What is the right relationship to money? | J. Krishnamurti

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Brockwood Park 1981 - Question #4 from Question & Answer Meeting #2
"What is the right relationship to money?"
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Exactly anyone that charges to speak the truth cannot be trusted their ego and greed is #1

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[@gracerongli]

‘Where there is emptiness it is not empty, that very emptiness is energy’. SO TRUE!!!

[@wanted007ism]

I got it after watching the full video.

[@VitaminM1]

Moral- Money is important for survival but our brain should not be occupied with it all the time..

[@krox477]

Until you realise you're trading everything for money. Your time everything in life costs money

[@vish6306]

A few ill informed comments here about K and money. People probably read a few books and concluded they knew all about him. The greatness of K was his empty mind and therefore non attached. Decades ago when Rishi Valley was a virtual jungle with no running water, toilets or electricity he lived there in tents. He would arrive in India by a steamer, drive by car to Rishi Valley and immediately live with nothing. Neither wealth nor poverty affected him. Once before his talks in India he gave away all his kurtas to beggars. Somebody noticed in time and brought some new ones for the talks. He washed dishes, polished shoes and cleaned toilets. He never handled money but he was equally comfortable in both expensive suits and common kurtas. It is impossible to understand such a mind unless one has at least an inkling about emptiness.

[@ramangottumukkala7371]

Fantastic Vish Sir. Brilliant analysis and corollary. Thank you so much Vish Sir for sharing this.

[@phootstep5471]

Well written! Good to know this about him!

[@EsmagaSapos]

And the source for all this?

[@venkateshharihalli484]

👌🏻well written

[@debaratinath9960]

Thanks for sharing...

[@vistaruk69]

So, is what K is saying is...money in itself is not the problem. But if our minds is occupied with concern of money..either worrying about...or how to have more or being afraid of losing it....whatever the form of habitual occupation is ....IS the problem! Practicality of money is not the problem in itself!

[@bestylesanctuary]

you summarized it perfectly.

[@mazxbv]

money is a huge problem. leading money you don't have (which is how banks function) and charging interest, to me, is criminal.

[@MarcusBruno]

@@mazxbv can you put observation of the system down for a minute and free your mind from that burden?

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[@gnpantulu1919]

Where there is emptiness. , It is not empty ! That emptiness gives us energy !! Thank you Mr. JK !

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Let go of all attachments…including money! Be happy simply being aware and being at peace with yourself.

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I have started to listen to his videos he really was good at looking at it from the veiw of what is

[@monty1084]

Interesting, very few comments actually mention the actual question and for that omit an honest opinion , which suggests we all fear being without money, so our sense to survive daily has to have that knowledge we have enough to survive even though we know we do. Very good talk Mr K

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[@bikram_jha]

A mind which is occupied can never experience something original. 16:30

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"Experiment with ourselves to see if the mind's occupations stop...then see whether there's fear, & pursue/go to the very end of that fear & end it."

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This is true analysis.

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Amazing

[@amolmagadum1894]

To analyse jk teaching one must hv that kind of mental frequency...

[@bikram_jha]

Where there is emptiness, it's not empty, That very emptiness is energy!

[@Suritdsuri]

The essence of J.k's teachings as I comprehend is to see one's mind or brain is not occupied and train one's mind to be free from any kind of thoughts whether good or bad. We have to train our minds to liberate from thoughts. Keeping brain empty brings energy to the brain. Regards Tirupati Dhanvantari Suri

[@elenol1310]

But who is doing the training ? It implies time

[@understandingyourself]

No need to train the mind, it's getting it back to it's natural state by pure seeing

[@krox477]

Who is liberator? The liberator is also created by thought

[@mixedfruits8602]

super

[@gemshunter007]

End of video: Where there is emptiness there is energy. This immense energy is what must be channeled into one's professional life to shine with full talent and potential . Such a totality will bring its own financial rewards K is not against materialism. He wants us to be rich in both inner and outer world.

[@sandydasilva2848]

Resonate very much so to the root of human conditioning.

[@kujawedann4961]

Great man

[@suchinthmurthy]

Relavant on any day 🙏

[@dragdrag1507]

Because money is everything

[@paoloroadiel7733]

to get money = work to get food , shelter , cloths etc. u need money. So work. That is the answer. Money will began to become a problem if you just desire get a lot or desire to spend it all. Thats all.

