
Krishnamurti on Activism and Social Change
‘We are always talking about outward change in the social structure, either through violence or through peaceful means. The problem is much...
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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 o...
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‘We are always talking about outward change in the social structure, either through violence or through peaceful means. The problem is much...

‘One of the indications of sanity is that there is no contradiction within oneself, no imbalance, where thought and action correspond to eac...

‘When the response is equal to the challenge, there is harmony, there is integration between challenge and response.’ This episode on Challe...

‘The past is always overshadowing the present, the past memories, the pleasures, the flattery or insults. The past touches the present and g...

‘When you are constantly in struggle, constantly in conflict, constantly competitive, you must inevitably wear yourself out, both psychologi...

‘The greatest art is the art of living – not the paintings, the sculptures, the poems, the marvellous literature. That has its place, but to...

‘Behaviour, conduct, is very important in life. And man has lived on this earth, I don't know how many millions of years, and yet he has not...

‘We are not talking about revolt but rather of a complete flowering of human goodness, which can alone produce a good, creative society.’ Th...

‘To communicate, you and I must be not only intense but meet at the same level, with the same intensity, at the same moment. Otherwise commu...

‘We want suffering to be diluted, alleviated, put away, explained away. But that doesn't help us to understand suffering.’ This episode on S...

‘It is one of the most marvellous things in life to discover something unexpectedly, spontaneously, without premeditation, without preparing...

‘You can only be spiritual when you destroy the social structure of your being, which is, the world in which you live, the world of ambition...

‘To perceive something holistically, that is to perceive without time, is to have a mind that is global – to see humanity as a whole.’ This...

‘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...

‘As long as science is the activity of a separate group or nation, which is tribal activity, such knowledge can only bring about greater con...

‘Only a mind that is vulnerable is capable of affection and love, not a mind that is jealous, possessive or dominating.’ This episode on Vul...

‘Trapped in this peculiar culture and civilisation, how am I to fundamentally change, and what is involved in this change?’ This episode on...

‘Religion means to live daily life in goodness – goodness being compassionate, kind, generous.’ This episode on Goodness & Generosity has fi...

‘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...

‘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...