Faith Talks
Faith, derived from Latin fides and Old French feid, is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept. In the context of religion, one can define faith as "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". According to 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.
Historically, the word faith ultimately comes from the Latin word fides in the Roman world which was understood without particular association to 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 do harm but choses not to, thereby entrusting or confiding in them.
According to medieval thinkers like 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 experience such as sensation, reason, science, and history; that do not rely on revelation, called Natural theology.
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Reaching Home Again Without Realizing It Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Priest, japanese, Faith, Impermanence, Lotus... |
Oct 19 2019 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Buddha ActivityThe work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with... YRB-2019-Spring, cognitive process, Silence, Faith, Suzuki Roshi, unconscious process... |
Apr 02 2019 5/7 The Yoga Room |
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Buddha ActivityThe work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with... YRB-2019-Spring, Silence, Interdependence, Faith, Attachment, Mahayana |
Mar 26 2019 4/7 The Yoga Room |
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Buddha ActivityThe work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with... YRB-2019-Spring, practicing generosity, Intimacy, Commitment, Buddha Mind, Separation... |
Mar 12 2019 2/7 The Yoga Room |
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Buddha Activity Intimacy, Doubt, Faith, true dharma, zen meditation, Complete Perfect Enlightenment,... |
Mar 09 2019 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Buddha ActivityThe work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with... YRB-2019-Spring, zen meditation, Silence, Evil, Faith, Doubt, causation, Bell,... |
Mar 05 2019 1/7 The Yoga Room |
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What Is Most Important For You In This LifeBeing clear about our ultimate concern. Remember, aspire, commit to, and train to realise this. The story of Tong-an and Liangshan: what is the business under the patched robe? Intimacy. Another... Vow, Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Buddha Mind, Intimacy, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind,... |
Feb 02 2019 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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The Pivotal Business of Buddha’s HouseLotus Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Faith, Zazen, Perfect Wisdom, Bell, Samadhi |
Jun 11 2016 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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A Lotus Sutra Narrative of the Bodhisattva PathLotus Sutra, Vow, Gaining Mind, Faith, Dharma Transmission, Zazen, causation,... |
May 07 2016 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Following through with the Dung ShovelingCompassion, Zazen, Priest, Faith, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, japanese, Intimacy... |
May 07 2016 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Melting the Root of TransgressionConfession-and-Repentance, Buddha Ancestors, Compassion, Confession-and-Repentance,... |
Apr 09 2016 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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From Where Does an Appropriate Response Emerge?Cultivation, Perfect Wisdom, Karmic Consciousness, Perfect Wisdom, cognitive process... |
Sep 12 2014 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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From Where Does an Appropriate Response Emerge?Cultivation, Perfect Wisdom, Cause-and-Effect, Faith, Perfect Wisdom, causation, Fox... |
Sep 12 2014 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Speakable and Unspeakable Names of Our Zen Family AncestorsPerfect Wisdom, good friendship, This good friendship is the whole of the holy life, Shitou, Matzu, Yaoshan, Da-Wu, Lung-tan, Deshan, Guishan, Xiangyan SFZC lineage, Mind of No Abode ... Kalyana Mitra, Shitou, Mazu, Prajna Paramita, Perfect Wisdom, resistance, Lineage,... |
Mar 01 2014 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Good Friendship of Shitou, Matsu and YaoshanShitou, Mazu, Yaoshan, Koan, Teacher-and-Student, Perfect Wisdom, Manjushri, Faith,... |
Feb 01 2014 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Good Friendship of Shitou, Matsu and Yaoshan Japan, Suzuki Roshi, Silence, Triple Treasure, Funeral, Mahayana, japanese, Faith... |
Feb 01 2014 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Honoring Student-Teacher Relationship (Flower Adornment Scripture)Kalyana Mitra, Compassion, New Year, Teacher-and-Student, true dharma, Perfect Wisdom... |
Jan 04 2014 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Honoring Student-Teacher Relationship (Flower Adornment Scripture)Compassion, Consciousness, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Transmission, Lay,... |
Jan 04 2014 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Remembering Fred Maroth Buddha Ancestors, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Birth-and-Death, resistance, Faith,... |
Nov 23 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Virtue of the Bodhisattva's Delayed Gratification Birth-and-Death, Sangha, New Year, Faith, Buddha Ancestors, Bowing, difficulty,... |
Dec 15 2012 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Wisdom Verifies WisdomWhen Wisdom Verifies Wisdom Birth-and-Death, Patience, Addiction, Silence, Letting Go, Attachment, Faith,... |
Aug 11 2012 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Chick and Hen -- Inquiring and RespondingChick and Hen -- Inquiring and Responding Karmic consciousness. Living beings live in a story-telling world. That’s where... practicing generosity, Karmic Consciousness, Lineage, Teacher-and-Student, Patience,... |
