‘Is there an action that is not mechanistic, which is not based on reward and punishment?’

This week’s episode on Reward and Punishment has five sections.

The first extract (2:30) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1965, titled: Do Reward and Punishment Help Us To Change?

The second extract (19:09) is from the third talk in Madras 1985, titled: Pleasure, Reward and Punishment.

The third extract (29:42) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bangalore 1974, titled: Reward, Punishment and the Mechanical Mind.

The fourth extract (40:42) is from the third talk at Brockwood Park in 1977, titled: Through Suffering We Seek a Reward.

The final extract in this episode (50:15) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Santa Monica 1974, titled: There Is No Reward in Meditation.

Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from the archives, representing Krishnamurti’s different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Reward and Punishment. Upcoming themes are Seriousness, Hurt, and Being and Becoming.

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