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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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Title	Speaker	Date
Shushōgi, Sections 11–17 Serial: SF-05113-A January Sesshin Lecture: Lecture A ,1 PM Shushogi: Sections 11–17 Friday, January 21, 1966 Sokoji, San Francisco Sesshin, Precepts, Shushogi, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Observe, Happiness, Priest...	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 21 1966 A Sokoji
I Have Nothing In My Mind Serial: SF-05125-B One-Day Sesshin Lecture: 5 PM Saturday, August 28, 1965, Lecture B San Francisco Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Baso, Big Mind, Faith, Fox, Duality, Hate	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 28 1965 B Sokoji
Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something Invisible Serial: SF-05125-A SR 002 Tape 1 copy Sesshin 1pm lecture Sesshin, Faith, Interview, Observe, confusion, Hate, Peace	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 28 1965 A Sokoji
OLD - Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something Invisible Serial: SF-05898 SR 002 Tape 1 copy Sesshin 1pm lecture - - duplicate of other versions Faith, Transmission, Hate	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 28 1965 Sokoji
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-05428 TS-65-08-01 Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Beginners, Concentration, Hate, Faith	Bishop Togen Sumi	Aug 01 1965 Sokoji
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-05102 Tape X side 1 - Sunday lectures of Bishop Sumi Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Happiness, Hate, Freedom, Faith	Bishop Togen Sumi	Aug 01 1965 Sokoji
Saturday Evening Lecture Serial: SF-05117A Tape VIII (?) Side 1 Sat eve lecture (1 - 60); Side 2 Sat eve lecture (1-15?) Question-and-Answer, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Balance, Bell, Evil, Hate...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 31 1965 Sokoji
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-05107B Tape 7 Summer 1965 Sesshin: Side 2 Saturday 1pm lecture (not transcribed) [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR] Faith, Happiness, training	Bishop Togen Sumi	Jul 31 1965 Sokoji
If You Have A Question Serial: SF-05105B Tape 6 Friday July 30 Side 1: 1pm lecture (continued on side 2) - transcribed Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Religion, Peace, Obstacles, confusion,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 30 1965 C Sokoji
Some More Questions Serial: SF-05104A Tape 5 Summer sesshin 1965 Thursday July 29th Side 1 - 6pm lecture; Continues on Side 2 [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR] Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Precepts, Emotions, Buddha Nature, Passions, training,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 29 1965 C Sokoji
Questions Serial: SF-05103C Tape 4 Summer Sesshin 1965: Thursday July 29 1pm lecture - transcribed Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Priest, Faith, Demons, Religion...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 29 1965 B Sokoji
Questions Serial: SF-05126E Tape 3 Summer Sesshin July 1965 - Wednesday July 28 1965 Tape 3 side 2 Wed July 28th 6pm lecture - transcribed; copied June 30 1973; SR001 Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Four Noble Truths, Emotions, Faith, Passions, Delusion...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 28 1965 D Sokoji
Pure Rules Serial: SF-05126A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #6, by Shundo David Haye ===== The value of these sets of recordings during sesshins in the summer of 1965 at Sokoji is that not... Sesshin, Instruction, Emptiness, Interview, Religion, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 28 1965 9:00am Sokoji
OLD -Zendo Instructions, Rules and Lunch Instruction Serial: SF-05901A Tape #1 7/28/65 9am lecture instruction (copy) SR001 Discrimination, Emptiness, Passions, Evil, confusion, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 28 1965 Sokoji
OLD -If You Understand Bodhisattva Mind In A Dualistic Way Serial: SF-05901B 1pm lecture (continued on tape #2) Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Anger, Religion, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 28 1965 Sokoji
Forgotten the Value of Religion Serial: SF-05101A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #5, by Shundo David Haye ===== The oldest recordings of Suzuki Roshi made at Sokoji, the home of the San Francisco Zen Center at the... Sesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Inmost Nature, Religion, Don't Know Mind, Buddha...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 27 1965 1:00pm Sokoji
In Our Way of Zen, We Emphasize the Way-Seeking Mind Serial: SF-05101B Tape 2 Summer Sesshin 1965 Tuesday July 27 - transcribed August 1965 Tape 2 Side 2 Tuesday July 27 6pm lecture Reverend Suzuki [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were... Sesshin, Bodhisattva, Way-Seeking Mind, Observe, Interview, training, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 27 1965 6:00pm Sokoji
Religious Problems Concerning Such As Psychology Or LSD Serial: SF-05112A Tape 1 Summer sesshin 1965, Monday 1st day of sesshin (?) July 26th 1965 Tape 1 Side 1: 1pm lecture Sesshin, Dogen, Time, Continuous, Precepts, Peace, Beginners, Balance, confusion,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 26 1965 1:00pm Sokoji
