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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
OLD - 1971.08.07-serial.00176 Serial: SR-00176 First words match 71-08-17 Breath, Death, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 17 1971
Wind Stops, But Still Flower Falls Serial: SR-00163 This audio has been improved, so more of the students' questions may be discernible. Faith, Freedom, reality, Dragons, Community, Emptiness, Wisdom, Building, American,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 15 1971 Tassajara
Obon Days Ceremony, Offering, Suffering, American, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 12 1971 Tassajara
Questions and Answers Question-and-Answer, Yakusan, Truth, Community, Breath, Anger, Freedom, Faith...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 08 1971 Tassajara
OLD - 1971.08.05-serial.00097 Serial: SR-00097 Second part of talk from this date. Balance, American, Death, Faith, Truth	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 05 1971
OLD - 1971.08.05-serial.00169 Serial: SR-00169 Second part of talk from this date. Duplicate of 00097 Breath, Balance, War, American, Faith, Truth	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 05 1971
Good Confidence In Your Practice Bodhidharma, First Principle, Bell, Wisdom, Breath, Building, American, Faith...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 05 1971 Tassajara
On Bodhidharma's Day Nirvana, Dragons, Breath, Ceremony, Enemies, Building, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 04 1971 Tassajara
OLD - 1971.08.04-serial.00120 Serial: SR-00120 Second part of talk from this date. Breath, Faith, Discrimination, Culture, Monks, American, reality, Death, Truth...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 04 1971
At the Time of Yakusan Serial: SF-06061 New version of this lecture has been uploaded, which may allow for more of the transcript to be done. Yakusan, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 01 1971 Tassajara
OLD - 1971.08.01-serial.00187 Serial: SR-00187 Most likely second part of talk from this date. reality, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 01 1971
To Attain The Perfection Of Human Practice Ceremony, First Principle, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Building, Breath, Evil, Doubt,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 30 1971 Tassajara
Blue Cliff Records 61 - Fuketsu's One Particle Of Dust Blue Cliff Record, Breath, Constancy, Freedom, Faith, Diversity, Greed, Religion,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 26 1971 Tassajara
Universal Practice for Laymen and Monks Serial: 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,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 25 1971 Tassajara
Virtue of Mountain and River Dogen, Shobogenzo, First Principle, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Faith, Breath, sitting, Pain,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 24 1971 Tassajara
OLD - Real Precepts Are Beyond Words Serial: SR-00206 Thursday, July 2, 1971 City Center “Real Precepts Are Beyond Words” Precepts, Gratitude, Pain, Faith, Truth, Hate, Precepts, Building, War	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 22 1971 City Center
San-Pachi-Nenju Ceremony, First Principle, Faith, Non-duality, Diversity, Lay	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 22 1971 Tassajara
One with Everything Serial: SR-00208 Zazen Talk Tuesday Evening, July 20, 1971 Tassajara Breath, reality, Faith, Truth	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 20 1971 Tassajara
OLD - Restore the Buddhist Teaching in its Original Way Serial: SR-00070 Sunday Evening, August 16, 1970 San Francisco Lecture A [The first part of the lecture was not recorded.] Faith, Describe, Breath, Enemies, American, Observe	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 16 1970 A City Center
Restore the Buddhist Teaching in its Original Way Serial: SF-06121-A Sunday Evening, August 16, 1970 San Francisco Lecture A [The first part of the lecture was not recorded.] Sesshin, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 16 1970 A City Center
To Be Honest And Sincere In Its True Sense It Is Necessary to Push Yourself Into Some Very Strong Hard Rule Serial: SF-06121-B Sunday, August 16, 1970 San Francisco [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, Describe, Hate, Doubt	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 16 1970 B City Center
Zazen Practice and Listen to the Right Teacher Serial: 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...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 03 1970 City Center
Observation of Precepts and Practice of Zazen is Same Thing Serial: SF-06049 Sesshin Lecture No. 1 Saturday, August 1, 1970 San Francisco Sesshin, Precepts, Precepts, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Faith, Ceremony, Ordination, Lay,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 01 1970 City Center
Money And Labor Serial: SR-00046 Sunday Morning, May 24, 1970 City Center, San Francisco Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Monks, Priest, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	May 24 1970 City Center
OLD - Each One Of Us Is A Cook Serial: SF-05386A 70 #5 - Sesshin 2-1-70 Emptiness, Interview, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 01 1970 Unknown
Rules Dogen, Posture, Balance, Doubt, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 18 1970 City Center
