What are you doing with your life? Can anyone show you the way, or must you be a light to yourself? Do we see the urgency of change?
One of the greatest spiritual teachers and philosophers of all time, J. Krishnamurti challenges us to question all that we know and discover our true nature in the here and now.
This official podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust now has over 250 episodes. Episodes 1-50 feature conversations between Krishnamurti and luminaries from many paths, along with readings of the classic book Commentaries on Living by actor Terence Stamp. Episode 51 onwards features carefully chosen extracts based on a theme explored by Krishnamurti. The extracts from our archives have been carefully selected to represent his different approaches to each of these universal and timelessly relevant themes.
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‘The really scientific mind and the really religious mind are the only two minds that can exist now, not the superstitious, believing, temple-going, church-worshipping mind.’ This episode on The Scientific Mind and the Religious Mind has two sections. The first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s eleventh talk in London 1961, and is titled: The Scientific and Religious Spirit. The second and final extract in this episode (53:01) is from the eighth talk in Madras 1961, and is titled: The Only T...
This episode explores Krishnamurti's teachings on sensitivity as fundamental to intelligence, love, and beauty, contrasting it with widespread insensitivity and conditioning. He challenges the idea that psychological change takes time, arguing it must be instantaneous. The talk delves into true meditation as choiceless awareness and emptying the brain of the past, leading to a quiet, highly sensitive state free from illusion and conflict, enabling immediate action and creation, distinct from conventional practices.
‘Thinking is mechanical; thinking can never be free. It can be reasonable, sane and logical, but thinking can never be free.’ This episode on Thinking has three sections. The first extract (2:30) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1985, and is titled: What Is Thinking? The second extract (37:36) is from the first talk in Saanen 1982, and is titled: Is Thinking Individual? The final extract in this episode (1:03:50) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1961, and is titled: P...
‘The flowering of goodness can never take place when the mind is respectable, when the mind is conforming to a pattern – the social pattern, an ideological pattern or a religious pattern.’ This episode on Respectability has two sections. The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Bombay 1965, and is titled: The Framework of Respectability. The second and final extract (45:54) in this episode is from the sixth talk in London 1961, and is titled: Respectability and Conditioning...
‘Thought is a material process, a movement. When there is no movement, there something totally original, totally untouched by humanity, untouched by all the movement of thought.’ This episode on Movement has three sections. The first extract (2:48) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1973, and is titled: Thought Is Movement in Time. The second extract (29:46) is from the seventh talk in Saanen 1976, and is titled: When the Movement of the Past Meets the ‘Now’. The final extract in this e...
‘The problem is you. The problem, the crisis, the challenge is in you, and you have to reply adequately. You are the world.’ This episode on You Are the World has three sections. The first extract (2:46) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Madras 1977, and is titled: It is an absolute, irrevocable fact that you are the world. The second extract (23:26) is from the third talk in New Delhi 1963, and is titled: There Is No Division Between the World and You. The third and final extract in this epi...
‘What does it all mean, the existence that we lead? What is the meaning of all the work, misery, confusion, and this sense of meaningless existence?’ This episode on Existence has four sections. The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Bombay 1981, and is titled: What Is the Most Important Thing In Our Existence? The second extract (18:27) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1972, and is titled: The Mind Finds Its Existence in Its Contents. The third extract (44:30) is from Kri...
‘Where there is compassion, there is supreme intelligence. Not the artificial intelligence of a computer, nor the artificial intelligence of thought.’ This episode on Artificial Intelligence and Computers has seven sections. The first extract (2:33) is from a small group discussion in Ojai 1981, and is titled The Intelligence of Thought Is Also Artificial. The second extract (8:26) is from the first discussion with scholars at Rajghat in 1985, and is titled: AI Will Include All Human Knowledge. ...
