“The total denial of the known is the essence of freedom.”
“Denying time is the essence of timelessness.”
“The essence of humility is innocence.”
“Understanding is the very essence of non-conflict.”
“The essence of denial is the freedom in aloneness.”
“The essence of conflict is non-conflict which is maturity.”
“The essence of consciousness is thought.”
“The ‘feeling’ of essence is the negation of thought and its mechanical capacities.”
“Flower is the essence of all flowers.”
“A movement that has no being, is the essence of bliss and death and life.”
“A movement that cannot be followed – for it leaves no path and is still, motionless – is the essence of all motion.”
J. Krishnamurti
If life is a movement in learning, then learning is the gathering of essence. This gathering of essence results in unfolding the corresponding qualities in a human being. But in our daily life, we hardly pay any attention to find out the essence of things. We are mostly busy in learning about the details of things and miss their essence completely. This results in gathering and accumulating within us a large quantity of knowledge but nothing unfolds within us. If the purpose of life is to unfold the hidden potential of human beings, then the way we live our daily life hardly helps unfold that potential. Is it possible to live our life in such way that every movement in learning results in gathering of essence and unfoldment of corresponding living quality in us? What does essence mean? How is it gathered? How does it help unfold respective quality in us? How is essence gathering related to energy? All such and many more related questions will be explored in this workshop. Krishnamurti has talked about the essence of various things. Some of these will be taken up for study during this workshop. 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, August 08, 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, August 09, 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.