One can learn easily when there is an atmosphere of freedom and friendship

1. Why are you being educated? - 1 December 1965Duration: 75 minutes What is the function of education? Q: Some people say that we must live now and others say that we must beconcerned further, beyond the present. Q: Can man really be human without any effort? Q: What is the difference between affection and love? Q: How am I to know that I am bad? How am I to improve? Q: Why does nature attract us?2. You can understand yourself very simply when you are quiet - 4 December 1965Duration: 71 minutes When you are really quiet, alone with yourself, you begin to know yourself andto see the intricacies of your mind. Q: Why does the mind get disturbed when it is in a state of revolt and how can itquieten down? Q: Is communication possible in all conditions?Code: RA65TS1-4-A-ENGCopyright 1965, Krishnamurti Foundation of Americawww.jkrishnamurti.orgJ. KRISHNAMURTI Q: When we say anything that is a bit alternative to what our elders think, weare stopped. There is great tension between us. Will you say what we should doabout it? Q: What is humanity and when can a man be called a human being? Q: Is our way of life right? Q: You have said that we must have a quiet mind and at the same time you saidthat disturbance is inevitable. Q: What is the importance of spirituality in the life of a human being? Q: How does evil come about?3. Why does one have to have order in life? - 7 December 1965Duration: 74 minutes You can learn easily when there is an atmosphere of freedom and friendship,a sense of happiness. That is denied when you are compelled. Compulsion is notrighteous behaviour. Q: What is the foundation of religion? Q: Why does a man want success in life? What are you going to be when you grow up? Q: When bad thoughts come to our mind and we want to suppress them, evenmore bad thoughts come to our mind. Why is that? Q: How is one to keep happy and engaged, without external stimuli? Q: The other day you said that we should never seek advice - but why do yougive us advice? Q: Have you realised the things that you talk about? Is your mind free fromambition and all those things? Q: How can a man progress in his own life? Q: Man is more inclined towards bad than good - why it is so?4. To understand death we must understand living - 10 December 1965Duration: 75 minutes When you really love something, you put your whole heart, mind and body into that. Is there a living without pain, anxiety or fear? Q: When a man improves, why do other people feel jealous of him? Q: How long will it take for national frontiers to disappear? Q: When man knows death is necessary, why doesn't he love it? Q: What is the definition of life? Q: Sometimes we want to die, commit suicide - why is that? Q: It is said that the soul is immortal. Where was it when there was nothing?