Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast

‘Is there security at all? There is when there is intelligence. Intelligence is the most positive force of security’. This week’s episode on Security has four sections. The first extract (2:24) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1982, titled ‘Is there any security?’ The second extract (17:26) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1974, titled ‘Our physical security is being threatened’. The third extract (34:51) is from the first talk in Saanen 1977, titled ‘Can thought provide security?’ The final extract (49:27) this week is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in New York 1974, titled ‘Total security’. 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 approaches to each of these universal and timelessly relevant themes. Find us online at kfoundation.org and on social media as Krishnamurti Foundation Trust

‘Enlightenment is not of time. It is not a process. It is not something that you gradually come to.’ This week’s episode on Enlightenment has five sections. The first extract (2:22) is from the second question and answer meeting in Ojai 1982, titled ‘What is enlightenment?’ The second extract (12:51) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1980, titled ‘The one who says, “I know,” does not know’. The third extract (20:51) is from the fourth question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled ‘Is enlightenment a matter of time?’ The fourth extract (34:43) is from the third question and answer meeting in Saanen 1981, titled ‘Is enlightenment an experience?’ The final extract (44:30) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1979, titled ‘A light to oneself’. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. For more information about our activities, such as our volunteer programme at Brockwood Park in the UK, we are online at kfoundation.org. You can also find our daily quotes and videos on Instagram and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust.

‘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 wholly?’ 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 approaches to each of these universal and timelessly relevant themes.

‘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 love a movement in time?’ The fourth extract (36:22) is from the third talk at Brockwood Park in 1985, titled ‘With the ending of sorrow is love’. The final extract (55:30) this week is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bombay 1983, titled ‘Is there love in your heart?’ 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 approaches to each of these universal and timelessly relevant themes. Find us online at kfoundation.org and on social media as Krishnamurti Foundation Trust

‘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 is the core of a new culture’. The third extract (33:38) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in London 1982, titled ‘The religious mind’. The fourth extract (47:31) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1984, titled ‘The religious mind is in a state of creation’. The final short extract (54:29) is from a recording by Krishnamurti in Ojai 1984, titled ‘Religion is a form of science’. This recording made for the book ‘Krishnamurti to Himself’ is an exclusive to this podcast and has not been made available before now. Find us online at kfoundation.org and on social media as Krishnamurti Foundation Trust

‘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 ‘Total anonymity and humility’. The third extract (28:42) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1961, titled ‘Creativity and the still mind’. The final extract (45:34) this week is from the fourth talk in Amsterdam 1968, titled ‘Become completely anonymous’. 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 approaches to each of these universal and timelessly relevant themes. Find us online at kfoundation.org and on social media as Krishnamurti Foundation Trust

‘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?’ The third extract (39:02) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Brockwood Park in 1984, titled ‘Is thought the cause of conflict?’ The final extract (52:00) this week is from the third question and answer meeting in Saanen 1981, titled ‘The root of conflict in relationship.’ 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 approaches to each of these universal and timelessly relevant themes. Find us online at kfoundation.org and on social media as Krishnamurti Foundation Trust

‘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) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1981, titled ‘What is fear?’ The third extract (23:52) is from Krishnamurti’s third question and answer meeting in Ojai 1981, titled ‘Observing fear’. The fourth extract (47:56) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1985, titled ‘Fear of change’. The final extract (57:22) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1981, titled ‘Fear of dying’. 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 approaches to each of these universal and timelessly relevant themes. Find us online at kfoundation.org and on social media as Krishnamurti Foundation Trust

‘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 first talk at Brockwood Park in 1973, titled ‘Ambition is a waste of energy’. The final extract (43:30) this week is from the ninth talk in Ojai 1949, titled ‘Are you free of ambition?’ 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 different approaches to each of these universal and timelessly relevant themes. Find us online at kfoundation.org and on social media as Krishnamurti Foundation Trust

‘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 meeting at Brockwood in 1984, titled ‘Peace requires intelligence’. The final extract (58:08) this week is from Krishnamurti’s ninth talk in Saanen 1964, titled ‘Peace of mind’. 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 different approaches to each of these universal and timelessly relevant themes. Find us online at kfoundation.org and on social media as Krishnamurti Foundation Trust