‘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...

‘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...

‘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...

‘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:...

‘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...

‘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...

‘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...

‘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:...

‘Why has sex such an important part in our life? Though it is one of our primary urges, why has it assumed such fantastic magnitude?’ This week’s episode on Sex has four sections. The first extract (2:38) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in 1979, titled: Why Have We Given Sex Such Importance? The second extract (14:00) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk at Brockwood Park in 1971, titled: Sex, Pleasure and Love. The third extract (57:23) is from Krishnamurti’s...

'When you end the past, there is not only a new observation but a sense of extraordinary freedom and movement.' This week’s episode, the first in Season 5, is on Ending. It has four sections. The first extract (2:23) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Find Out What It Means to End. The second extract (21:05) is from the third talk in Saanen 1982, titled: Ending Without a Cause. The third extract (44:13) is from the second question and answer meeting at Brockwood Park in...

‘Tradition can be 10,000 years old or two days old, and according to that I live. This means I live in the past and am therefore betraying the present.’ This week’s episode on Tradition has five sections. The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in New Delhi 1962, titled: Tradition Is Habit Seasoned in Time. The second extract (13:19) is from the first talk in Bombay 1974, titled: Tradition Makes the Mind Mechanical. The third extract (30:22) is from Krishnamurti’s second...

‘As you observe with attentive passion, that very attention puts an end to becoming, which is of time and thought.’ This week’s episode on Being and Becoming has four sections. The first extract (2:42) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1983, titled: Most of Us Want To Become Something. The second extract (11:16) is from the second talk in Saanen in 1980, titled: Becoming Is the Movement of Thought. The third extract (31:04) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in San Francisco 1984,...

‘Can your mind know it has been hurt, be aware of it, and not react at the conscious or unconscious level?’ This week’s episode on Hurt has three sections. The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bombay 1974, titled: What Is It That Gets Hurt? The second extract (22:29) is from the fifth talk in Saanen 1974, titled: The Tradition of Hurt. The final extract in this episode (39:40) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Saanen 1974, titled: No More Hurt. Each episode of the...

‘Life is serious and it is only one who is really serious that knows how to live, not the flippant or those who are merely seeking entertainment.’ This week’s episode on Seriousness has four sections. The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in London 1966, titled: What Is It To Be Serious? The second extract (11:05) is from the first talk in Saanen 1973, titled: I Don’t Know How Serious You Are. The third extract (16:39) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 1970,...

‘Is there an action that is not mechanistic, which is not based on reward and punishment?’ This week’s episode on Reward and Punishment has five sections. The first extract (2:30) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Rajghat in 1965, titled: Do Reward and Punishment Help Us To Change? The second extract (19:09) is from the third talk in Madras 1985, titled: Pleasure, Reward and Punishment. The third extract (29:42) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bangalore 1974, titled: Reward,...

‘The flame of discontent, because it has no outlet, because it has no object in which it can fulfil itself, becomes great passion.’ This week’s episode on Discontent has five sections. The first extract (2:45) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Rishi Valley 1967, titled: Discontent Is One Thing, Revolt Another. The second extract (15:13) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1980, titled: Discontent Is Good. The third extract (23:38) is from the third question and answer meeting in...

‘Every human being wants power in some form or other.’ This week’s episode on Power has five sections. The first extract (2:48) is from Krishnamurti’s seventh talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Why Do We Want Power? The second extract (15:11) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1984, titled: Power Is Evil. The third extract (21:03) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in New Delhi 1983, titled: We Worship Power. The fourth extract (27:59) is from the third talk in Bombay 1962, titled: We Use...

‘I cling to my limitation, you cling to your limitation, and therefore there is perpetual conflict.’ This week’s episode on Limitation has four sections. The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Bombay 1980, titled: Is There an Energy That Is Limitless? The second extract (23:54) is from the third talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Thought Is Everlastingly Limited. The third extract (41:42) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1983, titled: Self-Security in...

‘You have to understand your reactions, from which your daily action springs. We react, we revolt, we accumulate, we defend, we resist, we acquire, we submit - all these are reactions.’  This week’s episode on Reaction has five sections. The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Bombay 1962, titled: We Move From Reaction to Reaction. The second extract (12:20) is from the first talk at Brockwood Park in 1978, titled: The Reaction We Call Fear. The third extract (23:41) is...

‘When you seek, you are seeking something away from the actual fact, towards something that will give you greater pleasure. One seeks because one is dissatisfied with the normal, shallow, narrow, cunning existence.’ This week’s episode on Seeking has three sections. The first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Madras 1967, titled: What Are You Seeking? The second extract (44:14) is from the sixth talk in New York 1966, titled: There Must Be an End To Seeking. The final...

‘Humility is not the subjugation of the desire that seeks fulfilment in success. Nor is it the religious humility of monks, saints and priests that cultivated austerity brings about.’ This week’s episode on Humility has four sections. The first extract (2:51) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Bombay 1962, titled: Without Humility You Cannot Learn. The second extract (11:47) is from the tenth talk in Saanen 1962, titled: You Cannot Cultivate Humility The third extract (26:09) is from...

‘There is an action in which there is no resistance, no interference of the past, no response of the 'me'. That action is not in the field of time; it is instantaneous and therefore complete.’ This week’s episode on Resistance has three sections. The first extract (2:47) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in New Delhi 1962, titled: Our Lives Are Built on Resistance. The second extract (23:32) is from the first talk in Madras 1969, titled: We Seek Security Through Resistance. The final extract...

‘What is it that brings about a culture totally different from the mechanistic culture we have accepted for thousands of years?’ This week’s episode on Culture has five sections. The first extract (2:24) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Ojai 1982, titled: What Is Culture? The second extract (9:45) is from the second talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Trapped in This Culture, How Am I To Change? The third extract (22:58) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Saanen 1973, titled: Our Culture Is...

‘There can be understanding only when there is tremendous urgency. When there is an urgency, there is attention; and out of that comes freedom.’ This week’s episode on Urgency has five sections. The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1966, titled: When There Is Urgency There Is Attention. The second extract (34:29) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1970, titled: The Very Urgency of Change Is the Change. The third extract (38:51) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk...

'Only when we are free of conformity can we find out what is original, essential, true. Unless we find that out, we will always live a counterfeit, second-hand life of imitation.' This week’s episode on Conformity has four sections. The first extract (2:43) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Madras 1964, titled: Most of Us Live a Life of Conformity. The second extract (16:54) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1965, titled: To What Extent Can Conformity Be Ended? The third extract...