[@onliner5932]

Many people nowadays are getting busy being occupied with books and videos and smartphones that they don’t have any time left for their own original. As JK said that the true relationship with money is keep no relationship with it at all, because money is nothing unless you put your attention to it, so whether you have a lot or little of it and still having necessary, you are free from it.!

[@jaydee11.11]

I think you can have minimal luxury and help and share with others the excess. Everything in the universe is about Balance. Money is a tool, the lesson is always on how we use it. How we use it will determine if u gonna be happy or not I am trying to understand this to get an extent of what should I do as a designer and the responsibility behind the buying etc Because qe are the ones who dictate what the Clients should buy

[@jayjeetdas2572]

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[@keysmith7415]

I just want to get the riches to solidify my happiness.

[@livestrong1976]

I see a lot of people with ton's of money, but just because they've got a lot of money doesn't make them worth a $hit. But I do get what you mean, I could care less about a huge house and all the other look at me status, I would just like to have their money to have somewhat more options. Should I go to work today or I wish I could really help that person out who I know is struggling.

[@hruthicknaik]

beautyful garden if you are lucky❤️

[@reyadhsabir1145]

We can not get rid of conditioning; since the design algorithm is based on survival aspects and life security means… the social values have to be observed thereafter the conditioning will be upgraded, approaching integrity…

[@indrankistensamy3084]

Money is not the problem the love of it is...

[@LLLACor]

For k--l below, money is a medium and it always flows like liquid. If in a free and capitalistic society like America (less man-made obstructions like China and India now), it moves to the well-deserved, do-gooders and some greedy yet miserable moguls. But K's foundations and schools are far from rich and powerful, but of volunteers, long time supporters and anyone that wants to be set free, money or not. Have you been to their Ojai site? It's just a very unassuming (California standard) farm-house but full of positive energy. Be positive, don't be fearful of unjust situations, money will flow to you. Act with uncluttered heart and mind. It's the universal law.

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well said!!!!

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I thank krishnamurti foundation for providing such a thought provoking discussions. Can I have a transcription of this please...

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jkrishnamurti.org/content/2nd-question-answer-meeting-31

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[@ryanmcginnis2936]

Without people, there is no money to speak of. The root of all evil is not to be found with money.

[@piyushmisra7660]

Correct, but he was discussing relationship of people with money.

[@mazxbv]

meanwhile while there is money the suffering will continue to be enormous

[@Nowhy]

You have fallen for propaganda by people who love money or even are under a self-deception... The Bible didn't say that money is the root of all evil, but that the love of money is the root of all evil. There is an infinite difference...

[@Nowhy]

Maybe you dig the song, 'Money Is Flesh by Swans'

[@livestrong1976]

Damn that was well put!!

[@opirbrain9225]

he is one of man in history never will get replaced , only thing bother me is why his influence stayed limit it should have moved or at least done a lot in the whole world consciousness do any one know why his purpose or meaning never went widely globally

[@bioburgervegano]

I think ..we humans.. is not yet ready to absorve what he was puting out...

[@lisale798]

His teaching is quite heavy , not many people get it. Need review many time to get his point. Blessing to people who understand him.

[@daotrananhduy]

There are not enough devotees of truth.

[@Divine00]

I agree J.K teachings are very intellectually intense. Or top notch. And I am always comprehending logically. But J.K I find watching same few times to truly digest it..or whether I can digest it. But I do give my best..

[@solomit1]

@@lisale798 I agree you need certain level of maturity to understand what JK is pointing to and very few will get it the whole system for generations has been conditioning people for example' influences from news media, politicians, entertainment industry, education system, work demands e.t,c this keeps the mind occupied asleep and distracted from what is really important in life which is inquiring into their own true nature, to wake up in this world is like going against the tide in the ocean but once you get it becomes quite natural

[@maverick5014]

He is conservatively mentioning Advait Vedanta or non duality. Very deep indeed. No one can understand him if one has not read Upanishads in great depth.

[@vish6306]

On the contrary it is far easier to sift through the muck and understand true Advaita Vedanta after understanding him in plain English. That is why many scholars came to him for clearer understanding.

