‘Tradition can be 10,000 years old or two days old, and according to that I live. This means I live in the past and am therefore betraying the present.’

This week’s episode on Tradition has five sections.

The first extract (2:39) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in New Delhi 1962, titled: Tradition Is Habit Seasoned in Time.

The second extract (13:19) is from the first talk in Bombay 1974, titled: Tradition Makes the Mind Mechanical.

The third extract (30:22) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1970, titled: The Authority of Tradition.

The fourth extract (46:06) is from the fourth talk in Bombay 1978, titled: Is Tradition Different From You?

The final extract in this episode (59:59) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Madras 1979, titled: The Tradition of Time.

Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from the archives. The aim is to represent Krishnamurti’s different approaches to many of the fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme, the last in Season 4, is Tradition. Upcoming themes in Season 5 include Illusion, Clarity, Disorder and Liberation.

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