‘There can be understanding only when there is tremendous urgency. When there is an urgency, there is attention; and out of that comes freedom.’

This week’s episode on Urgency has five sections.

The first extract (2:40) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Ojai 1966, titled: When There Is Urgency There Is Attention.

The second extract (34:29) is from the fourth talk in Saanen 1970, titled: The Very Urgency of Change Is the Change.

The third extract (38:51) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1977, titled: Urgency Puts the Background in Abeyance

The fourth extract (52:42) is from the fifth talk at Rajghat in 1964, titled The Urgency of Love.

The final extract in this episode (1:14:22) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Saanen 1978, titled: Urgency Removes Interference.

Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is compiled from carefully chosen extracts from our archives, representing Krishnamurti’s different approaches to fundamental issues and questions we all face in our lives. This week’s theme is Urgency. Upcoming themes are Culture, Resistance, and Being and Becoming.

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