‘You have to understand your reactions, from which your daily action springs. We react, we revolt, we accumulate, we defend, we resist, we acquire, we submit - all these are reactions.’ 

This week’s episode on Reaction has five sections.

The first extract (2:37) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Bombay 1962, titled: We Move From Reaction to Reaction.

The second extract (12:20) is from the first talk at Brockwood Park in 1978, titled: The Reaction We Call Fear.

The third extract (23:41) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in San Francisco 1983, titled: Looking at the Reaction of Violence.

The fourth extract (33:04) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1962, titled: Reactions Are Based on Ideas.

The final extract in this episode (44:54) is from Krishnamurti’s eleventh talk in London 1961, titled: Revolution Is Not a Reaction.

Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from the archives, representing Krishnamurti’s different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Reaction. Upcoming themes are Limitation, Power and Discontent.

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