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Jan 2025
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Krishnamurti on Trust and Faith

Krishnamurti Foundation Trust
About this episode

‘We are incapable, so we look, we search, we find somebody to tell us what to do, and we put our faith in those people. But faith and trust have no value.’

This episode on Trust and Faith has five sections.

The first extract (2:24) is from the second question and answer meeting in Saanen 1980, and is titled Trust and Certainty.

The second extract (13:42) is from Krishnamurti’s fifth talk in Madras 1964, and is titled: Trust and Faith Have No Value.

The third extract (22:58) is from the second talk in Bombay 1962, and is titled: There Is Nothing You Can Trust.

The fourth extract (42:18) is from the first question and answer meeting in Bombay 1984, and is titled: What Is Faith?

The final extract in this episode (48:03) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Colombo 1980, and is titled: Faith and Suffering.

Each episode of the Krishnamurti podcast is based on a significant theme of his talks. Extracts have been carefully selected to represent Krishnamurti’s different approaches to these universal and timeless topics. Upcoming themes are Abstraction, Mechanical Living, and Grief and Loss.

This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. Please visit the official YouTube channel for hundreds of full-length video and audio recordings of Krishnamurti’s talks and discussions. In addition, the Foundation’s own channel features a large collection of carefully selected clips. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust.

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