Video Tapes: Films

Biographical elements from "The Challenge of Change" & "With a Silent Mind", as well as extracts from:

San Diego, California 1970, 1st & 3rd Talks,

Saanen, Switzerland 1983, 4th Talk - 1984, 3rd Talk,

Question-Answer Meeting Brockwood Park, England 1984, 3rd Talk,

Ojai, California 1984, 3rd & 4th Talks.

CAN YOU LIVE THAT WAY?

In this forty-five minute film, Krishnamurti discusses with the students at Brockwood Park School, touching many subjects relevant to young people: Why are you capable of being hurt? Be honest, don't pretend. Is it possible to live without any image or concept but to live?

When asked why he gave talks, Krishnamurti replies, really don't know; not out of habit, out of affection perhaps. The whole film is interspersed with activities at Brockwood Park - yoga, gardening, cooking, maths, etcetera.

PROBLEMS OF LIVING

Life is really very beautiful. It is a tragedy that human beings live in constant conflict with themselves and with the world. You can pursue pleasure but it is different from joy.

Our life is based on two principles fear and pleasure. As long as they operate, there is struggle and effort to become or achieve something. Is it possible to live a life without this constant battle? To really understand this you have to see what your life is. Don't escape from it. Just watch. In the very act of attention, the struggle comes to an end.

Silence has many qualities. The meditative mind contains all these varieties and movements of silence.

Life and death are not separate. Love and life go together as love and death go together.

Don't follow what the speaker is saying but observe yourself, to understand yourself as you are.

SEER WHO WALKS ALONE

This video copy of an award winning film made by the Krishnamurti Foundation, India presents a biographical documentary about Krishnamurti in the context of India.

Its beautiful colour photography captures the glory of culture and and landscapes especially in places which Krishnamurti often visited, and where schools have been started in his name.

Included are extracts from Krishnamurti's published talks and discussions with individuals and small groups.

CHALLENGE OF CHANGE

This film, of one hour twenty minutes, documents Krishnamurti's life from the early theosophical days to his mid-80's when he was still travelling, giving talks and holding dialogues. Prior to the advent of video, rare film and photographs are used with an actor reading Krishnamurti's words.

This film is more than just a biography, it conveys the depth of his teachings, and comes back again and again to the question: Why don't I change?

WITH A SILENT MIND

This film of approximately one hour and forty minutes is based upon a series of interviews with many people who had contact with Krishnamurti.

These interviews are all interesting and some of them are remarkable in conveying the impact he had on people.

The film also includes historical footage of Krishnamurti's early years, culminating in his break in 1929 with the organization that had fostered him.