Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast Krishnamurti Foundation Trust

‘One must go beyond words, beyond names, beyond symbols to really find out, to search very deeply, to inquire without restraint and without limitation.’
This week’s episode on Symbols has four sections.
The first extract (2:36) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in Madras 1961, and is titled: The Influence of Symbols.
The second extract (24:12) is from the first question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1980, and is titled: We Invent a Symbol Then Worship It.
The third extract (32:08) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1962, and is titled: Can We Be Free of Symbols?
The final extract in this episode (40:56) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1982, and is titled: No Symbol Is Sacred.
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.
Upcoming themes are Perception, Guilt and Continuity.
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.
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‘Learn to look at the whole of life from a level which is comprehensive, which has no fragmentation at all. And being non-fragmentary, act from there – a total action.’
This week’s episode on Fragmentation has three sections.
The first extract (2:29) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Madras 1971, and is titled: Are You Aware That You Are Fragmented?
The second extract (23:05) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1972, and is titled: Can We Be Free of Thought’s Fragmentation?
The final extract in this episode (44:23) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in Saanen 1966, and is titled: The Fragmentation of Time.
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.
Upcoming themes are Symbols, Perception and Guilt.
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.
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‘We cannot live without cooperation. Life is relationship; life is cooperation. You and I cannot exist without cooperation, but to cooperate there must be freedom.’
This week’s episode on Cooperation has eight sections.
The first extract (2:43) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Madras 1965, and is titled: The Only Cooperation We Know.
The second extract (11:06) is from the sixth talk in Saanen 1968, and is titled: Cooperation Needs Humility.
The third extract (15:21) is from the first discussion at Brockwood Park in 1974, and is titled: Thought Prevents Cooperation.
The fourth extract (18:43) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1964, and is titled: To Cooperate Is To Care.
The fifth extract (25:00) is from the seventh talk in Bombay 1964, and is titled: Freedom to Cooperate.
The sixth extract (33:22) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Madras 1964, and is titled: Cooperation and Passion.
The seventh extract (44:53) is from the sixth talk in New Delhi 1963, and is titled: The World Needs Cooperation.
The final extract in this episode (54:01) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Madras 1964, and is titled: Aloneness Is a State of Cooperation.
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.
Upcoming themes are Fragmentation, Symbols and Perception.
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.
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‘Is there psychological progress – the 'me' becoming better, nobler, wiser? The 'me' which is the past, which has accumulated so many things – insults, flatteries, pain, knowledge, suffering – can that progress to a better state?’
This week’s episode on Progress has five sections.
The first extract (2:49) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1973, and is titled: Are Human Beings Progressing?
The second extract (6:48) is from the first talk in Santa Monica 1974, and is titled: Where Do We Think We Are Progressing To?
The third extract (17:45) is from the first question and answer meeting in Madras 1981, and is titled: Can There Be Progress Without Conflict or Struggle?
The fourth extract (33:55) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Bombay 1983, and is titled: There Is No Such Thing As Psychological Progress.
The final extract in this episode (45:37) is from the fourth talk in San Francisco 1973, and is titled: Progress in Meditation.
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.
Upcoming themes are Cooperation, Fragmentation and Symbols.
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.
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‘Disorder implies conflict, conflict in our behaviour, conflict outwardly, conflict between nationalities, between classes, between vested interests, religiously or in business. So that is our life: great disorder.’
This week’s episode on Disorder has four sections.
The first extract (2:52) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in New York 1974, and is titled: Disorder is Spreading Across the World.
The second extract (34:45) is from the fourth talk in Madras 1981, and is titled: Thought Is the Origin of Disorder.
The third extract (49:38) is also from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Madras 1981, and is titled: Why Don’t We See the Danger of Disorder?
The final extract in this episode (1:03:53) is from the sixth talk in Bombay 1982, titled: Total Perception of Disorder.
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.
Upcoming themes are Questioning, Progress and Cooperation.
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.
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These events are an invitation for participants to discover a new way of living. With silence, nature and dialogue at the core of the retreats, guests sustain an inquiry into issues of everyday life that concern and connect us all.
Topics covered during the retreats touch on fundamental aspects of Krishnamurti’s teachings, themes that resonate deeply across generations, such as love, loneliness, freedom, society and meditation.
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‘Most of us do question, and our questioning is a reaction. We do not like something, and we question it, reject it or modify it. This questioning is according to the urges and demands, and has a motive behind it.’
This week’s episode on Questioning has seven sections.
The first extract (2:38) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1962, and is titled: Two Types of Questioning.
The second extract (12:49) is from the first question and answer meeting in Ojai 1985, and is titled: Letting a Question Evolve and Expand.
The third extract (19:18) is from the first question and answer meeting in Bombay 1985, and is titled: Is the Answer in the Question?
The fourth extract (25:12) is from the first question and answer meeting in Ojai 1984, and is titled: Only the Question Remains.
The fifth extract (39:46) is from a discussion at Brockwood Park School in 1983, and is titled: Learn the Art of Questioning.
The sixth extract (46:38) is from the first question and answer meeting in Ojai 1983, and is titled: It Is Important To Put the Right Question.
The final extract in this episode (53:30) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1971, and is titled: The Impossible Question.
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.
Upcoming themes are Disorder, Progress and Cooperation.
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.