‘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...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 1
‘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, titl...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 50
‘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 s...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 49
‘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 ta...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 48
‘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...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 47
‘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 extr...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 46
‘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 o...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 45
‘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...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 44
‘Where there is attachment to a problem, to an idea, to an ideal, to a person, to a dogma, to a ritual, to an organisation, there must be corruption.’ This week’s episode on Attachment has five sections. The first extract (2:29) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1972, titled ‘Why are we attached?’ The second extract (11:04) is from the fifth question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled ‘The consequences of attachment’. The third extract (23:14) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk ...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 43
‘Logically, sanely, I observe that nobody can help me. It is not that I become cynical; it is a fact. And so am I willing to stand alone?’ This week’s episode on Help has four sections. The first extract (2:49) from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Bombay 1964, titled ‘We have always sought help from others’. The second extract (23:10) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1981, titled ‘Why do I ask for help from another?’ The third extract (52:24) is from the second q...
Jul 06, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 42
‘Ideas play an extraordinarily important part in our life: what we think, what we feel, the beliefs and ideas in which we are conditioned.’ This week’s episode on Ideas has four sections. The first extract (2:30) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Bombay 1965, titled ‘God is an idea’. The second extract (21:42) is from the second talk in New Delhi 1964, titled ‘Is there an action without the idea?’ The third extract (33:12) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Brockwood Park in 1974, titled...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 41
‘Accumulation is the centre, the 'me', the ego, and to learn about it one must be free of accumulation.’ This week’s episode on Accumulation has three sections. The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Madras 1971, titled ‘Learning is a constant movement with no accumulation’. The second extract (15:30) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1982, titled ‘The accumulating brain is mechanical’. The final extract (38:03) in this episode is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Madras 19...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 40
‘The things that have been put in the churches, temples and mosques are not sacred, but yet we worship them. We worship symbols created by thought and pray to them. We project that which is sacred according to our conditioning.’ This week’s episode on The Sacred has four sections. The first extract (2:35) is from the second question and answer meeting in Ojai 1982, titled ‘Is thought sacred?’ The second extract (10:26) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1982, titled ‘Is there anything sac...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 39
‘All effort implies resistance, all effort implies contradiction, all effort involves an idea separate from action; and hence our daily lives are in contradiction.’ This week’s episode on Effort has four sections. The first extract (2:53) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Madras 1964, titled ‘Why do we make effort?’ The second extract (17:15) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1965, titled ‘Effort implies conformity.’ The third extract (29:04) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in New Delhi 19...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 38
‘When the observer is looking at itself, the observer is absolutely silent. If the observer is absolutely quiet, you see what actually is. If the observer is totally silent, then that which is, is non-existent.’ This week’s episode on The Observer has six sections. The first extract (2:43) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Brockwood Park in 1974, titled ‘Who is the observer?’ The second extract (15:56) is from the first talk at Brockwood Park in 1970, titled ‘The observer is one of many fragm...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 37
‘If there is no future, because the future and the past are now, then what is action?’ This week’s episode on The Future has five sections. The first extract (2:44) is from the third question and answer meeting in Saanen 1982, titled ‘What is the future of mankind?’ The second extract (9:25) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1976, titled ‘Is there such thing as tomorrow?’ The third extract (19:26) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1984, titled ‘The fut...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 36
‘When the brain is quiet in sleep, rejuvenation of its whole structure takes place and a quality of innocence comes into being.’ This week’s episode on Sleep and Dreams has four sections. The first extract (2:29) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Brockwood Park in 1969, titled ‘Can we understand ourselves by analysing our dreams?’ The second extract (31:12) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1972, titled ‘The mind tries to create order through dreams’. The third extract (36:56) is ...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 35
‘It is only out of nothingness that creation takes place; out of that emptiness is that creation that is the summation of all energy.’ This week’s episode on Nothingness has six sections. The first extract (2:50) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in London 1962, titled ‘Nothingness is not something mysterious’ The second extract (7:18) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1978, titled ‘We are frightened to be nothing.’ The third extract (23:30) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1975 tit...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 34
‘There is a way of living without conflict and struggle. It doesn’t mean becoming lazy, the mind becoming stagnant or dull. This way of living without effort can only come about if we understand the whole process of contradiction.’ This week’s episode on Struggle has four sections. The first extract (2:48) is from the 1974 film Problems of Living, titled ‘We are caught in the trap of endless struggle’. The second extract (8:44) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Bombay 1962, titled ‘Why do we ...
