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Dec 2022
1h 14m

Krishnamurti on Stimulation

Krishnamurti Foundation Trust
About this episode

‘When you realise that any form of outward or inward stimulation breeds indifference and dullness, when one sees the truth of it, the stimulation naturally will drop away.’

This week’s episode on Stimulation has four sections.

The first extract (2:49) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk at Brockwood Park in 1983, titled: This Is Not Intellectual Stimulation.

The second extract (9:13) is from the fourth talk in New Delhi 1966, titled: Most of Us Depend on Stimulation.

The third extract (21:11) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1949, titled: Relationship Is Not Stimulation.

The fourth extract (35:07) is from the sixth talk in Bombay 1965, titled: Is Beauty Stimulation?

The final extract in this episode (42:58) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth discussion in Saanen 1965, titled: Stimulants in Any Form Dull the Mind.

Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from the archives, representing different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions that we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Stimulation. Upcoming themes are Aloneness, Technology and Insecurity.

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 for around 70 students. 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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