‘The great painters, great musicians and great architects have extraordinary capacities and talent, but in their daily life they are like you and me, and like everybody else.’ This episode on Talent and Skill has five sections. The first extract (2:40) is from a question & answer meeting at Rajghat in 1964, and is titled: Talent and Fulfilment. The second extract (15:30) is from the fifth question & answer meeting in Saanen 1980, and is titled: Why Are We Mediocre Despite Our Talents? Th...
‘As long as the mechanical way of living continues, there must be degeneration of the human mind and heart, and in the society in which we live.’ This episode on Mechanical Living has three sections. The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1974, and is titled: Are You Living Mechanically? The second extract (21:22) is from the first question and answer meeting in Saanen 1983, and is titled: Can the Mechanical Process of the Mind Stop? The final extract in this episod...
‘When there is grief, we try every form of escape, but it is always there. Apparently, humanity has not resolved grief.’ This episode on Grief and Loss has four sections. The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Amsterdam 1981, and is titled: Living With Grief. The second extract (12:32) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1981, and is titled: Why Is There Grief and Hurt? The third extract (24:30) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1982, and is titled: Is There an End ...
‘There is no abstraction, there is only 'what is', there is only the seeing. And when you see, you act.’ This episode on Abstraction has three sections. The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1974, and is titled: Abstractions, Conclusions and Ideas. The second extract (29:02) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1973, and is titled: Why Does the Mind Draw Abstractions? The final extract in this episode (57:02) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in New Delhi ...
‘We are incapable, so we look, we search, we find somebody to tell us what to do, and we put our faith in those people. But faith and trust have no value.’ This episode on Trust and Faith has five sections. The first extract (2:24) is from the second question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, and is titled Trust and Certainty. The second extract (13:42) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Madras 1964, and is titled: Trust and Faith Have No Value. The third extract (22:58) is from the second ta...
‘Leisure is extraordinarily important – not to have a mind that is constantly occupied, constantly chattering. It is only in that unoccupied mind a new seed of learning can take place.’ This episode on Leisure has five sections. The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Ojai 1977, and is titled: The Importance of Leisure. The second extract (21:06) is from the sixth talk at Rajghat in 1962, and is titled: We Have Very Little Leisure. The third extract (30:48) is from Krishna...
‘What prevents you from seeing is your condemnation and justification, which is the past. When you listen, when you see without condemnation, you are free of the past.’ This episode on Seeing has three sections. The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1970, and is titled: Seeing Is Action. The second extract (30:01) is from the second talk in New Delhi 1962, and is titled: Seeing Without Contradiction. The final extract in this episode (41:04) is from Kri...
‘Bliss is not pleasure; ecstasy is not brought about by thought; it is an entirely different thing. And you can only come upon that when you understand the nature of thought.’ This episode on Bliss, Ecstasy and Benediction has five sections. The first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in London 1969, and is titled: Bliss Is Not Pleasure. The second extract (14:15) is from the third talk in San Diego 1970, and is titled: The Bliss of Total Revolution. The third extract (32:02) is ...
'Knowing is far more important than acquiring knowledge. Knowing means learning. Knowing is always in the present.’ This episode on Knowing has four sections. The first extract ( 2:34 ) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Rajghat in 1969, and is titled: Is Knowing Based on the Past? The second extract ( 15:30 ) is from the second talk in Bangalore 1971, and is titled: Knowing What Love Is. The third extract ( 28:55 ) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1972, and is titled: How Do You ...
‘We have divided time into yesterday, today and tomorrow, and hence we have invented the process of gradual achievement for freeing ourselves.’ This episode on Tomorrow has three sections. The first extract (2:26) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in New Delhi 1964, and is titled: Our Invented Tomorrow. The second extract (23:21) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1984, and is titled: Is There Security Tomorrow? The final extract in this episode (44:06) is from the fourth talk in New Y...
‘It is only the mind that is empty of what is false that can discover what is true.’ This episode on The False has four sections. The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1983, and is titled: Seeing the False. The second extract (22:30s) is from the sixth talk in Paris 1961, and is titled: Denying the False. The third extract (41:54) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Madras 1979, and is titled: Freedom to See the False. The final extract in this episode (58:41) is...
