Krishnamurti on Morality

‘Social conformity is called morality. But if you go into it very deeply, you see that such morality is immoral.’

This week’s episode on Morality has four sections.

The first extract (2:35) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Madras 1971, titled: Our Social Morality Is Immorality.

The second extract (19:02) is from the second talk in Madras 1969, titled: Is There Security in Morality?

The third extract (39:51) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in Paris 1965, titled: Virtue Has Nothing To Do With Our Social Morality.

The final extract in this episode (55:14) is from the fourth talk in Bombay 1981, titled: Without Beauty There Is No Morality.

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

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