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Sep 2021
57m 22s

Krishnamurti on Uncertainty

Krishnamurti Foundation Trust
About this episode

'When you live in a state of complete inward uncertainty, you will see that you meet any challenge with clarity and swiftness.'

This week’s episode on Uncertainty has two sections.

The first extract (2:44) is from Krishnamurti’s first question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, titled ‘We move from certainty to uncertainty to certainty’.

The second and final extract (14:04) in this episode is from the second talk in Bombay 1964, titled ‘Be free and live in a state of uncertainty’.

Season three of the Krishnamurti podcast continues with the format of carefully chosen extracts from the archives of philosopher’s talks. Each weekly episode focusses on a theme explored by Krishnamurti and the aim is to represent his different approaches to these universal topics.

This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK. Brockwood is also home to Brockwood Park School, an international boarding school offering a personalised holistic education for around 70 students. It is deeply inspired by Krishnamurti’s teaching, which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity. Please visit brockwood.org.uk for more information.

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