Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast

‘Can the mind be aware of the content of its conditioning only, and not try to go beyond it?’ This week’s episode on Conditioning has two sections. The first extract (2:24) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1973, titled ‘Freeing the mind from the web of conditioning’. The second and final extract (51:25) is from the seventh talk in Saanen 1981, titled ‘Can one specialise yet function wh...

‘Where there is love, then do what you will, it will be right action’. This week’s episode on Love has five sections. The first extract (2:16) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Ojai 1984, titled ‘What is love?’ The second extract (10:28) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1973, titled ‘Love in relationships’. The third extract (24:26) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1975, titled ‘Is...

‘Religion is not the authoritarian, accepted form of religion, the state religion, the religion of belief, of faith, of dogma, of rituals, of worshipping a symbol.’ This week’s episode on Religion has five sections. The first extract (2:24) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1982, titled ‘What is religion?’ The second extract (19:07) is from the fourth talk in Madras 1974, titled ‘Religion...

‘There is great beauty in being totally anonymous. And the whole world is seeking identity, power, position.’ This week’s episode on Anonymity and Creativity has four sections. The first extract (2:32) is from Krishnamurti’s third question and answer meeting in Ojai 1980, titled ‘In anonymity is true creativity.’ The second extract (19:03) is from the fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1978, titled...

‘Where there is division there must be conflict. That is a law, and we all know this.’ This week’s episode on Conflict has four sections. The first extract (2:32) is from Krishnamurti’s second question and answer meeting in Ojai 1981, titled ‘Where there is division there is conflict.’ The second extract (28:51) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1977, titled ‘Is it possible to live without conflict...

‘Most of us are concerned with trimming fear, like we trim branches of a tree. And we think this is good enough, but we don’t challenge ourselves whether it is possible to be completely free of fear.’ This week’s episode on Fear has five sections. The first extract (2:24) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in San Francisco 1983, titled ‘We are two friends discussing fear’. The second extract (9:34...

‘Ambition is the same, whether it is in the world or turned towards God.’ This week’s episode on Ambition has four sections. The first extract (2:18) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in London 1962, titled ‘Denying ambition totally.’ The second extract (13:46) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1981, titled ‘Where there is ambition, can love exist?’. The third extract (25:52) is from Krishnamurti’s...

‘Peace is necessary in order to grow, to flower, to understand, to have time to look around, to explore into ourselves and what we find there. We must have peace.’ This week’s episode on Peace has three sections. The first extract (2:26) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 1983, titled ‘Is it possible to live in peace?’ The second extract (30:32) is from the second question and answer meet...

‘Each of us has been brought up to be a separate individual with our own soul. Is this a fact, or merely a concept?’ This week’s episode on individuality has four sections. The first extract (2:18) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1981, titled ‘We think we are individuals’. The second extract (25:34) is from the first talk at Brockwood Park in 1981, titled ‘The concept of individuality is...

‘Meditation means the emptying of consciousness of its content. Then only can the mind be absolutely quiet.’ This week’s episode on Meditation has four sections. The first extract (2:24) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in San Diego 1970, titled ‘What is meditation?’ The second extract (16:41) is from the seventh talk in Saanen 1974, titled ‘The controller is the controlled’. The third extract (...

‘We need a new society; and that society is not going to be created by anybody except by you. I do not think we feel the immense responsibility of this.’ This week’s episode on Society has five sections. The first extract (2:29) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth question and answer meeting in Ojai 1981, titled ‘What is your relationship to society?’ The second extract (8:36) is from the third talk in...

‘Analysis implies a division between the analyser and the analysed, and in that division there is already the root of conflict.’ Each weekly episode in this season of the Krishnamurti podcast is based on a major theme of the philosopher’s talks, such as freedom, self-knowledge, beauty, intelligence and authority. Extracts from our archives have been carefully selected to represent Krishnamurti’s d...

‘Knowledge is absolutely necessary to earn a livelihood, but why should I accumulate psychological knowledge?’ Each weekly episode in this season of the Krishnamurti podcast is based on a major theme of the philosopher’s talks, such as freedom, self-knowledge, beauty, intelligence and meditation. Extracts from our archives have been carefully selected to represent Krishnamurti’s different approach...

