“We are concerned with inertia which is so inherent in all of us, which very few of us come upon and actually do something about. We know what to do about laziness, we know what to do about a mind that is dull. You can sharpen it, polish it, freely discuss it; but that is not what we are talking about. We want to go into this question of inertia, which is without the power to act, which is so inherent in all of us, deep down. This inertia is essentially the result of time. This inertia is the result of accumulation. And what is accumulated is time.”
“What you think, you are.”
“You are thought.”
“Thinker is the thought.”
“…has thought learnt the art of putting itself in its right place? Then, once it has done that, the doors of heaven are open.”
J. Krishnamurti
Modern human life seems to be mostly based on thought. Thought has penetrated almost every aspect of life and is highly influential in shaping those aspects. Thought while being very efficient and powerful in some ways is highly limited and incapable in some other ways. Most of the human problems arise because of not knowing where to use and not use thought. Giving right place to thought is an art. And the participants will attempt to learn this art in this workshop. What is thought? How does it arise? What is thinker? How does it limit and control thought? What is the inherent limitation of thought? What is inertia? How does it affect the thinking process? Can thought be silent? What is artificial intelligence? Can machines think? What is the difference between human thinking and thinking of the machine? What are the dangers of not giving thought its right place? Everything about thought and thinking will be explored in this workshop. The questions raised by the participants will also be taken up for consideration. Various selections from Krishnamurti’s works relevant to the theme of this workshop will be provided as a reading material to each participant. Also links to the relevant videos of Krishnamurti will be provided. Each participant is expected to devote these two days fully to the study in order to benefit maximum from this workshop.
Workshop Program
Saturday, October 10, 2026 (All timings are IST)
10:30 – 12:00 Online Interactive Session in English – 1
17:30 – 19:00 Online Interactive Session in English – 2
Sunday, October 11, 2026 (All timings are IST)
10:30 – 12:00 Online Interactive Session in English – 1
17:30 – 19:00 Online Interactive Session in English – 2
The participants are expected to watch the recommended videos of Krishnamurti and study the material provided according to their convenience and leisure.
Notes
- Participation in this online workshop is through registration only.
- There are no pre-conditions to attend the workshop. A person may or may not have read Krishnamurti. There is no selection process. Persons of any caste, creed, religion, nationality, race and culture can participate.
- The interactive sessions in this workshop will be conducted in English only.
- After a person registers for the workshop, the various links for the interactive sessions and Krishnamurti’s videos will be sent to him by e-mail along with the reading material for the study purpose. Each registered participant is requested not to share or forward the links for interactive sessions to anybody else as only one login per registered person will be allowed. However, the unregistered participant can watch/listen to the interactive sessions through the logged-in device of the registered participant.
- Cisco Webex video conferencing platform is used for all the interactive sessions of this workshop. If you intend to attend more workshops apart from this particular one, you may download and install the Cisco Webex application by visiting their website. It is free. To get the best result, we recommend that you login through your laptop / ipad using Cisco Webex application.