Faith Talks
Faith is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept. In the context of religion, faith is "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". According to the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, faith has multiple definitions, including "something that is believed especially with strong conviction", "complete trust", "belief and trust in and loyalty to God", as well as "a firm belief in something for which there is no proof".
Religious people often think of faith as confidence based on a perceived degree of warrant, or evidence, while others who are more skeptical of religion tend to think of faith as simply belief without evidence.
In the Roman world, 'faith' (Latin: fides) was understood without particular association with gods or beliefs. Instead, it was understood as a paradoxical set of reciprocal ideas: voluntary will and voluntary restraint in the sense of father over family or host over guest, whereby one party willfully surrenders to a party who could harm but chooses not to, thereby entrusting or confiding in them.
Accordingly to Thomas Aquinas, faith is "an act of the intellect assenting to the truth at the command of the will".
Religion has a long tradition, since the ancient world, of analyzing divine questions using common human experiences such as sensation, reason, science, and history that do not rely on revelation—called Natural theology.
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2005.06.18-serial.00039 Letting Go, Oneness, Faith, Obstacles, Hindrances |
Jun 18 2005 |
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2005.06.18-serial.00186 Letting Go, Oneness, Faith, Obstacles, Hindrances |
Jun 18 2005 |
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2002.03.24-serial.00013 Priest, Big Mind, Money, Buddha Nature, Faith |
Mar 24 2002 |
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2002.03.24-serial.00172 Priest, Big Mind, Money, Buddha Nature, Faith |
Mar 24 2002 |
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1999.09.04-serial.00149A Forgiveness, Gratitude, Silence, Faith, realization, Culture, Desire |
Sep 04 1999 |
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1999.08.12-serial.00147A Bowing, Buddha Nature, Desire, Offering, Letting Go, Faith, Observe, Discrimination,... |
Aug 12 1999 |
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1999.08.12-serial.00147B Bowing, Buddha Nature, Observe, Desire, Offering, Letting Go, Discrimination, Faith,... |
Aug 12 1999 |
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1999.08.04-serial.00144 Ego, Way-Seeking Mind, Faith, Tenzo, Hate |
Aug 04 1999 |
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1999.08.04-serial.00145 Ego, Way-Seeking Mind, Faith, Tenzo, Hate |
Aug 04 1999 |
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1997.11.02-serial.00130 Evil, Separation, Sangha, Faith, Liberation |
Nov 02 1997 |
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1997.06.21-serial.00004 Way-Seeking Mind, Thich Nhat Hanh, Faith, Letting Go, Sixth Patriarch |
Jun 21 1997 |
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1990.07.31-serial.00078 Concentration, Faith, training, Way-Seeking Mind, Passions |
Jul 31 1990 |
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1990.07.29-serial.00077 Way-Seeking Mind, Faith, Dragons, Commitment, Offering |
Jul 29 1990 |
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1989.08.27-serial.00069 Thich Nhat Hanh, Letting Go, Buddha Mind, Baso, Faith |
Aug 27 1989 |
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1984.03.27-serial.00291 Faith, Big Mind, Letting Go, Doubt, Emptiness |
Mar 27 1984 |
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1984.02.28-serial.00304 Faith, Observe, Rinzai, Vow, Concentration |
Feb 28 1984 |
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YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00219D Faith, Hate, Delusion, Greed, Concentration |
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YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00219C Faith, Concentration, Abhidharma, Vow, Samadhi |
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YYYY.07.19-serial.00299 Doubt, Faith, Renewal, Dragons, Balance |
Jul 19 |