Introduction to Teachings

Introduction to the Teachings

Krishnamurti spoke for nearly 60 years, addressing the whole of humanity and the entire field of human consciousness. His teachings of more than 20,000,000 words are published in more than 75 books, 700 audiocassettes, and 1200 videocassettes. Go to Complete Collection for a complete repository of the published teachings.

This page contains curated talks which would interest both beginners and serious students of the Teachings. Krishnamurti stated that his pressing concern was to set man absolutely, unconditionally free. The core of Krishnamurti’s teaching is contained in the statement he made in 1929 when he said ‘Truth is a pathless land’…

Core of the Teachings

“Truth is a pathless land. Man cannot come to it through any organization, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, not through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection…”
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Introductory Videos

On Conflict

August 18, 2017

Man has accepted conflict as an innate part of daily existence because he has accepted competition, jealousy, greed as a natural way of life.

On Change

August 18, 2017

Unless I fundamentally change, the future will be what I am now. What is the energy, the intensity that will make me change?

Freedom and Authority

August 18, 2017

To be free of authority is to die to everything of yesterday so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent. Then there is observation and learning.

Choiceless Awareness

August 18, 2017

Awareness is the silent and choiceless observation of ‘what is’. In this awareness the problem unrolls itself and is completely understood.

Featured Talks

Below are some selected videos/audio and books hand picked by the KFA staff and visitors which should interest any one who is on this journey.

Category: contradiction, listening, talk

Acting Without Contradiction

August 16, 2017

Can you live a life in which there is no contradiction whatsoever? What does it mean to be 'whole'?

Category: comparison, fear, order, talk

Origin of Fear

August 12, 2017

Is it possible to end fear completely? To live a life without a single comparison, physically or psychologically.

Category: conflict, control, discussion, freedom

What makes one control?

August 11, 2017

What is violence? Is it control? Why do we control? What does it mean to live without a shadow of control?

Category: authority, listening, measurement, q&a

How can I get what you are saying without effort?

August 11, 2017

Krishnamurti says that is the wrong question. The how implies authority. To not ask that question, means to find out for oneself.

Category: attention, conflict, dialog, sacred

Transformation of man series

August 11, 2017

A series of dialogues into the very nature of the mind, thought, relationship and of what lies beyond all this.

Category: conflict, talk, thought, time

In the present is the whole of time

August 11, 2017

Part 1 of two talk series in which Krishnamurti wished to convey as much of his teaching as possible. At the age of ninety, K spoke from the summit of his life and teaching.

Category: fear, q&a, thought, time

How do I deal with my deep-rooted emotion?

August 11, 2017

To be free from fear, one has to go to the very root of it. The mind that has fear is a destructive mind. Is there a new energy that can meet fear without the past?

Category: attention, meditation

What is meditation

June 29, 2017

Meditation is not a process, an activity, or an outcome of conscious intention.

Category: awareness, listening

Art of listening

June 19, 2017

When you meet an experience wholly, completely, without bias or prejudice, it leaves no scar of memory...

“If I want to study what K is saying, I would want to investigate it, question it, doubt it, not just read something and go away. I would be reading not just to memorize, I would be reading to learn; to see what he is saying and my reactions to it, whether it corresponds or contradicts, whether he is right or I am right, so there is a constant communication and interchange between what I am reading and what I am feeling. I would want to establish a relationship between what I am reading, seeing, hearing and myself with my reactions, conditioning, and so on; a dialogue with him and me. Such a dialogue must inevitably bring about a fundamental change.”

Featured Books

The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti

April 5, 2022

Inspired by Krishnamurti's perception that truth can be discovered by anyone, and that all life is interconnected. The Book of Life presents passages from Krishnamurti's talks and writings on a different theme for every week of the year, with each topic developed over seven days.

A Door Open for Anyone

April 5, 2022

During the last decade of his life, Krishnamurti urged the Krishnamurti Foundations in India, England and America to start study centres for serious adults, as he felt that most people in the modern world, being caught in their routine of office and home, do...

The Perfume of the Teachings

April 5, 2022

In 1977, Krishnamurti met in Ojai, California with trustees of the Krishnamurti Foundations from Europe, India, and North America. Over a one month period he talked extensively with them about the work they were doing, about the schools they looked after, and about the need to have centres where adults...

Choiceless Awareness

August 16, 2017

Krishnamurti proposes that the current crisis is a direct consequence of our fragmented way of living. In what way can choiceless awareness heal the division between the observer and the observed?

What Are You Doing with Your Life?

August 16, 2017

Compiled with younger audiences in mind, this book offers an introduction to many themes of Krishnamurti’s work such as Relationships, Love, Work, Fear, and Loneliness.

The First and Last Freedom

August 16, 2017

If the truth can set us free, where do we find it? The First and Last Freedom is a comprehensive book on Krishnamurti’s teachings.

Education and the Significance of Life

August 16, 2017

Krishnamurti had a lifelong interest in education, and this book is the earliest and most expository of his books on the subject. It also explores various other connected themes.

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The Krishnamurti Center LLC is the operational arm of the KFA. The Center runs the retreat, library, orchard, development office, programs, archives, and publications.

Introduction to the Teachings

Core of the Teachings

Introductory Videos

On Conflict

On Change

Freedom and Authority

Choiceless Awareness

Featured Talks

Acting Without Contradiction

Origin of Fear

What makes one control?

How can I get what you are saying without effort?

Transformation of man series

In the present is the whole of time

How do I deal with my deep-rooted emotion?

What is meditation

Art of listening

Featured Books

The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti

A Door Open for Anyone

The Perfume of the Teachings

Choiceless Awareness

What Are You Doing with Your Life?

The First and Last Freedom

Education and the Significance of Life

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