‘Meditation means the emptying of consciousness of its content. Then only can the mind be absolutely quiet.’

This week’s episode on Meditation has four sections. The first extract (2:24) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in San Diego 1970, titled ‘What is meditation?’

The second extract (16:41) is from the seventh talk in Saanen 1974, titled ‘The controller is the controlled’.

The third extract (42:32) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1949, titled ‘Meditation is the beginning of self-knowledge’.

The final extract (1:11:11) this week is from a direct recording by Krishnamurti in 1983, titled ‘Meditation is without measurement’. This recording is exclusive to this podcast and has not been heard outside of the archives before now.

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.

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