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Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast

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Apr 5, 2023 • 1h 18min

Krishnamurti on Control

‘Who is the controller whom all the time exercises authority to control? Who is the controller? Are they different from the controlled?’ This week’s episode on Control has two sections. The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1971, titled: Does Control Bring Order? The second and final extract in this episode (47:11) is from the fourth talk in Madras 1973, titled: Is It Possible To Live Without Control? 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 Control. Upcoming themes are Wisdom, Conclusions and Sensation. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our updated website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a new introduction to Krishnamurti, a growing collection of articles,  a wide selection of quotes and a new index of topics for easy access to carefully selected texts and recordings. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at  Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility
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Mar 29, 2023 • 1h 12min

Krishnamurti on the Present

‘The future is the past, modified by the accidents of the present. Tomorrow is yesterday, reshaped by the experiences, reactions and knowledge of today. This is what we call time.’ This week’s episode on The Present has four sections. The first extract (2:49) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Paris 1966, titled: Living Is in the Active Present. The second extract (15:21) is from the seventh talk in Saanen 1963, titled: Is There a Present Untouched by the Past? The third extract (30:34) is from the second public discussion in Saanen 1974, titled: Can the Mind Live Wholly in the Present? The final extract in this episode (43:16) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in Saanen 1966, titled: A Silent Mind Is Always in the Present. 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 The Present. Upcoming themes are Control, Wisdom and Conclusions. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, the Krishnamurti Centre offers individual and group retreats for those wishing to inquire into themselves in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.
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Mar 22, 2023 • 1h 5min

Krishnamurti on Nationalism

'As long as you have sovereign governments - that is, nationalistic separate governments with their armies - you are bound to have wars.' This week’s episode on Nationalism has three sections. The first extract (2:32) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1965, titled: As Long as We Have Separate Nationalistic Governments, We Are Bound To Have Wars. The second extract (29:35) is from the first talk in Ojai 1977, titled: Is There Security in Nationalism? The final extract in this episode (44:49) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 1983, titled: Nationalism Is Glorified Tribalism. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing Krishnamurti’s different approaches to fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Nationalism. Upcoming themes are The Present, Control and Wisdom. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of advert-free full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features hundreds of specially selected clips. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.
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Mar 15, 2023 • 1h 8min

Krishnamurti on Wholeness

‘To find out a deep, abiding, unshakeable honesty, which is integrity, wholeness, is to discover a state of the brain in which there is no movement at all.’ This week’s episode on Wholeness has four sections. The first extract (2:46) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Brockwood Park in 1980, titled: A Sense of Wholeness, of Global Reality. The second extract (26:39) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Can Wholeness Be Brought About by Thought? The third extract (35:52) is from the third question and answer meeting in Saanen 1984, titled: A Deep Abiding Wholeness and Integrity. The final extract in this episode (53:22) is from the fourth talk in Madras 1974, titled: A Mind That Is Whole, Not Fragmented. 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 that we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Wholeness. Upcoming themes are Nationalism,  The Present, and Wisdom. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, a unique international boarding school offering a personalised holistic education for around 70 students. It is deeply inspired by Krishnamurti’s teaching, which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity. Please visit brockwood.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.
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Mar 8, 2023 • 60min

Krishnamurti on Teaching

‘Teaching is the highest profession in the world. The highest profession because teachers are responsible for the future generation.’ This week’s episode on Teaching has three sections. The first extract (2:34) is from the first question and answer meeting in Madras 1981, titled: Teaching Is the Highest Profession. The second extract (15:42) is from the third discussion in Ojai 1977, titled: What Is the Function of a Teacher? The final extract in this episode (53:08) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1964, titled: No Teacher Can Help You. 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 Teaching. Upcoming themes are Wholeness, Nationalism and The Present. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our updated website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a new introduction to Krishnamurti, a growing collection of articles, a wide selection of quotes and a new index of topics for easy access to carefully selected texts and recordings. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.
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Mar 1, 2023 • 1h 2min

