Definition
Faith is the confident belief or trust in the truth or trustworthiness of a person, concept or thing, or a belief that is not based on proof.[1][2] Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true,[3] belief in and assent to the truth of what is declared by another, based on his or her supposed authority and truthfulness.
බෞද්ද අයත් එකක් මතක තියාගතයුතුයි එයාලා වෙන ආගම්වලට බනිනවා අන්දබක්තිකයො කියලා එමොකද නොපෙනෙන දිවිකෙනෙකුට ඇප උපස්තාන කරනවා කියලා නමුත් එයාලාගේ දහමත් විශ්වාසය මත තමයි පදනම් වෙලා තියෙන්නේ, මොකද එයාලත් නොපෙනෙන/ නොදකින / නොහැගෙන (නිවන අත්කරගන්න කල්) නිවන් ස්වයක් තමයි සොයන්නේ බුදුහාමුදුරුවන් තමයි නිවන දැකලා එයට අය අකාරය කියන්නේ එ නිසායි බෞද්දයාත් බුදුන්ව විශ්වාස කල යුතුවෙනවා තිසරනයෙ පිහිට පතන්න වෙනවා අනෙක් ආගමුත් එහෙමම තම්යි තම සස්තෘවරයා කෙරෙහි පුර්න විශ්වාස කල යුතු වෙනවා බුදුවරයෙක් යනු නිවනට මග පෙන්වන්නෙක්, ජෙසුස් වහන්සේ යනු දෙවියන්වහන්සෙට මග පෙන්වන්නෙක් එවගෙම තමයි නබි තුමා අල්ලා දෙවියන්ගෙ පනිවුන කරුවක් / මගපෙන්වන්නෙක්. එ අනුව් මේ ඕක්කොම අන්ද භක්තිකයෝ (බෞද්ද නිර්වචනයට අනුව) හෙතුව කිසිවකු දෙවියකු සිතින් මාවා ගෙන නැ හැම කෙනාටම සාස්ත්රවරයන් සිටිනවා අවසාන ඉලක්කය එක්කො නිවන එසෙත් නැත්නම් ස්වර්ගය.
නිවැරදිතාවය අතින් බැලුවොත් වෙන්න පුලුවන් දෙවල් දෙකයි
1. එක්කෝ දෙවිකෙනෙකු නැ (බුදුහාමුදුරුවන් හරි)
2. එක්කො දෙවියකු සිටිනවා (නබි තුමා හො ජෙසුස් වහන්සෙ හරි, එක්කො නබි තුමා හරි, නතිනම් ජෙසුස් වහන්සෙ හරි)
දෙකම හාරි නම් වෙන්න බැ මේ කොට්ටාස දෙකෙන් එකක් තමයි, එක්කො දෙවිකෙනෙක් නැ නිවන තමයි එකම පිහිට එක්කො දෙවිකෙනෙකු සිටිනවා දාහම අනුව ජිවත් වුනානම් ඕබට ගැලවිමක් තිබෙනවා
Quotes by Buddha on Faith
"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship."
"On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him."
"On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property."
What does the Bible say about finding faith in God?
What Is Faith?
The book of Hebrews defines faith as the "substance of things hoped for" and the "evidence of things unseen." (Hebrews 11:1) What exactly does that mean?
Have you ever been skydiving? If so, you understand faith. You hope that the parachute will open, when it's time for it to open. Even though you've prepped and double-checked the chute, you don't know for sure that it will open, because you haven't yet seen it open. (Mabye you saw it open on previous jumps, but the jump you're presently taking is the one that matters most to you, and you won't see it open - until it does).
Faith is a decision to trust the parachute. And that is what faith is, no matter the example. It is a decision to trust.
What about "Blind Faith"?[/B
]Blind faith is when you have been given no rational or tangible reason to trust somebody or trust in something, and yet you do anyway. You simply decide to trust, even though you've seen no evidence to lead you to that decision.
With blind faith, there is either no evidence to speak of or there is a refusal to look at or consider any evidence that might be available. It is, quite simply, an irrational faith.
Does Christianity Call for Blind Faith?
Many people are under the false impression that Christianity rests completely on faith, and they associate such faith with "blind faith." In other words, many people say that Christianity in particular (or religion in general) is simply a matter of faith, and is wholly incompatible with science, history, logic, or common sense. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Here's a sampling of what the Bible says on the subject:
First, the book of Proverbs is replete with admonitions to increase in knowledge and wisdom.
The apostle Paul told the church at Thessalonica to "prove all things" and "hold fast [to] that which is good." (I Thessalonians 5:21) In other words, don't just believe things blindly.
The writer of Acts praises the Berean Christians for "searching the Scriptures" to verify that what the apostles were teaching them was consistent with the Old Testament laws and prophecies. (Acts 17:11) In fact, the Bereans were contrasted with the more gullible Thessalonians.
Finally, Paul told Timothy to "study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that need not be ashamed..." (II Timothy 2:15) In other words, never stop learning.
Bottom line...God doesn't want mindless Christians claiming to follow Him. God expects people to think, which is why He gave people a brain.
so very religion is based on faith so you better respect to each others faith. most imporatant thing is your faith should be based on some evidence
I hope some of our Muslim friend can point out Faith in Islam point of view
I would like to have every elakirian's thoughts on this
Faith is the confident belief or trust in the truth or trustworthiness of a person, concept or thing, or a belief that is not based on proof.[1][2] Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true,[3] belief in and assent to the truth of what is declared by another, based on his or her supposed authority and truthfulness.
