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Jun 2025
1h 9m

Krishnamurti on Sensitivity

Krishnamurti Foundation Trust
About this episode

‘Without sensitivity there is no intelligence, and therefore no love. And where there is no love, there is no beauty.’

This episode on Sensitivity has three sections.

The first extract (2:38) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk at Rajghat in 1967, and is titled: Most of Us Are Insensitive.

The second extract (22:47) is from the second talk at Brockwood Park in 1969, and is titled: Extraordinary Sensitivity.

The final extract in this episode (34:00) is from Krishnamurti’s eighth talk in Saanen 1963, and is titled: The Highly Sensitive Brain.

Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is based on a significant theme of his talks. Extracts have been carefully selected to represent Krishnamurti’s different approaches to these universal and timeless topics. This episode’s theme is Sensitivity. Upcoming themes are The Scientific and Religious Mind, Organisations, and The Heart.

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. 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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