‘When your mind is in that state of complete negation, you can approach anew all your problems, and then you will find that they can be resolved totally and completely.’ This week’s podcast has five sections. The first extract (2:18) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1965, titled ‘The negative approach’. The second extract (9:18) is from the sixth talk in Paris 1961, titled ‘To see what...

‘We never have this feeling of wholeness, where the things of the sea and earth, the nature and the sky, is the universe, is part of us.’ This week’s podcast has seven sections. The first extract (2:12) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Madras 1979, titled ‘If one loses contact with nature’. The second extract (8:28) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1980, tit...

‘If you see the absurdity of escaping, the fact that running away from it is part of loneliness, then you have the energy to face loneliness.’ This week’s podcast has five sections. The first extract (2:10) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1971, titled ‘We isolate ourselves’. The second extract (11:30) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1982, titled ‘What is the cause of loneliness?’ Th...

‘We are asking: is there psychological evolution at all, the 'me' becoming something?’ This week’s podcast has four sections. The first extract (2:12) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 1982, titled ‘We have become like this through evolution’. The second extract (23:58) is from the first talk in Saanen 1979, titled ‘Psychologically there is no tomorrow’. The third extract (36:52) is from...

‘If thought is the cause of this chaos, thought can end and something totally new can begin.’ This week’s podcast has seven sections. The first extract (2:09) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Brockwood Park in 1984, titled ‘What is thinking?’ The second extract (9:06) is from the second talk in Madras 1979, titled ‘Thought is limited’. The third extract (23:48) is from Krishnamurti’s first tal...

‘Why have we put death at the far end of one's life? Because we cling to what is known, and death is unknown.’ This week’s podcast has five sections. The first extract (2:12) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1981, titled ‘What is the meaning of death?’ The second extract (11:36) is from the fourth talk in Madras 1985, titled ‘Living with death’. The third extract (31:30) is from Krishnamu...

‘Compassion means passion for all human beings, animals and nature. How can there be compassion when there is fear or when the mind is constantly pursuing pleasure?’ This week’s podcast has six sections. The first extract (2:08) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Madras 1983, titled ‘What is compassion?’. The second extract (7:02) is from the second talk in San Francisco 1973, titled ‘We have n...

‘Can there be beauty in the external world without understanding the beauty of life in oneself?’ This week’s podcast has five sections, including an exclusive recording made for the book ‘Krishnamurti to Himself’, which has not been heard before, outside of the archives. The first extract (2m 6s) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1982, titled ‘What is beauty?’ The second extract (9m 22s)...

‘Relationship, if we allow it, can be a process of self-revelation; but, since we do not allow it, relationship becomes merely a gratifying activity. As long as the mind uses relationship for its own security, that relationship is bound to create confusion and antagonism.’ This week’s podcast has two sections. The first extract (2m 14s) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1973, titled ‘A lif...

‘Truth is not something that is mysterious; truth is where you are. From there we can begin.’ This week’s podcast has five sections. The first extract (2m 6s) is a rare recording of Krishnamurti reading ‘Truth is a Pathless Land’, in Ojai 1930. The second extract (7m 10s) is from the second question and answer meeting in Ojai 1980, titled ‘Is truth absolute or relative?’ The third extract (34m 2s)...

This week’s podcast has four sections. The first extract (2:06) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bangalore 1971, titled ‘What is our daily life?’ The second extract (9:44) is from the fourth talk in Saanen in 1973, titled ‘Is there a meaning to life?’ The third extract (39:16) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1982, titled ‘A holistic view of life’. The final extract (1:15:04) this we...

This week’s podcast has six sections. The first extract (2:08) is from Krishnamurti’s second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1982, titled ‘What is it to be aware?’ The second extract (8:14) is from the first talk at Brockwood Park in 1970, titled ‘Awareness of your conditioning’. The third extract (27:21) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in Saanen 1963, titled ‘Choiceless awaren...