Krishnamurti on Responsibility

‘We must lay the foundation not on sands but on the responsibility of our daily life, and try to bring about a tremendous revolution in that life.’ This week’s episode on Insight has three sections. The first extract (2:39) is from the second question and answer meeting in Ojai 1985, titled: What Is Our Responsibility to Ourselves and Others? The second extract (19:09) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Santa Monica 1974, titled: Freedom and Responsibility Go Together. The third and final extract in this episode is (34:06) from the first talk in Bombay 1965, titled: It Is Your Responsibility To Bring About a Tremendous Change in the World 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 Responsibility. Upcoming themes are Teaching, Wholeness and Nationalism. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, the Krishnamurti Centre offers individual and group retreats for those wishing to inquire into themselves in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.
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Feb 22, 2023 • 1h 7min

Krishnamurti on Pain

‘As long as you think about pain, you intensify the memory of it. Therefore, thinking about pain increases the fear of it.’ This week’s episode on Pain has three sections. The first extract (2:23) is from the fourth question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled: How Do You Meet Pain? The second extract (11:18) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Bombay 1971, titled: Fear of Pain. The final extract in this episode (33:58) is from the first question and answer meeting in Saanen 1982, titled: Psychological and Physical Pain. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing Krishnamurti’s different approaches to fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Pain. Upcoming themes are Responsibility, Teaching and Wholeness. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of advert-free full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features hundreds of specially selected clips. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.
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Feb 15, 2023 • 1h 15min

Krishnamurti on Spirituality

‘What is a spiritual life? Is a spiritual life a life of total freedom? Freedom from sorrow, freedom from fear, freedom from all conditioning. To be free.’ This week’s episode on Spirituality has five sections. The first extract (2:52) is from the third question and answer meeting in Ojai 1982, titled: Are There Levels of Spirituality? The second extract (20:58) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1985, titled: Are Spiritual Experiences Illusional? The third extract (40:06) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1980, titled: There Is No Spiritual Authority. The fourth extract (54:38) is from the third question and answer meeting in Saanen 1983, titled: What Is a Spiritual Life? The final extract in this episode (1:01:57) is from the seventh talk in New Delhi 1963, titled: The Religious Spirit. 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 that we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Spirituality. Upcoming themes are Pain, Responsibility and Teaching. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, a unique international boarding school offering a personalised holistic education for around 70 students. It is deeply inspired by Krishnamurti’s teaching, which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity. Please visit brockwood.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.
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Feb 8, 2023 • 1h 13min

Krishnamurti on Discipline

‘Is happiness found through discipline? By practising a certain rule, a certain discipline, a mode of conduct, are you ever free?’ This week’s episode on Discipline has three sections. The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Ojai 1949, titled: Why Do We Discipline Ourselves? The second extract (25:19) is from the fourth talk in Bombay 1964, titled: Discipline Means to Learn. The final extract in this episode (46:08) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1949, titled: Discipline in Meditation. Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Discipline. Upcoming themes are Spirituality, Pain and Responsibility. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our updated website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a new introduction to Krishnamurti, a growing collection of articles,    a wide selection of quotes and a new index of topics for easy access to carefully selected texts and recordings. Our online store stocks all available Krishnamurti books and ships worldwide. You can also find our regular quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.
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4 snips
Feb 1, 2023 • 1h 8min

Krishnamurti on Insight

‘Insight is not brought about through will, through desire, through memory. It is immediate perception and therefore action.’ This week’s episode on Insight has two sections. The first extract (2:39) is from the first question and answer meeting in Saanen 1981, titled: What Is Insight? The second and final extract in this episode (22:38) is from the second talk in Saanen 1972, titled: Constant Insight Without Conclusion. 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 Insight. Upcoming themes are Discipline, Spirituality, and Pain. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to the Krishnamurti Retreat Centre. Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, the Krishnamurti Centre offers individual and group retreats for those wishing to inquire into themselves in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, which helps our visibility.

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