Science & Technology audiobooks

Perceiving without the perceiver

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"Perceiving without the perceiver - 28 June 1975 • Can thought naturally cease? • Perceiving without the perceiver • Facing the truth of death • Krishnamurti's 'process' and early years. • Kundalini • If you can understand suffering, face it and not escape from it, that has quite a different energy. • Truth is a pathless land. • There is... 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

Attention implies that there is no centre

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"Attention implies that there is no centre - 22 June 1975 • Consciousness, because it is in constant movement, has never found an energy which is not contradictory, which is not produced by desire and thought. • Can thought ever see its own movement and the futility of its own movement? • Attention implies that there is no centre. • Is there a... 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

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

How does Desire Arise From Perception ?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Why has desire become such an extraordinarily important thing in life? - How does desire arise from perception? - Can I desire truth? - Is the energy of nothingness different from the energy of things? - Is that nothingness a hypothesis, a theory, a verbal structure, or truth? - In dying to the reality only then there is nothingness. Read more

Thought cannot bring about an insight

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"Thought cannot bring about an insight - 31 May 1975 • Is there a thinking without the word? • The action brought about by thought into the investigation of an analysis is always incomplete. • Insight is complete. It is not fragmented as thought is. So thought cannot bring about an insight. • I must have an insight into conditioning otherwise I... 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Religious life is a life in which the self is not.

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

1. The circus of man's struggle - 27 March 1971 Duration: 56 minutes • Why do we divide the world, the human being and the divine? • When I realise that my consciousness is the consciousness of the world, and the consciousness of the world is me, whatever change takes place in me affects the whole of consciousness. • Can human consciousness... Read more

Seeing 'what is' is action

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"Seeing 'what is' is action - 24 May 1975 • If truth is something totally different from reality then what place has action in daily life, in relation to truth and reality? • Seeing 'what is' is action. • What place has love in truth? • When I separate you, in that separation love cannot exist. • How are you to convey the sense of truth to a... Read more

Truth does not belong to an individual

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"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... Read more

The seed of a million years

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

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... Read more

Self-knowledge is the beginning of wisdom

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Seven Public Talks 1. Does self-knowledge come through searching? - 16 July 1949 Duration: 59 minutes • What is it that most of us are seeking? • Does clarity come through searching and trying to find out what others say? • Can incessant search and longing give you the extraordinary sense of reality or creative being that comes when you really... Read more

Knowledge and Learning are two Different things

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

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... Read more