Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast
What are you doing with your life? Can anyone show you the way, or must you be a light to yourself? Do we see the urgency of change? One of the greatest spiritual teachers and philosophers of all time, J. Krishnamurti challenges us to question all that we know and discover our true nature in the here and now. This official podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust now has over 250 episodes. Episodes 1-50 feature conversations between Krishnamurti and luminaries from many paths, along with readings of the classic book Commentaries on Living by actor Terence Stamp. Episode 51 onwards features carefully chosen extracts based on a theme explored by Krishnamurti. The extracts from our archives have been carefully selected to represent his different approaches to each of these universal and timelessly relevant themes. Get in touch at podcast@kfoundation.org. Please consider leaving a review, which helps the visibility of the podcast.
Episodes
‘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 there. So what is one to do?’
This episode on Despair has four sections. The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Ojai 1973, and is titled: Despair, Hope and Belief.
The second extract (14:20) is from the second talk in Saanen 1962, and is tit...
‘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 world – which is what is happening now.’
This episode on Science has three sections.
The first extract (2:46) is from the first small group discussion in New Delhi 1981, and is titled: Scientists Have Not Helped Me.
The second extract (13:01) is from the first talk a...
‘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.
The first extract (2:46) is from the second public discussion in Saanen 1965, and is titled: Vulnerability & Sensitivity.
The second extract (22:06) is from a direct recording in Ojai 1983, and is titled: We Lose Vulnerability in This World of Noise.
The third...
‘Trapped in this peculiar culture and civilisation, how am I to fundamentally change, and what is involved in this change?’
This episode on Civilisation has three sections.
The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1973, and is titled: Civilisation Conditions Us.
The second extract (40:51) is from the second small group discussion in Rome 1972, and is titled: Western Civilisation Is Based on Measurement.
...‘Religion means to live daily life in goodness – goodness being compassionate, kind, generous.’
This episode on Goodness & Generosity has five sections.
The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Rishi Valley 1973, and is titled: Educating Children to Flower in Goodness.
The second extract (22:12) is from the first talk in Ojai 1979, and is titled: Is Goodness Possible in This World?
The third extract (52:22)...
‘Drugs don't alter your boredom, a drug doesn't end your sorrow. You may escape for the time being, but there is still sorrow.’ This episode on Drugs has six sections.
The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Amsterdam 1971, and is titled: Why Do You Take Drugs?
The second extract (8:39) is from a discussion with students in Ojai 1966, and is titled: Taking Drugs Is Nothing New.
The third extract (17:24) is fro...
‘Maturity comes not with age or having a degree. That is not maturity. Maturity is a state of mind and heart.’
This episode on Maturity has five sections.
The first extract (2:41) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Bombay 1962, and is titled: What is Maturity?
The second extract (21:42) is from the fourth talk at Rishi Valley in 1965, and is titled: The Slowly Maturing Mind.
The third extract (37:18) is from the second discussion...
‘We need political, religious, social and psychological change, deep down at the very roots. How is this to be brought about, and where do we begin?’
This episode on Politics has six sections.
The first extract (2:48) is from the third discussion with young people in Saanen 1968, and is titled: Does Change Begin Politically?
The second extract (15:48) is from the fourth question and answer meeting in Ojai 1982, and is titled: Polit...
‘There is a stillness which is not dependent on anything. It is only that quality of stillness, that absolute silence of the mind that can see the eternal, timeless, nameless.’
This episode on Stillness has six sections.
The first extract (2:36) is from the fourth small group discussion at Brockwood Park in 1973, and is titled: Does Controlling the Mind Lead to Stillness?
The second extract (24:07) is from the seventh discussion in...
‘In the awakening of intelligence is the beginning of total happy security of human beings. Nowhere else will you have security except in that.’
This episode on Awakening has four sections.
The first extract (2:19) is from the second question and answer meeting in Saanen 1981, and is titled: Intelligence Cannot Be Cultivated.
The second extract (13:12) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1977, and is titled: The Three Essen...
‘A heart that has no jealousy or envy, that knows no competition, that has no fear, that knows what it means to love – only such a heart and mind can respond to the phenomena going on in the world.’
This episode on The Heart has four sections.
The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Bombay 1969, and is titled: A New Quality of Mind and Heart.
The second extract (23:24) is from the third discussion in Saanen 1...
‘Organisations will never succeed in bringing about peace because human beings individually, collectively, nationally, are in conflict.’
This episode on Organisations has six sections.
The first extract (2:40) is from a phonograph recording of Krishnamurti, and is titled: Truth Cannot Be Organised.
The second extract (8:18) is from the first talk in Santa Monica 1971, and is titled: Organisations Have Not Solved Our Problems.
The t...
‘The really scientific mind and the really religious mind are the only two minds that can exist now, not the superstitious, believing, temple-going, church-worshipping mind.’
This episode on The Scientific Mind and the Religious Mind has two sections.
The first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s eleventh talk in London 1961, and is titled: The Scientific and Religious Spirit.
The second and final extract in this episode (53:01) ...
‘Without sensitivity there is no intelligence, and therefore no love. And where there is no love, there is no beauty.’
This episode on Sensitivity has three sections.
The first extract (2:38) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Rajghat in 1967, and is titled: Most of Us Are Insensitive.
The second extract (22:47) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1969, and is titled: Extraordinary Sensitivity.
The final extract in this...
‘Thinking is mechanical; thinking can never be free. It can be reasonable, sane and logical, but thinking can never be free.’
This episode on Thinking has three sections.
The first extract (2:30) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1985, and is titled: What Is Thinking?
The second extract (37:36) is from the first talk in Saanen 1982, and is titled: Is Thinking Individual?
The final extract in this episode (1:03:50) is ...
‘The flowering of goodness can never take place when the mind is respectable, when the mind is conforming to a pattern – the social pattern, an ideological pattern or a religious pattern.’
This episode on Respectability has two sections.
The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Bombay 1965, and is titled: The Framework of Respectability.
The second and final extract (45:54) in this episode is from the sixth ta...
‘Thought is a material process, a movement. When there is no movement, there something totally original, totally untouched by humanity, untouched by all the movement of thought.’
This episode on Movement has three sections.
The first extract (2:48) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1973, and is titled: Thought Is Movement in Time.
The second extract (29:46) is from the seventh talk in Saanen 1976, and is titled: When the ...
‘The problem is you. The problem, the crisis, the challenge is in you, and you have to reply adequately. You are the world.’
This episode on You Are the World has three sections.
The first extract (2:46) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Madras 1977, and is titled: It is an absolute, irrevocable fact that you are the world.
The second extract (23:26) is from the third talk in New Delhi 1963, and is titled: There Is No Division B...
‘What does it all mean, the existence that we lead? What is the meaning of all the work, misery, confusion, and this sense of meaningless existence?’
This episode on Existence has four sections.
The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Bombay 1981, and is titled: What Is the Most Important Thing In Our Existence?
The second extract (18:27) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1972, and is titled: The Mind Finds Its...
‘Where there is compassion, there is supreme intelligence. Not the artificial intelligence of a computer, nor the artificial intelligence of thought.’
This episode on Artificial Intelligence and Computers has seven sections.
The first extract (2:33) is from a small group discussion in Ojai 1981, and is titled The Intelligence of Thought Is Also Artificial.
The second extract (8:26) is from the first discussion with scholars at Rajg...
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