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
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
‘The easiest thing for the mind, which is generally very lazy, is to follow what somebody else has said.’
This week’s episode on Following has two sections.
The first extract (2:25) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1981, titled: Why do we follow?
The second and final extract in this episode (43:39) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1970, titled: Following means we are second-hand human beings.
Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives.
This week’s theme is Following. Upcoming themes are Thinking Together, The Unconscious and Rationality.
This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks and discussions. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features a large collection 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 review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
‘There is only 'what is', and not the changing of 'what is'. The changing of 'what is' is the movement of thought in time.’
This week’s episode on What Is has four sections.
The first extract (2:38) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Ojai 1983, titled: ‘What is’ and ‘what should be’.
The second extract (29:30) is from the third talk at Brockwood Park in 1978, titled: ‘What is’ has no opposite.
The third extract (40:20) is from the eighth discussion in Saanen 1970, titled: ‘What is’ contains the past, present and future.
The final extract in this episode (59:55) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1973, titled: The cessation of ‘what is’.
Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from our extensive archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives.
This week’s theme is What Is. Upcoming themes are Following, Thinking Together and The Unconscious.
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 retreats individually and in groups. The focus is on inquiry in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information.
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 your podcast app, which helps our visibility.
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
‘Desire for a car, desire for a woman or man, desire for position, desire for money, desire for enlightenment, are all on the same level.’
This week’s episode on Desire has four sections.
The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Bombay 1979, titled: What Is Desire?
The second extract (18:05) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1979, titled: Is Desire Responsible For Fear?
The third extract (34:52) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Ojai 1979, titled: Desire’s Right Place.
The final extract in this episode (50:16) is from the fourth talk in Bombay 1984, titled: Meditation Has Nothing To Do With Desire.
Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully chosen extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives.
This week’s theme is Desire. Upcoming themes are 'What is', Following and Thinking Together.
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. 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 your podcast app. This helps our visibility.
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
‘There cannot be compassion and love without death, which is the ending of everything. Then there is creation.’
This week’s episode on Creation has three sections.
The first extract (2:39) is from the first question and answer meeting in Saanen 1985, titled: What is Creation?
The second extract (17:15) is from Krishnamurti’s talk at Los Alamos in 1984, titled: Creation Can Only Take Place When Thought Is Silent.
The final extract in this episode (1:03:16) is from the ninth talk in Saanen 1961, titled: Destruction Is Creation.
Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives.
This week’s theme is Creation. Upcoming themes are Desire, 'What is' and Following.
This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to The Krishnamurti Centre. The Centre offers a variety of group retreats from February to December, including for young adults. The atmosphere is one of openness and friendliness, with a sense of freedom to inquire with others and alone. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information.
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 your podcast app, which helps our visibility.
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
‘There is division between the Jew and the Arab, between the Hindu and the Muslim, between various forms of ideologies. Wherever there is a division, inwardly and outwardly, there must be not only conflict and struggle, but war.’
This week’s episode on Division has three sections.
The first extract (2:43) is from Krishnamurti’s talk in Rome 1973, titled: Where There Is Division There Is Always Conflict.
The second extract (16:36) is from the second talk in Ojai 1977, titled: Why Do We Live in Division?
The final extract in this episode (34:08) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Madras 1983, titled: Time Is Division.
Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives.
This week’s theme is Division. Upcoming themes are Creation, Desire and 'What is'.
This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a broad collection of articles and quotes, an introduction and biography, along with a comprehensive index of topics for easy access to 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 your podcast app. This helps our visibility.
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
‘Virtue has nothing whatsoever to do with society and its so-called morality. Virtue can come about only when there is psychological order within oneself.’
This week’s episode on Virtue has four sections.
The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s ¬¬¬¬third talk in Saanen 1962, titled: Respectability Is Not Virtue.
The second extract (13:14) is from the fourth talk in Paris 1965, titled: Order, Virtue and Freedom.
