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 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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Majjhima Nikaya ClassSerial: SF-03192 Middle-length Discourses Evil, Letting Go, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Faith, Precepts, Liberation, Karmic... |
Sep 23 1997 Green Gulch |
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Majjhima Nikaya ClassSerial: SF-03222 Middle-length Discourses Impermanence, Passions, Karma, Faith, Nirvana, Letting Go, Offering, Attachment,... |
Sep 15 1997 Green Gulch |
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Majjhima Nikaya Mindfulness, Hindrances, Evil, Liberation, Soto Zen, Lay, Doubt, Faith, Daily Life,... |
Jul 10 1997 Green Gulch |
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Recollections of Early Zen Priest, Demons, Vinaya, Funeral, Religion, Ceremony, Lay Practice, Six Realms,... |
Feb 08 1997 2 of 3 Green Gulch Farm |
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Saturday Lecture Passions, Religion, Light-and-Darkness, Suzuki Roshi, Politics, Platform Sutra, Zazen... |
Aug 17 1996 City Center |
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Lotus Sutra ClassSerial: SF-03193 Chapters 15, 16, 25, 26, 2t Lotus Sutra, Gratitude, Demons, Birth-and-Death, Religion, Manjushri, Faith, Ceremony... |
May 28 1996 Green Gulch |
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Prajna Paramita Class Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Ego, Faith, realization, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana... |
Feb 27 1996 Unknown |
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October 25th, 1995, Serial No. 02702 Hsin Hsin Ming, Composure, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Faith, Daily Life, Hate, Zazen,... |
Oct 25 1995 Unknown |
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October 14th, 1995, Serial No. 02701 Faith, Vows, Hsin Hsin Ming, Continuous, Buddha Mind, Bodhisattva Vow, Bodhisattva... |
Oct 14 1995 Unknown |
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October 11th, 1995, Serial No. 02703 Hsin Hsin Ming, Faith, Enthusiasm, Soto Zen, Nirvana Sutra, Gratitude, Vows, soto,... |
Oct 11 1995 Unknown |
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Shantideva ClassSerial: SF-03204 Practice of Concentration Obstacles, Concentration, Faith, Family Practice, Instruction, Absolute-and-Relative... |
May 16 1995 Unknown |
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Shantideva ClassSerial: SF-03186 Practice of Generosity/Giving Letting Go, Cultivation, Evil, Offering, Don't Know Mind, Repentance, Patience,... |
Apr 18 1995 Unknown |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Faith, Ceremony, Big Mind, true dharma, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Emotions,... |
Mar 28 1995 |
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Sesshin Shuso LectureSerial: SF-02732 #shuso-talk - Zazen instruction and general encouragement for sesshin - Sesshin Day 1 Concentration, Faith |
Apr 13 1994 Unknown |
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The Meeting of American Culture and Buddhism: The ArtsSerial: SF-00008 Lecture Series New Year, Tassajara, Emptiness, Lineage, Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Faith, Ceremony,... |
Feb 01 1994 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Ordinary Mind, Faith, Describe, Anger, Impermanence, Humility, Greed, Commitment,... |
Jan 30 1994 Green Gulch |
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Images of FireSerial: SF-01848 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True, PO Box 8010, Boulder CO 80306 Faith, Passions, Silence, Religion |
1992 Unknown |
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Mumonkan Case 10Serial: SF-00046 Seizei lonely and destitute. Enthusiasm, Priest, Sanctuary, Sangha, Buddha Nature, Faith, soto, Balance, Zazen... |
Apr 28 1991 Green Gulch Farm |
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Jewel Mirror Samadhi Precious Mirror, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Faith, Diversity, soto, Patience, Ego,... |
Oct 24 1990 |
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Taking Refuge Sangha, Triple Treasure, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Precepts, Transmission,... |
Jan 10 1990 |
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Lion's Roar Emptiness, Letting Go, Teacher-and-Student, Liberation, confusion, Transmission,... |
Dec 27 1988 SFZC |
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Lion's Roar Balance, Daily Life, Letting Go, Liberation, Intuition, Lineage, Delusion, Faith... |
Dec 26 1988 SFZC |
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ChenrezigSerial: SF-01918 Practice itself - Blind Faith - Center of Mandala Freedom, Emotions, Samsara, Mindfulness, Anger, Faith, Ego, Karma, Don't Know... |
Dec 24 1988 SFZC |
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December 10th, 1988, Serial No. 01056 Buddha Nature, Nirvana Sutra, Concentration, Intimacy, Posture, Fundraising, Faith,... |
Dec 10 1988 SFZC |
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September 3rd, 1988, Serial No. 01909 Doubt, Emotions, realization, Continuous, Interview, Commitment, Enemies, Delusion,... |
Sep 03 1988 SFZC |
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YontenzotSerial: SF-01864 "Chhoje Tulku" confusion, Karma, Emptiness, Emotions, Duality, Diversity, Demons, Freedom, Obstacles... |
Apr 30 1988 SFZC |
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November 22nd, 1987, Serial No. 01003, Side B Addiction, Four Foundations, Discrimination, resistance, Mindfulness, Ego, Offering,... |
Nov 22 1987 SFZC |
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November 1st, 1987, Serial No. 00960 Commitment, Bodhisattva Vow, Attachment, Continuous, Vows, training, Faith |
Nov 01 1987 Green Gulch |
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March 1987 talk, Serial No. 03986 Study Period, Ceremony, Death-and-Dying, Impermanence, Posture, Buddha Nature,... |
1987 SFZC |
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The Human Encounter with Death Death-and-Dying, training, Letting Go, Demons, Conversation, Emotions, Faith,... |
Oct 11 1981 1 and 2 of 3 City Center |
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The Human Encounter with Death Heart Sutra, Death-and-Dying, Chanting, Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness... |
Oct 11 1981 City Center |
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Dining Room class Silence, Current Events, Religion, Monastic Practice, Faith, Sanctuary, Fox, Patience... |
Jun 14 1981 1 Tassajara |
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April 13th, 1980, Serial No. 01915 Continuous, Demons, Interview, Silence, Passions, Offering, Bell, confusion, Faith,... |
Apr 13 1980 SFZC |