[@hemantkhare5545]

I realize I have been occupied with the observation rather than observing:(

[@RB-jq6gh]

Those who are empty on the inside..must decorate themselves on the outside.

[@balaramram9902]

Money gives freedom, security, enjoyment ,almost everything - but in the name of God - religion asks money - why our brain occupied with money? -Not only money we are occupied with everything - it is our state of mind - to be occupied with something - hence brain is full - we fear of no mind - is it possible to be without occupation- observe - not to record even the observation - hence mind feels alive, free, extraordinary active - Are we aware of chattering - enquire slowly -step by step - Do not ask how to stop chattering - then the very process invoved in stoping the mind chattering is also an occupation - observe the consequences of occupation slowly - Do not seek empty mind - the very observation of youself releases you from occupation

[@user-vh1xf3zc9z]

Without money, you can't live in this society. We are all conditioning created by our thought. We always play trick with ourselves because we all love doing these.

[@shuks7678]

That emptiness has potential and potential is infinite. Only empty brain can connect to infinite.

[@robinsinpost]

So, thinking about money is the problem. Or thinking about anything more than neccesary is the problem.

[@wagwand]

Thinking. 💭 is seemingly the problem

[@mikeq5807]

People who insist on not finding their answers from within keep gurus in business.

[@AmazingCreationsKannadiga]

Money is everything, life true purpose is make more money, and enjoy the life

[@forall1984]

🧚🏻‍♂️🌌🦅🤗

[@sylviagung1007]

What is right relationship with money? I know! Earn it a lot and use it right .... Right? ... K says, "Just look. Don't let it be occupied with money, and the brain becomes shallow. There is no room in the brain. Free it from bourgeois mind" .... "See the fact and move away from it" K says. Free my mind, open my eyes, to see the facts ....

[@bikram_jha]

See the fact of it and move away from it 👌 19:16

[@toneionson6064]

Why has money become so important ?

[@masumzaman5885]

Where is your full video?

[@KFoundation]

For this and any other extracts, you can look it up yourself by searching for the full talk using the information in the video description. In this case, simply search for 'Brockwood 1981 Q&A 2' either directly on KZbin or Google. If you learn this method you won't need to ask for the link again. Hope this helps.

[@rayzsp9623]

so in a spiritual perspective, what one should do if they need money to support their live and theirs family ? we can not just be "don't mind" when we know our children need shelter, food, education and etc, will an "empty mind" brings the solution we need? please enlighten me 🙏

[@vish6306]

An ‘empty mind’ means there is no ‘me’ and so no ‘my family’, ‘my money’ and so on. Your question only arises to crowded minds.

[@sunnykumarmodi4274]

subtitles Please

[@KFoundation]

