Category Archives: The Art of Listening

14 Krishnamurti’s collected 1933-1934

Krishnamurti’s The Art of Listening #17: 6th Public Talk. Adyar, India; 3rd January, 1934


As this is my last talk here, I shall first answer the questions that have been asked me, and then conclude with a brief talk. But before I proceed to answer the questions, I should like again to thank Mr. … Continue reading

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Krishnamurti’s The Art of Listening #16: 5th Public Talk. Adyar, India; 2nd January, 1934


This morning I want to explain something that requires very delicate thinking; and I hope you will listen, or rather, try to understand what I am going to say, not with opposition but with intelligent criticism. I am going to … Continue reading

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Krishnamurti’s The Art of Listening #15: 4th Public Talk. Adyar, India; 1st January, 1934


Krishnamurti was garlanded by a member of the audience who wished him a happy new year. Krishnamurti: Thank you. I had forgotten that it is a new year. I wish you all a happy new year too. In my brief … Continue reading

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Krishnamurti’s The Art of Listening #14: 3rd Public Talk. Adyar, India; 31st December, 1933


If one can find an absolute guarantee of security, then one has fear of nothing. If one can be certain of anything, then fear ceases wholly, fear either of the present or of the future. Therefore we are always seeking … Continue reading

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Krishnamurti’s The Art of Listening #13: 2nd Public Talk. Adyar, India; 30th December, 1933


As I was saying yesterday, thought is crippled, stultified, when it is bound by belief, yet most of our thinking is a reaction based on belief, on a particular belief or an ideal. So our thinking is never true, flowing, … Continue reading

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Krishnamurti’s The Art of Listening #12: 1st Public Talk. Adyar, India; 29th December, 1933


Mr. Warrington, the acting President of the Theosophical Society, kindly invited me to come to Adyar and to give some talks here. I am very glad to have accepted his invitation and I appreciate his friendliness, which I hope will … Continue reading

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Krishnamurti’s The Art of Listening #11: 4th Public Talk. Frognerseteren, Norway; 12th September, 1933


Friends, today I am going to make a resume of what I have been saying here. We have the idea that wisdom is a process of acquisition through constant multiplication of experience. We think that by multiplying experiences we shall … Continue reading

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Krishnamurti’s The Art of Listening #10: Talk in The Colosseum. Oslo, Norway; 10th September, 1933


Friends, you know, we go from belief to belief, from experience to experience, hoping and searching for some permanent understanding that will give us enlightenment, wisdom; and thereby we also hope to discover for ourselves what truth is. So we … Continue reading

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Krishnamurti’s The Art of Listening #9: 3rd Public Talk. Frognerseteren, Norway; 9th September, 1933


This morning I am going to answer questions only. Question: Do you believe in the efficacy of prayer, and the value of prayer that is directed out of whole-hearted sympathy to the misfortune and suffering of others? Cannot prayer, in … Continue reading

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Krishnamurti’s The Art of Listening#8: 2nd Public Talk. Frognerseteren, Norway; 8th September, 1933


Friends, today I want to explain that there is a way of living naturally, spontaneously, without the constant friction of self-discipline, the constant battle of adjustment. But to understand what I am going to say, please consider it not only … Continue reading

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