The ground of being, and the mind of man, 12 April 1980. Why has having ideas become so important? What is the difference between a religious mind and a philosophic mind? What is the human mind's relationship to the 'ground'? Why has man accumulated knowledge? When you love somebody there is no 'me', it is love. In the same way, when I say I am human, it is so. It is not an idea, it is not a conclusion, it is part of me. There is only one thing...

Truth does not belong to an individual - 27 September 1975 • Krishnamurti's 'process' and his early years. • Suffering. • The Indian tradition says that there is a manifestation of goodness which happens very rarely. • Truth does not belong to an individual. • What one says is truth. But it becomes truth to me only when I have washed away my selfishness. • To stay with — not the word, not the description, not the person — but to stay...

Why does one have to have order in life? - 7 December 1965 • You can learn easily when there is an atmosphere of freedom and friendship, a sense of happiness. That is denied when you are compelled. Compulsion is not righteous behaviour. • Q: What is the foundation of religion? • Q: Why does a man want success in life? • What are you going to be when you grow up? • Q: When bad thoughts come to our mind and we want to suppress them, even...

Senility and the brain cells, 1 June 1980. Is the human brain deteriorating? The human brain is not particular, it doesn't belong to me or anyone else, it is the human brain that has evolved for millions of years. Can the brain not only be aware of its own movement but can the brain itself have enough energy to break all patterns and move out of it? Is psychological knowledge not in itself a factor of the shrinking of the brain? The ending of suffering...

Love is that quality of mind in which there is no division - 14 February 1971 • To live in this world with intelligence, in spite of all the complications. • Is it possible to be free of fear, not only the superficial fear in relationship but the deep-rooted fear? • Thought nourishes, sustains and gives continuity to fear and pleasure. • When you are learning, your mind is awake. • Truth isn't second-hand, you can't get it through a guru,...

Thought is the cause of fear - 10 November 1968 • Though we have plenty of energy, apparently we lack the drive, enthusiasm, vitality to bring about a change in ourselves. • As long as there is fear there must be violence, aggression, anger, hatred. Thought is the source of fear. • Is it possible to live everyday life without thought interfering? • Thought is always old. When you worship thought you are worshipping something that is dead. •...

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 new. • Relationship based on an idea cannot be a self-revealing process. • Self-knowledge is understood, uncovered and its process revealed through relationship. • Is it possible to love without the interference of the mind? • When the mind becomes supreme, all-important, then there can...

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 hidden fears and subtle forms of pleasure be exposed through analysis? • What is a mind to do when it sees the falseness of analysis and introspective examination? • Is the controller different in nature from what he says he is going to control? • Can the mind empty itself of time, direction...

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 would dwell first on the problems of the world and then on the psychological factors underlying them. But here he starts straightaway with the most ancient quest of man to find that which is sacred. 'Man must have asked a million years ago, from the beginning of the time, if there is a reality,...

Three Public Talks 1. A radical transformation in the psyche itself - 8 November 1968 Duration: 80 minutes • To communicate we must know that the word is not the thing and also be in that state of mind whose quality is attention, care. That can only take place if we are serious. • We are the world and the world is us. To bring about a radical transformation, which is so essential in society, there must be radical transformation in ourselves. •...