcoming themes are Facts, Contradiction and Transformation. 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 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.

‘There can be unity only when there is no division. I am divided because of my images, my conclusions, my opinions. When I have no conclusion, no image, there is no division.’ This week’s episode on Unity has four sections. The first extract (2:49) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Brockwood Park in 1979, titled: Can Religion Bring Unity? The second extract (19:26) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1972, titled: Can There Be Unity Between Conditioned Minds? The third extract (25:39) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in New Delhi 1962, titled: Unity Cannot Be Brought About by a Symbol or Flag The final extract in this episode (34:57) is from the seventh talk in Saanen 1975, titled: Thought Wants Unity Yet Brings Division. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing different approaches to many of the fundamental issues 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, an 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 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.

‘Knowing you are going to die, there is fear and you have the comforting hope of reincarnation. You have never inquired what it is that reincarnates, but there is that hope.’ This week’s episode on Reincarnation has four sections. The first extract (2:39) is from the third question and answer meeting in Saanen 1983, titled: What Is It That Is Going To Be Reborn? The second extract (20:17) is from the third question and answer meeting in Ojai 1980, titled: Ending Conflict Now Is Far More Important Than Reincarnation. The third extract (36:09) is from the first question and answer meeting in Bombay 1985, titled: Does Past Suffering and Enjoyment Have Any Bearing on the Present Life? The final extract in this episode (48:21) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Bangalore 1974, titled: You have to be born anew this life, now. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing different approaches to many of the fundamental issues we all face in our lives. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a growing collection of in-depth articles on Krishnamurti’s teachings, along with key topics and a wide selection of quotes. 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.

‘Most of us so easily accept things, especially in religious and so-called spiritual matters, where authority assumes it knows and that you don't know. But it is necessary to discover what truth is, and for this there must be doubt.’ This week’s episode on Doubt has three sections. The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1980, titled: Doubting Is Not the Same as Rejecting. The second extract (29:38) is from the six talk in Ojai 1982, titled: Doubt Is a Great Purifier. The final extract in this episode (39:27) is from the forth talk at Brockwood Park in 1974, titled: Doubt Is Necessary to Have No Illusion. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from the archives, representing different approaches to many of the fundamental issues we all face in our lives. 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.

‘We saw the necessity of a new school. The meaning of the word 'school' is leisure, leisure in which to learn; and a place where students and teachers can flower as human beings, without fear, without confusion, with great integrity.’ This week’s episode on Krishnamurti Schools has six sections. The first extract (2:39) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1980, titled: Why do you have schools and foundations? The second extract (9:30) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1981, titled: Do your schools create an elite atmosphere? The third extract (18:36) is from the third question and answer meeting in Ojai 1982, titled: Why do people object to Krishnamurti schools? The fourth extract (36:03) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1984, titled: Do your schools give students an understanding of the total human problem? The fifth extract (45:50) is from a public discussion in Ojai 1975, titled: Can teachers and students uncondition themselves? The final extract in this episode (51:22) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1974, titled: Can we end violence in our children? Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing Krishnamurti’s different approaches to fundamental issues we all face in our lives. Upcoming topics are Doubt, Reincarnation and Unity. 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 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 rating or review on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.

‘Systems have been created by man in his search for security, and the search for security through systems is destroying man.’ This week’s episode on Methods and Systems has three sections. The first extract (3:00) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1968, titled ‘No system is going to help us’. The second extract (25:26) is from the fourth talk in New York 1974, titled, ‘Systems are not sane’. The final extract (53:40) in this episode is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1976, titled ‘Methods are mechanical’. This final episode in Season 3 of the Krishnamurti podcast continues with the format of extracts carefully chosen from the philosopher’s talks. Each weekly episode focuses on a theme explored by Krishnamurti and the aim is to represent his different approaches to these universal topics. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, an 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 daily Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram 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 hope to be; I hope to become; I hope to achieve; I hope to fulfil; I hope to reach heaven, enlightenment. All this psychologically demands time.’ This week’s episode on Hope has four sections. This first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Ojai 1973, titled ‘Is hope a reaction to despair?’ The second extract (14:36) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1981, titled ‘We hope somebody will cure us’. The third extract (37:43) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Ojai 1983, titled ‘Hope implies time’. The final extract (50:36) in this episode is from the fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1978, titled ‘Can time and hope come to an end?’ Season three of the Krishnamurti podcast continues with the format of carefully chosen extracts from the philosopher’s talks. Each weekly episode focuses on a theme explored by Krishnamurti and the aim is to represent his different approaches to these universal topics. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a growing collection of in-depth articles on Krishnamurti’s teachings, along with key topics and a wide selection of quotes. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our daily quotes and videos on Instagram 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 are going to lose ourselves in organised religion, or in entertainment of every kind. As a result, humanity will become more and more superficial.’ This week’s episode on Entertainment has four sections. The first extract (2:52) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in San Francisco 1973, titled ‘This is not entertainment’. The second extract (21:30) is from the seventh talk in Saanen 1964, titled ‘Are we being consumed by entertainment?’ The third extract (34:11) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1981, titled ‘The world of entertainment is taking over’. The final extract (43:18) in this episode is from the fifth talk in Madras 1981, titled ‘We have only two choices left’. Season three of the Krishnamurti podcast continues with the format of carefully chosen extracts from the philosopher’s talks. Each weekly episode focuses on a theme explored by Krishnamurti and the aim is to represent his different approaches to these universal topics. 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 quiet 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 daily Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram 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.

