Philosophy audiobooks

Can the brain operate without recourse to the past?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"Can the brain operate without recourse to the past? - 22 February 1970 • Is there self-progress? • Conflict • Security • Any form of division within oneself is a source of conflict. • Can the brain be quiet?" Read more

Living with a sustained seriousness

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

"Living with a sustained seriousness - 21 February 1970 • What does it mean to be serious? • Becoming • Why do I compare myself with you or with somebody else? • Do I look at people through images?" Read more

When the mind is completely quiet, how can there be time?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

"When the mind is completely quiet, how can there be time? - 29 August 1965 • What does time mean to you, as a human being? • Is there such thing as existence? • Quietness has come because I have understood the nature of time, function, thought and pleasure. • What takes place when there is great intensity? • Thought has a movement in function.... Read more

A Complete Stillness

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A complete stillness - 25 August 1965 • Is there a single movement that will completely transform my whole way of life? • The passion is there but the perfume doesn't take place. What am I to do? • Am I in a position of a man who for the first time is walking on a road by himself and discovering? • Does one know what a complete stillness means?... Read more

From where do attachment and detachment come?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"From where do attachment and detachment come? - 24 August 1965 • What is the relationship of the brain to the totality of the mind? • Fear of not being, fear of isolation, fear of not having pleasure, fear of having no relationship, is the soil from which the stem of contradiction grows. • I want to be free of this stem to see what happens if... Read more

What will make me see that thought breeds frustration?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"What will make me see that thought breeds frustration? - 21 August 1965 • What is the function of thought? • Can the mind see the fact that thought will always breed frustration? • Function is necessary, but function with status, position and power must breed frustration. • Without frustration thought says to itself, 'I am not seeking. I don't... Read more

Am I aware of the process of thinking?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

In Am I Aware of the Process of Thinking?, J. Krishnamurti invites readers to explore the nature of thought and consciousness. Through insightful dialogue and philosophical inquiry, Krishnamurti challenges us to question the automatic patterns of our thinking and become fully aware of how our thoughts shape our perception of reality. By... Read more

Is thought detrimental?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

"Is thought detrimental? - 15 August 1965 • Why does one seek pleasure? • Can the mind only face facts and not thought? • Why have I never said, 'Thought is poison,' to myself? • Meeting something one doesn't know, facing something which has no answer. • Acting without knowing. • What is a state of mind which is silent? • Time is detrimental. •... Read more

The Benediction of Meditation

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

"The benediction of meditation - 17 November 1968 • We shall explore together into this life, existence, in which is included relationship, love and death, not merely as a phenomenon but as something tremendously significant, to be cherished, deeply lived. Meditation is the approach to this problem of living. • It is only a free mind that is... Read more

Thought is the cause of fear

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"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... Read more

A Radical transformation in the psyche itself

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"A radical transformation in the psyche itself - 8 November 1968 • 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... Read more

The mind that is free of authority is a very intense, alive mind

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"The mind that is free of authority is a very intense, alive mind - 15 November 1968 • Can a mind be free of authority so that there is no impingement of the past, so that the mind is always alert, learning in the present? • Can the mind experience, go through a challenge so completely that it leaves no mark? • The mind must purge itself of the... Read more

Is it possible to end the thousand yesterdays?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

"Is it possible to end the thousand yesterdays? - 13 November 1968 • Living together amicably, creatively, in complete relationship with one another – if that is what is essential then we need not only a different kind of mind but also a different quality of affection, love. • What is the function of a religious mind? • Our struggle in life is... Read more

Learning is action

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"Learning is action - 12 November 1968 • Oureducationisconcernedwiththeaccumulationofknowledge.Veryfewofus are capable of living a life without the influence of specialists. • What is the point of going to a university, getting a degree and disappearing into the vast structure of society? • Q: How shall we approach the idea of study? • If you... Read more

Is there such thing as free will?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"s there such thing as free will? - 31 May 1967 • Is freedom partial? • Why should I be bound to destiny? Born in India with the tremendous cultural traditions, why should I be caught in it? • Man is more important than the frame into which he is put. • Is it possible for a human being to free himself from society, psychologically? • Human... Read more

Why do we want to dominate or be subservient to another?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"Why do we want to dominate or be subservient to another? - 20 August 1949 • Why is it that we dominate, consciously or unconsciously? • To submit oneself to another is the negative form of domination. We shall not be able to solve this problem by thinking in terms of opposites. • Is not domination a process of isolation, which denies... Read more

When one observes a fact without knowledge then one can learn

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

"When one observes a fact without knowledge then one can learn - 28 May 1967 • Why do we dream at all? • Isn't dreaming at night a waste of energy, when the brain needs to be completely at rest? • When do you actually learn? • When I learn through Freud about myself I am not observing myself, I am observing the image which Freud has created... Read more

What does it mean to be totally free?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it mean to be totally free? May 24, 1967 What takes place when one falls in love? Why has sex taken on such extraordinary importance? How will you know that it is stupid to be a nationalist? You see or understand only when the mind is quiet, when you are aware without any choice. When I say, 'I love you,' I have blocked myself... Read more

It is only a very silent mind that can actually see

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

• Conflict exists only when there are two opposing things: fear and non-fear, violence and non-violence. • A mind that is in a state of inquiry is entirely different from a mind that is seeking. Seeking implies effort, conformity, authority and therefore conflict. • Without space in which there is no boundary, the mind is incapable of... Read more

Can thought stop?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"Can thought stop? - 28 May 1967 • When there is a process of recognition it is the projection of the past. The mind is always functioning within the field of time, which is of memory. Can the mind go beyond that? • What is pleasure and what is desire? • How is it possible, without control, subjugation or denying, for thought not to allow itself... Read more

Is it possible to renew the mind?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In Is It Possible to Renew the Mind?, the renowned philosopher and spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti explores the fundamental question of whether the human mind can break free from its conditioning and be completely renewed. Krishnamurti challenges the reader to examine deeply rooted patterns of thought, behavior, and societal influences that... Read more

To look without a concept is to be aware of the observer and the thing observed

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"To look without a concept is to be aware of the observer and the thing observed - 20 May 1967 • Violence and sorrow are not limited to the West or the East; it is part of the human structure, psychologically. • Is it possible to bring about a change radically, a total revolution in the psyche itself, not through time? • The first and last... Read more

Meditation is to discover an area in which there is no movement of thought

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

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... Read more

Are you seeking security in a concept?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"Are you seeking security in a concept? - 25 July 1974 • Love and compassion is denied totally when you seek security in neurotic concepts. • Is there permanent security in relationship? • The mind is sane, healthy, whole and acts totally when it realizes there is nothing permanent. • What is the relationship of time to thought? Does the mind... Read more