Subsumes: Five Powers (pañca balā, Five Strengths)
7. Reflections about the role of faith in practice in response to three questions: [Faith] // [Faculties] [Discernment] [Energy] [Forgiveness] [Respect] [Rev. Heng Sure] [Relinquishment]
1. “It sound like Ajahn Chah was an arahant from your comments about his relics. How do you know? Are there many living arahants now? Should you seek one out as a Dhamma teacher?” [Ajahn Chah] [Arahant] [Relics] [Association with people of integrity]
2. “What is a ‘transgression against the Dhamma’ that we bow and ask forgiveness for during the Evening Chanting (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 27)? What are some examples? Why do we do this practice of asking for forgiveness? Surely the Dhamma is bigger than us and doesn’t need it.” [Dhamma] [Chanting]
3. “What is the benefit of having a relic on the altar? Does it help our meditation?”
Quote: “On a certain level, we’re never going to figure this out.”
2. “Thank you for this morning’s talk on the recollections and faith. Could you elaborate on your point about faith and anāgamī? Has anyone been fully liberated through faith?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Faith] [Non-return] [Liberation] // [Discernment] [Energy] [Faculties] [The New Yorker] [Culture/West]
Reflection: Faith is the trigger for letting go and relinquishment. [Relinquishment]
Sutta: MN 52: Delight in the Dhamma and the third stage of liberation. [Recollection/Dhamma]
4. “Can you talk about how ‘Aha!’ moments relate to the gradual path?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Liberation] [Gradual Teaching] // [Faculties]
7. “Thanks for highlighting faith and devotion in the morning talk. What is the ‘look and feel’ of a practice where the faculty of faith leads the way to liberation? Are there any teachers in Ajahn Chah’s lineage who emphasize the way or theme of release through faith?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Faith] [Liberation] [Ajahn Chah lineage] // [Faculties] [Translation] [Energy] [Ajahn Chah]
Quote: “It isn’t wisdom that gives up. It’s faith.” [Discernment] [Relinquishment]
17. “One of the great gifts I’ve received over the last few years spending more time with the Bhikkhu Saṅgha is a sense of devotion, how it opens the heart. Is there a Pāli word or teaching around that principle?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Devotional practice] [Saṅgha] [Gratitude] [Pāli] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Faculties] [Faith] [Energy]
6. “I’m struggling with developing a personal faith that I can trust in my body and not hurt myself and accept myself.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Faith] [Mindfulness of body] // [Faculties] [Language]
6. “Does the Buddha require faith in order to complete the path?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Faith ] // [Self-identity view] [Faculties] [Courage] [Trust] [Recollection/Buddha]