‘Meditation is the emptying of the content of consciousness, which is consciousness. That is the meaning and the depth of meditation: the emptying of all the content, which means thought coming to an end.’ This episode on Emptying Consciousness has four sections. The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk at Brockwood Park in 1973, and is titled: What is Consciousness? The second extract (11:15) is from the fifth discussion in Saanen 1975, and is titled: Freedom Implies Emptying ...
‘Motives are based on pleasure – avoiding pain and holding onto pleasure. There is no other kind of motive.’ This episode on Motive has five sections. The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1967, and is titled: Why Do We Have Motives? The second extract (9:19) is from the second discussion in Saanen 1976, and is titled: Can I Live Without a Motive or Direction? The third extract (20:12) is from the third question and answer meeting in Saanen 1984, and is titled:...
‘Philosophers intellectually invent or reason out a meaning to life, and we generally accept such meaning because we have no meaning to our own lives.’ This episode on The Meaning of Life has two sections. The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1973, and is titled: Meaning vs. Purpose. The second and final extract in this episode (32:30) is from the fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1976, and is titled: Finding Out the Meaning of Life. Each fortnightly episode of th...
‘Liberation is not a form of snobbishness; it is there for anyone who will inquire into it. It is there with an ever-widening, deepening beauty and strength when there is self-knowing.’ This week’s episode on Liberation has four sections. The first extract (2:40) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1981, and is titled: Is Liberation Only for the Few? The second extract (15:54) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Madras 1964, and is titled: Liberation Is Not an A...
‘There can be security for mankind only if there is a global relationship, interrelationship economically and socially - a global relationship, not an isolated security.’ This week’s episode on Isolation has four sections. The first extract (2:34) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Brockwood Park in 1982, and is titled: Ideologies Isolate. The second extract (22:29) is from the second talk in Saanen 1982, and is titled: Is There Security in Isolation? The third extract (44:08) is from Krishna...
‘There is no duality, only the fact. But when we want to get over the fact, we create duality.’ This week’s episode on Duality has four sections. The first extract (2:28) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Bombay 1966, and is titled: What Is Duality? The second extract (24:15) is from the fourth talk in New Delhi 1983, and is titled: Is There Such Thing As Duality? The third extract (32:41) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bombay 1984, and is titled: The Conflict of Duality. The final ext...
‘To inquire demands a mind that has set aside its opinions, its judgements, its evaluations and is capable of observing exactly what is, outwardly and inwardly.’ This week’s episode on Inquiry has five sections. The first extract (2:44) is from the first question and answer meeting at Rajghat in 1981, and is titled What Does It Mean To Inquire? The second extract (17:46) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Brockwood Park in 1973, and is titled: Inquiry Requires a Serious Mind. The third extract...
‘Though concentration is necessary, meditation involves much more than concentration, or the control of thought.’ This week’s episode on Concentration has three sections. The first extract (2:25) is from the second question and answer meeting in Ojai in 1982, and is titled: Concentration and Attention. The second extract (18:03) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1981, and is titled: Concentration and Control. The final extract in this episode (44:45) is from the third talk in Claremo...
‘The self is nothing but words and memories. So the self is the past. And to know oneself means to observe yourself.’ This week’s episode on The Self has five sections. The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Madras 1978, and is titled: The Nature of the Self. The second extract (24:30) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1985, and is titled: Self-Interest. The third extract (43:18) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in Saanen 1964, and is titled: Self-Pity. The fourth extrac...
‘Remaining totally in a state of not knowing, you have tremendous energy.’ This week’s episode on Not-knowing has five sections. The first extract (2:36) is from the first talk in Saanen 1963, and is titled: The State of Not-knowing. The second extract (18:11) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Paris 1961, and is titled: Not-knowing Is Complete Attention. The third extract (30:26) is from the second discussion in Saanen 1971, and is titled: Can the Brain Remain with Not-Knowing? The fourth ext...
‘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 (...
