Re: Superstition & Faith
Dear Friends,
Sraddha is very loosely translated as "Faith" but it is not exactly "faith".
Sraddha is defined, as per Swami Tattvavidananda Saraswati ji: Srat dadhati iti sraddha... Srat is sat nama... so that attitude which allows one to see SAT is sraddha. What IS is SAT.
That is the correct attitude needed to inquire into truth is sraddha.
if i say "i have an idol of sri krishna in my bag"
a set of people believe it.
a set of people disbelieve me..
and a few may go , open my bag and see. These are people who say "ok, we take what you say on face value and are ready to investigate"
this attitude is called Sraddha. These are people who are open... to not reject immediately .... and yet are inquiring enough to see for oneself. These have sraddha. This attitude ... also called Beginner's mind in Zen ... is not the same as faith or belief. Some call it belief pending investigation.
When i have a belief which is unverified and i believe it without inquiring ... its a superstition eventually.
Love!
Silence
Come up, O Lions, and shake off the delusion that you are a sheep
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