+Sunnykumar Modi Here's the transcript: 4th Question: What is the right relationship to money? If you haven’t any you have no relationship! (Laughter) Like the speaker, it is very simple! But to be serious, (laughs) what is right relationship to money? Why has money become so important? Just let’s enquire into it. We are not the Delphic Oracle, or laying down the law, or telling you what you should think or do, but we are trying together to understand the problems of life, which are very complex, which need deep examination impersonally, objectively, sanely. So this is one of the problems, money. Why has money become so important? Is it because we have become worldly? ‘Worldly’ I am using in the sense, attached to the things that thought has put together. That is the first question I am asking. It is a complex question, we will go into it. Is it because money gives us freedom? You can travel if you have lots of money, you become powerful, become Lord this and that. If you have money you have a status, you are respected, you are looked up to. This is happening. If you have money you can do almost anything - go against all the laws. You see this everyday. Money is not supposed to be transferred from one country to another but if you are wealthy you have a secret account in Switzerland - you know all this - or transfer great wealth to America and so on. And if you have money you can enjoy yourself. So money has become extraordinarily valuable in all those senses. And without money you can’t do much either. If you want some clothes and so on you must have some money. But the question is really: why has money in our life, apart from buying necessary things or having something which is pleasant: nice picture, or a nice vase, or some beautiful ornament, apart from all that - or a beautiful garden if you are lucky - apart from that why do we lay such emphasis on money? You answer it please. I do not know if you realise what religions have become, organised religions: vast wealth, they are really business organizations in the name of god. This vast wealth of the gurus, incredible wealth, which all of us - not all of us, some of us have given to these gentlemen. And so money has become important. And when you go to the temples and so on, there is always money being asked. Are we so occupied with money? Naturally the poor man who has no money, he is naturally thinking about it. But those of us who have a little money, are we occupied with it? Is our main concern or occupation money? That awakens another question which is: why are our minds perpetually occupied? - occupied with something or other. If you are occupied with meditation when you are talking about meditation, then you are occupied with it - god - you follow? Everything from the housewife to the highest religious authorities are occupied - why? You understand my question? This is not an irrelevant question, it is relevant because our occupation with money or with sex, with this or with that, indicates the state of our own minds, our own hearts. To be occupied with something. Does it mean that this occupation with business, with money, with sex, with god, with the guru, with the politician and so on, so on, keeps our brain full? You understand my question? Is it that we are afraid not to be occupied? Please look at it. Look at ourselves, which is: am I occupied from morning till night and when I go to sleep the brain is also occupied, with dreams, with all kinds of sensations. So there is never a moment when the brain is not occupied. Is that so? And when the brain is so occupied there is no space - you understand? - and so the brain becomes more and more shallow. You can see this happening. Is it because we are frightened of not being occupied, therefore having no space, the brain having no rest at all, therefore wearing itself out. Right? The wearing itself out is a part of senility. Right? So is there a possibility of not being occupied? Merely to look, to observe, not be occupied with observation. Just to look, to observe so that the brain has a rest, not to record because our brain is all the time recording. I don’t know if you are following all this! If it interests you. Then your brain becomes extraordinarily alive, pliable. If you have ever observed without a single thought, have you? - to observe a tree, to observe the water, a sheet of water, the light on it, to observe a woman or a man without all the consequences of that observation, the sensations, so that your mind is really free from occupation. How can a brain that is occupied ever observe? You understand my question? How can a mind - a brain rather - that is always occupied with something casual, daydreaming, with the kitchen or with god, they are all the same, all occupations are the same, they are not superior occupations or inferior occupations, we are talking about occupation per se. Such a mind is really the most bourgeois mind in the world, including the Communists. Is chattering part of this occupation? - talking, talking, talking, endlessly, you follow? Now are we aware of this occupation, and experimenting with ourselves to see if it stops? Then to find out whether there is fear and pursue that fear - you follow? Go to the very end of it and end it. As we talked about it at previous talks. Then see what happens to this brain which has space, which has quietness, which is not occupied. If you say, ‘How am I to do it? Tell me the steps, the method how not to be occupied’, then those steps, those methods become your occupation, you are back in the cycle. But if you see the consequences of occupation, and see the fact of it, you move away from it. So if one is occupied with money, why? Either you are poor, which is natural, then you have to be concerned about it, but even if you are poor to be occupied eternally from morning till night, and the man who is very rich is also terribly occupied, how to keep the money, increase it - you know the whole business. So the real question is: can the mind be free from all occupation? If I may repeat some incident: we were in the Himalayas once far away from all noise and in a cottage, and a group of monks, sannyasis came rushing into the cottage to tell me something. They knew who I was, the person who was occupying it. So they came to see me and they said, ‘We have just come from a man who is far away in the hills who is full of knowledge. And we have just come and we are filled with that knowledge.’ And we said ‘What is that knowledge?’ And we went into it. At the end of it we discovered the solitary person living in the Himalayas was really not solitary at all. He has carried all the world’s knowledge up there and so he is never alone, never quiet. He is full of that knowledge and can therefore perhaps can never experience something totally original. A mind which is occupied can never experience something original. It is only the mind that is free, if I can use the word, empty. We were talking with a scientist some days ago and we were saying that emptiness is very important in life, not vacuum, not being just vague and daydreaming but really a mind that is not occupied has space and is totally empty. And we were saying that such a mind is full of energy. And the scientist agreed. He said ‘Where there is emptiness it is not empty, that very emptiness is energy’. I am telling you something. So let us… you think about it, you know, look at it.

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[@bikram_jha]

5:13 organised religious!!!

[@bikram_jha]

When the brain is so occupied than there is no space. 9:00

[@mauriciobolboa6829]

theres no "apart from that", thats why.

[@arvindsarai]

Can the mind be free from all occupation?