‘Social problems, economic problems, mechanical problems, computer problems, and our own problems in our daily life, in our relationships - why do we have problems at all? Is it necessary to have problems?’ This week’s episode on Problems has four sections. The first extract (2:34) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1983, titled ‘What is a problem?’ The second extract (20:21) is from the first talk at Brockwood Park in 1985, titled ‘A brain free to solve problems’. The third extract (42:34) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1965, titled ‘Dealing with problems immediately.’ The final extract (1:06:19) in this episode is from the fifth talk in Ojai 1949, titled ‘Letting a problem tell its story’. Season three of the Krishnamurti podcast continues with the format of carefully chosen extracts from the philosopher’s talks. Each weekly episode focuses on a theme explored by Krishnamurti, and the aim is to represent his different approaches to these universal topics. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our official YouTube channels for hundreds of advert-free full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks, and selected clips. You can also find our daily quotes and videos on Instagram 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 modern world is becoming very, very complicated, and one must therefore make one's own life extraordinarily simple. That simplicity demands a great deal of intelligence.’ This week’s episode on Simplicity has three sections. The first extract (2:57) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in Bombay 1962, titled ‘Simplicity and virtue in a complex world’. The second extract (25:07) is from the seventh talk in Saanen 1965, titled, ‘Simplicity comes with the understanding of sorrow’. The final extract in this episode (56:17) is from the first talk in San Francisco 1984, titled ‘Complexity must be approached with simplicity’ Season three of the Krishnamurti podcast continues with the format of extracts carefully chosen from the philosopher’s talks. Each weekly episode focuses on a theme explored by Krishnamurti and the aim is to represent his different approaches to these universal topics. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, an 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 daily Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram 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.

‘What is it each one of us wants to achieve? More enlightened? To achieve heaven, nirvana or moksha?’ This week’s episode on Achievement has five sections. The first extract (2:39) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1982, titled ‘Is it natural to want to achieve?’ The second extract (16:47) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in New Delhi 1983, titled ‘We use time to achieve’. The third extract (27:45) is from the first question and answer meeting in Madras 1985, titled ‘Achievement is the basis of self-interest’. The fourth extract (38:48) is from the fourth question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled ‘Is enlightenment something to be achieved?’ The final extract in this episode (49:49) is from the third talk in Madras 1986, titled ‘Achievement in meditation’. Season three of the Krishnamurti podcast continues with the format of carefully chosen extracts from the philosopher’s talks. Each weekly episode focuses on a theme explored by Krishnamurti and the aim is to represent his different approaches to these universal topics. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a growing collection of in-depth articles on Krishnamurti’s teachings, along with key topics and a wide selection of quotes. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our daily quotes and videos on Instagram 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.

‘You cannot invite the immeasurable - it then becomes a plaything. You cannot lay down the path for another to follow - it is not to be put into words.’ This week’s episode on The Immeasurable has five sections. The first extract (2:49) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1985, titled ‘Can discipline lead to the immeasurable?’ The second extract (11:36) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1971, titled ‘Inquiring into the immeasurable without illusion’. The third extract (30:47) is from the third talk in Saanen 1972, titled ‘Has thought a place in investigating the immeasurable?’ The fourth extract (42:51) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1972, titled ‘Finding out if there is something beyond all measure’. The final extract in this episode (57:17) is from a recording made by Krishnamurti in Ojai 1984, titled ‘The brain tries to measure the immeasurable’. Season three of the Krishnamurti podcast continues with the format of carefully chosen extracts from the philosopher’s talks. Each weekly episode focuses on a theme explored by Krishnamurti and the aim is to represent his different approaches to these universal topics. 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 quiet 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 daily Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram 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.