In 1925 the speaker was the head of a very big, vast organisation.
He was the head of it,
and they looked up to him with devotion—you know, all that stuff.
And it was considered a spiritual organisation, a religious organisation.
And in 1925
—or was it '28 or '29—
I have forgotten, it is not important,
that organisation called
‘The Order of the Star’ was dissolved by the speaker,
because he said that any spiritual organisation
of any kind is not spiritual.
For over 50 years, the Krishnamurti Foundation Trust,
a registered charity based at Brockwood Park, in southern England,
has been preserving and making available
Krishnamurti's timeless works.
Our function is informed by Krishnamurti's statement that,
'The foundations will see to it that these teachings are kept whole,
are not distorted, are not made corrupt.'
This is the story of our video recordings,
illustrating the work it has taken through the years
to make it possible to easily watch
a subtitled Krishnamuri talk online today.
Among the many places Krishnamurti spoke
is the Swiss mountain village of Saanen.
A van at Brockwood Park
would be loaded with video and audio equipment
and driven to Switzerland.
This acted as a mobile recording studio outside the marquee,
operated by a team of students and staff.
During a talk,
recordings would be live-mixed from the video feeds of the cameras.
The master video and audio tapes
were transported back to Brockwood's archives,
where they exist to this day.
As time goes by, videotape perishes.
Over the years, as technology evolved,
we have worked to preserve and update the recordings,
from the original tapes to archive-quality digital files.
Thanks to a very generous donation,
equipment was hired from London
and the foundation staff with a technician
worked 12 hours a day to digitise the collection.
These recordings form the basis
for much of the work at the foundation.
The Krishnamurti archives
contain 600 videos
and more than 2500 audio recordings.
After digitising, KFT staff spent many years
preparing the videos for release.
The final videos are converted for online and DVD release,
and masters are kept for future use.
In order to make Krishnamurti's work available
in as many formats as possible,
and for low-technology archiving,
each recording is carefully typed.
These transcripts are then verified against the recording by volunteers,
with a final check made by trained staff members to ensure authenticity.
Each transcript represents at least fifteen hours of work.
In total there are more than 5,000 transcripts,
and a team of over one hundred volunteers
have helped with this project.
More than 400 transcripts remain to be verified.
Many of these finalised transcripts
are edited for publication in books
covering the entirety of Krishnamurti's teachings.
His books have been translated into 60 languages,
with more than 90 titles in print.
The foundation maintains relationships
with hundreds of publishers worldwide
and attends major book fairs.
The final stage is producing the subtitles for each talk.
The archive transcripts are synchronised
with the video using specialist software.
The English subtitles are then translated by volunteers worldwide,
often from the Krishnamurti Committees.
Millions of people around the world
engage with Krishnamurti videos online,
with subtitles in over 30 languages.
After all these painstaking steps,
we offer for free
the full-length Krishnamurti videos and extracts on our YouTube channel.
Each programme is given a title and a summary
to help users find relevant videos.
They are grouped into playlists
based on the series of talks, or the language.
Videos, audios and transcripts are also available
on the international Krishnamurti website, jkrishnamurti.org
The number of views on YouTube is steadily increasing,
together with the number of subscribers and Facebook followers.
The foundation is based at the Krishnamurti Centre
in the beautiful surroundings of the South Downs National Park.
The Centre hosts retreats
based on dialogue meetings and curated video showings.
Staying at the Centre, alone or in a group,
is an opportunity to inquire deeply into the whole of one’s life
in a peaceful and conducive atmosphere.
The small team at the Krishnamurti Foundation Trust,
continues to explore new approaches
to the dissemination of Krishnamurti's teachings,
remaining faithful to the original mandate.
We offer audio, video and transcripts to the public free of charge,
and share them with the other Krishnamurti foundations and centres.
There is always more to be done.
Technology is ever-changing
and we aim to make Krishnamurti available through many channels.
There are hundreds of audios yet to be released.
New books are being edited and published.
Translation of subtitles is continuing,
along with new translations of books.
Online campaigns enable more people than ever before
to come into contact with Krishnamurti’s vital work.
Help is always appreciated
in the form of donations or by volunteering your time.