Krishnamurti on Suffering
From Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast by Krishnamurti Foundation Trust
February 25, 2026 · 1h 11m · Season 7 · Episode 13
About this episode
This episode explores the theme of suffering through selected extracts from Krishnamurti's talks.
‘We want suffering to be diluted, alleviated, put away, explained away. But that doesn't help us to understand suffering.’ This episode on Suffering has four sections. The first extract (2:33) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in Saanen 1975, and is titled: Vast Human Suffering. The second extract (19:02) is from the third talk at Brockwood Park in 1974, and is titled: Understanding Suffering. The third extract (37:00) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Saanen 1977, and is titled: An Insight Into Suffering. The final extract in this episode (55:54) is from the twelfth talk. in Ojai 1949, and is titled: Observing Suffering. The Krishnamurti Podcast features carefully selected extracts from Krishnamurti’s recorded talks. Each episode highlights his different approaches to universal and timeless themes that affect our everyday lives, the state of the world and the future of humanity. This episode’s theme is Suffering. Upcoming themes are Communication, Flowering and Behaviour. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, a unique international boarding school offering a…
People in this episode
Hosts: Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, Krishnamurti
Topics covered
- suffering
- understanding suffering
- human experience
- philosophy
- psychology
Keywords
- suffering
- Krishnamurti
- philosophy
- human experience
- psychology
- understanding
- talks
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Saanen, Brockwood Park, Ojai
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