[@sebnemkalkan3312]

Back to cycle

[@reeemx]

an anasha my parents hate me cause i'm making no profit, how to get over it and still love them ? peace

[@highhopes5521]

Move on from haters

[@bikram_jha]

00:41 if you haven't than no relationship🙏😅

[@veerajaladani7966]

Nothingness ....Emptiness is not easy to achieve.. We need to do lot of practice to stop imagination, greed, comparison and brain programing....Human lives with reality not more than ten percent of the life....90% of the life occupied with nonsense.....

[@parthb8994]

You only have to watch the thought, the self, the happenings. Nothingness doesn't mean everything becomes zero but you become. There's a certain dissociation that happens yet you are fully attentive. If you look for your own answer with tremendous need, hunger, attention, you'd find it's right there. You believe it's an immediate thing right? And that every human has it while born and can have it almost instantaneously in due life. Then why do we listen to odur thoughts that it is the hardest and yet the simplest. Why is that when we go to one end there's another end at the pole. Why the pole shifts. Experiment is the word if at all. We need to experiment with ourselves of who we are and what is meditation. One day, one moment, it's simpler to grab. Now to sustain, there's an ordeal to understand, and understanding will rise and make you free. Your own understanding. Not Ks, nor anybody else's.

[@bikram_jha]

16:00☹️🤣

[@testertester817]

Empty mind n empty purse, can they co-exist?

[@suganthikaruna7466]

Become a zero, if you want to become a hero.

[@rafaelcarlose7326]

Subtitles please!!!

[@KFoundation]

