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Jan 2024
1h 21m

Krishnamurti on Humanity

Krishnamurti Foundation Trust
About this episode

‘You are the entire humanity. So if you are violent, you are contributing to violence; if you have ended sorrow, then you are bringing about freedom from the human mind's sorrow.’

This week’s episode on Humanity has four sections.

The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Ojai 1983, titled: Can humanity live peacefully?

The second extract (22:40) is from the first talk in Calcutta 1982, titled: You are humanity.

The third extract (49:05) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1981, titled: What is going to happen to humanity?

The final extract in this episode (1:11:15) is from the third talk in Madras 1974, titled: The stream of humanity.

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.

This week’s theme is Humanity. Upcoming themes are Clarity, Continuity and Quiet.

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