Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast

Krishnamurti on Concepts

‘We have built a conceptual world, a world based on ideas, a world based on a philosophy which is essentially material.’ This episode on Concepts has three sections. Th

Krishnamurti on Harmony

‘Harmony is stillness, a harmony between the body, the heart and the mind – complete harmony. This episode on Harmony has four sections. The first extract (2:30) is fro

Krishnamurti on Detachment

‘In the process of attachment, there is pain. To avoid that pain, we try to cultivate detachment. And so we keep up this circle, which is always painful.’ This episode o

Krishnamurti on Children

‘If you’re concerned about your own children, what is your responsibility? Amusement? Entertainment? Pleasure? That seems to be the road that everyone is following.’ Thi

Krishnamurti on Activism and Social Change

‘We are always talking about outward change in the social structure, either through violence or through peaceful means. The problem is much deeper than mere social change

Krishnamurti on Sanity

‘One of the indications of sanity is that there is no contradiction within oneself, no imbalance, where thought and action correspond to each other.’ This episode on San

Krishnamurti on Challenge

‘When the response is equal to the challenge, there is harmony, there is integration between challenge and response.’ This episode on Challenge has four sections. The f

Krishnamurti on The Past

‘The past is always overshadowing the present, the past memories, the pleasures, the flattery or insults. The past touches the present and gives it a twist. This episode

Krishnamurti on Competition

‘When you are constantly in struggle, constantly in conflict, constantly competitive, you must inevitably wear yourself out, both psychologically and physically.’ This e

Krishnamurti on Art

‘The greatest art is the art of living – not the paintings, the sculptures, the poems, the marvellous literature. That has its place, but to find out the art of living is

Krishnamurti on Behaviour

‘Behaviour, conduct, is very important in life. And man has lived on this earth, I don't know how many millions of years, and yet he has not learnt how to behave.’ This

Krishnamurti on Flowering

‘We are not talking about revolt but rather of a complete flowering of human goodness, which can alone produce a good, creative society.’ This episode on Flowering has f

Krishnamurti on Communication

‘To communicate, you and I must be not only intense but meet at the same level, with the same intensity, at the same moment. Otherwise communication ceases.’ This episod

Krishnamurti on Suffering

‘We want suffering to be diluted, alleviated, put away, explained away. But that doesn't help us to understand suffering.’ This episode on Suffering has four sections.

Krishnamurti on Discovery

‘It is one of the most marvellous things in life to discover something unexpectedly, spontaneously, without premeditation, without preparing; to come upon something insta

Krishnamurti on The Structure of Society

‘You can only be spiritual when you destroy the social structure of your being, which is, the world in which you live, the world of ambition, greed, envy and seeking powe

Krishnamurti on Holism

‘To perceive something holistically, that is to perceive without time, is to have a mind that is global – to see humanity as a whole.’ This episode on Holism has five se

Krishnamurti on Despair

‘There is the sense of inward frustration, the sense of hopeless despair without an end. Perhaps most people are not aware of it, or if they are, they avoid it. But it is

Krishnamurti on Science

‘As long as science is the activity of a separate group or nation, which is tribal activity, such knowledge can only bring about greater conflict, greater havoc in the wo

Krishnamurti on Vulnerability

‘Only a mind that is vulnerable is capable of affection and love, not a mind that is jealous, possessive or dominating.’ This episode on Vulnerability has three sections