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.
According 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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SF SeminarSerial: SF-00023 The Three Bodies of Buddha; comparison between Eastern and Western thought; Greek tradition and Puritan tradition. Faith, Mahayana, confusion, Religion, Passions, Doubt |
Mar 09 1973 1 |
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Wind Stops, But Still Flower FallsSerial: SR-00163 This audio has been improved, so more of the students' questions may be discernible. Ummon, Faith, Freedom, reality, Dragons, Community, Emptiness, Wisdom, Building,... |
Aug 15 1971 Tassajara |
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Obon DaysCeremony, Big Mind, Nishiari Bokusan, Offering, Suffering, American, Faith |
Aug 12 1971 Tassajara |
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At the Time of YakusanSerial: SF-06061 New version of this lecture has been uploaded, which may allow for more of the transcript to be done. Yaoshan, Faith |
Aug 01 1971 Tassajara |
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Universal Practice for Laymen and MonksSerial: SR-00175 Whatever you do is practice; be careful not to practice for the sake of the self. Zazen as a way to find realization and get used to realization. Whether priest or layperson,... Practice, Zazen, Bodhisattva, Dogen, Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Mind, Faith, Truth,... |
Jul 25 1971 Tassajara |
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San-Pachi-NenjuCeremony, First Principle, Faith, Non-duality, Diversity, Lay |
Jul 22 1971 Tassajara |
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To Be Honest And Sincere In Its True Sense It Is Necessary to Push Yourself Into Some Very Strong Hard RuleSerial: SF-06121-B Sunday, August 16, 1970 [This is the second of two lectures with this date. This lecture began mid-way on Side A of the original tape after a prior... Faith, Hate, Doubt |
Aug 16 1970 B City Center |
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Zazen Practice and Listen to the Right TeacherSerial: SF-05631 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #24, by Shundo David Haye ===== In the last years of Suzuki Roshi's life, very few talks were lost from the collections... Sesshin, Dogen, Bodhidharma, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Observe, Precepts, Faith... |
Aug 03 1970 City Center |
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Observation of Precepts and Practice of Zazen is Same ThingSerial: SF-06049 Sesshin Lecture No. 1 Sesshin, Precepts, Precepts, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Faith, Ceremony, Ordination, Lay,... |
Aug 01 1970 City Center |
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Way of ZazenSerial: SF-00017 Lecture given in Japanese with translation Evil, training, Faith |
Jun 07 1970 City Center |
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OLD - Each One Of Us Is A CookSerial: SF-05386A 70 #5 - Sesshin 2-1-70 Emptiness, Interview, Faith |
Feb 01 1970 Unknown |
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RulesDogen, Posture, Balance, Doubt, Faith |
Jan 18 1970 City Center |
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Our Practice And Our Everyday ActivitySerial: SF-05396 Saturday, August 30, 1969 Newly uploaded recording should be clearer to transcribe Concentration, Composure, Gratitude, Fundraising, Posture, training, Faith |
Aug 30 1969 Tassajara |
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OLD - Twelve Links of CausationSerial: SF-05089B Continuation of previous lecture on 12 links of causation - Aug 23 - both sides - 3 3/4 - on cassette - Dan Gourley #5 causation, Enemies, Passions, Discrimination, Evil, Faith |
Aug 23 1969 Tassajara |
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OLD - Twelve Links of CausationSerial: SF-05089A Continuation of previous lecture on 12 links of causation - Aug 23 - both sides - 3 3/4 - on cassette - Dan Gourley #5 causation, Discrimination, Faith, Enemies, Attachment |
Aug 23 1969 Tassajara |
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OLD - Some QuestionsSerial: SF-05109 65B - end of talk only - needs to be edited to 05087-A Enemies, Vow, Faith, Peace |
Aug 21 1969 Tassajara |
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Our Way To Attain LiberationSerial: SF-05087-B Monday Evening, August 18, 1969 Story of the Sixth Patriarch. Practice with everyone else at the monastery, without self-centered ideas. Answering... Sixth Patriarch, Monastic Practice, Japan, Aspects of Practice, Discrimination, Faith... |
Aug 18 1969 Tassajara |
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OLD - Not Always SoSerial: SF-05872 Copy Master Suzuki Roshi August sesshin 1969 Thursday lecture - duplicate Freedom, Composure, Gratitude, Posture, Doubt, Faith |
