Jiddu Krishnamurti

"The mind that is free of authority is a very intense, alive mind - 15 November 1968 Can a mind be free of authority so that there is no impingement of the...

"What is the relationship between attention and lack of attention? - 3 August 1974 We are educated to follow, accept and conform. This is tradition,...

"Attention implies the total abandonment of the 'me' - 6 March 1971 Can the mind undergo a radical revolution? How do you observe the world? What solves...

"Relationship has significance only when it is a process of self-revelation - 17 July 1949 Where there is authority there can be no discovery of something...

"When one observes a fact without knowledge then one can learn - 28 May 1967 Why do we dream at all? Isn t dreaming at night a waste of energy, when the...

"When the mind is completely quiet, how can there be time? - 29 August 1965 What does time mean to you, as a human being? Is there such thing as...

"You can understand yourself very simply when you are quiet - 4 December 1965 When you are really quiet, alone with yourself, you begin to know yourself...

"10. Without self-knowledge there cannot be complete action - 14 August 1949 Can we act without ideation? Immortality is not an idea. It is something...

"Why do we seek a method or technique? - 21 August 1949. The problems of life do not demand a method, because they are so vital and alive that if we...

"To look without a concept is to be aware of the observer and the thing observed - 20 May 1967 Violence and sorrow are not limited to the West or the East;...

"Meditation means a life that is totally different every minute of the day - 14 March 1971 A mind that inquires into this whole question of meditation must...

Meditation is to discover an area in which there is no movement of thought - 28 July 1974 Has the world and its thought-based activity bred fear? Can...

1. To look without a concept is to be aware of the observer and the thing observed- 20 May 1967Duration: 88 minutes Violence and sorrow are not limited to...

1. To perceive 'what is' is the basis of truth - 7February 1971Duration: 86 minutes Where there is division there must be conflict. A mind in conflict must...

What brings about receptivity?Speaking to the unconscious. The little self and the big self. How the teachings work. Myth. Destruction of the planet....

This series of six talks, given by Krishnamurti in Madras in 1979-80, marks a departure from his usual style of exposition. Usually in the opening talk he...

IF WE MAY, we will continue with what we were talking about yesterday. When you look at a field stretching out to the horizon - a field of tulips - words...

1. Is thought detrimental? - 15 August 1965Duration: 63 minutes Why does one seek pleasure? Can the mind only face facts and not thought? Why have I never...

Public Talks1. Complete freedom from thought - 9 September 1972Duration: 76 minutes Learning is instant perception and action. What place has thought in...