The third extract (28:35) is from the fifth talk in New York 1966, titled: Virtue Has No Authority.
The final extract in this episode (43:02) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in Bombay 1962, titled: The Simplicity of Virtue.
Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from our extensive archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives.
This week’s theme is Virtue. Upcoming themes are Division, Evolution and Desire.
This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks and discussions. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features a large collection 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 review or rating on your podcast app, which helps our visibility.
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
‘When the mind sees thought is the creator of illusion, you have an insight into the whole nature of illusion. It is that insight that dissolves all illusions.’
This week’s episode on Illusion has three sections.
The first extract (2:36) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1979, titled: Security in Illusion.
The second extract (37:56) is from the second question and answer meeting in Ojai 1980, titled: Freedom From Any Form of Illusion.
The final extract in this episode (58:55) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1963, titled: A Brain Without Illusion or Fear.
Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected clips from our extensive archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives.
This week’s theme is Illusion. Upcoming themes are Virtue, Division and Evolution.
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 retreats individually and in groups. The focus is on inquiry in light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information.
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 your podcast app, which helps our visibility.
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
‘Is there a way of life, having understood pleasure and fear, which is joyous, which is enjoyment, not the carrying over of pleasure from day to day?’
This week’s episode on Joy has five sections.
The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in New Delhi 1966, titled: Joy Is Entirely Different From Pleasure.
The second extract (13:41) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1977, titled: Thought Turns Joy Into Pleasure.
The third extract (27:18) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1970, titled: A Joy Untouched by Thought and Pleasure.
The fourth extract (42:29) is from the eighth talk in Bombay 1962, titled: Simplicity and Joy.
The final extract in this episode (1:01:55) is from a direct recording by Krishnamurti in 1983, titled: A Sense of Great Joy.
Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives.
This week’s theme is Joy. Upcoming themes are Illusion, Virtue and Division.
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. 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 quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust.
If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app. This helps our visibility.
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
‘Shall I seek a job according to my idiosyncrasies, which means, according to my conditioning? My conditioning is the result of society which says prestige and status are most important, not function.’
This week’s episode on Work has five sections.
The first extract (2:48) is from the second question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled: Right Living, Right Livelihood.
The second extract (14:34) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1972, titled: A Job You Love.
The third extract (28:01) is from the second talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Deny the Culture, Yet Live in the World.
The fourth extract (52:08) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Work as Part of a Harmonious Life.
The final extract in this episode (1:04:55) is from the second talk in Ojai 1977, titled: I Have No Problem With Livelihood.
Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives.
This week’s theme is Work. Upcoming themes are Joy, Illusion and Virtue.
This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to The Krishnamurti Centre. The Centre offers a variety of group retreats from February to December, including for young adults. The atmosphere is one of openness and friendliness, with a sense of freedom to inquire with others and alone. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information.
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 your podcast app. This helps our visibility.
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
‘Belief is a projection or an invention of thought. But we are attached to it because it gives a certain feeling of security, however illusory it is.’
This week’s episode on Belief has five sections.
The first extract (2:33) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1976, titled: Religion Is Not Belief.
The second extract (12:54) is from the second talk in Saanen 1975, titled: Belief Is Incorrect Thinking.
The third extract (19:53) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Amsterdam 1981, titled: Belief Is Merely a Projection.
The fourth extract (50:30) is from the fourth talk in New Delhi 1982, titled: Is It Possible To Be Free of All Belief?
The final extract in this episode (57:05) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Ojai 1949, titled: Would We Be Lost Without Beliefs?
Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast features carefully selected extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent different aspects of Krishnamurti’s radical approach to many of the issues and questions we all face in our lives.
This week’s theme is Belief. Upcoming themes are Work, Joy and Illusion.
This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit our website at kfoundation.org, where you can find a broad collection of articles and quotes, an introduction and biography, along with a comprehensive index of topics for easy access to 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 your podcast app. This helps our visibility.