බෞද්ද අයත් එකක් මතක තියාගතයුතුයි එයාලා වෙන ආගම්වලට බනිනවා අන්දබක්තිකයො කියලා එමොකද නොපෙනෙන දිවිකෙනෙකුට ඇප උපස්තාන කරනවා කියලා නමුත් එයාලාගේ දහමත් විශ්වාසය මත තමයි පදනම් වෙලා තියෙන්නේ, මොකද එයාලත් නොපෙනෙන/ නොදකින / නොහැගෙන (නිවන අත්කරගන්න කල්) නිවන් ස්වයක් තමයි සොයන්නේ බුදුහාමුදුරුවන් තමයි නිවන දැකලා එයට අය අකාරය කියන්නේ එ නිසායි බෞද්දයාත් බුදුන්ව විශ්වාස කල යුතුවෙනවා තිසරනයෙ පිහිට පතන්න වෙනවා අනෙක් ආගමුත් එහෙමම තම්යි තම සස්තෘවරයා කෙරෙහි පුර්න විශ්වාස කල යුතු වෙනවා බුදුවරයෙක් යනු නිවනට මග පෙන්වන්නෙක්, ජෙසුස් වහන්සේ යනු දෙවියන්වහන්සෙට මග පෙන්වන්නෙක් එවගෙම තමයි නබි තුමා අල්ලා දෙවියන්ගෙ පනිවුන කරුවක් / මගපෙන්වන්නෙක්. එ අනුව් මේ ඕක්කොම අන්ද භක්තිකයෝ (බෞද්ද නිර්වචනයට අනුව) හෙතුව කිසිවකු දෙවියකු සිතින් මාවා ගෙන නැ හැම කෙනාටම සාස්ත්රවරයන් සිටිනවා අවසාන ඉලක්කය එක්කො නිවන එසෙත් නැත්නම් ස්වර්ගය.
නිවැරදිතාවය අතින් බැලුවොත් වෙන්න පුලුවන් දෙවල් දෙකයි
1. එක්කෝ දෙවිකෙනෙකු නැ (බුදුහාමුදුරුවන් හරි)
2. එක්කො දෙවියකු සිටිනවා (නබි තුමා හො ජෙසුස් වහන්සෙ හරි, එක්කො නබි තුමා හරි, නතිනම් ජෙසුස් වහන්සෙ හරි)
දෙකම හාරි නම් වෙන්න බැ මේ කොට්ටාස දෙකෙන් එකක් තමයි, එක්කො දෙවිකෙනෙක් නැ නිවන තමයි එකම පිහිට එක්කො දෙවිකෙනෙකු සිටිනවා දාහම අනුව ජිවත් වුනානම් ඕබට ගැලවිමක් තිබෙනවා
Quotes by Buddha on Faith
"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship."
"On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him."
"On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property."
What does the Bible say about finding faith in God?
What Is Faith?
The book of Hebrews defines faith as the "substance of things hoped for" and the "evidence of things unseen." (Hebrews 11:1) What exactly does that mean?
Have you ever been skydiving? If so, you understand faith. You hope that the parachute will open, when it's time for it to open. Even though you've prepped and double-checked the chute, you don't know for sure that it will open, because you haven't yet seen it open. (Mabye you saw it open on previous jumps, but the jump you're presently taking is the one that matters most to you, and you won't see it open - until it does).
Faith is a decision to trust the parachute. And that is what faith is, no matter the example. It is a decision to trust.
What about "Blind Faith"?[/B
]Blind faith is when you have been given no rational or tangible reason to trust somebody or trust in something, and yet you do anyway. You simply decide to trust, even though you've seen no evidence to lead you to that decision.
With blind faith, there is either no evidence to speak of or there is a refusal to look at or consider any evidence that might be available. It is, quite simply, an irrational faith.
Does Christianity Call for Blind Faith?
Many people are under the false impression that Christianity rests completely on faith, and they associate such faith with "blind faith." In other words, many people say that Christianity in particular (or religion in general) is simply a matter of faith, and is wholly incompatible with science, history, logic, or common sense. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Here's a sampling of what the Bible says on the subject:
First, the book of Proverbs is replete with admonitions to increase in knowledge and wisdom.
The apostle Paul told the church at Thessalonica to "prove all things" and "hold fast [to] that which is good." (I Thessalonians 5:21) In other words, don't just believe things blindly.
The writer of Acts praises the Berean Christians for "searching the Scriptures" to verify that what the apostles were teaching them was consistent with the Old Testament laws and prophecies. (Acts 17:11) In fact, the Bereans were contrasted with the more gullible Thessalonians.
Finally, Paul told Timothy to "study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that need not be ashamed..." (II Timothy 2:15) In other words, never stop learning.
Bottom line...God doesn't want mindless Christians claiming to follow Him. God expects people to think, which is why He gave people a brain.
so very religion is based on faith so you better respect to each others faith. most imporatant thing is your faith should be based on some evidence
I hope some of our Muslim friend can point out Faith in Islam point of view
I would like to have every elakirian's thoughts on this