Why We Should Practice Zazen Serial: SF-05112B Tape 1 Summer sesshin 1965, Monday 1st day of sesshin (?) July 26th 1965; Side 2: 6:15pm lecture - transcribed August 1965 Sesshin, Shobogenzo, New Year, Silence, confusion, Anger, Religion, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 26 1965 6:15pm Sokoji
Unknown year, August talk, Serial 01004 Buddha Nature, Ordinary Mind, Big Mind, Commitment, Concentration, Letting Go,...	Katherine Thanas	Aug 22 198 Unknown
On Various Roshis, Sokei-An History Serial: SF-01125 Tape 7 copy 2 Priest, Dragons, Nirvana, Sanctuary, Rinzai, Bell, Evil, Conversation, Lay, Faith...	Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Gary Snyder	[field_wisdom_date] Kyoto
OLD - Bodhidharma Serial: SF-05783 SR-68-06-00-1 (start) (continued) - duplicate Bodhidharma, First Principle, Faith, Interview, Describe, Priest, Freedom	Suzuki Roshi	[field_wisdom_date] Tassajara
OLD - Bodhidharma Serial: SF-05755 SR-68-06-00-2 (finish) - duplicate Faith, Continuous, Doubt	Suzuki Roshi	[field_wisdom_date] Tassajara
Deep Relaxation - 3 Touchings of the Earth Serial: SF-04823 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Peace, Buddha Nature, Anger, Chanting, Precepts, Happiness, Emotions, Faith	Sister Chân Không	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Buddhism and the Western Poetic Imagination Serial: SF-01847 Commercially Produced cassette: Conference Recording Service 1308 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA 94706 Silence, Conversation, Darkness and Light, Faith, Enemies, Freedom, Lay, Letting Go,...	David Whyte	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Buddhism and the Western Poetic Imagination Serial: SF-01844 Commercially Produced cassette: Conference Recording Service 1308 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA 94706 - duplicate Silence, Conversation, Faith, Darkness and Light, Enemies, Freedom, Letting Go, Lay,...	David Whyte	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Where Many Rivers Meet Silence, Faith, Darkness and Light, Vows, Right Speech, Passions, Bodhisattva Vow,...	David Whyte	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Philosophy of the Tao Serial: SF-03043 Part II and Part IV resistance, Balance, First Principle, Freedom, Doubt, Enemies, Faith, Greed, Letting...	Alan Watts	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Class Karma, Concentration, Nirvana, Demons, Four Noble Truths, Faith, Conversation,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
The Fifth Precept Serial: SF-04085 Note: the Sixth Precept is not included in series - (did not reproduce well) confusion, Don't Know Mind, Conversation, Faith, Greed, Transmission,...	Lew Richmond	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Lecture on Tibet Serial: SF-05340 Not Suzuki Roshi - lecture on Tibet-in-exile and HH Dalai Lama (both sides) Interview, Faith, New Year, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Instruction, Lay, training,...	Unknown	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
The House of Belonging Freedom, Faith, Silence, Peace, Happiness, Intimacy, Passions, Conversation, Doubt,...	David Whyte	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Unknown Date, Serial 02736 Serial: SF-02736 There are no markings on this tape beyond manufacturers Heart Sutra, Death-and-Dying, Chanting, Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness...	Unknown	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Unknown Date, Serial 04056 Serial: SF-04056 "Partly destroyed" Concentration, Faith, Anger, realization	Robert Aitken Roshi	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Where Many Rivers Meet Silence, Doubt, Conversation, Faith, Bell, Lay, Funeral, Interview, Ego, Freedom...	David Whyte	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
The House of Belonging Silence, Vows, Conversation, Doubt, Freedom, Faith, Happiness, Forgiveness,...	David Whyte	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
OLD - Become More Direct and Honest Serial: SF-05413 Copy Master 1 - no date - "Background music" - duplicate Posture, Observe, Instruction, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Do You Do It? Politics, Ego, Birth-and-Death, Religion, Humility, Faith, Oneness, Bodhidharma,...	Alan Watts	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
The Future of Politics confusion, Politics, Faith, Ceremony, Balance, Religion, Evil, Lay, Emotions...	Alan Watts	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
The Future of Politics Politics, Priest, Religion, Samsara, Balance, Delusion, Freedom, Faith	Alan Watts	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Game Theory of Ethics Serial: SF-03034B #18 Faith, Lay	Alan Watts	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Reflecting the Mirror Serial: SF-03045B #12 Faith, Freedom, Ego, Bodhidharma, training, Enemies, Instruction, realization...	Alan Watts	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
The Future of Religion Serial: SF-03037A #1 Religion, Ego, Letting Go, Faith, Liberation, Forgiveness, Samadhi, Politics, Nirvana...	Alan Watts	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
The World of Consciousness Serial: SF-03027B #20 Religion, Mahayana, Letting Go, Ego, Conversation, Describe, Priest, training, Faith...	Alan Watts	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Second Precept Right Speech, Precepts, Karma, Confession-and-Repentance, Greed, Mindfulness,...	Lew Richmond	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Unknown year, July talk, Serial 04046 Separation, Religion, Ceremony, Vinaya, Judgement, Instruction, Faith, Impermanence,...	Hekizan Tom Girardot	Jul 18 Unknown

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