Aug 07 1969 Sokoji |
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OLD - To Actually Practice SelflessnessSerial: SF-05873 Copy Master - Suzuki Roshi August sesshin 1969 Wednesday (side A of original tape) - duplicate Freedom, Fox, Precepts, Funeral, Continuous Practice, Discrimination, Liberation,... |
Aug 06 1969 Sokoji |
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OLD - To Actually Practice SelflessnessSerial: SF-05348A August Sesshin 1969 Suzuki Roshi Wednesday lecture copy - duplicate Fox, Precepts, Freedom, Funeral, Non-discrimination, Attachment, Continuous Practice... |
Aug 06 1969 Sokoji |
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Emptiness is FormSerial: SF-05968 Sunday, June 29, 1969 Newly uploaded version has speed adjustments made; should be a little clearer for transcript - not just end, but correcting... Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Current Events, Balance, Faith, Beginners, Continuous... |
Jun 29 1969 Tassajara |
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At The End Of The Year We Clean Up Our HouseSerial: SF-05970-B Dec 1968 New Year Lecture Beginner’s Mind, Dogen, Japan, New Year, Beginners, Transmission, Instruction, Priest... |
Dec 29 1968 Sokoji |
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Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-6Serial: SF-05258 68-10-00-E Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Anger, Faith |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 6 Tassajara |
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Shosan CeremonySerial: SF-05094 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #23, by Shundo David Haye ===== This was the last of the three 5" reels that appeared to be from the summer of 1968, but there... Shosan, true dharma, Separation, Faith, Emptiness, confusion, Dragons, Ego, Passions... |
Sep 10 1968 Tassajara |
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BodhidharmaSerial: SF-05081 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #22, by Shundo David Haye ===== In this second tape made by Dan Gourley at Tassajara in the summer of 1968,... Beginner’s Mind, First Principle, Time, First Principle, Bodhidharma, Faith,... |
Jul 29 1968 Tassajara |
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Bring Me The Rhinoceros FanSerial: SF-05086 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #21, by Shundo David Haye ===== For whatever reason, there are few talks existing from the summer of 1968. At... Koan, Faith, Freedom |
Jul 28 1968 Tassajara |
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Shuso CeremonySerial: SF-05779 SR-68-04-23-C (complete) Philip Wilson's shuso ceremony, followed by SR near end of side A - duplicate Sesshin, Shuso Ceremony, Big Mind, Gratitude, Commitment, Precepts, Faith |
Apr 23 1968 C Tassajara |
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Shosan CeremonySerial: SF-05143B SR023 Track 1 to 1/3 of other side Suzuki Roshi Question and Answer ceremony - copied 2 tapes [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A... Sesshin, Shosan, Emptiness, Attachment, Hate, Faith, Interview, Enemies, Evil, Doubt... |
Apr 23 1968 B Tassajara |
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Because I Was Not WellSerial: SF-05143A SR023 Track 1 Suzuki Roshi's afternoon sesshin 4-23-68 copied [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator's... Sesshin, Koan, Ordinary Mind, everyday mind, Faith, Composure, Doubt, Religion... |
Apr 23 1968 A Tassajara |
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OLD - Shosan CeremonySerial: SF-05330 Copy - tape 1 of 2 Suzuki Roshi Q&A ceremony - no date (Spring '68?) - copy of o/r 68-04-23 - duplicate Attachment, Hate, Faith, Enemies, Bell, Evil, Vow, Emptiness |
Apr 23 1968 B Tassajara |
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Samantabadra BuddhaSerial: SF-05138B SR022 - VII 1: Roshi talk - Meal Sutra (copied) - 2: " little bit 2: (ready to go at 000 after Jan 11 lecture) (copied) - ZMC - 1968 year? Offering, Enemies, Bowing, Bell, Vow, Karma, Faith, Ceremony |
Jan 12 1968 Tassajara |
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OLD - Samantabdra BuddhaSerial: SF-05331 Duplicate Bodhisattva Vow, Offering, Passions, Vow, Karma, Faith, Ceremony |
Jan 12 1968 Tassajara |
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Everything Itself Is BuddhaSerial: SF-05140A SR20 - Reel #5 Suzuki track 1 - Roshi's lecture sesshin #7 12/6/67 Afternoon - copied (This audio is only the first part of the talk) Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Buddha Nature, Observe, Hate, Faith |
Dec 06 1967 B Tassajara |
