‘You can only be spiritual when you destroy the social structure of your being, which is, the world in which you live, the world of ambition, greed, envy and seeking power.’

This episode on The Structure of Society has two sections.

The first extract (2:51) is from Krishnamurti’s first talk in Bombay 1962, and is titled: The Nature of Society.

The second and final extract in this episode (39:05) is from the first talk in London 1962, and is titled: Destroying the Psychological Structure of Society.

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