Krishnamurti on Words and Language

‘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.

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