Jul 01 2012 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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The Room, the Seat, and the RobeThe Room, the Seat and the Robe Lotus Sutra, Patience, Book of Serenity, Building, Interdependence, Buddha Mind,... |
Apr 14 2012 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Bodhisattva's Perfection of Being Ordinary Birth-and-Death, Aspects of Practice, true dharma, Interview, Commitment, Enthusiasm... |
Nov 12 2011 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Entry into the nature of the knowable Birth-and-Death, Transmission, Perfect Wisdom, Mahayana, Faith, Manjushri, Gratitude... |
Oct 01 2011 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Entry into the nature of the knowable Obstacles, Duality, Lovingkindness, confusion, Discrimination, Commitment, Separation... |
Oct 01 2011 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Xiang Yan hears the sound of stones striking bamboo Duality, Suzuki Roshi, Commitment, Separation, Mahayana, Tassajara, Transmission,... |
Sep 10 2011 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Conscious and Unconscious Obstructions of the Buddha Way Obstacles, Faith, Intuition, Doubt, Karmic Consciousness, true dharma, Patience,... |
Apr 16 2011 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Unique Breeze of Reality and the Wondrous Function of Non-Dual Wisdom Faith, Separation, Lotus Sutra, Bodhisattva Precepts, Non-duality, Desire, Perfect... |
Aug 14 2010 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Mind of Enlightenment Enthusiasm, Bodhidharma, Practice Period, Faith, Equanimity, Confession-and-... |
Aug 05 2010 The Yoga Room |
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Deep Faith in Cause and Effect has now become Deep Faith in Being a Sentient Being resistance, Faith, Birth-and-Death, Bodhisattva Precepts, Evil, Buddha Ancestors,... |
Dec 12 2009 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Causation within the Wondrous Dharma Flower Lotus Sutra, Karmic Consciousness, causation, Faith, Book of Serenity, Observe,... |
Oct 17 2009 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Leaving Home and Receiving the Precepts Renunciation, Faith, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lotus Sutra, Attachment, causation, Priest... |
Sep 26 2009 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Causation and Non-Self causation, Silence, Faith, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, zen meditation, soto, Anger,... |
Jul 21 2009 The Yoga Room |
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The Ultimate Transcends All ArgumentationSamdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 2 Samdhinormonchana Sutra (Part V), Non-violence, Lotus Sutra, Doubt, Faith, Mahayana, Soto Zen, Sangha, soto, Bell,... |
May 23 2009 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Causation and Non-Self Birth-and-Death, Describe, Transmission, causation, Attachment, Faith, Bodhisattva... |
Apr 23 2009 The Yoga Room |
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Causation and Non-Self causation, Birth-and-Death, Faith, Suzuki Roshi, Emotions, Manjushri, Interdependence... |
Apr 16 2009 The Yoga Room |
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Causation and Non-Self causation, Attachment, Faith, War, Evil, Desire, Bodhidharma |
Apr 09 2009 The Yoga Room |
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Causation and Non-Self causation, Faith, Attachment, Evil, Commitment, Non-attachment, Continuous, Religion... |
Apr 02 2009 The Yoga Room |
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Causation and Non-Self Evil, Attachment, Lineage, Faith, Doubt, Zazen, confusion, Japan, Patience, War... |
Mar 26 2009 The Yoga Room |
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Causation and Non-Self causation, Faith, Four Noble Truths, Two Truths, Aspects of Practice, Attachment,... |
Mar 19 2009 The Yoga Room |
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Causation and Non-Self causation, resistance, Faith, Attachment, zen meditation, Bodhisattva Precepts,... |
Mar 12 2009 The Yoga Room |
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Faith that Allows Doubt and the Idea that All Ideas are Contingent and Empty War, American, Doubt, Faith, Bodhisattva Precepts, Letting Go, true dharma, Perfect... |
Dec 13 2008 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Entering and Embodying Truth Suzuki Roshi, Harmonizing, Attachment, Faith, Evil, Letting Go, Interview, Enthusiasm... |
Aug 05 2008 The Yoga Room |
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Bodhisattva Action is to Remain Unmoved Lotus Sutra, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Manjushri, Perfect Wisdom, Bodhisattva... |
Jun 14 2008 No Abode Hermitage |
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Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva VowDuring this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and... Nirvana, Bodhisattva Vow, resistance, Faith, Buddha Nature, difficulty |
Aug 14 2007 The Yoga Room |
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Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva VowDuring this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and... zen meditation, Obstacles, Lotus Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Confession-and-... |
Aug 07 2007 The Yoga Room |
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GnosticismAmerican Buddhism as a gnostic practice; meaning of the word "tathagata" Faith, Triple Treasure, American, Hindrances, Transmission, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen... |
Feb 03 2007 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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2006.11.11-ZMC Repentance, Confession-and-Repentance, Faith, Non-duality, lecture, Tassajara, Zendo... |
Nov 11 2006 Tassajara |
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Baizhang's FoxBeing clear about cause and effect, intention, karma. causation, Fox, Skandas, Funeral, Obstacles, Samsara, Hindrances, Emotions, Observe,... |
May 27 2006 PM No Abode Hermitage |