+rafael carlose Here's the transcript: 4th Question: What is the right relationship to money? If you haven’t any you have no relationship! (Laughter) Like the speaker, it is very simple! But to be serious, (laughs) what is right relationship to money? Why has money become so important? Just let’s enquire into it. We are not the Delphic Oracle, or laying down the law, or telling you what you should think or do, but we are trying together to understand the problems of life, which are very complex, which need deep examination impersonally, objectively, sanely. So this is one of the problems, money. Why has money become so important? Is it because we have become worldly? ‘Worldly’ I am using in the sense, attached to the things that thought has put together. That is the first question I am asking. It is a complex question, we will go into it. Is it because money gives us freedom? You can travel if you have lots of money, you become powerful, become Lord this and that. If you have money you have a status, you are respected, you are looked up to. This is happening. If you have money you can do almost anything - go against all the laws. You see this everyday. Money is not supposed to be transferred from one country to another but if you are wealthy you have a secret account in Switzerland - you know all this - or transfer great wealth to America and so on. And if you have money you can enjoy yourself. So money has become extraordinarily valuable in all those senses. And without money you can’t do much either. If you want some clothes and so on you must have some money. But the question is really: why has money in our life, apart from buying necessary things or having something which is pleasant: nice picture, or a nice vase, or some beautiful ornament, apart from all that - or a beautiful garden if you are lucky - apart from that why do we lay such emphasis on money? You answer it please. I do not know if you realise what religions have become, organised religions: vast wealth, they are really business organizations in the name of god. This vast wealth of the gurus, incredible wealth, which all of us - not all of us, some of us have given to these gentlemen. And so money has become important. And when you go to the temples and so on, there is always money being asked. Are we so occupied with money? Naturally the poor man who has no money, he is naturally thinking about it. But those of us who have a little money, are we occupied with it? Is our main concern or occupation money? That awakens another question which is: why are our minds perpetually occupied? - occupied with something or other. If you are occupied with meditation when you are talking about meditation, then you are occupied with it - god - you follow? Everything from the housewife to the highest religious authorities are occupied - why? You understand my question? This is not an irrelevant question, it is relevant because our occupation with money or with sex, with this or with that, indicates the state of our own minds, our own hearts. To be occupied with something. Does it mean that this occupation with business, with money, with sex, with god, with the guru, with the politician and so on, so on, keeps our brain full? You understand my question? Is it that we are afraid not to be occupied? Please look at it. Look at ourselves, which is: am I occupied from morning till night and when I go to sleep the brain is also occupied, with dreams, with all kinds of sensations. So there is never a moment when the brain is not occupied. Is that so? And when the brain is so occupied there is no space - you understand? - and so the brain becomes more and more shallow. You can see this happening. Is it because we are frightened of not being occupied, therefore having no space, the brain having no rest at all, therefore wearing itself out. Right? The wearing itself out is a part of senility. Right? So is there a possibility of not being occupied? Merely to look, to observe, not be occupied with observation. Just to look, to observe so that the brain has a rest, not to record because our brain is all the time recording. I don’t know if you are following all this! If it interests you. Then your brain becomes extraordinarily alive, pliable. If you have ever observed without a single thought, have you? - to observe a tree, to observe the water, a sheet of water, the light on it, to observe a woman or a man without all the consequences of that observation, the sensations, so that your mind is really free from occupation. How can a brain that is occupied ever observe? You understand my question? How can a mind - a brain rather - that is always occupied with something casual, daydreaming, with the kitchen or with god, they are all the same, all occupations are the same, they are not superior occupations or inferior occupations, we are talking about occupation per se. Such a mind is really the most bourgeois mind in the world, including the Communists. Is chattering part of this occupation? - talking, talking, talking, endlessly, you follow? Now are we aware of this occupation, and experimenting with ourselves to see if it stops? Then to find out whether there is fear and pursue that fear - you follow? Go to the very end of it and end it. As we talked about it at previous talks. Then see what happens to this brain which has space, which has quietness, which is not occupied. If you say, ‘How am I to do it? Tell me the steps, the method how not to be occupied’, then those steps, those methods become your occupation, you are back in the cycle. But if you see the consequences of occupation, and see the fact of it, you move away from it. So if one is occupied with money, why? Either you are poor, which is natural, then you have to be concerned about it, but even if you are poor to be occupied eternally from morning till night, and the man who is very rich is also terribly occupied, how to keep the money, increase it - you know the whole business. So the real question is: can the mind be free from all occupation? If I may repeat some incident: we were in the Himalayas once far away from all noise and in a cottage, and a group of monks, sannyasis came rushing into the cottage to tell me something. They knew who I was, the person who was occupying it. So they came to see me and they said, ‘We have just come from a man who is far away in the hills who is full of knowledge. And we have just come and we are filled with that knowledge.’ And we said ‘What is that knowledge?’ And we went into it. At the end of it we discovered the solitary person living in the Himalayas was really not solitary at all. He has carried all the world’s knowledge up there and so he is never alone, never quiet. He is full of that knowledge and can therefore perhaps can never experience something totally original. A mind which is occupied can never experience something original. It is only the mind that is free, if I can use the word, empty. We were talking with a scientist some days ago and we were saying that emptiness is very important in life, not vacuum, not being just vague and daydreaming but really a mind that is not occupied has space and is totally empty. And we were saying that such a mind is full of energy. And the scientist agreed. He said ‘Where there is emptiness it is not empty, that very emptiness is energy’. I am telling you something. So let us… you think about it, you know, look at it.

[@rafaelcarlose7326]

cheers but it's not complete?

[@KFoundation]

+rafael carlee Thank you for your message. May I ask what do you mean by 'it's not complete'? It seems to me that the transcript contains text for the whole video.

[@ldeponte9674]

J. Krishnamurti - Official Channel

[@anangelskissinspring330]

J. Krishnamurti - Official Channel Thank you.

[@plasma8409]

If I could put three likes or more - I would do so...

[@sewinderkaur5722]

No my sir. I need money so I can buy a house and sleep

[@Henneys]

Sewinder Kaur he was taken care of all his life Lol

[@kevincastelino3338]

You can't sleep because people have illgotten wealth in Swiss account

[@mikewright902]

@@Henneys I love to here you give a talk in front of people about this topic 🤔so easy to point the finger 😚I would love to hear what you have to say probably nothing of the same magnitude I'm saying probably😂✌.

[@mikewright902]

That wasn't his point ma'am!! The video was only like 18 minutes long !! 😉did you listen to the whole thing ma'am???

[@soleknight3212]

@@Henneys True. But he also gave up MASS wealth and property when he renounced his role as the 'world teacher' that the theosophists wanted him to take up. He earned every single 'penny' of being taken care of IMO.

[@kondojunagaraju8899]

"Your the problem, your the trap"

[@gurupitka1383]

money is the biggest illusion in this samsara.

[@benjaminwen1415]

guru pitka, monies is not samsara. attachment to monies is samsara.