May 04, 2022•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 33
‘When you are a light to yourself you are a light to the world, because the world is you and you are the world.’ This week’s episode on Light has five sections. The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Madras 1965, titled ‘Observation and light go together’. The second extract (20:54) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1981, titled ‘Can I be a light to myself?’ The third extract (32:44) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1979, titled...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 32
‘The crisis is not in economics, politics or religion. The crisis is in our consciousness.’ This week’s episode on Crisis has four sections. The first extract (2:26) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Ojai 1985, titled ‘Where is the crisis?’ The second extract (6:30) is from the fourth talk in Ojai 1981, titled ‘The crisis must be answered’. The third extract (28:15) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1981, titled ‘To understand the crisis, we must be aware of thought’. The final extra...
Apr 20, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 31
‘In the state of understanding, there is no barrier between the fact and yourself. When you understand something, your whole attention is given to it.’ This week’s episode on Understanding has six sections. The first extract (2:50) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Madras 1964, titled ‘In what sense are we using the word ‘understand’?’ The second extract (8:24) is from the first talk in Saanen 1962, titled ‘Will mental exploration bring about understanding?’ The third extract (16:06) is from...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 30
‘When I identify myself with a group, idea, belief or conclusion, that identification is the very essence of being occupied with myself.’ This week’s episode on Identification has four sections. The first extract (2:43) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 1978, titled ‘The movement of identification.’ The second extract (20:50) is from the eighth talk in Ojai 1949, titled ‘Identification is the basis of illusion’. The third extract (35:30) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 197...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 29
‘If we can put away all ideals, understanding their escaping and postponing quality, and face something as it is, directly, immediately, give our full attention to it, then there is a possibility of transforming it.’ This week’s episode on Ideals has four sections. The first extract (2:52) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1978, titled ‘Why do we live with the pressure of ideals?’ The second extract (17:48) is from the third talk in Saanen 1979, titled ‘Is there security in ideals?’ The ...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 28
‘Aggression is the pattern from childhood - the education, our parents and society. Those around me are aggressive and it gives me pleasure. I accept this and become more aggressive’ This week’s episode on Aggression has four sections. The first extract (2:28) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1970, titled ‘We are conditioned to be aggressive.’ The second extract (12:02) is from the fourth question and answer meeting in Ojai 1980, titled ‘The pattern of aggression.’ The third extract (...
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 27
‘We are not pursuing ideas or ideologies, but facing actuality. In actuality, and going beyond that actuality, is the truth.’ This week’s episode on Actuality has four sections. The first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Washington DC, 1985, titled ‘We have done everything possible to run from actuality’. The second extract (20:51) is from the first talk at Brockwood Park in 1974, titled ‘Deal with actuality, not ideas’. The third extract (32:48) is from Krishnamurti’s first t...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 26
‘Psychologically we are one. Unless human beings deeply realise this, we are going to have wars, we are going to be eternally in conflict.’ This week’s episode on War and Killing has five sections. The first extract (2:31) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1984, titled ‘What is the cause of wars?’ The second extract (20:08) is from the first talk in New Delhi 1965, titled ‘Is there such thing as a righteous war?’ The third extract (33:16) is from Krishnamurti’s talk at the United Natio...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 25
‘If thought, reason, knowledge or experience will not bring about a radical revolution in the psyche, what will?’ This week’s episode on The Psyche has four sections. The first extract (2:52) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Ojai 1976, titled ‘The psyche is put together by thought’. The second extract (26:05) is from the second talk in San Francisco 1983, titled ‘Time and the psyche’. The third extract (46:32) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in New York 1966, titled ‘What will bring about...
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 24
‘When you are free, when the brain is free of measurement, the very brain cells that have been used to measurement, conditioned by measurement, have suddenly awakened to the truth.’ This week’s episode on Measurement has five sections. The first extract (2:26) is from the fifth question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled ‘We have fallen into the habit of measurement’. The second extract (28:18) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1983, titled ‘The ‘better’ is measurable.’ The thir...
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 23
‘Is there a sustained attention? Of course not. So, it is important to understand why there is inattention.’ This week’s episode on Attention and Inattention has five sections. The first extract (2:41) is from the first question and answer meeting in Bombay 1985, titled ‘Why aren’t we capable of sustaining attention?’ The second extract (13:53) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1967, titled ‘What takes place when you give complete attention?’ The third extract (27:08) is from the f...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 22
