Almost all religions are built on faith—rather 'blind' faith it
would seem. But in Buddhism emphasis is laid on 'seeing',
knowing, understanding, and not on faith, or belief. In Buddhist
texts there is a word
saddha
(Skt.
sraddha)
which is usually
translated as 'faith' or 'belief'. But
saddha
is not 'faith' as such, but
rather 'confidence' born out of conviction. In popular Buddhism
and also in ordinary usage in the texts the word
saddha,
it must be
admitted, has an element of 'faith' in the sense that it signifies
devotion to the Buddha, the
Dhamma
(Teaching) and the
Sangha
(The Order).
According to Asanga, the great Buddhist philosopher of the
4th century A . C . ,
sraddha
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