Dear Friends, Over the series of talks, Gil Fronsdal has traced a journey along which our saddha may progress. This journey may be linear, or we may jump around, or we may spiral in ever deepening ways. We started with faith, which inspires us to practice. Then confidence, when we start to value the practice and see the… Read More »
Dear Friends, The fourth dimension of saddha that Gil Fronsdal examines is trust. He talks about trust in the Dharma, which he says comes from a word meaning “to support.” As we practice, … we discover that more is going on within us — processes and patterns of life deeper than anything we could engineer, organize or make… Read More »
Dear Friends, Gil Fronsdal brings out a third aspect of saddha that I hadn’t really considered before, that of conviction.https://www.audiodharma.org/talks/11059 He does note a caution with this word – that there are some people do things out of a sense of conviction without regard to the impact on others. We’ll talk about balancing the faculties more later this… Read More »
Dear Friends, Another common translation for the faculty saddha is “confidence.” Gil Fronsdal describes a nuance of confidence compared to faith: Confidence is different from faith. We can have faith that something is important and useful, but that faith can be at a distance. It’s like we have a treasure and know that we have the treasure, but… Read More »
Dear Friends, In Pali, the first faculty is “saddha” – and that word can be translated many ways. One of the common translations is “faith.” For some folks, the word “faith” is a tricky word. Sharon Salzberg talked about how people responded when she first gave talks on faith: Painful associations with the word faith came pouring out… Read More »
Dear Friends, Continuing with Kamala’s talk, “The Five Spiritual Faculties’ relationship to Equanimity“ Kamala gives a brief overview of the five faculties, and then delves into each in more detail. Today, we’ll look at the overview and touch into the first – in Pali, it’s called saddha, which is often translated as faith. Kamala’s talk describes how the… Read More »