Way-Seeking Mind, Part I Serial: SR-00267 Winter Sesshin, Lecture No. 1 Saturday, November 29, 1969 Tassajara Way-Seeking Mind, Sesshin, reality, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 29 1969 Tassajara
OLD - 1969.11.09-serial.00245 Serial: SR-00245 This is the second part of the talk from this date. Interview, Doubt, American, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 09 1969
Our Practice And Our Everyday Activity Serial: SF-05396 Saturday, August 30, 1969 Newly uploaded recording should be clearer to transcribe Concentration, Composure, Gratitude, Fundraising, Posture, Describe, training, Faith...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 30 1969 Tassajara
Question and Answer Question-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Suffering, Separation, Pain, American, Anger,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 25 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Twelve Links of Causation Serial: 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, Describe	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 23 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Twelve Links of Causation Serial: 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	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 23 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Some Questions Serial: SF-05109 65B - end of talk only - needs to be edited to 05087-A Enemies, Vows, Faith, Peace	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 21 1969 Tassajara
Our Way To Attain Liberation Serial: SF-05087-B Monday Evening, August 18, 1969 Tassajara 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...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 18 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Not Always So Serial: SF-05872 Copy Master Suzuki Roshi August sesshin 1969 Thursday lecture - duplicate Freedom, Composure, Gratitude, Posture, Doubt, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 07 1969 Sokoji
OLD - To Actually Practice Selflessness Serial: SF-05348A August Sesshin 1969 Suzuki Roshi Wednesday lecture copy - duplicate Fox, Precepts, Freedom, Funeral, Non-discrimination, Attachment, Continuous,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 06 1969 Sokoji
OLD - To Actually Practice Selflessness Serial: SF-05873 Copy Master - Suzuki Roshi August sesshin 1969 Wednesday (side A of original tape) - duplicate Freedom, Fox, Precepts, Funeral, Continuous, Discrimination, Liberation, Attachment,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 06 1969 Sokoji
OLD - The First Teaching Serial: SF-05302B Aug 2 lecture beginning - duplicate Faith, New Year, Politics, Attachment, Evil, Karma, Emptiness	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 02 1969 Tassajara
Practice Should Be The Practice Of “Right Now.” Serial: SR-00024 Thursday, July 3, 1969 Tassajara Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Forms, Faith, reality, Describe, training, Enemies, War,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 03 1969 Tassajara
Emptiness is Form Serial: SF-05968 Sunday, June 29, 1969 San Francisco 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...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 29 1969 Tassajara
At The End Of The Year We Clean Up Our House Serial: SF-05970-B Dec 1968 New Year Lecture Beginner’s Mind, Dogen, Japan, New Year, Beginners, Transmission, Instruction, Priest...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 29 1968 Sokoji
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-8 Serial: SR-00001 Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Faith, Sutra, Priest, Suffering, Composure, Balance, Mahayana...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 8 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-6 Serial: SF-05258 68-10-00-E Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Anger, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 6 Tassajara
Shosan Ceremony Serial: 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...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 10 1968 Tassajara
Bodhidharma Serial: 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, Describe, Faith...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 29 1968 Tassajara
Bring Me The Rhinoceros Fan Serial: 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, Echo, Describe, Freedom	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 28 1968 Tassajara
OLD - To Have Complete Understanding of our School Anger, Death, Faith, Balance, reality, Monks, Forms, Community, Meditation, confusion...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 24 1968 Tassajara
OLD - Shōsan Ceremony Serial: 68-04-23-B Tuesday Evening, April 23, 1968, Lecture B Tassajara Sesshin, Shosan, Emptiness, Echo, Faith, Attachment, Hate, Forms, sitting, Tassajara...	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 23 1968 B Tassajara
OLD - Shosan Ceremony Serial: SF-05330 Copy - tape 1 of 2 Suzuki Roshi Q&A ceremony - no date (Spring '68?) - copy of o/r 68-04-23 - duplicate Echo, Attachment, Hate, Faith, Enemies, Bell, Evil, Vows, Emptiness	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 23 1968 B Tassajara
Because I Was Not Well Serial: 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...	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 23 1968 A Tassajara

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