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Good and Bad FeelingSerial: SF-05141-A Tuesday, December 5, 1967 Sesshin, Attachment, Discrimination, Separation, Liberation, Freedom, Doubt, Faith... |
Dec 05 1967 A Tassajara |
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True PracticeSerial: SF-05133-B Evening Sesshin Lecture Sesshin, Zuigan, Fox, Gratitude, Fox, Buddha Nature, Addiction, Discrimination,... |
Dec 01 1967 B Tassajara |
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The Practice of ConstancySerial: SF-05132-A SR015 - On this tape is Lecture C and last part of Lecture D. This tape is known as the C lecture tape of as #2 - Track 1 Roshi's Lecture C 9/12/67 - copied Prajna Paramita, Bodhisattva, Precepts, Constancy, New Year, Mahayana, Enemies, Anger... |
Sep 12 1967 Tassajara |
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OLD -IgnoranceSerial: SF-05370 SR-67-09-08 (-B-1 - is crossed out) - G (start) (finish) Freedom, training, Daily Life, Attachment, Fasting, Hate, Chanting, confusion, Faith... |
Sep 08 1967 Tassajara |
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Genjo Koan no 4Serial: SF-05136 Track 1 17/8 - Suzuki lectures - beginning missed, one or two sentences; beginning: This is the last lecture of sesshin. We have talked of emptiness and form, but have not... Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Time, Faith, Emptiness, Continuous Practice, Dragons... |
Aug 24 1967 A Tassajara |
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When You Have A New ExperienceSerial: SF-05134B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #15, by Shundo David Haye ===== This talk was given later on the same day of the first Tassajara sesshin as the last one discussed (... Sesshin, Faith, Doubt |
Aug 20 1967 Evening Tassajara |
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In the first instruction of ten instructions in Gakudō-yōjin-shūSesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, training, Instruction,... |
Dec 17 1966 A Sokoji |
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We Are Always Helping OthersSerial: SF-05080-B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #13, by Shundo David Haye ===== This tape is, happily, the last of the messed-up recordings from the first half of 1966. It is the... Shushogi, Enemies, training, Faith |
Jul 23 1966 B Sokoji |
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Ten PreceptsSerial: SF-05098-B Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi Other notes on box: Precepts, Precepts, Freedom, Faith, Buddha Nature, Priest |
Jun 19 1966 C Sokoji |
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Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 7-9Serial: SF-05098-A Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi Other notes on box: Dogen, Genjokoan, Composure, Liberation, Faith |
Jun 19 1966 B Sokoji |
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Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–2Serial: SF-05096-B May Sesshin (25 26 added later) 1 or 6pm lecture plus lecture the following morning. Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Precepts, Mahayana, Freedom, Observe, Balance, Attachment... |
May 26 1966 Sokoji |
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Genjō Kōan, 5-13Serial: SF-05096-A May Sesshin (25 26 added later) 1 or 6pm lecture plus lecture the following morning. Dogen, Genjokoan, Enemies, Faith, realization, Addiction, Peace |
May 25 1966 Sokoji |
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Liberty and RestrictionSerial: SF-05116-A March sesshin, only 1pm lecture. Evening lecture goofed up during recording. Saturday, March 26, 1966 Sesshin, Balance, Freedom, Doubt, Faith, Ceremony |
Mar 26 1966 BN Sokoji |
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Genjō Kōan, 1–3Serial: SF-05095-C Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–3 Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Duality, Faith, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Discrimination... |
Mar 13 1966 A Sokoji |
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To Study The SelfSesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Bell, training, Faith |
Feb 19 1966 pm Sokoji |
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Where There is Some Limitation, There is UniversalitySerial: SF-05114B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #9, by Shundo David Haye ===== This talk is found on the same reel as the one previously discussed (https://suzukiroshi.engagewisdom.... Sesshin, Dogen, Buddha Nature, Faith, Evil, confusion, Freedom, Doubt |
Feb 18 1966 Sokoji |
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January 22nd, 1966, Serial No. 05114, Side CSerial: SF-05114C Could be Katagiri Roshi speaking Faith, Bell, Evil |
Jan 22 1966 Sokoji |