Not just faith but rather "faithfulness". Pledging your fidelity of good faith. Something or someone worthy of trust or belief.
Samaya - as in words of honor from a knight to his liege lord. Prussian: "Troth" - truthfulness. English - "Betroth" ... pledge of trust between a husband and wife. "Meine Erhe Heisst Treue" - "My Honor is my Loyalty." --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "emptybill" emptybill@ wrote: > > > > This is not a definition but rather an interpretation. > > Try "faithfulness' ... a present-tense definition of shraddha. > > > > OK, just what does teh word "faith" mean? Belief without proof? Intuition? Strong in God? Knowledge of things not seen? > > L. > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > > > I've found an interesting alternative definition: > > > > > > Willingness to surrender to dharma > > > > > > --- In [email protected], cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: > > > [...] > > > > FWIW, according to Pata�jali, shraddhaa (usually translated to > > 'faith') seems to be a /conditio sine qua non/ for samaadhi: > > > > > > > > shraddhaaviiryasmRtisamaadhipraj�aapuurvaka itareSaam. > > > > > > > > (shraddhaa-viirya-smRti-samaadhi-praj�aa-puurvaka itareSaam). > > > > > > > > Taimni (Lawd, have mercy!): > > > > > > > > (In the case) of others (upaaya-pratyaya-yogis) it [samaadhi] > > > > is preceded by faith, energy, memory and high intelligence > > > > necessary for samaadhi. > > > > > > > > (NB: energy [viirya] is "dependent" on brahma-carya: > > > > brahma-carya-pratiSThaayaaM *viirya-laabhaH*!) > > > > > > > > > >
