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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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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January 23rd, 1994, Serial No. 00127 Lay, Desire, Priest, training, Faith |
Jan 23 1994 |
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January 23rd, 1994, Serial No. 00130 Desire, Priest, Lay, training, Faith |
Jan 23 1994 |
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Sunday Lecture Ordinary Mind, Faith, Describe, Anger, Impermanence, Humility, Greed, Commitment,... |
Jan 30 1994 Green Gulch |
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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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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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Tokubetsu Sesshin Faith, Ceremony, Big Mind, true dharma, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Emotions,... |
Mar 28 1995 |
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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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Shantideva ClassSerial: SF-03204 Practice of Concentration Obstacles, Concentration, Faith, Family Practice, Instruction, Absolute-and-Relative... |
May 16 1995 Unknown |
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Enlightenment to Faith in PracticeSerial: BZ-00821A Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Faith, Practice, Buddha Nature, Intuition, Lotus Sutra, Vows, Aspects... |
Sep 30 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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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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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 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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Prajna Paramita Class Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Ego, Faith, realization, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana... |
Feb 27 1996 Unknown |
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April 27th, 1996, Serial No. 00145 Tenzo, Priest, training, Faith, Manjushri |
Apr 27 1996 |
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April 28th, 1996, Serial No. 00070 Tenzo, training, Priest, Faith, Manjushri |
Apr 28 1996 |
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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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Saturday Lecture Passions, Religion, Light-and-Darkness, Suzuki Roshi, Politics, Platform Sutra, Zazen... |
Aug 17 1996 City Center |
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October 14th, 1996, Serial No. 00087 Faith, Money, Tenzo, Intention, Buddha Ancestors |
Oct 14 1996 |
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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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Faith/Belief, DeathSerial: BZ-00361A Saturday Lecture Faith, Death, Religion, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Evil, Hate, War |
Mar 29 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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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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Majjhima Nikaya Mindfulness, Hindrances, Evil, Liberation, Soto Zen, Lay, Doubt, Faith, Daily Life,... |
Jul 10 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 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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1997.11.02-serial.00130 Evil, Separation, Sangha, Faith, Liberation |
Nov 02 1997 |
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November 9th, 1997, Serial No. 00151 uchiyama, Religion, Faith, Money, Six Realms |
Nov 09 1997 |
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Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Seminar 4Serial: SF-03055 Copyright 1998 by Peter Matthiessen - Unedited Preview Cassette Politics, Conversation, Doubt, Faith, Ceremony, Equanimity, Echo, Obstacles, Ego,... |
1998 Unknown |
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Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Seminar 3Serial: SF-03054 Copyright 1998 by Peter Matthiessen - Unedited Preview Cassette Describe, Hate, training, Zendo, Ego, Balance, Bell, Doubt, Faith, Emptiness... |
1998 Unknown |
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Just Let GoSerial: SF-03109 Sunday Lecture: (According to the Buddha), the way to be happy is simple: just let go. Letting go is hard to do. Human mind wants to hold. We could say we are nothing but... Letting Go, resistance, Buddha's Birthday, Blue Cliff Record, Attachment,... |
Mar 08 1998 Green Gulch |
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April 25th, 1998, Serial No. 01894 Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Faith, Interview, Bell, Describe, Freedom, Doubt, Nirvana... |
Apr 25 1998 Unknown |
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April 26th, 1998, Serial No. 01895 Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Doubt, Faith, New Year, Describe,... |
Apr 26 1998 Unknown |
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Origins of Zen Faith, Diversity, Lotus Sutra, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Religion, Enthusiasm... |
May 16 1998 Unknown |
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Origins of Zen Lotus Sutra, Ordination, Faith, Mahayana, Evil, Karma, Freedom, Separation, Offering... |
May 17 1998 Unknown |
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May 30th, 1998, Serial No. 01817Serial: SF-01817 Gil (Intro) Soto Zen, soto, Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Lay, training, Five Ranks, Priest, Bell,... |
May 30 1998 Sati Center |
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25 Years of Green GulchSerial: SF-03245 Sunday Lecture Gratitude, Bell, Commitment, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley, Ceremony, Teacher-and-Student... |
Sep 20 1998 Green Gulch |
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Rohatsu Manjushri, Attachment, Faith, Observe, Separation, Book of Serenity, Emotions, Doubt... |
Dec 02 1998 City Center |
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Eight Characteristics of Suzuki Roshi's TeachingSerial: SF-03137 Sunday Lecture - first Sunday of practice period Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence, Commitment, Vows, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Faith... |
Feb 21 1999 Green Gulch |
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Eight Characteristics of Suzuki Roshi's TeachingSerial: SF-03111 Sunday Lecture - Questions and Answers - duplicate Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence, Commitment, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Faith, Zazen... |
Feb 21 1999 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Faith, Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Ceremony, Non-duality, Equanimity, Six... |
Jul 17 1999 Green Gulch |
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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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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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1999.09.04-serial.00149A Forgiveness, Gratitude, Silence, Faith, realization, Culture, Desire |
Sep 04 1999 |
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October 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01114 realization, Blue Cliff Record, Faith, Soto Zen, Religion, Peace, Sangha, resistance... |
Oct 23 1999 Unknown |
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December 7th, 1999, Serial No. 03951 Letting Go, Emptiness, Zazen, Mindfulness, Karma, Faith, soto, Chanting, Lineage,... |
Dec 07 1999 City Center |
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2000.01.02-serial.00033Serial: SF-00033 Sunday dharma talk. Dragons, Faith, New Year, Doubt, Mahayana, practicing generosity, Karma, Four Noble... |
Jan 02 2000 |
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January Practice Period Karma, Dragons, Nirvana, Chanting, New Year, Instruction, Zendo, Faith, Sangha,... |
Jan 08 2000 Green Gulch |
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Stepping Down CeremonySerial: SF-03130 "Starts Here" Blue Cliff Record, Ceremony, realization, Gratitude, Lineage, Letting Go, Faith,... |
Feb 12 2000 City Center |